akasha is fundamentally a great villain in spite of the anne rice orientalism surrounding her (i fear marius was a self insert). very juicy vampire lore and new characters, loved the twins loved jesse (her getting barricade at the lestat concert jumping on stage and him kissing her? what 1D fanfiction am i reading?). lestat diva of the day as per usual. that armand and daniel chapter is one of the most insane things i’ve ever read give me 100 more right now. the loustat at the end of all these books always gets me (the rue royale return the claudia memories shut up☹️).