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larry_yonce's review against another edition
3.0
A Hollywood film crew comes to Collinwood!
The Collins family go to Vermont for the summer and lease Collinwood to a movie production company to shoot a film there. Barnabas, however, stays behind at the "Old House. " Among the arrivals is the fiftyish director, Brad Hilton, blinded in his left eye from a boxing injury years before. The actors include David Billings, C. Stanton Shaw, Clifton Kerr, and the beautiful Rita Glenn. Romance blooms between Barnabas and Rita. A mysterious doctor named Moreno seems to have a cure for Barnabas' vampirism. Will Barnabas be able to become a normal man at last? And find happiness? Events unfold quickly; blackmail, murder, ghostly visits, and what seems to be a 2nd vampire on the loose are all on the menu. Nice atmosphere and good use of secondary characters.
The Collins family go to Vermont for the summer and lease Collinwood to a movie production company to shoot a film there. Barnabas, however, stays behind at the "Old House. " Among the arrivals is the fiftyish director, Brad Hilton, blinded in his left eye from a boxing injury years before. The actors include David Billings, C. Stanton Shaw, Clifton Kerr, and the beautiful Rita Glenn. Romance blooms between Barnabas and Rita. A mysterious doctor named Moreno seems to have a cure for Barnabas' vampirism. Will Barnabas be able to become a normal man at last? And find happiness? Events unfold quickly; blackmail, murder, ghostly visits, and what seems to be a 2nd vampire on the loose are all on the menu. Nice atmosphere and good use of secondary characters.
kmg365's review
2.0
I needed a short, easy listen for a recent promotion to earn a gift card for time spent listening to a book using an app. While browsing, I happened upon audio versions of the Marilyn Ross Dark Shadows books from back in the day. I never thought I'd see them available on audio-- certainly not 53 years after the first in the series was published. I used to collect the paperbacks, but I'd never so much as cracked the cover of a single one.
I had to try one of the audio titles. But which one?
I figured the first few would deal with plot points I was already familiar with, as a long-time fan of the series. So I chose the latest title available. Sigh. Wrong decision.
If I'd done my homework, I would have learned that this title barely had any series regulars in it, aside from Barnabas. It's basically a Barnabas romance-- or as close to romance as the sensibilities of a daytime drama in 1966 could get. At one point, our beautiful heroine goes in for a kiss, which Barnabas rebuffs with “Not on the lips.”
I knew it wouldn't be a five star read, but I was hoping for something more in the spirit of the series, and less formulaic. I did earn the gift card, though, so I'm happy.
andydcaf2d's review
3.0
Marilyn Ross has a slightly different take on the progression of events that are different from the TV series. Very enjoyable, the only thing I don't like about these audio books are they set the chapters so far apart. If you need to listen to it again because you've missed something, it is usually an investment of 30 minutes of relistening which can be rather tedious as my mind can tend to wander .
wooderson's review
3.0
A story of a contemporary effort to cure Barnabas of vampirism. This "present day" novel is an improvement over previous flashback entries in the series, but still not as entertaining as the early stories not bound to revolve around the Barnabas character.
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