content: I absolutely loved the Mayfair witches novels - until "Taltos." Then the series took off in a direction that can only be classified as "tripe." Poor Anne Rice - I think she has finally run out of inspiration for her novels of the supernatural. Having suffered through "Blackwood Farm," I thought, well, let's try one more time. Thank heaven Ms. Rice is putting the Vampire Lestate to bed (in fiction, at least - there's rumours of a Broadway musical, heaven forfend!). The legion of fans who have made Ms. Rice a best-selling author deserve better than this sloppy, boring, idiocy that passes for fiction. Pass it by and re-read "The Witching Hour," if you need a Rice fix.