Dracula

This book was really hard for me to get into. The only part that really stuck with me was the coach ride to Dracula's castle. And how Dracula had things set up. Dracula is cunning. All his town folk fear/worship him. They dare not cross him, but any passing through don't believe them they think it is just typical superstition of small town folks. And simce Dracula is not much known outside his town he can prowl freely without worry of higher up officials getting on his case. I don't think however that he is wise, he wants his name to be known everywhere, which seems stupid becasue seeing what the times are like people would eventually come to the conclusion he's a vampire and roast his head on a spit or something equally fun. Rather ironic though that in the story Dracula he is feared by his subjects and not known of by outsiders when in the real Count Vlad's time he was loved by his people and well known as a blood thirsty war lord in the outside provences.
I enjoyed reading about the ride there. The blue fire showing through the vampire. The wolves howling around them. I've always pictured werewolves and vampires at eachothers throats so I liked that aspect of it. However that the horses were soothed by someone we have been lead to believe is a memeber of the undead was strange to me because I have always felt that animals would be able to tell about supernatural and evil things better than humans can.