White Rose of Avalon

Romance

  • Announcement: Love Week 2026 Begins Tomorrow!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s post, I am announcing that Love Week 2026, my annual theme week to celebrate love in the lead up to Valentine’s Day, begins tomorrow!    As has become my tradition, I have chosen a more specific theme.  This year’s theme is Wuthering Heights!…

  • Sharing Some of My Favorite Wintery Re-Reads

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I am sharing a list of some of my favorite books to re-read in Winter!   Some of these are poems, some are fairytales, some are full-length novels, as I wanted to represent all of my favorite types of literature to…

  • Mina Harker: Dracula’s Obsession

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today is the final day of Dracula Week here at White Rose of Avalon, and I am finishing off with this Halloween Femme Fatale Friday post about Mina Harker (nee Murray)!  What other way could I have ended this week, but to discuss the character…

  • We Need to Talk About ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ (1992): The Ultimate Gothic Vampire Romance

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today is the fourth day of Dracula Week here at White Rose of Avalon, and I am going to be doing my full spoilers review of Bram Stoker’s Dracula from 1992! So, this was my favorite version of Dracula ever put to film for most…

  • Ranking My Top 5 Favorite Dracula Performances

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today is the second day of Dracula Week here at White Rose of Avalon, and I am ranking my top five favorite Dracula performances!    Number 5: Max Schreck in Nosferatu: A Symphony of Terror (1922) ~Of course, I could not leave the original cinematic…

  • ‘Dracula’ by Bram Stoker: Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today is the first day of Dracula Week here at White Rose of Avalon, and I am beginning by reviewing the original book!   I have never actually posted a full review of the original novel here on White Rose of Avalon, so I thought…

  • Announcing Gothic Romance Week 2025!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is the announcement that beginning on Saturday, October 25th, I will be celebrating Gothic Romance Week 2025.   The theme of this year’s Gothic Romance Week is Dracula!   That makes it not only Gothic Romance Week, but also Vampire Week (which is…

  • ‘The Vampire’ by Rudyard Kipling: Poem Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I am sharing my analysis of the poem The Vampire by Rudyard Kipling.   I have long loved this poem, especially as it went on to inspire one of the only Theda Bara films we can still watch today, A Fool…

  • Venus in Artwork: Exploring Artistic Interpretations of the Goddess of Love

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be going over some of the iconic examples of Venus in artworks!   I will be looking at three examples of artwork depicting Venus.   Two are paintings and one is a sculpture, but all show important aspects of…

  • We Need to Talk About ‘Together’ (2025) ~Full Spoilers Film Review~

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I just have to give a full spoiler review of the brand new horror film Together!   I saw this film with my husband on Friday, and we both had very visceral reactions to it in the best way.   Together…