If it doesn't go spectacularly off the rails in the last half, it'll be a worthy successor to the first three.

And if it does it will be a worthy successor to the rest of the series! Either way I think we win.

Damnit Jilli, your tumblr post and read has me wanting to read it too!

I am HOPING I can "sneak out" of work early (I work from home) so I can finish the book.

Rayne, you might get a little lost with massive cast of characters, but when there's references to events in the other books, there's some context given. Without falling into the "As you know, Marius" trap, too. Because let's face it, even the die-hard Vampire Chronicles fans (cough cough) can't keep track of everything.

This short story by Max Gladstone may be of interest to some in the room: "A Kiss With Teeth"

Excellent story!

Great line from early in made me laugh:

in the sixties he met a traveling volcano god in Fiji, who’d given up sacrifices when he found virgins could be had more easily by learning to play guitar

My latest freebie ebook, The Housewife Assassin's Handbook, by Josie Brown. She works for a CIA subcontractor and is trying to avenge the murder of her husband, while taking care of her kids and suburban home. So far so good.

That sounds super-cute--kind of like Susan Isaacs.

I finished Prince Lestat, and I had a lot of fun with it. No references to the Mayfair Witches crossover books! Lestat being, well, LESTAT.

I'd say, in terms of writing skill, Prince Lestat falls somewhere around the level of Queen of the Damned and The Witching Hour, but with a little more control. Everyone doesn't go off on epic historical philosophy tangents at the drop of a lace cravat.

Aw, I loved the Mayfair witches! At least the first one.

Exactly. The first Mayfair Witches book is lots of fun. Lurid, sprawling family secrets, home decor and entertaining descriptions to make Martha Stewart sob in envy. But I recently tried to reread Lasher and Taltos, and ... wow. No.