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The Bride of Casa Dracula (Casa Dracula, Book 3) | 
 enlarge | Author: Marta Acosta
Publisher: Pocket
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 132190
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.3 x 1
ISBN: 1416559639
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781416559634
ASIN: 1416559639
Publication Date: September 16, 2008
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Milagro De Los Santos is having serious problems planning her wedding to fabulous Oswald Grant, M.D. Her future in-laws loathe her, her dog just died, and Oswald's family has a genetic anomaly that makes them crave blood. Then her extravagant best friend hijacks the role of wedding coordinator, and the secretive Vampire Council assigns conniving Cornelia Ducharme to guide the couple through the ancient vampire marriage rituals.To top it all off, Milagro's career is on the skids. She's reduced to ghost-writing the memoirs of a loony little man who claims to be a shapeshifter. And why does Cornelia's decadent, way too attractive brother, Ian, always show up whenever Milagro is away from Oswald? When a series of accidents interferes with wedding plans, Oswald worries that Milagro is cracking under the pressure. Is she just paranoid, or is a hidden enemy trying to make sure Milagro doesn't wed the undead?
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 More like 4 1/2 stars.... October 26, 2008
Just how hard is it for a human to marry a vampire?
Milagro De Los Santos is amazed at the ridiculous regulations that The Council's Rules Committee expects her to abide by! Not only does she have to now plan a public wedding with Dr. Oswald Grant, but she also has to plan a private ceremony involving ancient customs that make absolutely no sense to her. Will Milagro survive with her sanity?
THE BRIDE OF CASA DRACULA is the book I've been waiting for in this series! Finally, Milagro comes completely into her own. I would highly suggest reading the Casa Dracula series in order as the events in THE BRIDE OF CASA DRACULA will make perfect sense in the context of the series but might seem a little disjointed without the background. Past characters appear quite frequently, such as Nancy's reappearance (this time as a wedding consultant). In fact, fans of the series will delight in the sequence of events that ensues.
Milagro's growth as a character is just pure fun to watch! Marta Acosta does a beautiful job at making Milagro and a whole host of secondary characters come to life. Yes, the characters are quirky but it is their uniqueness that makes them so endearing and memorable. Milagro isn't perfect but rather she makes mistakes just like any other human. THE BRIDE OF CASA DRACULA is easily recommended!
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Witty and charming fun! October 8, 2008
The Bride of Casa Dracula by Marta Acosta
Oversize paperback release date September 16, 2008
4 stars
Marta Acosta's The Bride of Casa Dracula is another fresh addition to her Casa Dracula Series. Her eccentric characters are alive with charm and style. Milagro De Los Santos is an aspiring author who is soon to be wed to the man of her dreams, plastic surgeon Oswald Grant. The problem is Oswald comes from a long line of `vampires' and to marry they must resolve problems with parents, murder attempts and the secretive Vampire Council. To make things more stressful, Milagro is reunited with Ian, the handsome debonair vampire who has been pursuing her and Milagro finds, to her dismay that she may not want to run.
This book is filled with zany escapades, as feisty Milagro seems to find herself in wacky to serious situations wherever she goes. The off the wall characters make this read a non-stop ride. If you are looking for a fun read that is full of laughter and enjoy a spirited heroine, with unconventional appeal, this is the book for you! The only small disappointment with the story for me is that it ended rather abruptly and unresolved. That is to say, it is not a typical ending and seems to imply there will be another book in the series. But if you love this series, this will not be a problem since you will want to read more anyway!
Reviewed by Steph at Bookaholics Romance Book Club
 Love, love, love this series October 8, 2008
This, the third of Milagro's adventures, continues the clever,
witty, and fast moving saga.
I never know what is coming but do know that
it will be interesting. Milagro is one saucy woman who deals
with livf as it comes. She expresses a myriad of emotions from joy to sorrow. The characters who join in her adventures are complex
and so real though not necessarily alive. Did I say I love this series?
More, more, more....
the book girl reviews The Bride of Casa Dracula September 29, 2008
OMG!! I can't get over how great this book is. I really liked the first two, but this one is the best. I read so many books, that I rarely get giddy over what happens, but this book made me giddy. I really want to just write what I loved about the book, but I can't do that without giving important things away. Everyone needs to run out and buy this book when it is released on September 16th.
Milagro De Los Santos is living a great life. She is engaged to a wonderful man , but having problems planning the wedding. She is trying to balance being her own person with being the person Oswald wants her to be. I felt that she was struggling with this more than the vampire council. The regular cast of characters is present, although we don't see much of Edna or Winnie. My favorite character, Ian, is back and causing trouble for Milagro. The Bride of Casa Dracula is quite a ride and full of surprises. I was very sad when I reached the end of the book. I can't wait to find out what happens next for Milagro.
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Not Quite Your Traditional Wedding . . . September 28, 2008
She's ba-a-a-a-ck! My favorite new heroine, Milagro De Los Santos, is planning her wedding to the fabulous Dr. Oswald Grant. But her life is never a straight and easy road, and here it is further complicated by trying to comply with the bizarre requirements of the Vampire Council and provide her fiance's long-established and well-respected family with a proper vampire wedding, while never relinquishing her own integrity and independence. She cannot and will not suppress her natural skepticism and humor, and even on the brink of her marriage, she finds that much of their world is still a mystery to her, a mystery which only deepens during her solo trip to meet with the Council's Rules Committee and later when she has a car accident she does not believe is an accident, her engagement ring and wedding dress disappear, and she finds herself being shadowed by a wolf/dog.
Milagro's old friend Nancy decides to take over as her wedding planner. The fascinating Ian Ducharme and his mysterious and seemingly vindictive sister Cornelia reappear to complicate matters further. You really never know what will happen, and I stayed up much later than I should at my age, just to find out.
Although she has been drawn into a vampire world, Milagro is as real-life as they come. She loves the Grants and the sense of finally belonging to a family, after being raised as the superfluous outsider in her parents' home and losing her adored and adoring grandmother. She has twice survived infection with vampires' blood, and enjoys heightened senses and abilities. But she will always be different, not quite one of them, a "normal human chica" whose culture informs her identity and who cannot resist "poking the bear" now and then. Surrounded by wealth, with gifts freely offered to her, Milagro insists on earning her own way, agreeing to ghost-write the truly incredible memoirs of the very peculiar Don Pedro Nascimento. Don Pedro and other new characters continue to enter Milagro's life in unexpected ways, and she is open, accepting, and sometimes a bit naive in allowing them in.
Milagro is also coping with the loss of a beloved friend, finding that the joy of unconditional love is matched by the grief of its passing, though eventually that sadness is tempered by wonderful memories.
Like most of us, Milagro finds that even the love of a fabulous man does not automatically ensure security or blind us to the charms of the many other beautiful, interesting, and attractive men in the world. She lives in a diverse world, is fiercely loyal to her friends, whether longtime or newly acquired, and nothing about her life is predictable. Her life seems crazy, and even the Grants begin to wonder about her sanity. As her new friend Joseph Alfred observes, Milagro is a "complicated chick."
As she struggles to be truly accepted for who she is, Milagro learns that she is really the heroine of her own life. For me, she is everything that Elizabeth Bennet was when I was a teenager, a woman I wish to emulate and long to know. A great friend is back, and there is nothing I enjoy more than hearing about the new adventures in her life.
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