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Hello there! I think you’d know this, I tried searching on my own but wasn’t succesfull so! I recently read the first three vc books and was thinking of reading prince lestat next, but is that possible? like are there some major plot lines i absolutely have to read from the other books before reading pl? (ofc i’ll read the other books eventually, too) thanks so much!! also your blog is rad

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Yasss my blog is rad thanx ❤

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I think you should read #4 before PL. It’s got a lot of David Talbot, who you only know a teeny bit at the end of #3. He’s… different in PL. 

I feel like skipping to PL, you miss other adventures and character development, amusing lines… pages about how beautiful Louis is, lol… I just feel like reading them in order is a richer experience.

At least you have more of an appreciation for the other main characters since you know their background. 

Prince Lestat CAN be considered a stand alone, AR said herself it can be treated like that. It’s just so stand alone that I consider it very Alternate Universe. You’ll see what I mean.

*sigh* It’s so strange that ppl want to rush to PL, but I guess it’s bc it’s the currently newest VC and the upcoming book is a sequel to it.

Also, almost 2 yrs since its release, I still refuse to accept PL as canon. It’s AU to me. 

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I read the first three books, can I go right into Prince Lestat or is there more I need to know? (I read the synopsis for every book; because I have some sensitivities to certain topics, such as the first part of the Vampire Armand). I heard that Prince Lestat is a stand alone, and the inside hook indicates such. If I could I would read the entire series but due to triggers and my eight hour school day I don’t have the time. Sorry to rant, I just want to know what’s what

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Sure, go on to PL! I hope you have more of an appreciation for the main characters since you know their background. I sympathize with your time constraints.

Prince Lestat CAN be considered a stand alone, AR said herself it can be treated like that. It’s just so stand alone that I consider it very Alternate Universe. You’ll see what I mean. 

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*sigh* It’s so strange that ppl want to rush to PL, but I guess it’s bc it’s the currently newest VC and the upcoming book is a sequel to it. 

As far as triggering elements, there are some in PL. I won’t spoil you directly but I’ll just toss in some questionnable categories of things I remember being in PL (this is not all-inclusive, I may have forgotten a few bc I read it almost 2 years ago and I can’t read it again yet):

  • An emotionally abusive relationship between a female college student and a male adult authority figure 
  • Other abuse of that female college student that she suffered as a child (not sexual but physical and emotional)
  • Body horror (sort of?)
  • Gorey moments (one involving a few amputations, one involving brains, some murder bc VAMPIRES)
  • Lestat in a non-consensual blood-related attack moment (but he doesn’t get away with it unpunished)
  • Weird ghost-related happenings
  • Arson (*cough* Louis *cough*)
  • Drug-addicted parent (briefly)
  • Vampires & Science
  • A sexual situation involving Vampires & Science
  • A choir of underaged boy vampires 

I really loved Interview With The Vampire, but can I enjoy it as a stand alone book? Are there other stand alone books in the series? I’m really busy and don’t exactly have the time to read 12 books. Should I just read the first three? I need advice help

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You can enjoy IWTV as a stand-alone book! You can do whatever you want! It’s your life. 

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However, The Vampire Lestat is a response to that story, it’s all the things Lestat wanted to tell Louis but couldn’t, and it only really mentions IWTV briefly. TVL is almost a standalone book but it ends on a cliffhanger, so it makes you want to go on to the next one. And the next, and the next, so that’s sort of why I read all of them. 

I would always recommend reading at least the first 3 bc those are generally, fandom-wide, considered the best.

12 books is not that many when you have a lifetime to read them. I’ve re-read all of them except Vittorio (only 1x for him), so they’re more like 36+ books for me. I read them for different things when I re-read them. People read the Bible over and over and look for different things in it.

Just about any of the books could be stand-alones, you can pick based on which characters you like best. The Vampire Armand could be a stand-alone book, he goes deeper into his story, which he gave in previous books. Some books give a different perspective on previous events in the series (what we call the “unreliable narrator”).

Most stand-aloney:
The Vampire Armand
Blackwood Farm 
Prince Lestat 
Pandora 
Vittorio the Vampire