Member Review
Review by
Michelle D, Educator
Stoker's Wilde West by Steven Hopstaken and Melissa Prusi is the sequel to Stoker's Wilde. In Stoker's Wilde, we were introduced to Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde as monster hunters. After being saved from death by drinking vampire's blood at age 7, Stoker has certain supernatural abilities that make him a useful monster hunter. In the first book, Stoker and Wilde successfully deal with vampires and werewolves in London. In this book, they are now headed to America. They have received a letter from Teddy Roosevelt that there is a nest of vampires wreaking havoc in the wild west. I found it very interesting that the US government was keeping vampire attacks secret by blaming the deaths on Native American attacks, smallpox epidemics, and even cannibal attacks. It's little touches like these that make this tale seem more realistic. So, our monster hunters go to help in America and discover a plot of Biblical proportions and again our literary heroes find themselves entangled in another large scale monster hunt. There are also some appearances by Calamity Jane, Mark Twain, and Buffalo Bill Cody. The story is again told through reports, letters, and journal entries so the reader gets multiple points of view of the action. There appears to be a set up for a Book 3 of this series, so I look forward to reading about further adventures.
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