You see? We agree more than you thought. I don't really count the Sleeping Beauty books as having much significance. I waded through one, and that was enough for me. I have no interest in the Christ the Lord series, either. I told a little fib for brevity when I said I had read them all: that did not include those two series. I am sure you are aware that she grew up in New Orleans, met her hubby of many years in Texas, and then they moved to the Bay Area for his university work. She wrote Interview and the other early Vampire Chronicles while there. The family retired to her old home city, where they restored and moved into the house described in The Witching Hour. Stan died a few years ago and she moved back to CA, I suspect to leave many sad family memories behind, and this is when she began that last series. Her son is now a novelist, too. I like the Mayfair witches more than you do, but there is no doubt that her real glory comes from the best of The Vampire Chronicles. Check out some of those other subjects, too. Cry to Heaven is a lot better than you would think, certainly the best of the miscellaneous series.
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