Okay, I DID read this one. I know I did. I just can't for the life of me remember what it was about. Although knowing later Anne Rice, I am sure it contained a mixture of everything she could think of to create shock value, said mixture thrown against the wall, and Anne Rice just hoping that something would stick. I am just picturing her thought process while writing this: "Hmmm...now I have done vampires and witches together, and I have done vampires, witches, and ghosts together, where can I go from here? Wait...what if I created a novel with vampires, witches, ghosts, AND taltos? And they're all sleeping together! It can't lose!" The truth is, yes it can, Anne. And what is sad is that your fans will still keep reading your books praying for a miracle that will never come. I am really glad that this is the end of this series. She really needs to just start over and see if she can redeem herself with a completely different series that doesn't have every supernatural creature and the kitchen sink in it.