Wow. That's all I can say is wow. For a book that's 126 years old, Dracula has held up amazingly well. It's certainly a case of a book earning the title of "a classic."

I could gush for probably paragraphs about everything I love in this book, but I'll keep it exceedingly short and sweet with just a few things.

• There's an honest to God Texan cowboy in it

• Lucy Westenta did nothing wrong and I will die on her hill

• Dracula is legitimately creepy and a horrific force to overcome

• The book has oddly comedic moments like Dracula throwing a wolf through a window or three terriers coming at the call of a whistle to kill an army of Dracula controlled rats

• Wasn't sold on Renfield until his story all came together the end

• I adore the whole Boyfriend Squad actually

• Mina and Jonathan Harker are couple goals, like seriously

• Mina girlbosses so hard

• Van Helsing is great as well

Seriously, give this a read. I was so pleasantly surprised by it and it's very quickly risen to become one of my favorite books I've ever read.