Blood Canticle

Unabridged
Author: Anne Rice
Narrator: David Pittu
Genres: Fiction, iPod Audiobooks
Publisher: Random House (Audio)
Date: August 2003
Length: 10 hours
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Formats:
  • iPod
Abridged
Author: Anne Rice
Narrator: Stephen Spinella
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
Publisher: Random House (Audio)
Date: October 2003
Length: 6 hours
Ratings:
  • Book Rating: 3.5/5
Formats:
  • CD
  • iPod

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Overview

Anne Rice continues her astonishing Vampire Chronicles in a new novel that begins where Blackwood Farm left off — and tells the story of Lestat’s quest for redemption, goodness, and the love of Rowan Mayfair.

Welcome back to Blackwood Farm. Here are all of the brilliantly conceived characters that make up the two worlds of vampires and witches: Mona Mayfair, who’s come to the farm to die and is brought into the realm of the undead; her uncle, Julian Mayfair, guardian of the family, determined to forever torment Lestat for what he has done to Mona; Rowan Mayfair, brilliant neurosurgeon and witch, who finds herself dangerously drawn to the all-powerful Lestat; her husband, Michael Curry, hero of the Mayfair Chronicles, who seeks Lestat’s help with the temporary madness of his wife; Ash Templeton, a 5,000-year-old Taltos who has taken Mona’s child; and Patsy, the country-western singer, who returns to avenge her death at the hands of her son, Quinn Blackwood. Delightfully, at the book’s centre is the Vampire Lestat, once the epitome of evil, now pursuing the transformation set in motion with Memnoch the Devil. He struggles with his vampirism and yearns for goodness, purity and love, as he saves Patsy’s ghost from the dark realm of the Earthbound, uncovers the mystery of the Taltos and unselfishly decides the fate of his beloved Rowan Mayfair.

A story of love and loyalty, of the search for passion and promise, Blood Canticle is Anne Rice at her finest.

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Blood Canticle

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 4/5

Blood Canticle

by Marla Braziel
  • Book Rating: 1/5

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Reviews (8)

Blood Canticle

Written by Anonymous from Dallas, TX on March 22nd, 2008

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Had one not read Blackwood Farm, or have been familiar with Anne Rice's characters, this might be a bit confusing; however, I am an avid Anne Rice fan - so I really did enjoy the book. Could hardly wait to get in the car for my daily commute.

Blood Canticle

Written by Marla Braziel on March 27th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 1/5

I usually don't write book reviews, but this book was absolutely horrible. I don't understand why so many people enjoyed it. I'm a huge Anne Rice fan and have read most of her books but this one just seemed like a bunch of nonsensical twisted stuff that she threw together. Even Lestat's character seemed extra arrogant, long winded, and down right unbearable. I finished this book but I only give it a one because no zero option is available. By far the worst Anne Rice book I've ever read.

Blood Canticle

Written by Kim Dietrich on January 1st, 2007

  • Book Rating: 4/5

I REALLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK. I HAVE MISSED A FEW BUT THIS BOOK ANSWERED SOME QUESTIONS AND CLEARED UP SOME THINGS FOR ME. NOW I WANT TO GO BACK AND FIND THE BOOKS THAT I MISSED SO I CAN GET THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THIS BOOK HAS BROUGHT UP. NICE TO HAVE ANNE BACK TO HER OLD STUFF. YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MUCH OF LESTAT.

Lestat again

Written by Amanda Runnels on February 25th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 3/5

I like Lestat and Anne Rice, so I enjoyed this tale. A little over-romanticized but that is typical. Worth a listen if you enjoy Anne Rice.

2/3 okay

Written by Tami Whalen on December 26th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 3/5

Lestat breaking the forth wall and speaking to us the readers was unnecessary and irratating to a point. However, A. Rice did a seamless job weaving the Mayfairs into the chronicles. It has been quite a long time since I read about the witches but there was just enough references to old books that my memory was merely refreshed, I wasn't lost or confused and I wasn't bored by reduncancy as is most often the case when authors want to bring readers "up to speed" in their reference to old stories.

Blood Canticle

Written by Juli Bedgood on November 29th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 5/5

I was glad Anne Rice was keeping up with the lives from her vampire series. Entertaining as always.

Blood Canticle

Written by Stace on January 11th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 5/5

I have been waiting for Anne's new book with Lestat for EONS. Was suprised and tickeled to find the Mayfairs, the Vampires and the Toltos all in one book. A through enjoyment. Love it.

Lestat's changed with the times, but I still love it!

Written by Anonymous on September 1st, 2004

  • Book Rating: 5/5

It's amazing how the character of Lestat can change with the times, as if he were real. The new characters are just as full of life as the old. This book is very enjoyable.

Selected Reviews

Blood Canticle

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 4/5

Blood Canticle

by Marla Braziel
  • Book Rating: 1/5

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Author Details

Author Details

Rice, Anne

Born Howard Allen O'Brien on October 4, 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Named after her father, Anne changed her first name in 1947 on her first day of school. She studied at Texas Women's University (1959Ð60), San Francisco State College (1964 BA; 1971 MA), and at the University of California, Berkeley (1969Ð70). After a variety of jobs, including waitress, cook, and insurance claims examiner, she began her career as a writer of erotica and vampire novels.

Rice gained a vast cult readership for her supernatural novels. Her first, Interview with the Vampire, was published in 1976. The book was the first in her popular Vampire Chronicles series, which includes 1985's The Vampire Lestat and 1988's The Queen of the Damned. Interview with the Vampire was made into a film in 1996 starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. Rice was also known for her sadomasochistic erotica, including Beauty's Punishment (1984). Later novels include Servant of the Bones (1996) and Vittorio the Vampire (1999). She also writes mainstream fiction using the pen name of Anne Rampling.

Much to the chagrin of her fans, Rice renounced her vampire novels after her return to the Catholic faith in 1998. It was then that she published Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, her first novel in a trilogy chronicling the life of Jesus. She has since left New Orleans to live in Southern California in an effort to escape her fame as a novelist and live a simpler life.

Rice was married to poet Stan Rice for 41 years until his death in 2002. Their daughter, Michele, was born in 1966 and died of leukemia in 1972 at the age of five. Their son, Christopher, was born in 1978 and is a novelist.