Official Score = 1 1/2 Devils[/caption]The truth is, is as a series, 'The Vampire Chronicles' is probably the most well rounded, thought up, entertaining and engrossing series I have seen to date that has been produced in the literary world, ever!
Almost one for one, just about every one of the novels that I have read from this series are not just entertaining, but engrossing and gave me the rare opportunity to actually root for the bad guy... (Because let's be honest, but a person, supernatural or not, who kills people, have always been or will always to some degree, an evil person!)
Unfortunately though, there is only one or two novels that are in this series that albeit were not bad... They were just boring as hell!
Unfortunately, 'Queen Of The Damned' (1988) is one of them!
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Sad to report that this isn't one of the better books that Anne Rice has done...[/caption]You see, this novel takes place not long after, 'The Vampire Lestat' and how these vampiric friends (the various loved ones, that have been introduced over the first 2 novels,) and how after Lestat is taken by, 'Queem Akasha' to be her new consort, end up working to stop Akasha before she is able to kind of turn the world in to her own image of a sort of pseudo-sexual bizarre utopia!
In the end, where as this book is kind of dull (The concept of the story at first grabbed me, but the problem was, is that the story for this novel just was uninspiring to me!) One thing about this book that I did like is, how it explores the origins of vampirism in the world of, 'The Vampire Chronicles'.
So in the end, if you have been following this series, I would say read this one as well... It may not be the best of the series, but if you miss this one, then I truly think you will be missing a truly important piece of the overall story!
