What do you envision when you hear the word vampire? Vampires of Lore: Traits and Modern Misconceptions is an exploration into the folkloric history regarding vampires and how far off the mark our modern Edward Cullen's can be from what they started out as. In this book you can explore the origin stories of vampires as well as some cross over between witches and werewolves.

The differences between modern vampires and folklore are quite interesting, as most of what we accept in current movies and/or TV shows have only a slight basis within folklore. This is very much a pet project of the author for which he's done quite a bit of research regarding the topic of vampires in relation to their folklore origins vs. modern assumptions. The author's sources are well documented within the end notes of each chapter if you so wish to research further. At some points within the novel it feels like the author is carrying on a casual conversation with you - the reader. I do appreciate the humor of the author as well as the chapters organized by topic.

This was honestly just a fun little read - it didn't take me very long to finish it. The superstitions of the past are quite intriguing while being quite frightening and gruesome. Fear of the unknown makes people do some WEIRD and sometimes atrocious things. I would suggest this book to fans of the supernatural, vampires, witches, werewolves, folklore and this would make a good read prior to Halloween. Thank you NetGalley and Schiffer Publishing for this short sweet treat of a read. ( )