Anne Rice - Merrick

Pros: Some long awaited events, a book that finally moves the series along
Cons: Description, description, description... way too much description

Anne Rice published Merrick not too long ago and I can honestly say that this is the best book she has written in years. Honestly though, considering the hideous quality of work she's been turning out since 1994 (In my opinion, Taltos was the last good...

Pros: Wonderful new story; Merrick is a great new character; good ending; excellent writing
Cons: None

What is Rice to do for her 7th installment in her long running and quite popular "Vampire Chronicles" series? She goes back to the beginning, which would be her first novel, the memorable "Interview with the Vampire". Merrick, which is yes, the 7th...

Pros: descriptive language, engaging new character, better than some of the recent vampire novels
Cons: not really groundbreaking stuff, irritatingly predictable beginning

When I saw this book, I groaned, "Another vampire novel?" And with good reason. I didn't really care for Anne Rice's more recent novels like Pandora, Armand, or Vittorio the Vampire. The sighting of a new Anne Rice novel...

Pros: Beautiful imagery, wonderful story, passionate plot.
Cons: Didn't further the vampire chronicles, but still an excellent read not to be missed.

Merrick is the first of Anne Rice's books to combine her alluring Mayfair witches and the mysterious vampires of her most popular novels. It is the tale of Merrick, a strong and majestic Mayfair witch. Her mind is alive with knowledge of both the realm of ...

Pros: Continues to weave the worlds of Anne Rice's characters together.
Cons: None if you are an Anne Rice fan.

Merrick is quite an interesting and compelling character. I find her a welcome addition to the world of Anne Rice's vampires and her Mayfair witches.

I am reminded of some of the later works of Isaac Asimov, where he began to make connections...

Pros: Well thought-out new character in Merrick.
Cons: The "death" of some of the most beloved

When trying to get through the Mayfair Witches series of late, I started to become determined to finish the whole affair. I had no real intentions of reading Merrick anytime soon but on a recent trip to New Orleans I found the hardcover edition...

Pros: The continuing story of Anne Rice's Vampires. Another of her best.
Cons: Not enough about the Brat Prince, Lestat, and a little too much about voodoo.

This is yet another vampire book in the same vein as Anne Rice's other vampire stories. I have read most of what she has written and was pleased to add this to my collection, when it was given to me just before Christmas.

This story...

Pros: More tales of both the Mayfairs and the Vampires.
Cons: Perhaps not enough interference this time by the Brat Prince.

I really enjoyed reading both the Vampire Chronicle books and the books about the Mayfair Witches. Imagine my delight, therefore, of seeing a new book by Anne Rice that dealt with both topics.

The prose is rich and flowing, the imagery as...

Pros: Weak Anne Rice is still better than many other writers.
Cons: Book is downright predictable IF you're familiar with Anne Rice

Merrick and Anne Rice..fun, but nothing new.

If you like Anne Rice, she's always fun to read. Her descriptions are rich, vivid, and sensual, like Godiva chocolates. But have you ever eaten too much chocolate? I've avoided Anne Rice for a...

Pros: features Lestat, armand and Louis
Cons: long winded and insubstantial

I have always been the hugest fan of Anne Rices'. I have even gone so far as to go to New Orleans and visit her neighborhood to see where all the inspiration comes from. I have always been pleased with her work, but unfortunately this book has changed...

Pros: Another success for Anne Rice.
Cons: She almost died and didn't get a chance to write it.

Merrick is a witch. She is a descendant of the Mayfair witches. A ten year old girl that have been possessed by her dead mother Cold Sandra and her sister Honey in the Sunshine due to her golden hair and yellow eyes.
Merrick may have...

Pros: Book that will grab you. Full of suspense and intrigue.
Cons: Maybe too much deep thought by the characters

Merrick is an excellent Anne Rice book. This is interesting since it is not really about vampires. Merrick, the protagonist, is a witch, sort of... I will stop there in order not to give away too many details you may want to read, but suffice it to say...

Pros: It's an Anne Rice Vampire novel...always a plus.
Cons: It doesn't seem to have the edge of some of her works

At first, I thought that the reason I didn't enjoy this book as much as many of Ms. Rice's books was because it was a combination of the Mayfair and Vampire stories...and that might have been too much for one book. However, she proves that wrong in...

Pros: Brings together two of Anne Rice's series, kept my attention through the hole book
Cons: none

I loved this book. This is one of the books that Anne Rice has written that brings together two the series that she has written, the Vampire books and the Mayfair Witches. I like the fact that you don't need to have read both of the series to follow...

Pros: Another Anne Rice book:need I say more?
Cons: Quite short.

Once again, Rice has managed to stun the world with not only another beautifully written book, but one which blends the realities of her greatest story-lines: the Vampire Chronicles, and the Mayfair Saga. David Talbot, former Superior General of a...