When I started reading I had forgotten that Countess Elizabeth Báthory was based on a real person. One of my favourite aspects of her personality is the way she can heal people with herbs and flowers. Anna is our leading lady and I liked the fact that she wants to see the best in people. I enjoyed the world-building but I prefer the second half of the book when Anna starts to realise how dark Elizabeth is. Then come the murders, and Anna knows it’s only a matter of time before the Blood Countess turns on her, too.īlood Countess is a historical fiction that has female romance, mystery and murder.Ī good section of the book is the build-up to Countess Elizabeth crime. Isolated from her former friends, family, and fiancé, Anna realizes she’s not a friend but a prisoner of the increasingly cruel Elizabeth. It’s not long before Anna falls completely under the Countess’s spell-and the Countess takes full advantage. She receives wages generous enough to provide for her family, and the Countess begins to groom Anna as her friend and confidante. When Elizabeth takes a liking to Anna, she’s vaulted to the dream role of chambermaid, a far cry from the filthy servants’ quarters below. In 16th century Hungary, Anna Darvulia has just begun working as a scullery maid for the young and glamorous Countess Elizabeth Báthory. This is one of the reasons I was interested in reading Blood Countess. Previously I had read Lana Wicked like a Wildfire and loved her writing style and her storytelling. I was a lucky winner of an arc of Blood Countess by Lana Popovic.
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