Because I am a sado-masichist. . .

[catscradle]

From the Random House site:

Cut for spoilers, just in case some of you haven't read Blackwood Farm yet and for whatever reason still want to. . .

Anne Rice continues her astonishing Vampire Chronicles in a new novel that begins where Blackwood Farm left off — and tells the story of Lestat’s quest for redemption, goodness, and the love of Rowan Mayfair. Jesus Christ!

Welcome back to Blackwood Farm. Here are all of the brilliantly conceived characters that make up the two worlds of vampires and witches: Mona Mayfair, who’s come to the farm to die and is brought into the realm of the undead; her uncle, Julian Mayfair, guardian of the family, determined to forever torment Lestat for what he has done to Mona (he made her a real woman by means of the infamous Lestat/Dora love scene in Lameduck); Rowan Mayfair, brilliant neurosurgeon and witch, who finds herself dangerously drawn to the all-powerful Lestat; her husband, Michael Curry, hero of the Mayfair Chronicles, who seeks Lestat’s help with the temporary madness of his wife (because the best thing to cure madness in a person is to take them to a vampire); Ash Templeton, a 5,000-year-old Taltos who has taken Mona’s child; and Patsy, the country-western singer, (what an original name for a country western singer. I bet no other country western singer's name is Patsy) who returns to avenge her death at the hands of her son, Quinn "The Mighty" Blackwood. Delightfully, at the book’s centre is the Vampire Lestat, once the epitome of evil (since when?), now pursuing the transformation set in motion with Memnoch the Devil. He struggles with his vampirism and yearns for goodness, purity and love, as he saves Patsy’s ghost from the dark realm of the Earthbound (and suddenly we're in a D&D RPG), uncovers the mystery of the Taltos and unselfishly decides the fate of his beloved Rowan Mayfair. I said it before, I'll say it again - Jesus Christ!

I predicted the next book would be called The Vampire Blood. I think I should get props for predicting that "blood" would be signigicant in the title.

Comments

As Crowley said to Quinn...

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Thanks.

Now I'll have that stupid Quinn the Eskimo song goin' through my head for the rest of the day. o_0

And now, since I am under the influence of Benedryl, I would almost PAY someone to write a Blackwood Farm/Good Omens crossover.