Review: Another fun interesting vampire romance! Yay.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 13, 2013
Gabe tries to kill Harvey. Twice. But Harvey spares him. Twice. An odd way to start a relationship, indeed.You see, Gabor Vadas is a vampire-slayer, genetically and by training. Harvey Feng is a half Chinese nurse and a vampire. But he's sort of an adorable vampire, which is maybe why Gabe can't follow through on his instincts and his training.Lou Harper may not be Anne Rice, but she sure knows how to write a fun paranormal/road trip/gay romance novel. Which is more than Anne Rice ever did.  The character of Harvey appealed to me immediately, and his blithe humor and loving nature attached me to this story right away - and gave me some perspective on why Gabe did the same thing.  Harvey is as far from Lestat as a vampire can be, and (in this man's opinion) much more fun.Set in Chicago, this sort-of prequel to "Dead Man and the Restless Spirits" offers us a paranormal world that feels very real, the sort vampires-exist-and-ho-hum kind of world I'm seeing more (and liking a lot) in contemporary gay fiction.  There is humor and action and just enough sex; Harvey and Gabe get to know each other by necessity, and by choice, as they each adjust to a new universe in which they are not alone.I really enjoyed this, and will be looking for more from Lou Harper in this vein. Hee hee hee...