FANTASY

The Historian Elizabeth Kostova The Historian is one of my favorite books. It seems a little odd, but is very logically formatted. Kostova approaches the subject of vampires in a manner similar to the Da Vinci Code. The book is logical and very reasonable, and it is not a stretch when she introduces Dracula as Vlad Drakulya, a medieval vampire in the modern world. However, it is fiction, like the Da Vinci Code, and fantasy, unlike the Da Vinci Code. It is also a love story, between two teenagers, between two parents, and a little between two old people. It is a fantasy that seems like historic fiction because of the realism and detail