White Rose of Avalon

Literary Love

  • My Top 5 Favorite Gothic Romance Couples

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of the top five Gothic Romance couples that I adore! Number 5: Lestat & Louis ~My number five choice is the main couple of The Vampire Chronicles.   Lestat and Louis were certainly always meant to be a couple, but could easily be sanitized as…

  • The Vampire Diaries Novels Ranked

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a ranking of all of The Vampire Diaries novels.   By all, I mean the first seven, as those were the ones actually written by L.J. Smith.   The other six were ghost-written with a different plot because Smith did not own the rights to her characters…

  • Authors That Made Me Fall In Love With Literature

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a post about the authors that got me into great literature in my formative years.   I have broken this into four parts, American, English, Irish, and French. American English Irish French ~I hope you have enjoyed my short analysis of the authors that shaped my formative…

  • Claudia, Fear of the Vampire Child

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have chosen a truly fatal female.   Claudia from Interview with the Vampire is one of the most iconic female vampire characters ever written.   I thought it was appropriate to choose her for this first Femme Fatale Friday of October, that creepiest of months! Most people who…

  • My Top 5 Favorite Vampire Novels

    I have decided to do a countdown of my favorite vampire novels for today’s post.   The two highest ranked ones on this list nearly tied, but I had to separately rank them, so this is where I put them after much thought!   I realize that some of these are technically series, but it…

  • All of Jane Austen’s Heroines Ranked

    For today’s post, I would like to do a countdown of all of Jane Austen’s heroines.     Number 8: Fanny Price ~Fanny is honestly the most annoying character in the Austen universe.    The main character of Mansfield Park is overshadowed by the other characters.   She is really someone that is beyond boring…

  • Catherine Earnshaw, A Faery Changeling?

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a discussion of an interesting alternate interpretation of the character of Catherine Earnshaw based on close reading of the novel and folkloric research.   This is something that has been on my mind since my most recent re-read of Wuthering Heights.   My favorite theory about Catherine…

  • All of Jane Austen’s Novels Ranked

    As a bit of a companion piece to yesterday’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of Jane Austen’s books. Number 7: Mansfield Park ~I ranked this one last because Fanny Price is by far my least favorite Austen heroine.   The only good character for me is Henry, but he is mostly hated…

  • All of the Bronte Novels Ranked

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown ranking all of the novels of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte! Number 7: Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte ~The first novel by Anne is a sweet one dealing with a society of the era.   Anne drew on her own experience as a governess while…

  • My Top 5 Royal Historical Fiction Books

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my five favorite historical fiction novels.   These are in particular about Queens in the late medieval and Tudor periods.   The reason they are my favorites is that it is my favorite time period. Number 5: The White Rose by Jan Westcott ~This…