You know, for a Vampire Chronicles novel that wasn't so bad. I was not a fan of the last one, "Realms of Atlantis". No, this one came back to good ol' vampires doing vampire-y things and hanging out, loving each other, weeping, and setting each other on fire. Ya' know, vampire things. It was short and brief, nothing got too long and dithering (for Anne Rice, at least). It almost seemed like a wrap up/ report on how things are going. Who is where, who's alive, who's happy, who's staying at the Château, how's the progress on the rebuilding going or the great Vampire Census. We get introduced to a new vampire who isn't as prominent as we are lead to believe, an oldie comes back and wreaks havoc, Lestat is in love with everything and everyone. That's pretty much my summary of this book!

How many times the word "weep" was used: 14 times.