Merrick - Anne Rice

This book has not yet been published here, but I have been fortunate to read a copy in advance of its publication. In this new volume of the Vampire chronicles, it is Lestat's charismatic friend and coeval Louis de Pointe du Lac who takes centre stage, tortured by the memory of the child vampire, Claudia, whom he loved and lost. The book heavily features characters and situations from previous books so I would strongly advise reading them first. This novel is a return to form for Anne Rice, after the slighlty disapointing (still very good) 'Armand' and 'Pandora' which although very lavishly described had something missing. The character of ...  Read the complete review

This is the last book in Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles published so far. Her latest offering in the story is due to be published this year, and I can’t wait. In the last Chronicle, we were told the story of Armand. Now, Anne brings us a new character, Merrick Mayfair. The story of the Mayfair’s has already been written by Anne in her books: The Witching Hour, Lasher, and Taltos. The Mayfair’s are a long line of voodoo witches, both coloured and white, from New Orleans. As Anne herself lives here, she knows much about the voodoo background. In this book, Merrick Mayfair is placed into the hands of the Talamasca (an ...  Read the complete review

I actually got this book before it was brought out in the U.K because I am lucky enough to have a sister who works in a bookshop and gave me a proof copy!! I have always read Anne Rice and was thrilled to be one of the first to read Merrick. This book is yet another of Rice's beautiful, compelling and also historic books. The main characters in this novel are David Talbot, once a member of the talamasca now full time blood sucker and of course Merrick, a witch who works in the talamasca and is of the Mayfair witch family. Some of our old favourites also make their appearances such as Louis who is trying to get Merrick's help to see if Claudia’s ...  Read the complete review

This is the latest offering by the author of interview with the vampire, now on sale here in the uk. I think for people to jump right into this book would be difficult if you had not read all the other books in this brilliant series, the book continues the adventures of david talbot who was in the secret order of psychic detectives the Talamasca but now turned vampire by Lestat the the hero villain in this series of books, Lestat is now asleep suspended in limbo after his ordeal with the devil Memnock, the sad figure of Louis De Pointe Du Lac the vampire who would rather be dead than live this life of a vampire returns in this story and wants to find if claudia ...  Read the complete review