Oscar Wilde once said that there's no such thing as a bad book, just badly written ones. Well, this was definitely a badly written book. It's very inconsistant with the characters and personalities in the other novels and I certainly would not call what she's done with the character of Lestat maturing. A terrible, terrible way to end it. It should have stopped at Memnoch the Devil. There is such a thing as over kill.For those starting out The Vampire Chronicles should be read in order...Interview with The VampireThe Vampire LestatThe queen of the damnedThe Tale of the body thiefMemnoch The DevilPandoraVittorio The VampireThe Vampire ArmandMerrickBlood and GoldBlackwood FarmBlood CanticleYou want Lestat, take my advice, stick with the novel with his name in the title.