Paperback, 774 pages
Published Nov. 6, 2003 by Arrow Books Ltd.
Publication to coincide with new Vampire Chronicle BLOOD CANTICLE in hardback.Lestat is back, saviour and demon, presiding over a gothic story of family greed and hatred through generations, a terrifying drama of blood lust and betrayal, possession and matricide.Blackwood Farm with its grand Southern mansion, set among dark cypress swamps in Louisiana, harbours terrible blood-stained secrets and family ghosts. Heir to them all is Quinn Blackwood, young, rash and beautiful, himself a 'bloodhunter' whom Lestat takes under his wing. But Quinn is in thrall not only to the past and his own appetites but, even more dangerously, to a companion spirit, a 'goblin' succubus who could destroy him and others. Only the unearthly power of Lestat combined with the earthly powers of the Mayfair clan could hope to save Quinn from himself and his ghosts, or to rescue the doomed girl Quinn loves from her own mortality- Shocking, savage and …
Publication to coincide with new Vampire Chronicle BLOOD CANTICLE in hardback.Lestat is back, saviour and demon, presiding over a gothic story of family greed and hatred through generations, a terrifying drama of blood lust and betrayal, possession and matricide.Blackwood Farm with its grand Southern mansion, set among dark cypress swamps in Louisiana, harbours terrible blood-stained secrets and family ghosts. Heir to them all is Quinn Blackwood, young, rash and beautiful, himself a 'bloodhunter' whom Lestat takes under his wing. But Quinn is in thrall not only to the past and his own appetites but, even more dangerously, to a companion spirit, a 'goblin' succubus who could destroy him and others. Only the unearthly power of Lestat combined with the earthly powers of the Mayfair clan could hope to save Quinn from himself and his ghosts, or to rescue the doomed girl Quinn loves from her own mortality- Shocking, savage and richly erotic, this novel with the deceptively gentle title bring us Anne Rice at her most powerfully disturbing. Here are vampires and witches, men and women, demons and a doppelg-nger, caught up in a maelstrom of death and destruction, blood and fire, cruelty and fate.
This was left at my house and I gave it a shot. I couldn't bear the unnecessary descriptions, the memories and flashbacks.
I stopped reading and won't read it. It is not bad. It's just very sub-par.
Either I have outgrown vampire stories (which I don't think has happened cos I love [b:We Are Toten Herzen|22416639|We Are Toten Herzen (Totenseries, #1)|Chris Harrison|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1420255433s/22416639.jpg|27475127] series) or Anne Rice has lost it. So far this series has been good, some of the best literary vampires and some brilliant writing. Her vampires love their stories and so far that has worked as you know of the vampires from previous books, Blackwood Farm however features a new character, Quinn Blackwood and for over 600 very long and very dull pages we get to hear his story. None of the figures in the story are interesting and I spend most of my time cringing at how creepy they are, is it normal for a male to have a older female sleeping in his bed until he reaches his 20's? Should he be kissing his elderly aunt's feet?
This book features some of Anne …
Either I have outgrown vampire stories (which I don't think has happened cos I love [b:We Are Toten Herzen|22416639|We Are Toten Herzen (Totenseries, #1)|Chris Harrison|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1420255433s/22416639.jpg|27475127] series) or Anne Rice has lost it. So far this series has been good, some of the best literary vampires and some brilliant writing. Her vampires love their stories and so far that has worked as you know of the vampires from previous books, Blackwood Farm however features a new character, Quinn Blackwood and for over 600 very long and very dull pages we get to hear his story. None of the figures in the story are interesting and I spend most of my time cringing at how creepy they are, is it normal for a male to have a older female sleeping in his bed until he reaches his 20's? Should he be kissing his elderly aunt's feet?
This book features some of Anne Rice's erotic fiction, previous books luckily have managed to avoid this....what's that? You want a road sign to depict the level of eroticism? ok.....
I have no idea how I made it to the end. This could possibly be the end of the Anne Rice ride for me. Avoid this.
