The Queen of the Damned

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Summary: The book flows as richly as blood!!
Review: Anne Rice has outdone herself with this absolutely mystifying tale, quite possiblly the best of the Vampire Chronicles! Only a master of storytelling could mix the mysterious legends of Ancient Egypt with the gothic sensuality of Vampires. Queens, Pharoahs, witches, and of course those devlish vamps, haunt the novel with their recollections of their bloody histories and how it ties in with the modern day destruction of the legions of the immortal! If you enjoy Anne Rice or if you love magic and adventure, READ THIS NOVEL!

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Summary: It was excellent!
Review: This book was a must for me definitely! I loved the way the chapters belonged to different people, but relating at the same point in time. This book gives an in depth look into the world of fear as the vampires know it. I think that if you value the chronicles as much as I do, you would enjoy it!

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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!