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Novel review: Blood and Gold by Anne Rice

Blood and Gold is one of the novels in Vampire Chronicles by a famous Gothic author, Anne Rice. It is a story about Marius, the golden-haired vampire, who reveals the secrets of his two-thousand-year existence. He is a secret blood hunter by night, a filthy killer of humans and lives in a civilized life. He is also a patrician in Ancient Rome and the protector of the Queen and King of the vampires.

There is a lot of history of Italy that is fairly interesting and a few other vampires he runs into but forgetfully, except for meeting Santino, an evil blood drinker who believes he is a child of Satan. Throughout his long life, Marius observes many world events including the fall of the Roman Empire. He finds mortals that he loves and converts them into vampires, but never ever remains with him for long after changing. He also makes many enemies with one nearly killing him, causing centuries of healing before recovering.

Personally, I think the tone and the book is very depressing and sad because for a vampire who lives for thousands of years, loneliness would naturally surround him. What intrigues me most is because the main character, Marius, is the most intelligent than other characters. Obviously, he has been living for many years and has plenty of time to discover knowledge almost about anything.

I have always enjoyed any novels by Anne Rice. I fell in love with her novel since I first encountered the first novel in Vampire Chronicles, which is titled 'Interview with the Vampire'.
I love Anne Rice's vampires because they seem so cultured, intelligent, and have interest in arts, whether the visual arts, books or music. If we compared other vampire stories from different authors, most of their characters are pure evil and uncivilized. If you loved this novel, I would like to suggest you to watch some of the familiar movies from the Vampire Chronicles such as, 'Interview with the Vampire', starred by Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt or another movie entitled, 'The Queen of the Damned', starred by Aaliyah and Stuart Townsend.

I have read all the series in Vampire Chronicles. As for 'Blood and Gold', it is the eighth book in the series. However, if you intend to watch the movies, it might be quite confusing since the real story based on the novel is much more detail than the movie.

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