A review by louisallama
Vampires, HeartsOther Dead Things by Margie Fuston

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I have never cried this hard at a book. This is also one of my all time favourite books now. 
The way it uses vampirism as a device to explore not dealing with or acknowledging your grief was breathtaking. Victoria talking about her well of emotions and all the colours of different emotions that kept spilling from it was gorgeous writing. The way she kept thinking that not showing emotion and trying to pretend to Nicholas that she was happy because that's what she thought he wanted to see was amazing. And the ending where she

finally realised that there was strength in feeling happiness and sadness, and the whole spectrum of emotions and how they didn't negate one another was just beautifully, devastatingly real.

I liked that her relationship with Henry wasn't perfect but that

they were able to forgive and be there for each other, and grow. I also really really appreciated that Victoria found out that vampires were real and we got to see that she wasn't a delusional girl all along, but that she was just so desperate to save her father that she was willing to play into Nicholas's fantasy. I was actually full on ugly cry sobbing at the ending and at the note that her dad wrote her.

There are so many poinient quotes in this book, and I'm going to be thinking about the message in it, about letting yourself feel all your emotions, and about how hope and faith can help to carry you, even if other people don't understand why you're having hope, for the rest of my life.