The cover of Lucy Undying by Kiersten White with a blue castle in the background, a red circle around it, and bats
Warning: Minor spoilers ahead for Lucy Undying by Kiersten White.Media offers many takes on Bram Stoker's Dracula, but Kiersten White's September 2024 fantasy book is the one I never realized I needed. Lucy Undying is available in stores as of September 10, and the novel approaches the story of Dracula from a unique and compelling angle. It's little wonder it's one of the biggest fantasy books coming out this September, and it lives up to the excitement its synopsis elicits.
Lucy Undying Is The Sapphic, Feminist Dracula Story I Needed Kiersten White's New Fantasy Book Gives Lucy A Much Better Arc Lucy is turned into a vampire and killed in Stoker's 1897 novel, but White's reimagining of Dracula gives her a more satisfying story. Stoker writes Lucy as a demure character whose life before Dracula primarily consists of suitors vying for her attention.
By placing Lucy in the spotlight and refusing to repeat her fate from Dracula, Lucy Undying presents a feminist, sapphic take on the classic novel. It's one I couldn't put down, as it does a really great job of imagining where Lucy's character could have gone in Stoker's book. The way Lucy's narrative is intertwined with the present-day heroine's is compelling, and I enjoyed how Iris' family history connected her to the vampire.
Lucy's desire to enact revenge against Dracula also puts an interesting spin on Stoker's story, and I was pretty satisfied with how the iconic vampire was characterized in White's new fantasy book. The other familiar faces from Dracula are less fortunate in terms of how they're depicted, though the one-note personalities of Lucy's suitors can be attributed to her personal disdain for the men pursuing her.
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