At first, i was slightly bored. It just felt like another vampire-hunter novel. But i enjoyed getting to know Noah, espesially when we got insight why he was how he was and his relationship with Jordan. But i wished that the book had been longer, because it felt rushed as well.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for letting me review this book.

As you can tell by the release date of this book, my review is going up really late. Whoops...

So holy sh*t, I loved everything about this book. It’s a fantasy novel that centers around a pansexual and autistic guy who fell in love with an asexual vampire. The representation was amazing. I requested this book because I’m asexual and I rarely see my sexuality represented in books. I related so much to Jordan and his discovery of his sexuality. I felt seen and represented and it felt so good. I spent most of my high school life wondering what was wrong with me and it wasn’t until a book that I read recently helped me learn to accept that part of me and helped educate me on asexuality, so Jordan’s discover of his sexuality really resonated with me. To the author of this book, if you’re reading this review, thank you so much for including asexual representation. It really means a lot to me.

The vampire element of this book was really well done and I was impressed. It wasn’t too cheesy and I really liked the unique spin on vampires.

I also absolutely loved how the ending of the book made me so emotional. If I’m on the verge of crying because of a book, you KNOW it’s a good book.

Overall I’d highly recommend that everyone read this book as it can easily appeal to both romance and fantasy fans.

3.5 stars. I liked it. It was different, interesting and informative. The story flicks back and forth between the past and the present. Deals with kidnapping, autism, Asexual and vampires. Both Noah and Jordan were sweet.

This is not quite what I expected. While the main relationship wasn't actually insta-love, their building of their relationship happened during time skips with the reader being told it happened. I didn't find their relationship compelling as a result, in fact I found it unbelievable and boring. The abuse aspect was also not handled very believably to me. I'm sorry but without serious help love wasn't going to make Jordan attack his abuser, especially one that's been abusing him for that long. Jordan just desperately needed therapy that he never got. I did like Noah as a character though and I really appreciated a poc with autism in a book because we rarely get that.

I really loved this book and I'm not finding anything I didn't like about it, which is rare. I'm normally not even one to love vampire stories but this sounded so good and I was not disappointed in the least.

Noah is a vampire hunter who gets trapped in an old vampire's house, and there he meets the vampire's partner (although he's a victim of his abuse too), also a vampire who's been turned unwillingly.

The story takes place both in the past and in the present and while at first I was scared this was going to feel a bit disruptive of the action in both timelines, I didn't find that was the case at all. If anything it just made me more eager to keep reading. It was also a nice way to both see Noah and Jordan's relationship develop and see them as an established couple, and they were so cute as both.

I think this book's strength is the focus on representation, especially Noah's autism and Jordan's discovery of being ace. Noah's internal monologue often makes it clear what's it like for an autistic person to live their daily lives and as far as I know from having read ownvoices reviews the rep is good and accurate. Jordan, being a vampire, was born in the 1920s and has been kept almost seclusive by his abusive ex partner, so while he's known forever about his homosexuality, he still has some issues being open about it because of the mentality back then. This is not something that impacts the relationship with Noah though, and it's clear that Jordan grows more comfortable once he gets access to the internet and is able to be more open. He also finds out about asexuality when Noah talks about the LGBTQIAP+ spectrum and he realizes that's also a part of his identity, and that was one of my favorite scenes in the book.

There's also a kind of investigation plotline that I thought was well written, perhaps it didn't keep me on my toes and was even a little bit predictable but I found that it perfectly fit the tone of the book.

There's really nothing I can complain about and I would 100% recommend this book to whoever is looking for a fun, sweet and diverse vampire story.



Rep: autistic pansexual Chinese-American MC, gay grey-ace vampire LI

TWs: emotionally abusive relationship, ableism, violence, death, grief, captivity

Honestly, this book had me at "On top of being autistic in a world that doesn’t try to understand him, ..." Because that's really how it feels, and it gave me high hopes for the autism rep in this book. And the representation ended up being SO amazing and relatable and often made me want to scream "YES!" and cry at the same time. I can't help feeling so incredibly grateful whenever I get to read good autism rep, because there really isn't a lot.

Anyway, onto the book itself! The main character, Noah, is a Chinese-American, pansexual, and, like I said, autistic 25-year-old guy, who works as a vampire hunter. When he gets kidnapped by a really old vampire, he meets Jordan, who's also a vampire, and *accidentally* falls in love with him. Jordan is gay and grey-asexual, and struggles with depression. I absolutely loved these characters, and the romance was just fantastic. So soft, and so sweet.

The book is told alternating between the time when Noah and Jordan meet, and a year later, when they are living together. I thought this worked really well, because it took away a lot of possible angst when it comes to "will they, won't they?", and it added so many domestic scenes that you usually miss out on when a book ends when the characters get together.

Of course there's also a plotline driving both of the storylines forward, and I really enjoyed this as well. The book is quite short and really fast-paced, which can also be a downside because it did mean some things were a little rushed and were maybe resolved a little too easily. Because of this, I would mostly recommend this for the incredible romance and representation.

Thank you, NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to read this novel!

