The Witching Hour

Anyone who has been following me for very long at the Web Journal can probably tell I’m a fan of Anne Rice’s vampire books. Recently I’ve delved into the mummy series that she handed off to her son Christopher. Given my enjoyment of Anne Rice’s work, I thought it was time to delve into what is arguably her second most famous series: The Mayfair Witches Chronicles. The first book of the series is appropriately titled The Witching Hour.

One of the first things that struck me about the novel ...