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Loading... The Blood Confessionby Alisa M. Libby
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Couldn't get past the first 50 pages.  LoopieMarie | Jul 30, 2008 |  *may contain spoilers* A wonderful, amazing, gripping book that far exceeded my expectations. I really didn't think it would be all that great, because I'd read that it focused more on the romance between Erzebet and Sinestra then anything else, but it totally didn't. The romantic aspects of their relationship was hidden in subtle subtext, and he was basically just a background figure, who helped her realize the things she needed to do and the rituals she needed to perform in order to be immortal. The book described the blood rituals in detail, but it wasn't gory/squicky as I would've imagined, because of the way it focused on the spiritual and magical aspects of the situations. (  )1  Heather19 | May 9, 2008 | sfreader.com | Jan 16, 2008 | Fictional account of the Blood Countess, Elzebet Bathory, who bathed in the blood of virgin girls to attain eternal beauty. Each chapter starts with a journal entry from after she has been discovered, and then goes into a flashback to explain past events. Rather creepy, but made me really want to learn more about her. (  ) chibimajo | May 11, 2007 | Creepy story based on the legend of Erzebet Bathory. Well written and stays with you long after you turn the last page. (  ) mermaidgirl | Mar 9, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0525477322, Hardcover)Erzebet is young, beautiful, rich, and imprisoned in her castle, waiting to be sentenced for murder. In a brilliant fiction debut, Alisa M. Libby resurrects the real-life Erzebet Bathory, a seventeenth-century countess who believed that bathing in human blood would preserve her looks forever. The jailed countess tells her story from her birth, which was overshadowed by a bad omen, to her mother’s mental deterioration, Erzebet’s own love for a mysterious figure, and the crimes she committed in pursuit of eternal life.This gripping novel combines gothic horror and romance as it explores the connection between beauty and power. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:24 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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