Rep: Chinese-American, pansexual, autistic MC & grey-ace love interest. Also mental illness rep (PTSD and depression)
Rating: 4 stars
Trigger warnings: kidnapping, hostage, violence, death, ableism, past abusive relationship (emotional), grief.


This is one of the most inclusive books I’ve read in a long time, and that’s saying something as I predominantly only read diverse books, but this novel was packed full of amazing diversity and it was so effortless and incredible.


Things I liked:
-Super fast-paced, quick and easy read!
-Loved the writing style.
-I liked how time was spent going back and seeing Jordan & Noah’s relationship develop.
-Noah and Jordan’s relationship was so sweet and caring. They communicated so well (on the whole) and there was a lot of trust between them.
-Really glad therapy was mentioned and offered in this world. I find a lot of fantasy/paranormal books completely disregard therapy (or any type of help for mental illness), so I’m glad that wasn’t the case here.
-While it was a little slow in places, I didn’t mind at all and I was never bored for a second because I loved the main characters so much!


Things I didn’t really like:
-The world-building was confusing at times, mainly about the vampires and how that came about, I didn’t really understand.
-While I really enjoyed the switching time frames in the beginning, as the story went on, they did start to mesh into one and it was hard to differentiate between the two.


Overall, I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes diverse characters, paranormal romance and gripping plots!

Thanks to Netgalley for giving a copy for review!

3.5 out of 5 stars that get rounded up to 4 because gay romance. y
I love our main cast of characters, and I love the romance. It is soft and sweet and just a nice way to close out October. There was a nice balance between the more fantastical elements and the romance, which probably helped me finish it since I'm not the biggest romance fan.

Originally was going to be a 4.5, but I had issues with the major antagonist reveal. Certain parts of the novel also felt very preachy on morals, I agreed with everything the book was saying but it just felt that everything was getting tons of discussion when not everything needed it. There were also very long paragraphs that were dedicated to defining words, and while I had no issue with it, I can see how someone else would not like the massive definitions. (Yeah it is a trait of Autism, but the occurrences could have been slightly cut down and I would have enjoyed the book more.)

Also I mean kudos for having a vampire romance that isn't an awkwardly creepy story with some older vampire trying to sleep with a barely legal teenager.

Human Enough was my first book by E.S. Yu and I really liked it. It was a good story and the romance was really sweet.

Human Enough includes an autistic main character and an asexual vampire... what's not to love? Seriously though, I love how both these characters are written.

Noah's character gave readers a candid view of the discrimination that he faced on a daily basis - both purposefully and unknowingly. Jordan was held in an abusive relationship from the time he was turned. He thought he was "broken" until he broke free of his creator and realized that there were other people out there just like him. Finding each other was the best thing that could have happened for both of them.

Their relationship wasn't exactly orthodox though. Noah was a hunter, but his objective was only to destroy rogue vampires. He started second guessing things though when some of their targets didn't quite feel right. Something was going on and it ended up being Noah's job to figure out who was behind some of the possibly false information the teams were being given.

Human Enough turned out to be a pretty sweet romance wrapped up in a suspenseful, action packed battle between a good and evil that Noah never saw coming. This is my first E.S. Yu read, but I'll definitely be looking for more.

I have a daughter who is autistic spectrum and I would relate to Noah. My daughter is similar to Noah but different in a lot of way. This is a book everyone should read. It has the supernatural going on with vampires but the information Noah explains how he feel and how people treat him. It breaks my heart that people treat my daughter the same way. I love how Jordan just work with Noah and his unique way his mind work. Everybody who reads this should be able to relate to the 2 main characters. Thank you for write a story like and I would like to keep reading you stuff.

I heard about this book well before it came out and had been looking forward to it. Somehow, I had missed that there was an ace-spectrum vampire lead character / love interest. This is of particular interest to me because I wrote Changing Loyalties given the relative lack of ace-spec vampires that I found in urban fantasy and paranormal fiction.

Noah is an autistic person who works with a vampire hunting facility. He got into this both due to the fact that his parents were killed by vampires, and because a close family friend happened to be the branch leader.

At the same time as his present life within VHA is going on, we are treated with chapters from five and six months before the present events, leading back to when Noah first met Jordan, one of the vampires who keeps him prisoner for two weeks.

However, this isn't like many vampire romances where this is simply allowed to take place. The narrative shows just how completely Jordan too is a victim, captive in different ways to the older vampire Julius.

The prose is sparse but engaging, and this novel really made me want to go back and read the previous novel by the same author.

Publishing date: 7th Oct. 2019
Disclaimer: I recieved this book from netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Tags: LGBT, romance, paranormal, Ace, Pansexual, Autism, Crime, Alt Universe, law enforcement, vampires, friends to lovers, interracial.
Content warning: Ableism, graphic violence, allusions to past emotional abuse, abduction, hate groups.

I really liked this book. I can say that about loads of books, sure, but Human Enough managed something only a few couple have managed before - it dragged my head-first out of my reading slump, and was finished in just over 24 hours. I spoke with a friend just the other day on how so much of queer literature is just about coming out and nothing more - “Where are our fantasy novels? Where are our paranormal romances?” Well, it’s here, and it’s bloody brilliant.

