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Average Rating: Rating: - Let's hope Anne will do better than this ... I've been a fan of Anne Rice for almost a decade and the vampire chronicles from IWTV to MtD have been a treasured jewel. I was thrilled to hear about Merrick as it promised a return of our beloved Louis. And I believe like many fans out there, I have been waiting for some bizzare adventures of Louis and Lestat...and those ever-enduring romantic undertone. Disappointingly, Merrick reads like a normal (a word I've before this, refused to use on my fav. author) novel - Indiana Jones-like adventure, and worse, a too-unlike-Rice love triangle that seems all superficial! What happens to the Rice we love? Where are the mysteries, the love-hate, the struggles, the bitterness and sweetness .. I miss the misery, the haunting and those burning sensations I used to get when reading a vampire chronicle. Anne, please listen to your fans and oh, ... the editing of the book was terrible, if there was even one!! Rating: - A Wonderful Rehashing of all our Favorite Vampires! I cannot tell you how eager I was to read this book! However, I forced myself to wait until I had read at least some of the Mayfair Witch Series, and brought myself up to date in the Vampire Chronicles. Well, Rice fans, it was well worth the wait! Merrick Mayfair is an endearing character, and she was so well written that she seemed almost flesh and blood (pun intended) to me! Merrick captures our imaginations, and our hearts, as does the lure of her romance with sweet David. I, for one, was especially interested in this book, for it promised to bring Louis back into the spotlight, instead of merely being a character for Lestat to lean on. And, as promised, dear Louis is back, and so is Claudia (more or less)...an exciting closure to Interview With The Vampire. For those of us who have followed the Vampire Chronicles with interest, this book was a wonderful crossing of roads, so to speak, for not only was Louis brought out of the shadows, but near the end, Lestat awakens, making one hope that in the future, Anne will write more of our favorite Brat Prince. I cannot think of many faults in this book, except for the back-story on Merrick. While it was interesting, to say the least, it might have been better presented near the beginning, instead of interupting the action which had begun to build. Personally, I feel that if Rice had told us Merrick's story in the very beginning, then set off with David and Merrick in the café, the action in the book would have been more fluid, and thereby more exciting! But, for what it is, it is a wonderful book that sets up the Vampire Chronicles for life! I only hope that Ms. Rice will feel the urge that we as her readers do, to write more of Lestat, Louis, and the new fledgling, Merrick! Rating: - Welcome Back Anne!! Anne Rice is truly a master of beautiful prose. She paints a picture with her words that is truly amazing. While this book is not as enjoyable as some of her initial Vampire Chronicles it does return us to the rich world of Louis, David, and the brat prince, Lestat and introduces us to a new and intriguing character, the distant relative of the Mayfair witches, Merrick. Merrick is a strong willed voodoo priestess that also happens to be a member of the order of Psychic detectives, the Talamasca. Unlike most of the reviewers I found the David and Merrick background as a nice tie in to color in some of David's past when he was Superior General of the Talamasca. As with all of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, the main theme continues to be a quest of finding answers to what lies beyond death and what happens to us when we die. Do the circumstances of our death determine our fate in the hereafter? The book is a bit rushed toward the end, as with all writers today the publisher's deadline seems to influence the quality of the ending, but overall the book provides a beautiful chapter in the lives of the Vampires that ties up some of the loose ends from her previous works. Several allusions are made to her next work that leave me licking my chops for more. Unlike her past couple of efforts I find myself eagerly anticipating her next work and what lies ahead for Lestat and the gang.

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