this book was a complete mess but i found myself enjoying every chaotic moment of it.

the overall plot was a bit bonkers and ridiculous....but it kinda worked? it didn't feel like it was dragging on for forever and lestat and david's interactions were funny enough to keep me entertained.

the claudia stuff though......god. that broke me. i am always here for crumbs of claudia and lestat's relationship. i thought claudia being lestat's voice of conscience was a fantastic choice and weaved into the overall story quite nicely.

i went into this book with a sour opinion and i think i actually enjoyed it a lot more than i had thought and possibly more than queen of the damned. It had a story that started and ended in the same book and wrapped up in the way i thought it would. it was overly complicated and relatively short compared to anne rice's other books.

so yeah. i liked this one. it was a stupid and it was fun. lestat should never be allowed to make decisions like he did in this book ever again and should NOT be left alone because chaos ensues when he is.