Just finished reading Blackwood Farm by Anne Rice. It took half the book (530 pages) to get to the point where there seemed a plot, a direction; but after that the book took off, and Anne Rice combined the Vampire stories, with the Mayfair Witches stories, and newcomer Tarquin of Blackwood Farms. All of the characters where wonderfully interconnected in many incestuous ways. The first half of the book is creepy, describing Tarquin’s relationship with Goblin (a form of spirit); this is not a healthy relationship. It was difficult to read about this interaction, to the point of being depressing, yet with perseverance, all made sense in the end.