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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A lineage of witches conceived by incest serve a dubious spirit Lasher, who promises them extravagant riches and ecstatic pleasure in exchange for aid in lending him a corporeal form. The protagonist Rowan and her whirlwind romance partner, Michael, learn of Rowan’s colorful family history and believe themselves to be clever enough to defeat this genealogical pattern, yet they do not realize what exactly they are up against. Rice offers gorgeous descriptions of New Orleans and sultry scenes that almost allow the reader to momentarily forget the darker elements of this story.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Woof! This book was longggggg. 1056 pages. The audiobook was 50 hours. I honestly think it could’ve been cut in half and the story would be just fine.
I loved the history of the Mayfair witches and all the magic. I loathed the relationship between Michael and Rowan. I found myself rolling my eyes at their parts. I hate even more all the incest in that family, Lasher’s relationship with Rowan, and Lasher’s weird adult/baby body description. It creeped me out
I loved the history of the Mayfair witches and all the magic. I loathed the relationship between Michael and Rowan. I found myself rolling my eyes at their parts. I hate even more all the incest in that family, Lasher’s relationship with Rowan, and Lasher’s weird adult/baby body description. It creeped me out
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Yeah, well. It was entertaining and I liked the sense of setting.
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I watched the first season of the show and was so excited to read the books. Honestly the subject was good but it was difficult to get through this book. I'd often fall asleep, which is uncommon for me, and found 50 pages often took an hour. I'm not sure if it was the writing style or it was just dense. Overall, I started out so excited and now I have the 2nd and 3rd book but probably won't read them.
2 stars because I really wanted to like it.
2 stars because I really wanted to like it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence
One of the better Ann rice books. Must be before she fired her editor. Would probably make modern readers heads pop. Wild. Of a time. Gothic lady, problematic fave
The history gets a solid 4 stars. Present-day story gets 2.5 stars. Overall better than Interview.
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes