What, Memnoch the Devil didn't have a heavy enough Catholic tone?

I hated that book for that very reason... among other things.

Needless to say, I won't be reading that final installment.

I will wait to hear the reviews that come out before I attempt to read it. She is such a wonderful writer. I hate to see things change in her new book. I really don't care for the Christian influence that might impact the book but I will stay positive, hoping for the same romantic macabre in The Vampire Chronicles.

I am definitely reserving judgement. I just don't think it's possible to mix the two.


This in particular really "bugs" me. The very idea that The Brat Prince would even be interested in redemption is abhorrent to me. I could see it with Louis. He has never really embraced his true nature. BUt Lestat? She's going to make a lot of us die hard fans very very upset.

The only thing that would make it worse is if she decided to have Gabrielle have a complete change of character and move in with her son!

And I have to agree with you Metahre, Memnoch the Devil is most definetly my least favorite of them all. Though I wasn't very happy about her "melding" of the families when she made Merrick a vampire either.

I'm not big on the Christian influences in her writings but Memnoch The Devil is one of my favorite books, it really keyed into how I view Christianity from my outside analysis and point of view. Personally I believe if I were Christian I would be more in favor of seeing things from that point of view. It personally is my third favorite of all the books.

My first favorite is Blackwood Farm, and my second is Blood Canticle. I view those books though as one book because I tend to read them one after another to keep the story fresh.

You bring up a fine point that Louis may be the only one of her characters you would expect to look for redemption, however I feel if given the chance perhaps Lestat would take the leap of faith.

Blackwood farms is the last one I read. It just went against the grain for me that she melded the two series. The Lasher series was so on another page that it didn't make sense to me to bring the two "families" together. It was bad enough that she made Merrick a vampire. I realize that they are both set in New Orleans, but that is as far as she should have gone with it. ( Just my opinion).

To me I really don't think that Lestat would see it as a "leap of faith". It goes against his very nature. She has tried very hard over the years to make it very clear that he has no remorse,no conscience to speak of. He is always pushing the boundaries of what is acceptable. It seems to me that this would be no different. It would simply be another way for the Brat to assert his rebeliousness.

Remember, even kneeling at the throne of Akasha he felt no "servility". More it seemed it was as though he felt he had a "right" to be there. I don't see that he would feel any different if it were any other "god".

But it is just my impression. I'm not the writer so I can't say what she really was going for. It just seems as though it would go against everything to bring Lestat to his knees.