Of Love and Evil, Anne Rice
Of Love and Evil, Anne Rice
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Of Love and Evil
The Songs of the Seraphim, Book Two

Author: Anne Rice

Narrator: Paul Michael

Unabridged: 5 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/30/2010

Synopsis

The second book in nationally bestselling Songs of the Seraphim series is a gripping metaphysical thriller in which angels partner up with assassins, from the author of Interview with the Vampire.

Barely recovered from his previous divine mission, former contract killer Toby O'Dare is once again summoned by the angel Malchiah to investigate the poisoning of a prominent nobleman and stop the haunting of a diabolical dybbuk. Together, they travel back to fifteenth-century Italy—the age of Michelangelo, the Holy Inquisition, and Pope Leo X—and this time Malchiah has Toby pose as a lute player sent to charm and calm this troublesome spirit. But Toby soon discovers that he is in the midst of plots and counterplots, surrounded on all sides by increasingly dangerous threats as the veil of ecclesiastical terror closes in around him.

About Anne Rice

It seems pretty ironic for an author to change from Gothic fiction, erotica, then to Christian literature, but American author, Anne Rice did just that. She was born Howard Allen Frances O'Brian in 1941 in New Orleans. Somehow, being born in New Orleans seems fitting for an author most famous for her popular series of novels entitled, The Vampire Chronicles.

Rice was raised in a Catholic family, but chose to be an agnostic as a young adult. She was very successful coming right out with her first novel......Interview with the Vampire. With that success, she began writing sequels to that novel in the 1980's. In the mid- 2000's, she returned to Catholicism and published novels that were fiction about some happenings in the life of Jesus. She distanced herself several years later from organized religion, siting disagreement with their position on social issues, but vowed her lasting faith in God.

Rice's books have sold over 100 million copies......thus, her immense popularity as an American author. She was married to her husband, Stan Rice, for 41 years until he passed from brain cancer in 2002. They had two children, one who died of leukemia at fie years old, and a son Christopher, who is also an author. Several of her novels have been adapted to film. Many ask about her strange given name...... Howard Allen Frances O'Brien. She answers with......her father's name was Howard, and her mother thought that giving her a man's name would give her advantages in the world as she grew up. On her first day of Catholic School, when the Nun asked her name, she just said Anne because she thought it was a pretty name. The name has served her well.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Monica on December 17, 2018

Hay historias que atrapan sin importar el estilo, la trama ni nada, porque lo que cuentan de una manera que trasciende y eso es lo que La prueba del ángel es. Los personajes son entrañables, definidos y con elementos poderosos que les dan fuerza, sensibilidad y una facilidad de transmitir emociones c......more

Goodreads review by Maria on September 12, 2017

Todo en este libro ha sido curioso para mí: desde el hecho de escogerlo entre otras lecturas, cuando es lo primero que leo de esta autora (y encima una segunda parte), hasta la historia en sí. Exactamente no sé que esperaba encontrar, pero esta historia me ha sorprendido por su ¿pureza? De todas man......more

Goodreads review by Jody on October 31, 2022

I was getting ready to settle in to a longer book series by Anne Rice, having never read her before. Learning I'd come to the end of this one after two books was a bummer because I did enjoy it. My little gripe about both Songs of the Seraphim books was the brevity, but OF LOVE AND EVIL improved on i......more

Goodreads review by David on May 25, 2011

I miss the snap and verve that Anne Rice had when she wrote about Vampires, Witches and Body Snatchers. This series (Angel Time, Of Love and Evil), doesn't have the moral tension and flamboyant malice that have characterized her writing in the past. Anne converted to Christianity in 1998 and has sta......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on October 02, 2011

Okay, This is the second in the series and comes in under 200 pages. For 24.95. Seems a bit too little already - why she broke this up into a series is a bit unclear but it seems a bit money driven to me. So, to retaliate, I borrowed it from the library instead. Nonetheless, I promised myself I woul......more

Quotes

"Ghosts and angels aside, Of Love and Evil transcends the metaphysical thriller label through its grounding in historical fact...[Toby’s] sense of wonder proves infectious for the reader as well...[Rice] not only explores a battle against evil, but asks what it means to be evil and who gets to define it. Above all, Of Love and Evil is simply good entertainment."
—Carmela Ciuraru, The Boston Globe

"Rice tells a good story, nicely balancing the profound and the profane."
—Judith Chettle, Richmond Times-Dispatch 
 
"Rice knows how to tell a story, and this one’s a lot of fun. . . Rice’s knock-your-socks-off cliffhanger ending leaves no doubt that this series has wings."
 
—People magazine (3½ stars out of 4) 

"Rice is remarkable in her ability to breathe life into another place, another time."
 —The Associated Press

"Present, as always, is the author’s ability to craft dreamlike prose to lull readers into believing every heavenly scenario she puts forth without a whiff of disbelief."
—Andrea Hoag, The Denver Post 

“A bullet of a book—and an absolute bull’s eye.”
 
—Kirkus (starred)


“Readers who enjoy Rice’s larger-than-life tales and elegant writing will find much to appreciate here, and the cliff-hanger ending will leave fans eager for the next installment.”
 
—Kristine Huntley, Booklist

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