The Witching Hour

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Summary: A little tip-DON'T SKIP THE LAST TWO BOOKS
Review: Let's clarify something for the few of you who didn't enjoy this whole series. First of all, the name of the series is "Lives of the Mayfair Witches". Not "Life of Rowan Mayfair." Rice's in depth account of the family dating way back to Suzanne Mayfair is crucial. The reader needs to get the "big picture." Fascinating picture at that, with beautiful descriptions of New Orleans. Secondly, those of you who thought the whole series was just one big loose-end obviously stopped after "The Witching Hour." Lasher needed to be explained too. He wasn't just some silly ghost. He is in a sense a depiction of all that tastes good but is very bad for your teeth, if you follow my point. Taltos was a little lengthy but it was "the rest of the story." Ashlar, the only known Taltos still around, just wants to live in this world with humans-in peace and harmony. To have his race replenished on the earth. His race was love and gentleness and it was destroyed. Think of yourself as a baby-the epitome of all that's innocent and carefree and gentle. And then you grow up, and all your innocence and carefree ways are snatched away. Ashlar had a real need and longing for the way it once was. Wouldn't it be wonderful to be carefree again? As for Miss Rice, Keep em' coming!!!!!

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Summary: The best of the Mayfair Chronicles...
Review: I have read and re-read the "Witching Hour" every year since it came out. I feel it is the best of the Mayfair Chronicle trilogy. I began reading Anne Rice when she first wrote "Interview with a Vampire." I have to say that I was much more entranced with the witches than the vampires. I was so interested in her stories and the settings, that I visited the sites in New Orleans this spring. It was fascinating to put real pictures with her words. I didn't find the length daunting at all, as many have complained. I was caught-up in the story from page one. I look forward to reading her newest book.

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Summary: The chronicle of an amazing family of women
Review: With a minor in history, I often wish history was told this well. Anne Rice paints a potrait of words with her tale of 13 remarkable and tragic women move through history with the help, and the curse of a dedicated spirit and a group of equally dedicated scholars of the Talamsca. All the more entrancing, the storyteller allows you multiple perspectives as a scholar, a lover, a witch, and a spirit. By far her best work and I highly reccommend the book and visiting First and Chesnut in New Orleans to be even more awed by the tale.

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Summary: Wonderful!!!!!!!
Review: This is by far the best Rice novel ever. I have read everything she has written and still love this on the most. I read this years ago, and when I think of Rice, The Witching Hour always comes to mind first. It is seductive and mysterious. This book had me wishing I was a witch. A page-turner that keep me up nights. This one is a must read.

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Summary: very good, extremely exciting!
Review: I thought it was a very interesting and well thought out book. It shows what a great imagination Anne Rice has.

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Summary: FANTASTIC A MUST READ!!!
Review: I just finished it and jumped on the net to find the name of the next book!!!!! It's a series HELLO!?? Great book!!! Exactly what I expected. Definitely lives up to her reputation.

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Summary: Last Anne Rice book I ever read
Review: Sometimes the values your parents instill in you backfire. Like always seeing a task through to the end. I wish I had given up on this book after the first hundred pages. The story could be told in approximately that many if Ms. Rice could have eliminated half of the lurid sex scenes and the self-indulgent, tiresome descriptions of her home.

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Summary: Bone chilling, terribly beautiful
Review: I read this book shortly after it was released- seven or eight years ago, and I still think about it often. I remember having nightmares that were inspired by this book! Anne Rice has an amazing ability to chill the blood in my veins by allowing me to see, hear, smell, and feel every detail of the story.

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Summary: You will dream about this book
Review: This book was wonderful. I was astounded by it. The way Anne Rice traces the Mayfair family throughout the centuries is so very interesting!! I must confess however, that I skipped some of the parts about Rowan and Michael. Compared to the family history, they just didn't seem nearly as cool. I loved all the characters from the geneology, and to this day, I have weird dreams about them. This book is incredibly long, but in order to love it you don't even have to read the present day scenes with Rowan and Michael. They're even kind of depressing. The history is only about three hundred pages, and if you read it, you'll love it. I'm sure that you'll be able to see the First Street house in your mind as clearly as your own home. I'm sure you will dream of Julien, who, by the way, is an incredible character. Read it!!!

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Summary: Does anyone else have a family like this?
Review: Despite the fact that this book was long, once you get into it it doesn't take too long to complete. I read this book four years ago and I still think about it. For some reason I felt pretty lonely when it was all over. What can I say except that Anne's the best. For her fans I would strongly urge you to read a very different novel by her called "Cry To Heaven". It's also amazing.