Would you recommend this series?

[Delia]

Yep, I love Hollywood. Achreon is my all time favorite book characters from the Dark Hunters. Their a great series of books. If you read them you should read them from the beginning there are well over 15 books and counting. Kenyon is a great writer, she's better than Anne Rice any day.

[Angie]

I always start books from book one. My kids (grown up kids) are used to that now. I'll have to look at the Dark Hunters series. Having a kindle makes it so easy now to try a first book. I really can't read books out of order, I know I can get a bit oppsesive about it.

[Simon]

all of it... the ten book of vampire chronicles and the other ones of angels and witches...

[Angie]

That might be because they're told from Lestat' s p.o.v. so the style of them changes. That might be why you had trouble getting into the rest. I reread interview with a vampire last year a the way it's written, the tone, and while Louis is a sombre story teller, Lestat is more excited about life. He loved everything in his life, even when he lived in his father s house. Maybe if you try reading them again but start with the vampire Lestat you will be able to get into them.

[Michelle]

I read Interview when I was 17 and quickly fell in love with it. Read the series it's much more in-depth than the silly Vamp novels of today. I also loved Mayfair Witches to me those two were the best of Anne Rice.

[Angie]

I'm actually rereading the witching hour at the moment, all this discussion has made me need to get back into them. I love the whole history of the Mayfair family.

[♞ Pat]

Christine wrote: "I wanted to read this series so bad...but stopped short of Queen of the Damned! But I tell you if you read the first two books....you'll really enjoy them!!!"

I didn't care for Queen of the Damned too much, but felt like AR made up for it with Tale of the Body Thief. That book was amazing!

[Angie]

I agree!! That is one of my favourite Anne Rice books:D It was great to see Lestat struggle in a strange body and the interaction between him and David. And then the end was just brilliant:-)

[Kevin]

Leslie wrote: "Kevin wrote: "Nope...
Rice truly destroyed the vicious image of the vampire and opened the door for cheap vampire soft porn novels. "The sexy vampire?" PLEASE!!!!"

I know that this comment is ove..."

I would say I think your wrong. Anne Rice opened the door for the HUGE cheese fest the vampire novels have become. Also Anne Rice at her best couldn't touch DRACULA! I laugh at the comparison.

[King]

would I recommend this book? well in the words of the WWE world heavyweight champion Daniel Bryan "YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!" I hoped that helped.

[Pachinko]

The first two books are, I think, the definitive vampire novels. The first one is something special - very intimate. The second is just a damn good read. Stop after reading The Vampire Lestat though - they get increasingly plot-driven and silly, rather than lush and atmospheric.

[Maria]

I have read all of the Vampire Chronicles. They are all good in my opinion, although of course I have some favorites and consider those to be better than the rest (Queen of the Damned, Memnoch the Devil and the Vampire Armand). They are different than most of the popular vampire books currently out there. I especially like the mythology about how vampires originated that is described in this series.

[Gavin]

Definitely, yes, if you want to see vampires done right. I haven't read them all, yet, but I absolutely love the series. I always like Anne Rice's writing style: there's something about the way she handle descriptions that just pulls me in.

[Sharon]

Christine wrote: "I wanted to read this series so bad...but stopped short of Queen of the Damned! But I tell you if you read the first two books....you'll really enjoy them!!!"

I'm waaiting to read her latest one coming out in October. She's my favorite.

[Nadene]

I believe I have to read the series again. It has been a long time but I don't remember liking it. It's not a fair assessment though because I don't like vampire books or movies.

[LastBreath]

Yes I would recommend it. To me it is more than just an immersion into the world of vampires. It's a lesson in English Lit. If it wasn't for this book, and the series, I wouldn't have discovered 'The Ancient Mariner' or taken particular notice of any other notable writers throughout history.

Too many of the Vampire books written today are about soul mates and personal sexual gratification. Don't take me for a prude, cos I don't mind swinging that way occassionally. But I believe this series encompasses the full embodiment of hedonism. It's not taken from an emotional point of view, but rather the rawness attributed to a creature afflicted with this curse. All bets are off the table. The only thing that exists is satisfying that insatiable craving.

[Steve]

I read the first three books and found them to be quite interesting, and the pinnacle of her writing was Queen. That being said, she has been milking these vampires to er, UN-death.

[Benjamin]

ok I loved each and everyone of these books including the mayfair books I say yes