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This book had a lot riding on it before I even started. It was recommended by a co-worker, it finished off my A-Z challenge and it was my Halloween read. At times, I wasn’t sure how I felt about it, but now that I’m done, I was pretty impressed.

In case you’ve been living under a rock for centuries, this book tells the story of Louis the Vampire. He sits down in an interview with a young man and tells him everything from the day he became a vampire to the people who played roles in his life to what he’s doing today.

As mentioned earlier, my feelings for this book came and went. I loved how the book started, hated Lestat, loved Claudia, hated the French, loved Armand. I really liked all of the action though. I was very surprised at how many times I caught myself leaving a few minutes late for work because I wanted to see what was going to happen.

One of the biggest things that I thought about during the book was the life of the vampire. I’ve read a lot of other books about vampires, and most of them are similar, but sometimes there are discrepancies about how a vampire could die. In this book, it was the same as Twilight, but in Twilight, they could go in the light. That’s the only one I’ve read though that you can go in the light. I also am still trying to get used to the “feeding” as is also mentioned in the Sookie Stackhouse books. I just keep getting confused. Every book there are differences.

I enjoyed the writing in this book. I liked how when you were with Louis, you felt the masculinity, but when Claudia was in the picture, you felt like a little princess in silks and dresses and all those girly things. When Armand came into the picture though, there were some words that I didn’t know what they meant. Maybe I was just intimidated because I knew he was 400 years old and obviously smart.

If I read this book again, I will wait a few years. I did like a lot of things about it, but it’s not one I can give 5 bookmarks too. Because I love Claudia, it gets 4 bookmarks.

Next step: The Movie! I saw it on the other night. I was at work so I couldn’t DVR it, and I didn’t want to watch it since I was only haflway through the book. Looks like I’m going to have to rent this weekend when Mikey is out hunting!

As September begins, I only have 4 books left in my A to Z Challenge and I already have them lined up. Here’s what you can expect in the next month or so.

I: Interview with the Vampire (No secret, I love vampires. I’ve heard great things about this. October read for sure)

K: Killer Cruise (I’m reading now)

W: Wicked: Witch and Curse (I just ordered off Amazon to take Wuthering Heights spot…yay!)

Y: Your Mouth Drives me Crazy (This was an Oprah Book Club book my mom read, not as steamy as she expected lol)

If you’ve read any of these, without giving away spoilers, let me know what you think