Review: Amusing, but I'm not sure how long it will stick with me
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 5, 2013
*NOTE: I received a free review copy of this story.*Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.Rating: 7/10PROS:- Harvey is endearing. Aside from being unusual as vampires go, he has a quick wit and a dry sense of humor.- Harper writes dialogue well. It's natural-sounding and funny, but not so polished that it seems unbelievable.- There are several intriguing characters, some of whom we see a lot and others who flit in and out of the stories.- I'm a fan of sex in my m/m stories, and while I wish the sex here had had a little more detail (they're not fade-to-black, but I can't remember any of the scenes taking up more than 2 pages on my Kindle), I did find the men's roleplaying games very amusing.CONS:- The mystery/suspense plotline(s) could have used a bit more fleshing out. There are jumps in description that I had to slow down and piece together in order for them not to seem like jumps in logic.- The 3 individual stories are contained enough for each one to stand on its own, but there are some loose ends with each one character-wise. Some of these loose ends are resolved in the following stories, but some are not.- There are jumps between the stories in both time and the development of Gabe and Harvey's relationship. I would have liked to see what happened during the pauses.Overall comments: This has all of the right ingredients starting out: intrigue, interesting characters with strong (opposing) personalities, an element of surprise. Yet in spite of all of this, it took a while for me to get into the story. I'm honestly not sure why, but I wasn't truly interested until about 15 percent of the way in, and even further in, I was still able to put it down for several days quite easily. That said, I did enjoy it. I'm just not sure it will stand out in my memory.