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Blood Communion

A Tale of Prince Lestat

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Blood Communion

By: Anne Rice
Narrated by: Eric Shaw Quinn
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 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this spellbinding novel, Lestat, rebel outlaw, addresses the tribe of vampires, telling us the mesmerizing story of how he became prince of the vampire world, and of the formation of the Blood Communion, and how his vision for the Children of the Universe to thrive as one, came to be.

Lestat takes us from his ancestral castle in the snow-covered mountains of France to the verdant wilds of lush Louisiana, with its lingering fragrances of magnolias and night jasmine; from the far reaches of the Pacific’s untouched islands to the 18th-century city of St. Petersburg and the court of the Empress Catherine. He speaks of his fierce battle of wits and words with the mysterious Rhoshamandes, proud Child of the Millennia, reviled outcast for his senseless slaughter of the legendary ancient vampire Maharet, avowed enemy of Queen Akasha, who refuses to live in harmony at court and who threatens all Lestat has dreamt of.... Fantasy Horror Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Scary Paranormal Fiction Royalty Exciting

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Critic reviews

Praise for Anne Rice and The Vampire Chronicles:

“[Rice’s] undead characters are utterly alive.” —The New York Times Book Review

“No one writing today matches [Anne Rice's] deftness with the erotic.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature. . . . To read her is to become giddy as if spinning through the mind of time, to become lightheaded as if our blood is slowly being drained away.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“Fans old and new will find this book an effusive celebration of a saga now more than forty years in the making.” —Publishers Weekly

“Bloody marvelous.” —Time

“Rice never lost touch with the exuberant, often witty, and always fearless voice of irrepressible vampire Lestat de Lioncourt.” —BookPage

“Immense and rich.” —Elle

“Anne Rice is the queen of sexy vampire fiction.” —Cosmopolitan

“Lestat is . . . an engaging character who manages to live up to his own hype.” —The Boston Globe

“Popular fiction of the highest order.” —USA Today
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Written in Anne's inimitable style, as wonderful as all the rest, my only dissappointment is that with the reading, Lestat has changed character and is not the strong if impulsive vampire we have come to know and love. I am sure I am not the only listener who has come to identify Lestat with the voice of Simon Vance and find it difficult if not impossible to accept a substitute.

Anne Rice excels as always.

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I was an Anne Rice fan from my early teens inhailed the books and read them over and over again. ALL of them not just the vampire ones. when I saw there was another new installment I was delighted. I enjoyed the story although not one of her finest and extremely predictable and dare I say rushed? But the nostalgia of all the characters made me want to re read everything. But I'm sorry I wasted a credit on the audio version and not bought the actual book.

The narrator .. made it a tough listen. He had no animation no interest in what he was reading and it showed. He might as well have been reading a cereal box or stereo instructions. Even the way he said the name Lestat. Just made me facepalm myself. This was my first audio book of Anne Rice and by god I wish I read the reviews before I bought it. It was extremely hard to keep up with where or what was happening or who was talking.. and it was a slog to finish..

Mixed feelings

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He manages to mispronounce almost every name. How did he get the job. This needs a Simon Vance treatment.

Terrible narrator

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The performance didn't do it any favours but I love these characters. Wouldn't put this at the top of a vampire chronicles reading list but if you're a big fan of the series go for it.

The performance didn't do it any favours but

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Please do not buy this if you’re involved in the storyline
Hopefully Simon Vance will reread this.
I had been waiting for ages but , no offence to the reader- I have ordered the book. This is a reader who has done no research and sounds like an 11 year old drama student.
Mispronunciation of almost every name and over exaggeration in every wrong place, has driven me NOT to be able to enjoy this audiobook for the first time.
Anne Rice deserves better- Lestat deserves better and the avid audience deserve better
Total disappointment!
I can’t rate the story honestly because I can’t listen to it!

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