I was honestly in love with this series, you always wanted to know what happens next at every episode! I just wonder if Dracula and Mina finally became a couple cause like they would look absolutely adorable together! I wanted to see if Jonathan save Mina and stop Dracula in taking over the world! I felt gutted that Renfield and Lady Jane were killed off the show because they were such legends. Even though, I didn't understand why people think it wasn't a good idea but I thought it was!I am proud to have watched this series if only it aired more longer!

I do not care that it does not follow the original Dracula story. It has a great plot and it had me hooked from beginning to end. The acting gave me shivers and the decor was astonishing. The story has a lot of unexpected moves, and also some funny clichés. It is a whole new look on the tale, it still shows a lot of Dracula's mercilessness but also his compassionate side and his deep desires. You have no idea how the story will unfold and where it will take you. When I started watching the first season I did not realise there was no second season, this was quite a disappointment for me. I hope they will change their minds and continue this series, because it is outstanding.However, I wish that in the next season (if there ever comes one) they should really elaborated on the background story of Alexander.

I admit, this show was a slow burner. I originally started watching it for one reason - Jonathan Rhys Meyers. He is unmatched in his beauty, and always superb. It took a couple of episodes before I began to get into it. But by the third episode I was captivated, and completely drawn into Alexander's dark and intriguing world. The show has a lot of tension and drama, which comes from several sources. Firstly is 'The Order of The Dragon', with whom Alexander/Dracula is locked in an ongoing battle of wits (and violence), as they pursue their mission to find and destroy him and his kind. The main leader of this group is Lady Jayne Wetherby (Victoria Smurfitt) and she and Alexander engage in a cat and mouse game filled with manipulation and f**king. Jayne is ruthless and cruel in her role as the Huntress, but her relationship with Alexander allows us to see her more vulnerable side. Her desire for him (and to retain her sense of youth) cause her to become blinkered to the truth of his identity and his lack of feelings for her. The second source of tension comes from the deep, obsessional love Dracula has for medical student, Mina Murray (Jessica De Gouw). From the moment he sees her he is captivated, as she is the double/reincarnation of his one true love, Ilona, who was burnt at the stake centuries previously by The Order. Her character is clearly the polar opposite to Jayne. She is kind, shy, vulnerable, and at the peak of her beauty. In her, Alexander sees a chance for love and the kind of life he has never been able to have. This love, and his desire to avenge Ilona's death, become the prime motivation for everything he does. He hires her fiancée, Jonathan (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) to work for him, so that he can keep Mina within his orbit. And in a quest to overcome his body's adverse reaction to sunlight, he recklessly pushes Professor Van Helsing to develop (and test on him) a special, yet dangerous serum. Although Van Helsing carries out these demands, he is secretly plotting his own special brand of revenge on The Order, in opposition to Dracula.Whilst Mina loves Jonathan, she finds herself inexplicably (to her mind) drawn to Alexander. This attraction does not go un-noticed by her fiancée, or The Order, who cunningly use it to their advantage. They manipulate and recruit Jonathan, promising him the chance of revenge on Alexander. His jealousy causes his character to change for the worse, as he becomes enraged and desperate to hold onto the woman he loves.The sub-plot involves Mina's best friend, Lucy, (Katie McGrath) who is secretly in love with Mina, and inadvertently makes an enemy of Alexander/Dracula as a result. This is a crime for which she pays a heavy price. (This turn of events, in particular, would provide a fascinating new storyline for a second series.)All of these stories are expertly interwoven in a clever and subtle manner. It is a grown up, stylish, and intelligent show, which never veers into the hammy, camp territory of some previous Dracula incarnations. The sets, costumes and cinematography are visually stunning. And the actors are all brilliant, especially Rhys Meyers, who portrays a very complex character with apparent ease. His character would be almost entirely unlikable, if not for his relationship with Mina. She brings out qualities in him which are otherwise absent - warmth, love, a fierce loyalty and protectiveness. The fact that he possesses these qualities, seems to be as much of a surprise to Alexander (and his inner circle) as it is to us. Therefore he struggles to control them rationally. Whenever he looks at Mina we see a deep longing, and a vulnerability in those otherwise steely eyes. And in those moments, one would almost mistake him for human.

I am not a huge lover of new shows, to be honest I only checked out Dracula as some of my favourite actors, Katie McGrath and JRM were in it. Boy am I glad I checked out the show. From the moment it begins it hypnotises you with stunning sets, costumes, amazing acting, some fabulous lines such as "when it comes to dreams, the only way to falter is to abandon them." The role of Dracula seems a perfect fit for Jonathan Rhys Meyers, for me it is of any role he has had the one that suits him best. He is fantastic as Dracula, flawless.I love how the series takes us in ways from the book Dracula with amazing twists and turns which are unpredictable. When you find these out you gasp. I love how even though it is different from the book in ways as the series 1 goes to the end it begins to turn and bring us back to more book plots. It leaves me after every episode wanting more, every actor/actress in this show were amazing.It is a unique masterpiece in my eyes that captivated me from the second I switched it on. It brings us back to the origins of vampires, it is sleek, sexy, drama filled, suspense filled, perfectly written by Cole Hadden. For me every actor/actress was well chosen for their roles. It finished series1 with so many unanswered questions, plot twists beginning fans cannot believe it has been cancelled. It has so so SO much potential for a series2.We need to to find a new home for the show. Please go to twitter page @save_dracula to help try and get Dracula a new home. We hope Netflix will save it. #NetflixSaveDraculaAlso go to FaceBook www.facebook.com/onesexyman and Dracula Eternal to help in the fight to save this masterpiece stopped too prematurely.