Let Yourself Be Seduced (Queen of the Damned - Anne Rice)

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Product:	Queen of the Damned - Anne Rice
Date:	11/05/02 (264 review reads)
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Advantages: The Best Of The Vampire Chronicles, Very Deep , Graphic Descriptions Add To Horror And Authenticity

Disadvantages: Short Shelf Life

The tyrannical reign of Akasha is dawning over the morn. Anne Rice's queen of the dammed is a brilliantly carved novel based of the dark mind of Anne Rice. Her thoughts clearly echo through the pages and a gripping sensation will envelope the reader. Queen Of The Dammed follows the vampire chronicles, which have brought so much fame to author Anne Rice. Renown for her dark, fiery language and style of literature, she integrates classics and skills from her previous novels to form a spectacular, thrilling and captivating novel.


In saying this, Queen Of The Dammed is not solely an individual novel but instead integrates aspects and events from previous stories. Anne Rice's antagonist the vampire Lestat often recounts and recalls on previous events during his adventures in The Vampire Lestat novel. For these reasons I strongly recommend that the reader at least browse over these past novels to understand Lestat's persona and his inner thoughts.


Queen Of The Dammed is a story of self-exploration like no other. It integrates fear, demise and the quest of knowledge into a beautifully woven length of literature, complete with the token Anne Rice style of literature. The brilliant aspect of Anne Rice in this novel is within the climax. It is not just simply a sudden burst of action or a climax without origin instead it is one filled with mystery and awe, it leaves the reader questioning, but not finding answers. Anne Rice does this by skilfully not just narrating the events of the vampire clan as they search for their origins and history but rather makes Queen Of The Dammed a collection and incisive review of various accounts from other vampires to normal folk, unfortunate enough to stumble across their kind.


At the conclusion of The Vampire Lestat, Lestat and his companions are shocked by the fires and deaths of hundreds of blood drinking vampires at their concert in San Francisco. The desire to prevent this reoccurrenc
e brings together the darkest of characters, as they endeavour to unravelled the woven mystery of their past.


With great skill and ingenuity Anne Rice has somehow managed to integrate a story of vampire history, culture and religion into one explosive tale. Anne Rice leaves no stone of the vampire legend unturned in this detailed and exciting account of vampire heritage. It is unfair and unjust to simply conclude that Queen Of The Dammed is a story for sci-fi lovers or loyal Anne Rice enthusiasts. I fit into neither of these categories and found the book still to be explosive and well integrated simply because of its structure and quest for exploration. There are no vague accounts in Queen Of The Dammed.


Queen Of The Dammed unfortunately is not a novel which you can read more than once unfortunately, Anne Rice wants you to feel the anticipation and urges of the vampires, with the knowledge of the stories conclusion you will find it difficult to relive this passion but the world of Anne Rice is mysterious, where blood leaks from the necks of human prey and eyes glint with the smile of the devil, how can one resist the calling of the Queen Of The Dammed.

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