If you're a vampire, what counts as your home? A coffin? A hole in the ground? A crypt? In The Reformed Vampire Support Group, we see a broad variety of homes. Nina lives with her mom in a house, Casimir lives by himself and sleeps in a coffin, and the other vamps occupy various other residences. So long as the interior's shielded from the sun's killer rays, they're good to go.
When Casimir is killed, though, the other vamps go into defensive mode, piling into Nina's mom's house to wait out the threat. Is having vampires as house-guests fun? No, not really. No wonder Nina's eager to go on the road trip to search for clues. It seems like while a vampire can live in different environments, finding one that truly feels like home can be pretty challenging.
Questions About The Home
- What are some ways that vampires make their homes suitable for the vampiric lifestyle? Be specific, and give examples from the text.
- If you were Nina's mom, how would you feel about having a house full of vampires? Why? How does this compare to how Nina's mom feels?
- Why hasn't Nina left her house except to go to therapy for the last few years? How much of this is based on being a vampire?
- If you were turned into a vampire, what would you want your digs to be like?
Chew on This
Nina's mom's house is a place of safe refuge for the vamps because it looks and feels so normal.
A vampire can never truly have a home because, as immortals, they'll always have to move around to protect their identities—so Nina shouldn't be as attached as she is to her mom's house.