A decent, informative book - but I'm still scratching my head over why the cover used an image of Vlad Țepeș (aka Vlad the Impaler, aka Dracula) when there is no mention of vampires in the book at all. That alone is misleading, but factored in with pertinent bits of the legends/folklore being left out of certain sections, I'm forced to say this book was only "okay." ( )