Heart of the Impaler by Alexander Delacroix

I finished this book a few days ago. I enjoyed it so much that I thought you might also like it. The story is about a young Vlad Dracula and his cousin who fall in love with Ilona Csaki. She must decide which man she loves, but has difficulty deciding who to be with in the long term.

This book beautifully illustrates young people's struggles to find their place in the world, characterized by Vlad Dracula's desperate attempts to impress his demanding father. An example is his attempt to find the person who duplicated the key to his father’s room, and he also did his best to follow his path. There are several examples of his darker side. One of those examples of this is the fact that he threatened people for information. Another example of his darker tendencies is the fact that he murdered his older brother. Another example of his darker tendencies is that he falsely accused the guards who were put in place to keep him out of trouble of killing him and had them executed. Another example of his darker tendencies is the fact that he killed his older brother so that he could marry llona, as well as many other twists and turns in their stories.