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The Queen of the Damned

Anne Rice

3.78 AVERAGE


This is my favorite book of 2025 so far !!! I love how it all came together from the first 2 books. I am obsessed The Vampire Chronicles series !!!
adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The multiple POVs and third-person narrative did not work for me at all, sadly. I couldn't connect to any of the new characters, and most of the old ones didn't really do anything (except for lestat ofc). That connection and being able to get lost in someone's mind and analyse their thought process was exactly why I loved previous books. Here, it just didn't land.

I loved the Devil's minion chapter, and everything from Lestat's first-person pov. The witches' story was interesting as well, but that's about it I fear.

This is my drop-off point. Typed up a whole essay of frustrations that is probably around 3-4k, but I just want to move on to other things, so for now let's just put it as that excellent review of "Lestat & the realms of Atlantis" (lol) puts it: sometimes it's better to say nothing.
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark funny reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

One of my favorites in this series. Saddened by Jesse.

3.5 the second half of this book…Anne rice you cooked.
challenging dark reflective slow-paced