Really nice to read, actually kind of scary and included a lot of really interesting vampire lore. It was a bit long-winded and a tad slow, and somehow I still feel like I was missing out on a lot of details, especially about Czernobog. I felt like I wanted more from the story, but it was already very long. I quite enjoyed reading it, I was completely enthralled by the flashbacks to her early vampire life. The stuff happening in “present day“ (the 1980s) wasn’t as interesting, but it was certainly suspenseful. I rounded up from 3.5 because it was pretty good. Thanks netgalley for the ARC!

The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland reminds me of Alice Hoffman's writing style in The Red Garden, which I also enjoyed reading. The main character may be a vampire, but the story is not the usual fantasy tale. It does not sensationalize vampirism. It is more about one woman's struggle of accepting who she is, keeping the darker part of her life away from society, and learning from her past mistakes. In the 150 years of her life covered by this tale, she is forced to constantly reckon with her lack of power as a woman and her need for blood to survive. The descriptions of violence are brief, but do exist. I completely enjoyed this book and look forward to buying it in print.

Jacqueline Holland is a wonderful story teller. The characters are well developed. You can feel their pain, joy, and struggles through the story telling. The vivid descriptions of differing eras, landscapes, and places are written beautifully.
I read that this is the author's first novel. That is hard to believe. I hope that it will not be the last!

Wow. Masterfully woven story.

This was almost immediately one of my favorite books I’ve ever read.

I don’t have enough words to describe this book, so let me just say that I highly recommend it.

I will be buying copies for my friends!

Unique and absoloutely breathtaking prose. Pick this one up if it interests you as I was immediatly gripped by the synopsis and it was a grand adventure. Looking forward to reading more from this author as it was a fantastic debut. I adored it so much. A new favourite forever.

I wouldn't have believed this was a debut novel, Jacqueline Holland has a great writing style that I felt a maturity and experience. I really enjoyed getting to know Collette LeSange, I really felt for her and enjoyed getting to know her personally. The story was what I was looking for and was invested finding out how it ends. I can't wait to read more from Jacqueline Holland.

"I take a deep breath and move toward a painting hanging nearby: another portrait of Dream, but in this one she is laid out flat on a table, eyes closed and arms crossed over her chest as if being prepared for burial. A pink water lily is coming out of her mouth."

I really liked the premise of this book, and the writing was beautiful, but I found the pace to be too slow for my liking. The book sometimes seemed confusing as well. I still liked it but I didn’t like it as much as I hoped to.