Queen of the Damned (Vampire Chronicles, Book III)

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Summary: The best Vampire Chronicle by far! A masterpiece!
Review: In Queen of the Damned, Akasha, last seen in The Vampire Lestat, has come to full power and has a heinous plan: to destroy all males who inhabit the Earth. Meanwhile, a group vampires, some old and some young, some known and some new, has met in a coven house in the foothills of California to stop Akasha. This book is the crowning glory of the Vampire Chronicles, allowing us to see deeper into Lestat, yet introducing to a slew of new people who have also received the "Dark Gift."

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Summary: EXCILLERATING AND ENTRANCING
Review: *** LOVED IT AS ANY TRUE RICE FAN WOULD AGREE. THIS WAS A TRUE BACK STORY WITH LOTS OF INFO THAT TRACES THE COORALATION OF THE VAMPIRES AND THE STORY OF THE BIRTH OF EACH CHARACTER AND TRULY REFLECTED THE PAIN OF THE QUEEN

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Summary: Lestat - Bond of Vamps?
Review: I quote from the Vampire Lestat's atis, yet somehow less mature commentary when he claims the title as 'the James Bonf of vampires'. First of all, I thought that this book was the highlight of the Vampire Chronicles. It gathers the beguiling and sexy cast that Anne Rice has spent her first two books building into. Their common enemy is, ironically enough, their creator. I like the theme of 'the Mother' and 'the Child', but apparently, some of my fellow readers disagree. For those of us who has fallen for the charasmatic and daring Vampire Lestat, then Akasha was surely the personiphocation of our dreams.

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Summary: ANNE RICES BEST SO FAR
Review: WOW! THAT SHOULD SAY IT ALL. IT IS SUCH A GREAT BOOK THAT HAS NO SLOW LAGGING PORTIONS IN IT. THE STORY THAT IS TOLD IS TOTALLY GREAT. THE CHARACTERS ARE STRONG AND BELIEVEABLE WHICH MAKE THE BOOK SO FANTASTIC. THE DIVISION OF THE BOOK INTO THREE SECTIONS IS BRILLIANT. WE LEARN ABOPUT OTHER VAMPIRES WHICH ARE TOTALLY COOL LIKE AZIM, THE BLOOD GOD. HE IS SO COOL! ANYONE THAT GIVES THIS BOOK LESS THAN A 8 EITHER DIDN'T READ IT OR IS LYING. IT IS UNNECESSARY TO READ THE CHRONICLES IN ORDER, AND BY READING THIS ONE FIRST WILL NOT SPOIL THE REST.

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Summary: THIS IS THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ
Review: READ THIS BOOK!!! It is the best Anne Rice book to date, rich plot, interesting characters, provocative, compelling, complicating....it is everything!

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Summary: Possibly Rice's worst
Review: The one redeeming quality this book has is the development of Lestat. The plot left very much to be desired. The book rivals Lasher for my worst of Anne Rice pick. Unfortunately, it is a must read for the rest of the Vampire Chronicles. Fortunately, Tale of the Body Thief makes the time worthwhile.

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Summary: Fabulous........
Review: I was amazed by this book, and though some people may not like being smothered by emotion, I believe it only lent to the book... I think it gives us all a chance to see a sort of Darker Side of life, and perhaps become more in tune with the darkness that is part of our own minds- all of a sudden our reality and they black-and-white look of good and evil are shattered, leaving us picking up little pieces of gray glass. Now you tell me what's real.

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Summary: What a wonderful continuation to a wonderful story...
Review: Although the character of Akasha is a bit much at times, the creativity displayed by Anne Rice to create such a concept is masterful. It almost makes you want to be one of them! (Though I've felt that way since I read INTERVIEW.) What a cool group of people! What an incredible lineage! What a great book!

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Summary: Synopsis of The Queen of the Damned
Review: This book takes you into the past of Lestat. This gives you the missing information you have always wondered about from the previous two books, Interveiw With the Vampire and The Vampire Lestat. Lestat's missing past his lost adventures.

In Queen of the Damned you will meet up with a lot of new characters and the ones you loved from that last two books are back again. Now Akasha Queen of The Damned is the one you will fall in love with here. Lestat meets Marius one of the oldest Vampires with the powers of the ancients. Marius wants to be Lestats tutor and show him the way of a true Vampire. Marius will take Lestat to go see the Ancients, Akasha and Enkil. The are motionless statues yet Lestats arrival seems to spark some flame within Akasha. She lets him drink from her and he see and knows all she seen. Later on she will teach Lestat many things from flying to reading minds thousands of miles away. From their I will let you go and read this book. A great for any Vampire fan.

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Summary: AN ADVENTURE OF CURIOSITY AND KNOWLEDGE
Review: ANNE RICE REALLY DID PUT HER HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS BOOK. SHE MAKES US THINK ABOUT WHAT OUR HUMAN LIMITS TRULEY ARE AND HOW EASY IT IS TO GO BEYOND THOSE LIMITS. THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD SUGGEST SHE SHOULD OF LOOKED OVER WAS THE CLIMAX OF THE STORY....AFTER THE COMPLEX BUILDING OF THE PLOT AND STORYLINE THE FINAL CONCLUSION WAS ON THE "CHEESY" SIDE.