Book Review: Blood and Gold
Author: Anne Rice
Review written by: Dunya Hopefulsoul

Greetings,

This is the story of Marius. An once dedicated senator in Rome. He Is taken by force into the dark world, and becomes the keeper of the queen and king of the damned. He tells his story that covers historical events with great imagination, I really like a book with detail. The first chapter starts off with a vampire named Throne. He is the one that Marius tell his life story to. Marius never gives up on his search for his love Pandora. His search for her goes on tell he meets up with her in present time to defeat the queen. But then they go their seperate ways. He also tells the story of his other love, a child Armand, which he calls Amadeo, and he refuses to give him the dark gift, until fate brings him close to death and Marius changes him. Marius lives among mortal and bring upon himself grief and loss more than once. Marius talks of devil-worshipping vampires, and his hate for Santino. Marius meets up with a few older vampires as well as making some of his own, but to love them and lose them was what he faced all the time. The end was OK, being the reader I hope to see more from Marius. The next novel is Blackwood Farms. The book is long but I had a hard time putting it down.

Blessed be Dunya

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