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What Happens At The End Of An Education In Malice?

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Isaiah
Isaiah
Despite the pages of tension and psychological games that the two characters have been locked in, it is ultimately a bitter, yet not cruel, blow to Laura when Carmilla finally abandons her. A single rose on her pillow with its thorns dipped in poison is the ending of Laura’s dream and her horrifying realization of what she has been to the other woman – student and experiment. The rest of the book is a heart breakingly tragic yet compelling wander through the ruined halls of the academy, a lost and unhappy woman humming a tune that was so beloved by the woman who had used her so. It is a tragedy of such proportions that one cannot help but be drawn to it again and again as a moth is drawn to a burning candle.
2026-03-11
Gabriella
Gabriella
In the final chapter, now a third-party narrator tells us about a portrait of two women painted in 1893 by an artist signed ‘L.C.’ One of the women is pale and the other is flushed. The colors used for their clothing and Carmilla’s lips are identical to those used to describe Laura’s dress. Therefore it can be assumed that at some time Laura and Carmilla must have met again. Or perhaps Laura had become Carmilla. This is a wonderful meta-narrative to the two girls’ story — so romantic and so macabre. I laughed at it.
2026-03-11
Henry
Henry
The final act of the novel is the burning of Carmilla’s letters, with hidden messages of love revealed as the flames reveal secret ink beneath the controlling words of the other woman. It is a beautifully rebellious moment, and the best part is that Laura keeps one of the pages, folded up in her pocket. It’s a tiny gesture of defiance, and suggests that by the end of the novel Laura is not either completely changed by her encounters with Carmilla, or completely unchanged by them. As she smiles the rain beats against the window pane like fingers on a drum.
2026-03-12
Yasmin
Yasmin
Spoiler alert: the story does not end with a neat and tidy answer. In An Education in Malice, Laura finds out that she received an education in malice from Carmilla, and that the vampire disappears from her life after Laura drinks from her – not blood, but a shared memory from their past. We then follow Laura as she grows up to be an old woman, staring at her own reflection, which has not changed a bit over the decades. That’s the story of immortality: lonely. I also loved how the book is more focused on creating a mood than telling a story. It’s up to the reader to interpret all the symbols.
2026-03-14
Ulysses
Ulysses
The ending to ‘An Education in Malice’ is both haunting and poetic in its resolution of the twisted relationship between Laura and Carmilla. In the final scenes Laura comes to terms with her own dark nature, and in doing so becomes much like her mentor and turns to the dark side in a most predatory manner. The final images of the two strolling off into the night are powerful, and a symbol of Laura’s complete transformation. Whether this is a positive or negative event is left to the reader’s interpretation, but the prose will linger in the mind long after the book is finished, leaving the question of who corrupted who.

Subversively the novel does a very good job of challenging the typical notions of a vampire story. There is no clear victim/savior and Laura/Carmilla are equally responsible for each other’s downfall. To this day the last line of the novel gives me goose bumps – ‘Shadows taste of iron and honey’.
2026-03-15

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