Title: The Stoker Connection
Author: Jackson Marsh
Genre: Young Adult, Thriller, Mystery
Length: Novel (280pgs)
Publisher: Jackson Marsh (June 12, 2018)
Heat Level: Low – Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 Hearts
Blurb: What if you could prove that the greatest Gothic horror novel of all time was a true story?
Dexter and Morgan meet on their eighteenth birthday. The attraction is instant but confusing. As they deal with coming out, they are bound together by more than first love.
Both keep diaries, and each has the same goal – to prove that Stoker didn’t write ‘Dracula’. They are convinced that Harker, Van Helsing and the others existed and wrote the novel’s journals themselves. If Dex and Morgan can prove it, they will blow the lid off the vampire myth: Dracula existed.
As the two teenagers fall in love, so they fall into an adventure as thrilling as it is dangerous. They are being watched, and someone is willing to kill to stop them from making ‘The Stoker Connection.’
The Stoker Connection is an MM Romance treasure hunt thriller. It draws on the original text of ‘Dracula’, but it is not a story about vampires. It is a story of first love and the power of friendship. Sometimes funny, it is an intriguing and honest account compiled from Dex and Morgan’s original diaries.
ISBN: B07DPNDHNN
Product Link: Amazon US | Amazon UK
Reviewer: Shorty
Review: I loved this story. It was different from any other I’ve read. Dex and Morgan’s journal entries showed an insight that was unique and refreshing as we get how both of them feel on different things happening in their lives. I found it interesting that both were born on the same date but that is not the only thing. There are many coincidences that cannot be discounted between the two.
The way the story is told is refreshing and invigorating. The story leads Dex and Morgan on an adventure to discover what they feel for one another, as well as what is truth and what is not regarding Dracula and the accounts that have been documented and told from various accounts.
It was fascinating to see the journey culminate in anticipation of what they do and don’t find, plus the element of danger as someone does not want them digging any further than they have. I was captivated from start to finish. I loved the entire book.
Fantastic story and highly recommended.