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  • Lives of Mayfair Witches
  • By: Anne Rice
  • Narrated by: Kate Reading
  • Length: 22 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (195 ratings)
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Taltos

By: Anne Rice
Narrated by: Kate Reading
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Summary

"Rice is a formidable talent...[Taltos] is a curious amalgam of gothic, glamour fiction, alternate history and high soap opera." (The Washington Post Book World)

"Captivating...Taltos is a wonderful offering...The best she's done....There is a new member of Anne Rice's macabre family of monsters, and he's probably the loneliest, most melancholy creature on earth....Rice keeps the mystic fires burning strong." (The Milwaukee Journal)

"Spellbinding...Mythical...Anne Rice is a pure storyteller." (Cosmopolitan)

"Rice is a stylish writer...What works best throughout the book is the magical collusion of the real and the mythical, the intermingling of the Taltos and witches with ordinary mortals in the present-day world." (New York Newsday)

"Beautifully written." [Kirkus Reviews (starred)]

What can I confess? I'm Ashlar. I'm a Taltos. 

It's centuries since I've seen one single other member of my own species. Oh, there have been others. I've heard of them, chased after them, and in some instances almost found them. Mark, I say almost. But not in centuries have I touched my own flesh and blood, as humans are so fond of saying. Never in all this time.... 

When Ashlar learns that another Taltos has been seen, he is suddenly propelled into the haunting world of the Mayfair family, the New Orleans dynasty of witches forever besieged by ghosts, spirits, and their own dizzying powers. For Ashlar knows this powerful clan is intimately linked to the heritage of the Taltos. 

In a swirling universe filled with death and life, corruption and innocence, this mesmerizing novel takes us on a wondrous journey back through the centuries to a civilization half human, of wholly mysterious origin, at odds with mortality and immortality, justice, and guilt. It is an enchanted, hypnotic world that could come only from the imagination of Anne Rice.... 

©2010 Anne Rice (P)2015 Random House Audio

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Weird and a bit wrong in places.

Weird and a bit wrong in places. Evocative storytelling, strong characters and descriptions of scenes and era's you can almost touch.

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Wonderful!

I have listened to all the books in the Mayfair chronicles now and they literally took over my life for the past couple of months :)
Soooo fantastic & so well read by Kate Reading she is excellent, she brings all the characters individually to life with all her accents from American inc deep south to Scottish, English, Dutch, young, old, male, female, spirits, Taltos you name it! ...I’m only so sad that I have finished these books now...please write some more Anne Rice :)

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Part 3

Rowan and Michael are coming to terms with the wreckage Lasher left behind; while Mona is starting to show. As long as there is no other demon baby everything should be OK, shouldn't it???

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This Promised so Much, But Failed to Deliver

Once again I find myself very disappointed with this audiobook by Anne Rice.

It promised so much but unfortunately it didn’t deliver. In the end I was left hanging as the story abruptly ended. Leaving more questions than answers. It is clearly written with the view to a follow up book.

Add to that over a third of the audiobook felt like a religious text or scripture. It occupied far to much time, and I found it very boring.

The main saving point for the audiobook was the brilliant narration by Kate Reading. She has a great talent for bringing each character to life and giving them their own voice and accent.

If it hadn’t have been for her skill I would have given up when the story became scripture like.

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The narrator

Enjoyed the story although it was a bit too graphic for my taste at times I really wanted to find out what happened and the ending

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Boring.

This story was boring and it did not need to be that long. I didn’t enjoy it.

As it turned out there was a reason for Mona and Michael sleeping together, a child was born from the union, but it didn’t have much impact in the story.

The narrator was really good.

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loved this series and the narrater

I've been hooked on this series. Read in my early 20s, reading again 25 years later. Amazingly, the story is still relevant.

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Kate Reading is amazing, but this volume of the Mayfair witches is bad

Unfortunately the most boring and rather creepy volume of the trilogy. The sex with 13 yo girls, the fact that everyone is ok with that is terrifying. Plus the book lacks the substance of what was so appealing I first two novels - New Orleans as an additional Character

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loved

such a great conclusion to the trilogy, really enjoyable and great pacing throughout. justification was done to all characters I think. love the way she plays on the giants and breathe life into the tale. fab ending.

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excellent conclusion to the Mayfair witches

totally engrossed right through the book I had to finish it and couldn't put it down

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