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BookCompleted1976

Interview with the Vampire

by Anne Rice

Book 1 in The Vampire Chronicles

Rice invented the modern literary vampire - this is philosophical horror wrapped in sensual prose that will stay lodged in your brain long after you finish.

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goodreads 4.02/5 650,528 ratings

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  • Content warnings: Blood, Violence, Graphic violence, Murder, Death of loved one, Child death, Grief, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationships, Slavery, Racism/bigotry, Body horror, Animal death, Suicidal ideation, Kidnapping, Domestic violence, Homophobia/transphobia
Length346 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 13 books
Spice1/5 · Slow seduction
PacingSlow

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The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.

Romance promise

  • Power imbalance
  • M/M
  • Low
  • Slow seduction
  • Book hangover
  • Dark/tortured soul
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  • Love/hate tension
  • Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
  • Expanded empathy
  • Morally gray
  • Obsessive love interest
  • Eye contact intensity
  • Beautiful grief
  • Immortal/ancient
  • Betrayal to trust
  • Touch starvation
  • Perspective shift
  • Vampire lord
  • Feral devotion
  • Neck kisses / neck touching
  • Intellectual satisfaction
  • Captor/captive
  • Thought-provoking

Fantasy promise

  • Gothic romance
  • Forbidden love
  • Big city / metropolis
  • Gothic
  • Vampires
  • Immortal/mortal romance
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  • Manor house / estate
  • Paranormal
  • Dark romance
  • Historical
  • Captive romance
  • Vampire romance
  • Toxic relationships

Reading experience

  • First person
  • Slow
  • Dark
  • Lyrical
  • Heavy
  • High
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  • Outcast/loner
  • Queer
  • Brooding
  • Atmospheric
  • Melancholic
  • Lush
  • Haunting
  • Introspective
  • Mysterious
  • Classical
  • Somber
  • Intense
  • Dramatic
  • Poetic
  • Eerie
  • Sensual
  • Forbidden desire
  • Morally complex

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Book details
Length
346 pages
Language
English
Format
Book