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Query: An absolute feast for the senses.

The second book in Rice's vampire series is truly her masterwork. The book follows the mysterious Lestat from his birth into darkness into the life he leads as a creature of night in the most decadent society in history. Many wonderfully thought out characters appear and Rice avoids her earlier tendancies towards angst. The plot moves with alacrity through the years and does not leave you feeling the need to "skip to the good parts" that the previous book did.Rice originally wanted to stop writing the series at this book, but her fans would not allow it. The books after this one are uninteresting trite attemps to appease her fans and have none of the heart and work that this book does. Definitely read this book, but I would recomend you quit at this one. It literally doesn't get any better than this.