Blood Canticle
- 412
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Blood Canticle” is a novel for committed Anne Rice readers, closing a story of vampires and Mayfair witches begun two books earlier. Many readers find Lestat’s chatty narration, full of asides and overwrought arguments, more grating than entertaining, and the plot thin. Some struggle to follow it without “Merrick” and “Blackwood Farm”. Those devoted to Lestat will still want to see how the two worlds meet.
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About the book
Blood Canticle is a 2003 vampire novel by American writer Anne Rice, the tenth book in her The Vampire Chronicles series. The novel includes some characters who cross over from Rice's Lives of the Mayfair Witches trilogy (1990–1994), concluding the unified story begun in Merrick (2000) and continued in Blackwood Farm (2002).
Reading order · The Vampire Chronicles
Full order & progress →- Interview with the VampireStart here
7.67.6 / 10 - The Vampire Lestat
7.97.9 / 10 - The Queen of the Damned
7.57.5 / 10 - The Tale of the Body Thief
7.17.1 / 10 - Memnoch the Devil
7.37.3 / 10 - The Vampire Armand
7.37.3 / 10 - Merrick
7.37.3 / 10 - Blood and Gold
7.67.6 / 10 - Blackwood Farm
7.37.3 / 10 - Blood CanticleThis book
7.27.2 / 10 - Prince Lestat
–Not ranked yet - Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis
–Not ranked yet - Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince LestatBlood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.6 across 67 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 31% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Horror average of 7.5. That is how 7.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.3 | 7 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 6.7 | 60 | 90% |
Frequently asked
How long is Blood Canticle?
It has 412 pages — longer than 55% of the ranked books in Horror.
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