A review by lambsbooks
Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

5.0

Sometimes, if you want to save other people, you need to remember to save yourself first.

I have no words 🥹

I met the priest's eyes. I had never liked doing that; it didn't come naturally to me. I hated trying to figure out the unspoken rules about how long you were supposed to look and how often you were supposed to blink. I always got it wrong. According to Marguerite, I tended to overcompensate by staring into people's eyes too directly, which made them uncomfortable.

Just kidding, I never know when to shut up.

Also, that quote ^ is me. I was always told it’s rude to not look people in the eyes even though I hate it and now I don’t know how to look away. One of us will die before I look away.

Perhaps the decisions that shaped the course of history weren’t made in scenes worthy of stories and tapestries, but in ordinary places like these, driven by desperation and doubt.

This was beautiful.

I loved all the characters and the plot. The neurodivergent characters. Everything was perfect.