Advantages: A must for Anne Rice fans and fans of the Vampire Chronicles Disadvantages: A bit boring in the middle
...brings us a new character, Merrick Mayfair. The story of the Mayfair’s has already been written by Anne in her books: The Witching Hour, Lasher, and Taltos. The Mayfair’s are a long line of voodoo witches, both coloured and white, from New Orleans. As Anne herself lives here, she knows much about the voodoo background.
In this book, Merrick Mayfair is placed into the hands of the Talamasca (an organisation dealing with psychic investigations) ...
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Advantages: Another excellent addition to the chronicles, Merrick is as real and flawed as all of Anne Rice' characters Disadvantages: None really
...an individual, human or immortal. Merrick comes across as a warm, charismatic, soulful young woman who has been damaged by her past and although she still struggles to come to terms with her own demons often hiding from them in a bottle of Bourbon, she has generally managed to turn these negatives into a deep concern and empathy for the suffering of others especially, in this case Louis who is still tortured by the death of Claudia. From her complicated ...
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Merrick - Anne Rice
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best-sellingVampire Chronicleshas all the elements that we expect from her: richly evocative use of locales; flesh-creeping horror (the squeamish should steer clea...
Merrick - Anne Rice
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best-sellingVampire Chronicleshas all the elements that we expect from her: richly evocative use of locales; flesh-creeping horror (the squeamish should steer clea...