Blood Communion

A Tale of Prince Lestat

By: Anne Rice

Narrated by: Eric Shaw Quinn

Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this spellbinding novel, Lestat, rebel outlaw, addresses the tribe of vampires, telling us the mesmerizing story of how he became prince of the vampire world, and of the formation of the Blood Communion, and how his vision for the Children of the Universe to thrive as one, came to be.

Lestat takes us from his ancestral castle in the snow-covered mountains of France to the verdant wilds of lush Louisiana, with its lingering fragrances of magnolias and night jasmine; from the far reaches of the Pacific’s untouched islands to the 18th-century city of St. Petersburg and the court of the Empress Catherine. He speaks of his fierce battle of wits and words with the mysterious Rhoshamandes, proud Child of the Millennia, reviled outcast for his senseless slaughter of the legendary ancient vampire Maharet, avowed enemy of Queen Akasha, who refuses to live in harmony at court and who threatens all Lestat has dreamt of....

©2018 Anne Rice (P)2018 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

“[Rice’s] undead characters are utterly alive.” —The New York Times Book Review

“No one writing today matches [Anne Rice's] deftness with the erotic.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature. . . . To read her is to become giddy as if spinning through the mind of time, to become lightheaded as if our blood is slowly being drained away.” —San Francisco Chronicle

They couldn't have chosen a worse narrator.

Trying to get into this book and the narrator is reminiscent of David Sadaris or Richard Simmons. Both wonderful people whom I like very much. But as far from a 18th century French Vampire as a wolf is to a goldfish.

Awesome story but a lack luster read

Book and story line GRRAT as expected. I wish Simon Vance read as he makes Lestat who he should be. but overall it was good.

damn it Lestat, don't you listen?!

i was really not feeling this one. Lestat annoyed me so much! if he really had listened to the other vampires, none of that shit would've happened. Then!! there's the stunt with Marius and oh hell no, i don't think so! i just didn't like this one as much as the others. next time, please bring Simon Vance back.

Best one yet!

Well, best one since Memnoch the Devil. I enjoyed this book. Well worth the buy. Please, Ms. Rice, keep writing more!

Good story, wrong narrator

As with all of Anne Rice's books, I loved every word with all its rich detail. Was it her greatest book? Probably not, but even her worst book is better than many author's best. I'm hoping this isn't the final conclusion to the vampire chronicles...I could listen to her stories forever, and feel like I know the characters personally. She does such a good job developing her characters and giving them deep and meaningful personalities. They are truly larger than life!

The narrator for this book however, was the wrong choice. There were no accents of the different characters, and the emotion in his voice was either shallow or non existant. He just wasn't the right choice for a book about such deep, dark content matter.

Clearly not the narrator's niche

I wish I could give a more detailed review of the story and I certainly don't want to seem like I'm hating on the voice actor, but I just couldn't get through his performance of this title. I've been an Anne Rice fan for years and I've come to understand that her novels have a pace best described as contemplative, unhurried and emotionally detailed. The narrator of this production was the opposite; rushed, no distinguishing between which character is speaking, seemingly-random changes in vocal pitch and tempo... I couldn't invest myself in the story because of the performance. I'm so disappointed; definitely worth picking up a hard copy of the book, absolutely, but I'd recommend avoiding this audio version.

Wow! an amazing story , Mrs Rice really outdid it!

I am really impressed the story was amazing and she really brings a finality to the story of Lestat but keeps him available on the shelf to use again anytime I love that ,great book!

The narrator is terrible horrible awful!

the narrator is so terrible I almost couldn't get through the book. It was extremely distracting that he was so bad I think it distracted from the story.

Narrator is BAD

The Narrator is very distracting, I could not continue listening, suffered four chapters. I have listened to all the other Vampire Chronicles on Audible, I will have to just read this one on my own. I wasted a credit. Why Audible did not have Simon Vance narrate is beyond my understanding.

Very good. Not great.

Not my favorite Anne Rice novel but worth a listen for sure. The narrator captured the tone of things without going over the top. Perfect.