^ Pretty much sums up my own reaction to Anne Rice's VC. A bit sad to me as I am a huge vampire fan and absolutely love the first 3 parts of the trilogy [so much so, all you need to do is look at my nickname]...But alas, after Memnoch, I was done...
@CWatkinsNash: Indeed, I have the Mayfair books as well lying around someplace. I do regret a bit at having fallen out of love with Rice's later works - I did enjoy Mayfair 1 and 2 and also the Talamasca Group intrigue. Perhaps, like you, I will pick up the Rice stuff again sometime - Amazon and Kindle makes for a dangerous combination