I received a copy of this book for review from NetGalley**

DNF. I'll give it 2.5 stars but I couldn't get into this book. While the premise made me laugh it just wasn't my style.

I loved the premise of this book, and was very eager to get started, but the writing style is off putting for me. It was very dry, as if the writer wasn't particularly enthused, or excited about the plot. I thought maybe it would be a little more camp and it was much more serious than I expected. I also didn't find the characters especially interesting. When you write about Hitler and Dracula meeting each other, you expect things to be a bit more exciting, and I just wasn't feeling it.

3.75 stars

Let's be honest, you were expecting something different. It had way too much description of the explosives and countryside scenery and not enough of a real story to justify the title.
The story is "hey, let's blow stuff up and try not to get caught. Oh, and don't forget to bring the emotional drama." Yeah, it's formulaic after awhile. Even so, the action took forever to start. It's over 20% before they even get Dracula.
The main girl is a raging feminist and super annoying but of course she's gorgeous. The other characters aren't all that bad, but aside from Harker, Van Helsing and Renfield, they all blur together into Resistance and Nazi categories. Dracula was cool, even if he did fall for the stubborn, big boobed, curvy figured fierce fighter girl with nothing beyond those traits.
But I will say, the dialogue was surprisingly good. There were plenty of vocabulary-testing words I learned too.
And the end didn't end abruptly but had a nice long finale.
So aside from the vexing Lucy, slow start, repetitive action and fairly predictable plot, I liked it.

This book, in which a desperate Romanian resistance and their SOE adviser unleash Dracula against the Nazi occupation in pretty much the epitome of pulpy paperback fun. Duncan pushes it a little too far in making everyone have a analogue to the original, but who doesn't want Dracula killing Nazis?

I wasn't prepared for this to feel SO much like the original Dracula, epistolary style, language and all. I loved the title - Dracula vs. Hitler, really? That and the cover were so excessively ridiculous that I HAD to try this one - in fact it was the request I was most hoping for and was most excited to read when I found out I was approved. But I was not prepared for the Van Helsing letters and the old-timiness feel of it. I was expecting something more campy, more owning up to its over-the-top title and cover art.

I may give this one another chance in the future, but it swung so far left of my expectations and I just wasn't in the mood for something that read so Victorian, so I didn't finish this one. If I do give it another chance, I'll be sure to update my review.

Dracula vs Hitler. Does more need to be said?

Anywho, forget what you read in the Forbidden Book by that money-grabbling journalist Bram Stoker. In 1941, Dracula gets unstaked by Professor Van Helsing (still alive, and with a hot daughter) to help the Rumanian resistance defeat the Nazis. Dracula, torn by angst and disgust over his cruel nature, naturally does what he does best, until the very highest in SS and Nazi elite get wind of what he does. So naturally Hitler comes a callin' to see if he can be made into the most powerful man alive.

This is told in "found" document/journals/etc. style, so it felt a little disjointed. The writing seems to be similar or an homage to the original Dracula. The characters are pretty stock, with little build up or complexity besides Dracula himself (and even that not very much). And if there were another description of Lucy's hair or breasts or curves again, I don't even know. I received an ARC from the publisher, so there were what appeared to be suggested edits/to be removed sections sprinkled throughout the book, leading to repeated sections, really weird transitions and basically threw me out of the story a lot. So I have no clue if what I read is the real book or not, or if I got more information or not.

But the action and the storyline is pretty fantastic. Blood, gore, fight scenes, bombs (soooo many bombs) and basically Dracula doing what he does best. Lots of WWII baddies are present in some way or another.

It's enjoyable and a good brainless "what if Dracula was resurrected in WWII" exploration.

I received this ARC from NetGalley and the publisher for an honest review.