Lenore D. (Lenore) reviewed on 11/6/2007 + 193 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

This is Anne Rice's sister...she's trying to go for the same sweeping feel of history that some of Anne Rice's novels have (this one takes place during the fall of the Roman Empire), but frankly, she misses her mark - she's just not as talented as her sister. Still, if you didn't have Rice (her earlier works, of course - as her later ones have also fallen short) - she'd be passable. The story goes in jumps and starts however, and she doesn't always explain things well at all. In addition, I found the female lead character annoyingly easy to victimize. She lacked the "spark" that makes some characters great...and she seemed naive and too willing to follow others instead of striking out to do what's best for her...then she's sort of "rewarded" for all this complaisance by basically falling into the arms of the one man who would be perfectly matched to her - she just falls into it by accident, or serendipity if you're a more optimistic type! Its unlikely and a bit silly if you ask me. Anyway, you may like it more than I did

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