I absolutely loved this book. I thought it did a really good job of balancing the sweet and sexy slow-burn of the relationship between Vincent and Wesley against a backdrop of harder and heavier themes like Wesley’s grief and Vincent’s family failing to accept him unconditionally. The structure of this novel meant that one chapter might end in a particular character’s POV where they were talking about feeling alone in their emotions then we would immediately see this mirrored in the opposite POV echoing the sentiment. I really like this.

I think that Vincent and Wesley genuinely worked so well together and were an absolute pleasure to read about. There was definitely a sense that the author understood the inherent sexiness present in vampire lore and used it for emotional and comedic impact. There was also a little bit of a nod to the way that vampires and queerness have often been linked in the way that Vincent reflected on the fact that his family turning their back on him because of his vampirism likely would have happened had he ever had the opportunity to come out to them.

I really enjoyed the fact that neither of these characters were perfect and they each had their own baggage but it felt wholly authentic.

This is a series that I am definitely planning on returning to and I look forward to seeing more Vincent and Wesley in later books.