Name: Anne Rice's The Queen of the Damned
Rating: 3.912280701754386 (114 reviews)

Anne Rice

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Anne Rice's The Queen of the Damned

In a feat of virtuoso storytelling, Anne Rice unleashes Akasha, the queen of the damned, who has risen from a six-thousand-year sleep to let loose the powers of the night. Akasha has a marvelously devious plan to “save” mankind and destroy the vampire Lestat—in this extraordinarily sensual novel of the complex, erotic, electrifying world of the undead. Look for a special preview of Anne Rice’s Prince Lestat in the back of the book. The Vampire Chronicles continue in Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis, available for pre-order now. Praise for The Queen of the Damned “Mesmerizing . . . a wonderful web of dark-side mythology.”—San Francisco Chronicle “With The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice has created universes within universes, traveling back in time as far as ancient, pre-pyramidic Egypt and journeying from the frozen mountain peaks of Nepal to the crowded, sweating streets of southern Florida.”—Los Angeles Times “Imaginative . . . intelligently written . . . This is popular fiction of the highest order.”—USA Today “A tour de force.”—The Boston Globe

The Queen of the Damned

Nikki Pease

ahhkahhhshaaaaaa<br /><br />thank you to simon vance for a great listen and anne rice, you crazy but i like your style. 

Queen of the Damned

I Adored maharet and mekare's story, and the devils minion chapter will be stuck in my brain forever i think. My only "critique" would be i found the Vamp Gang's arguments against Akasha pretty surface level. I doubt that the book was meant to provide very much social commentary per se about radical feminism and bioessentialism but... I really was hoping it'd be a bit deeper I guess. Fun read though, fairly excited to continue the series!

n4ish

The Queen of the Damned (Vampire Chronicles)

jay bee

if the first three vampire chronicles, this one is definitely my favorite! the plot is the most compelling (read: there is actually a plot line in this one), I love the new characters introduced (especially khayman my strange beloved and jessie), and of course loml Armand gets character depth and development which makes me happy. the philosophy is still present and I enjoyed it, but there is definitely more of an emphasis on the action in this one. I actually also really enjoyed the ending! 10/10 would recommend

fris🐝

Book 3/13 of the vampire chronicles. The vampire Lestat basically cosplays Trent Reznor for 8 chapters, gets abducted, falls in love with this sexy Egyptian vampire who wants to kill all men, is rescued from said sexy Egyptian vampire, and makes out with his lame boyfriend Louis in Miami at the end. Anne Rice you're a genius.  

jaya kohol

Queen of the damned

The very first opening to this entire novel gives you a very brief summary of the book before it, especially the ending before jumping and letting the reader know that this will not be a story told in a singular narrative.

 We get to read the official declaration against Lestat and any that he is allied with.

 We get this continuing theme of these two twins. Mortal and vampire alike dreaming about them and something that happened.

 We see a bit of a difference in vampires. The newer ones being much more punk and rouges and whatnot compared to the older ones who try to blend in with society.

 I like that we see a return of the young man who interviewed Louis in the first book in this series. Getting to see what has gone on with him since the book.

 Each chapter we seem to get a bit more insight and information to this legend of the twins. More is revealed.

 I like that we get a bit of universe building as the Talamasca is mentioned. I remember them most from the Mayfair witches trilogy. I like that we get so many different points of view in the days before the live performance of The Vampire Lestat. 

 All the people we have gotten to read from in part 1; their stories start to intermingle in this second part, the day of the concert.

 Now we meet back up with Lestat, having just been taken by Akasha. He knows and sort of sees all the deaths that have taken place from Akasha.

 As he drinks more of her blood he becomes more than just a mere vampire, acquiring powers he didn't have before.

 I really like the inside look and musings in spirits. It seems like it could truly pertain to things in the real world.

 You get a full look at the legend of the twins, if the dreams everyone was receiving. Getting to hear from one of them yourself.

 And then we find out it was that wicked spirit Amel who gave the gift of vampirism to the Queen and King of Egypt and started this whole huge domino affect that has taken place over these three books so far .

 Lestat is becoming wise to what Akasha wants to do and he doesn't fully agree with it. There is a bit of dissention between the two of them.

 Things seem to be a bit tense with Lestat and Akasha having arrived at the place our group has been at as they listened to the story. The reader sitting here wondering who will Lestat ultimately side with and how things will turn out. 

 Akasha still very adamant about wanting to sort of cleanse the world. Give the human race a reset and see if things can be done differently... but she is going about it in the wrong way as the other vampires try desperately to tell her.

 The final battle happened rather quickly. I wish it had been a bit more drawn out though. However I did like the tie in back to the twins and that was the way the vampire race was able to continue to live 

 I like the extended look we get at the end of this book. From Lestat and how he is coping with everything. How him and Louis are together again, and even the bit of mischief he causes with the Talamasca.

Sasha Mann

The very first opening to this entire novel gives you a very brief summary of the book before it, especially the ending before jumping and letting the reader know that this will not be a story told in a singular narrative.
 We get to read the official declaration against Lestat and any that he is allied with.
 We get this continuing theme of these two twins. Mortal and vampire alike dreaming about them and something that happened.
 We see a bit of a difference in vampires. The newer ones being much more punk and rouges and whatnot compared to the older ones who try to blend in with society.
 I like that we see a return of the young man who interviewed Louis in the first book in this series. Getting to see what has gone on with him since the book.
 Each chapter we seem to get a bit more insight and information to this legend of the twins. More is revealed.
 I like that we get a bit of universe building as the Talamasca is mentioned. I remember them most from the Mayfair witches trilogy. I like that we get so many different points of view in the days before the live performance of The Vampire Lestat. 
 All the people we have gotten to read from in part 1; their stories start to intermingle in this second part, the day of the concert.
 Now we meet back up with Lestat, having just been taken by Akasha. He knows and sort of sees all the deaths that have taken place from Akasha.
 As he drinks more of her blood he becomes more than just a mere vampire, acquiring powers he didn't have before.
 I really like the inside look and musings in spirits. It seems like it could truly pertain to things in the real world.
 You get a full look at the legend of the twins, if the dreams everyone was receiving. Getting to hear from one of them yourself.
 And then we find out it was that wicked spirit Amel who gave the gift of vampirism to the Queen and King of Egypt and started this whole huge domino affect that has taken place over these three books so far .
 Lestat is becoming wise to what Akasha wants to do and he doesn't fully agree with it. There is a bit of dissention between the two of them.
 Things seem to be a bit tense with Lestat and Akasha having arrived at the place our group has been at as they listened to the story. The reader sitting here wondering who will Lestat ultimately side with and how things will turn out. 
 Akasha still very adamant about wanting to sort of cleanse the world. Give the human race a reset and see if things can be done differently... but she is going about it in the wrong way as the other vampires try desperately to tell her.
 The final battle happened rather quickly. I wish it had been a bit more drawn out though. However I did like the tie in back to the twins and that was the way the vampire race was able to continue to live 
 I like the extended look we get at the end of this book. From Lestat and how he is coping with everything. How him and Louis are together again, and even the bit of mischief he causes with the Talamasca.

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A feat of mesmeric storytelling, a chilling entertainment, THE QUEEN OF THE DAMNED unleashes Akasha, the Queen herself, who has risen from a six-thousand-year sleep to let loose the powers of the night. Akasha has a marvelously devious plan to "save" mankind and destroy Lestat—in this extraordinarily sensual novel of the complex, erotic, electrifying world of the undead.
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Anne Rice's The Queen of the Damned

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