I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I was part of the group that signed up last year to receive emails in real-time of updates from the novel Dracula. When I found out that it was going to be bound into a physical copy, that would include some of the contributions from the online conversation around Dracula Daily last year, I knew I needed to see what extras were included. I was not disappointed, the extra commentary outside of the novel’s contents elevated the experience of Dracula Daily even further, and it has been fun to get an email with the day’s updates and then flip over to the e-ARC and see what the additional content added to that day’s entry is. If you’ve been wanting to read Dracula, but the original seemed too daunting, this is a great way to break it into smaller pieces so you don’t get overwhelmed. If you joined Dracula Daily this year, or you’re in your second year of email updates, I’d suggest adding a physical copy as a compliment to the emails. If you’ve never heard of Dracula Daily but you’ve always wanted to read the original, this is a much more accessible way of reading it, and you get bonus jokes and art and commentary from random internet users in the margins. It’s the most fun way I’ve found of reading Dracula, and I’m so glad Matt Kirkland came up with this concept.