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Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste
3.0

“There are no Hollywood endings, not even in Hollywood, and that’s the way it should be…. Maybe we’ll prove that just because you come from a monster, it doesn’t make you one.”

What a lovely weird little novel. I didn’t know I needed a Dracula & Jane Eyre requel set to the backdrop of California in the late 60s. This book felt like I was watching a movie at a drive in on a hot summer night. A book that reclaims the narrative of two women lost to literary and cinematic history. This book is worth your time especially if you support women’s wrongs. I will say the book left me wanting a bit more from the characters and story but I would still recommend it, 3.5/5✨