![]() Can your vampires go out in daylight? Can they see their reflections in a mirror? How do they feel about garlic on their pizza? Vampire fans are a uniquely passionate bunch and are often experts on the tropes and “rules” of vampirism that they’ve gleaned from all the popular fiction. Holland’s vampires lean philosophical, struggling with immense grief and loneliness, and her magical world is layered with mystery.Īnyone who writes a vampire novel, as I have, had better be prepared for lots of canny questions about the “rules” of vampirism. She’s happy enough running a preschool out of his mansion-until her hunger grows suddenly insatiable and nightmares from her past reappear. A century-and-a-half later, Ana has taken the name of Collette and travels to her grandfather’s country estate at his request, as he’s in need of a caretaker. Before the disease can take her, too, an older gentleman claiming to be her grandfather changes her into a vampire like himself. In the 1830s, Ana watches the rest of her village succumb to tuberculosis. ![]() Jacqueline Holland’s debut, The God of Endings, offers a reflective and poetic look at the nature of immortality. ![]()
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