“She could live, but only forever. All or nothing. Too much or not enough, those were her only choices.” 

-Jacqueline Holland

Last week I looked at the story of a conventional witch, this week it’s the story of an unconventional vampire. Collette, turned unwilling more than a century ago, does her best to keep her hunger at bay while living a life of mostly isolation…except she’s a preschool teacher.

It’s a fun premise paired with the kind of quiet, character-driven writing that I love. I also enjoyed the switching narrative, jumping between different points in time in Collette’s life. I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but I thought it was executed really well in The God of Endings.

Speaking of that title, we find in the book that it’s in reference to Czernobog, a Slavic god of, among other things, death. Collette feels he’s following her, getting closer, waiting for something, and she assumes it’s an ending. But how do you define an ending? And what comes after it?

Braiding together the supernatural, the historical, and the mundane, The God of Endings is a lovely, atmospheric read that will leave you thinking well after the end.