End of Gilda Stories

I feel that the book ended differently that I was expecting. I feel that should have ended with Gilda's true death, it would have created closure and left the readers feeling more satisfied with Gilda's life. Although I liked the book as a whole, the ending seemed like it was rushed and too fast paced in comparision to the rest of the eras of Gilda's life. By forcing science fiction as well as a role reversal, Gomez pulled, in my opinion, too many new themes into the minds of the readers. I understand that she may have left the ending so open so that she could write more stories about Gilda, but there are many other blank times throughout the books that she could fill in. I liked the role reversal between the humans and the vampires, but I felt that it was was slightly overlooked with the mention of off-worlders. I enjoy vampire classics, like Dracula, where the vampire seems all powerful so it was good to finally get to see Gilda use her power to overtake the hunters and to free herself. So all in all, a good book, but the ending was a little too open ended for me.