Hotel Transylvania

I admit. I stalked Quinn at Dragon Con. It took me all day to finally summon the courage to approach her and fangirl out. It was after a panel, and no one else was waiting to talk to her.

A most prolific, brilliant, and underrated author, her Saint-Germain series is astounding and profoundly impacted and inspired me. Her main character is faced against impossible odds, which he resolutely and astutely conquers each time while protecting those he holds dear.

The books’ settings move through the sands of time and across continents, all uniquely accurate. Her PhD in history sings through… show more.

Based on a real historical figure, Hotel Transylvania tells the story of the Compte de Saint-Germain who arrives in the Court of Louis XV in 1743 and falls in love with a young woman named Madelaine de Montalia. The historical Saint-Germain was rumored to be an alchemist who never aged, and some speculated he was a vampire. Yarbro gives us a heroic vampire who must step in and save the woman he loves when she becomes a target for devil-worshiping Paris nobility. I loved how Yarbro spun characters from a historical setting into a suspenseful, thrilling tale leaving us wanting… show more.

Hotel Transylvania is the first book of the Count Saint Germain series by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. A friend had recommended the series to me many years ago.

Count Saint Germain was a fascinating character from the 1700s. Yarbro added a touch of the supernatural to his story by making him a vampire. Yet Germain is not a typical vampire, living under different constraints than in Bram Stoker's famous tale. St. Germain is an alchemist, scientist, and lover, though not in the conventional sense. 

A unique take in Yarbro's novels is the inclusion of correspondence, transcribed in the same styles as… show more.