The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland
The God of Endings
by Jacqueline Holland
Fantasy | Historical Fiction | Horror
480 Pages
Released March 2023
Rating: ★★ 1/2
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This was one of those books that I kind of wish I DNFed. Kind of. Let me explain.
This book is about Collette LeSange, bitten by a vampire at a young age and rendered immortal against her wishes. The book alternates between the past — as Collette lives through periods of history, resentfully learning to cope with her eternal life, and the present, where Collette currently works as the head of an elite school for young children. And troublingly, her hunger for blood has recently become borderline insatiable. But when a quiet young boy starts attending her school, Collette find herself becoming more involved in his life.
Right off the bat, I got immediate The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue vibes off this book. That should have been my first sign that I wasn’t going to love it. That said, it kept me just intrigued enough to keep flipping the pages, even though I often found myself skimming.
Similar to Addie LaRue, Collette LeSange is an immortal woman trying to cope with her immortalness. But in this case, she is vampire (and people don’t forget her). This book started off interesting enough but at nearly 500 pages long, there was a lot of times that it really dragged for me. Collette often reminisces about the events leading her to this point in her life, attributing her trials and tribulations to a mysterious “God of Endings.”
In truth, I was hoping this book would be less historical and more suspenseful. There were elements of horror woven throughout but overall it just felt really slow most of the time.
There’s also a whole plot line with a mysterious young student but by the time we learn more of his backstory, I felt mostly checked out of the novel.
Ultimately, I didn’t really get much out of this one. But if you like a good historical-centric vampire novel, or were a fan of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, you may enjoy this one.