Talk:Volturi/@comment-108.50.216.54-20140311195558/@comment-108.46.200.254-20140404191921

Try looking at the sources of the modern vampire. Dracula has some romance, but it is mostly the slow decline of Jonathan Harker, trapped in the castle of a monstrous count, not sure whether he is insane or in grave danger, and the struggle being fought by Van Helsing and his comrades to keep Mina Harker alive in its early stages. It has a nice diary format as well. Make sure you get an annotated copy, as there are lots of quotations and obscure phrases. Otherwise, The Princess Bride has romance, true love, an evil prince, satire, high adventure, Turkish giants, Spanish swordsmen, Sicilian masterminds and more catchphrases than you can shake a sword at. As well as R.O.U.S.