Search - The Witching Hour (Mayfair Witches, Bk 1)

I love this book - epic in scope, with stories within stories. I've read it several times.

This is the start of the Mayfair witches series and is the most eloquent book I've read from Anne Rice.

Her best writing.
Didn't care for the rest of series but this one is great.

I have wanted to read this book for awhile. Finally got it, and read it. Overall, the book is pretty good. I love the tale of the Mayfair withces. The middle gets a little drab, and hard to read due to the history having to be written about the Mayfair withces, but it wraps up nicely at the end.

LOVE this series! Once you start reading, make sure you have lots of time to read because you won't want to put it down!

A pretty good read - I am not a huge Anne Rice fan, but I have read her Vampire Chronicles and enjoyed it.

I've had this book for a few years, began reading it in college and then put it aside in favor of some required reading and never got back to it until this summer. It's definitely a good read for the summer - a little bit of mystery, some sex, family drama and history all rolled into the heat and humidity of the (main setting) New Orleans summer. The book skips around the world telling the story of the Mayfair family, and even though it got bogged down in excessive descriptions at times, I did like reading it.

It's not easy to rush through, though - there are many details and stories told, and to make the characters more than just the stereotypes of Hero Michael, Lost Little Girl Rowan and Super Helpful Aaron, you have to read slowly and absorb how Rice wrote them as actual people and not just placeholders. If you rush as I did when I first started reading it, you will miss out on those details and probably enjoy the book less.

The ending is a bit rushed but still feels dragged-out, if that makes sense. It is definitely set up for the sequel so if you know you are enjoying "The Witching Hour" about halfway through, you should order the next book! I am anxiously awaiting it now!