"A magnificent, compulsively readable thriller . . . Rice begins where Bram Stoker and the Hollywood versions leave off and penetrates directly to the true fascination of the myth-the education of the vampire."
--Chicago Tribune "Unrelentingly erotic . . . sometimes beautiful, and always unforgettable."
--Washington Post "If you surrender and go with her . . . you have surrendered to enchantment, as in a voluptuous dream."
--Boston Globe "A chilling, thought-provoking tale, beautifully frightening, sensuous, and utterly unnerving."
--Hartford Courant