A review by medievalfantasyqueen
Blood and Gold by Anne Rice

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

What’s most intriguing about Anne and her vampires is that she does not shy away from exploring pain and problems and extremely messy situations in the world of a vampire - a being who is unperturbed by time. Marius’ and Pandora’s love story here is at the core of the story, stretching across centuries and their meeting at the end, drives home the fact that they are in fact, vampires, facing problems that come with their resistance to time. Immortality isn’t just a characteristic, it is a whole state of being - and Marius is an example of that.