Book Review: Vampire Armand

Book Review: Vampire Armand


Excerpt:

(This is after Maruis whipped Armand for being a child and destroying their bedroom door)

You going to break down my door again?
Never
You going to defy me in any way in particular?
Never in any way ever
Further words?
I LOVE YOU.
Im sure.
BUT I DO.


This is after another whipping! (Talk about punishment and love in the bedroom!)

I was going to write something really churlish such as "Iv'e learned that I'm a slave of a tyrant." But when I looked up and saw him standing there with the switch in the hand, I change my mind.
He knew it was the perfect moment to come to me and kiss me. And he did this, and i realized I had lifted my face for his kiss before he bent his head. This didn't stop him.

For all the love of the night creatures i think Armand surpasses all beauty and grace a vampire must possess making his story a bit more delicate yet loved by all readers! If vampires are made to mock God with its beauty then i think Anne Rice was able to vividly instill to us that Armand does have all the right to be a vampire!

I truly and will forever be in love with Lestat but Armand would be that eternally 17 year old lad that would just make you want to touch him and comfort him for all the harsh life a 500 year old vampire could have.

He was abducted from Russia by some bandits during 15thcentury taking him to Venice to be sold as a slave but his beauty was of course turned on hundreds of men wanting him for their lewd pleasure so there was rape for obvious reasons. Not until he met Marius de Romanus, one of the strongest and oldest vampire, who fell in love with him and saved him. He was earnestly taught by Marius along side the other young boys that were to be brought up as the best civilians of Venice! (Ok this reminds me of Johnny and his Boys! LOL!)

His boutticelli angel look was mainly the cause of trouble and hurt amongst the people around him... like the Englishman whom he make love with that ends up their relationship by going amok and killing two young boys in their mansion in Venice!

But you know what really got me is his questioning nature! Not that he doesnt believe but his wittiness and willingless to broaden his views and curiousity is really something... well he is just making a fuss out of everything actually... just like a child that he is!

and yes! The book is filled with smut, yaoi, vampire to human love, may-december romance, teacher-student love affair, orgy... makes it all worth reading... allow them to have a piece of happiness once in a while shall we?

Another thing that i love in Rice's vampires are their love for humans and their complexities that results in their loneliness... Just imagine you're a vampire, only one of the few, and was bound to live for all eternity... it might be cool for some aspect especially for those that come to love Twilight but seriously living with just your own kind and keeping a secret for hundreds of years how could that be possibly fun? And making a food out of the people you love? Seriously!

Vampires here are emotional! Believe me they are the only ones who got all the right to be! They cry, cry and cry with blood and then they pity themselves and then after that... move on to their next meal... or should i say adventure?! Now you asked how could a series of books be fun with all of these?! Well it is the irony! The main focus of the series would be the humanity of the Monsters of the night! How they get scared, how they love, how they get angry all of these makes these series more and more interesting i guess! It brings you to the very root of the vampires... how they think in certain situations and how could they possibly live just like any ordinary beings.