![]() ![]() And for a fourth and most important difference, while "The House of Aunts" is a love story, it is very definite about the kind of love that it considers most important, and most nurturing. For a third, the vampire isn't a vampire, but a pontianak, a creature out of Malaysian folklore who is said to rip out the intestines of its victims. For another, the vampire is the story's protagonist. For one thing, in her telling of the story, the vampire is the girl. Nevertheless, even in 2015, Cho's reference point is as obvious as her games with the Twilight premise are delightful. ![]() There's probably an interesting discussion to be had about how, in the short three-years-and-change since "The House of Aunts"'s publication, we've gotten past our need to be outraged over Twilight so that we can more fully devote ourselves to being outraged over Fifty Shades of Grey. Finally, they turn out to be a vampire, turned as a teenager, and compelled to live the life of a normal kid by their large, close-knit vampire clan. As their friendship deepens, strange details begin to accumulate around the mysterious paramour. In Zen Cho's " The House of Aunts," a newcomer to a small town falls in love with a taciturn loner at their new high school. ![]()
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