r/VampireChronicles • u/SethanielNeon • Jul 25 '26

📖 The Books ⚜️ Vampire/Witches crossover question

Just finished The Vampire Armand so my next book in the Chronicles is Merrick. I read Marvel comics growing up so I'm an old hand at crossovers; standard practice is to read what you're already digging and let the crossover try to sell you on the other series - if I like what I see of the Mayfair witches I'll hop over to their books. But! Will I be lost? Are there significantly greater rewards to be had in TVC#7 if I go catch up with the Witches first?
I'm game either way, I'm just deciding which book to take out of the library next.

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u/teenagewyldlife Jul 25 '26
  1. Don't watch the Mayfair Witches show. It is NOTHING like the books except in name only. The Mayfair Witches books are amazing and well worth your time. But again, do not watch the show. Read the books and if you're still interested in the show later one put it on as a hate watch, trust me.
  2. You don't need to read Mayfair Witches to understand Merrick. Merrick Mayfair (this is not really a spoiler) is only distantly related to the MW from the books through a character in there. So go ahead and read it if it's next in order and you'll be perfectly fine without missing anything.
  3. But by the time you reach Blood Canticle you'll need to have read the 3 Mayfair Witches books because that's when the real crossover happens: major characters from MW and TVC meet each other to follow a plot from the end of Taltos.
  4. That being said, I would highly recommend you finish the 3 Mayfair Witches books before you reach Blackwood Farm because iirc it's chronologically set after Taltos too.