Then again, for those who have ever been treated to one of Kiste’s works, the unexpected is part of the gift she gives to her readers. Rochester, and the two women who survived them, Bertha and Lucy, who are now undead immortals residing in Los Angeles in 1967 when Dracula and Rochester make a shocking return in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco.Ĭombining elements of historical and gothic fiction with a modern perspective, in a tale of love and betrayal and coercion, Reluctant Immortals is the lyrical and harrowing journey of two women from classic literature as they bravely claim their own destiny in a man's world. Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste Gallery/Saga Press (August 2022) 320 pages 17.99 paperback 13.99 e-book Reviewed by Dave Simms This was unexpected. Reluctant Immortals is a historical horror novel that looks at two men of classic literature, Dracula and Mr. In Reluctant Immortals, author Gwendolyn Kiste reimagines and combines the worlds of Jane Eyre (1847) by Charlotte Bront and Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker, focusing on the forgotten women of the storiesLucy Westenra, one of Dracula’s. Rochester's attic-bound wife in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre-as they band together to combat the toxic men bent on destroying their lives, set against the backdrop of the Summer of Love, Haight-Ashbury, 1967. Sydney Bollinger says Gwendolyn Kiste's blend of the psychedelic and ghastly Gothic era creates a uniquely dark and dangerous story suspended in time. For fans of Mexican Gothic, from three-time Bram Stoker Award–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a novel inspired by the untold stories of forgotten women in classic literature-from Lucy Westnera, a victim of Stoker's Dracula, and Bertha Mason, Mr.
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