I bought this book at a thrift store and primarily for its cover art. To me, the cover was reminiscent of the Hammer horror movies of the 60's and 70's. I was not disappointed, the text definitely had that feel, cheesy, gory, and an easy read. It was gruesome and had some interesting bits here and there. The ending, however, was a little bit of a letdown though I guess the vampire was not really set up as the main villain of the piece either. The story seems to exist to juxtapose the real historical evils of the Inquisition against that of the supernatural represented by the vampire and the witch's spells which is an okay idea.
I did enjoy reading this book mostly for its horror and morbidity than for anything else although I liked the setting, its characters are kind of flat and prone to sudden histrionics (much like a Hammer film). I would have rather had the character set up as a potential hero to do something more than just waiting around though. He is introduced as a fly in the ointment for the main villain but this amounts to nothing, unfortunately. In that arena, I think the novel missed out on some good action sequences and some highly tense moments.
Would I recommend this book? Yeah, sure, if you can pick it up for a few bucks, go ahead. ( )

Spanish Inquisition, vampires. What's not to like? The kind of fast-moving gothic horror story that got replaced by wimpy urban fantasies. ( )

A good tale like an old time vampire story. Set during the Inquisition. ( )

A pretty shlocky book. Kind of typical of the genre of this era, but not very well-written. Also, the back of the book has a description which I found dreadfully misleading - it said a certain thing was going to happen, but in the acutal book, something very different happened. Weird. Not something I'd recommend unless you're on a mission to read EVERY vampire book ever written, or something like that. ( )