It's not her florid style, it's that the Vampire books have the same problem as the Mayfair Witches...they get less and less interesting as you go.
I've got the first 7 of the Vampire books.
Interview was great, Lestat, I enjoy it less now than I used to, but it was still also great at first. QotD wasn't bad, if a little...unbelievable. Not the Vampire history, but the whole rock-star thing was a bit annoying. Introduction of the secret society thing was good though. Talamasca or whatever they're called.
Body thief was definitely losing it, and Menoch was questionable at best. Then, we start getting into the other vampires, because Rice realised that, like in Highlander, what people want are the flashbacks. Problem is, the books started to get very formulaic once she was doing that.
But I still like the idea, and I read them every so often.
--A
