"Interview With a Vampire", is line no vampire story I have ever read before, this is not your typical horror story, where the vampire sucks your blood and you die, or the recently more common theme of romantically beautiful ones thats sparkle.
This is the story, of what it is like to be in the heads of essentially three different vampires. Lestat, the elder, responsible for turning both Louis, and Claudia into the beasts they will eternally be. Lestat, a blood thirsty beast has no remorse for killing mortals, his thirst for human blood over powers all other. We also have Louis, the main character who after feeling like he has nothing to live for in his human for, he is turned by the one and only Lestat. Unlike Lestat, Louis is not much for sucking the blood out of humans for pleasure. He has morals and regrets, he has compassion for the humans, and has completely conflicting emotions on being a vampire.
Lastly, we have Caludia, also changed by Lestat, at the amazingly young age of five. Her purpose was to be a companion/ family for Louis so he would not be alone. Her dilemma is that, vampires can mature mentally, but not physically. Claudia is trapped in a five year olds body for the rest of eternity.
Now, I must admit I am both a fan of classic vampire stories, as well as Twilight, after all I was a young teenage girl when they first came out, but the plot to this book definitely kept my attention. I liked how the book switched between first and third person, it kept you in a place where you had no choice but to read on. The emotion Ann Rice conveyed in this book, makes it almost as if these, blood sucking creatures could be real. It makes you love and hate them all in one.
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