I enjoyed catching up with old friends. I was happy not to hear about the Mayfair witches, that wasn't my cup of tea. I felt that "Prince Lestat" brought all loose ends together and picked up where Queen of the Damned left off.

I used to hate David and after "Tale of the Body Thief" I really wanted him to go. I was possessive of Lestat and didn't like seeing him make connections with characters other than Louis, Claudia, Marius, Armand, and Akasha. I was a teen when I read the earlier books, now that I'm older it's nice to have more people (or vampires) in the room to talk to.

Never forget that Louis described Lestat as a monster before Marius described him as a brat Prince. I accepted Lestat for who he was from the first novel and I was on his side from the first to the last page of this latest installment. I refused to read any of the novels that crossed Lestat with the Mayfair crew. Now that I completed "Prince Lestat" and found myself okay with the vampire family growing, I just may give the witches a try, even though I think Rice silently let readers know you didn't have to go there to be complete.