{"id":1647,"date":"2009-12-10T11:52:56","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T18:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2010-10-09T02:23:09","modified_gmt":"2010-10-08T20:53:09","slug":"the-vampire-armand-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2009\/book-reviews\/the-vampire-armand-book-review.html\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vampire Armand – Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I decided to plunge into Anne Rice’s world of vampires once again. I felt I had<\/em> to get those stupid wimpy Twilight<\/em> vampires that sparkle in the sun out of my head! Of course, I was a bit wary after her last book “Memnoch the Devil” began to show her increasingly christian themes which I didn’t care about.<\/p>\n

But Armand has always been such a mysterious figure for me that I thought it would be real neat to find out more about him. And overall I wasn’t disappointed. Lots about the supercool and ancient Marius as well as some nice reunions with old friends like Louis, Pandora and David (Lestat is in some kind of stupor on the floor throughout). But there was also a lot of the heavy christian stuff as well. Not very surprising in this book given Armand’s initial christian upbringing.<\/p>\n

Image Credit: endovalswhisper.blogspot.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Armand - A Devil in an Angel's skin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I found myself glazing over large tracts of text about jesus and god and about how he loved everyone – blah blah. Get to the cool vampiric stuff already! But as I said, we find out all about Armand and his relations with Marius – including sexual ones. Oh didn’t I mention that? There’s sex. Lots of it- and explicit. With Armand being at the center of it all. He coolly frolics with men and women alike showing no particular preference for one over the other. Marius of course, being a vampire can’t screw in the traditional way but there are plenty of kisses, as well as handjobs and (not so subtly) implied blowjobs.<\/p>\n

But it’s all done very artistically in Anne Rice’s impeccable style. It’s very refined and naturally we can’t imagine Marius<\/em> being coarse. He finds Armand irresistible, as does everyone else apparently and Armand is mightily pleased about the whole situation.<\/p>\n

So if you’re comfortable with skipping over tedious christian themes, and you want read more about Rice’s awesome vampires, then get a hold of this book. Lots of succulent backstory that you would no doubt be thirsting for (no pun intended) after finishing her big trio – “Interview with a Vampire”, “The Vampire Lestat” and “Queen of the Damned.”<\/p>\n

Oh and one more thing – those who’ve seen the movie “Queen of the Damned”, please please forget it. The book is nothing like it. The movie is quite simply pathetic and my wife and I almost puked while watching it. “Don’t judge a book by its movie” seems to be the latest mantra these days, and it applies in this case particularly well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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