Yu manages to do just the right amount of world building to pull us in as readers, whilst not going all exposure all the time. I as a reader believe in the world I’m getting - the secrets of vampires uncovered with time, the research to find a solution, the hate groups and the support groups both. There are several things we only get glimpses of, whenever Noah tags along with Jordan, but they are still only glimpses, and they make me want to learn more about the world.

Seeing a main character be so unapologetic about his neurodiversity (whilst also, at times, giving a big mental middle finger to the norm for autistic representation in media) was truly marvellous to read. The paragraphs on overstimulation, on auditory processing, on masking, on executive dysfunction… As a person who has for quite some time now been believed to be somewhere on the neurodiverse spectrum, these paragraphs felt incredibly validating to read. And whilst this is not entirely my topic to judge, and so I might’ve missed certain things, I would 100% recommend the book for this representation alone.

On that note, I also adore all the focus on communities - whether it’s a support group where certain vampires can talk through their thoughts and feelings, or online forums and message boards. So often in media we get presented with a minority character who the text completely isolates, because the writer - for whatever reason - can’t be bothered to give them any form of community or others to relate to, leaving both the character and the represented reader feel… not very good. Human Enough manages a good mix, both between people of different marginalized identities helping each other out in solidarity, and characters finding support amongst their own that I recognize from my own life and friends. Helping where you can when you can, and then when you cannot, helping to find someone who can.

I like the overall pacing of the story. The time jumps had me confused for a hot second, as the text explicitly tells us when it jumps back but not forwards, though after figuring out the (eventually) rather obvious pattern of “every other chapter”, it all went swimmingly. I might’ve felt that the plot was maybe a little predictable at times, having called certain plot twists several chapters ahead of time, but less to the point where it spoilt the story, and more like I’m “Poirot, detective genius”, solving the mystery alongside the characters. The overall storyline felt… I wouldn’t say lacking, but rather… almost too short? Despite the 6 month-divide, both plots only last a couple of weeks, making the story feel more of perhaps a slice-of-life than I was prepared for.

I’d like to personally thank Yu for including one of my favourite tropes, friends to lovers, but also for the clearly loving way in which various marginalized identities are included and discussed within the text. The characters strike a good balance between talking about their various identities in a way that feels real, and lived, and honest, and just being downright salty over the lack of respect the majority often has for minorities. Which, oof, big mood.

A quick and easy read, yet captivating and warm.
All in all, book gets a strong 4.5/5 stars - at the very least.

This was really good. I loved the fact that Noah was autistic and a vampire hunter, you don’t see that everyday, Noah and Jordan are an adorable couple. Overall this was a pretty good story, that had a sweet ending.

Human Enough by ES Yu is an urban fantasy story about a world where vampires are known to the general public. While there have been accounts of positive integration with the introduction of blood banks and capsules, some still prey on the living. That's where the Vampire Hunters Association comes into play.

Yu succeeds in making a world I want to know more about. With vampires being so public and a vaccine made to combat the chance of a bite, I want to know so much about what's going on with the pop culture. How are fantasy books/movies/shows being made? What are other support groups like for vampires who have lived for centuries? We see glimpses of this with Jordan's life outside of Noah, and if Yu ever wants to explore more of it for continuing books, then go for it!

The romance between Jordan and Noah is sweet. I love seeing their dynamic when they're roommates-turned-romantic-partners (and they were roommates!). Having Jordan being given a space to explore his sexuality is A+ vampire content. I love how being immortal meant Jordan didn't know everything about the human world. I love Noah reaching out to the vampire community. (Noah has joined a rank of characters that need to be protected at all cost, but he can clearly handle it himself.) It gives this book a wonderful sense of community overall.

As a fantasy/adventure, the plot lacks and would work better if it was longer. As a romantic/slice-of-life, however, it warms my cold heart.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing a copy. All opinions are my own.

I really enjoyed the characters. Lots of representation and very well done. There were some educational info dumps, but they were quite in character so I didn't mind as much. The one thing that bothered me was the time jumps. It lets you know when you go back in time, but there is no mention of when it's back to the present and it gets really confusing. There were quite a few chapters it took me a bit to figure out which timeline I was in. A bit better labeling for that would bring this from 3.5 to 4 stars, in my opinion.

E.S. Yu's Human Enough is a fun and lovely story. We have a pansexual, autistic, Chinese-American vampire hunter MC that's obsessed with boba? Amazing! The representation in this book is wonderful, and the author seamlessly weaves the autistic rep into the story. The two-pronged timeline was also executed very well and kept me engaged. This isn't a high-tension story, but it's still fun and easy to fly through.

This book was extremely thought provoking and insightful. As someone who doesn’t know a lot about autism I found it shed a light on it and educated me. It wasn’t just that though, the book was very inclusive and I liked the way it hightailed and dealt with it. It wasn’t forced or pushed in. It was natural and showed the ups and downs that most people encounter. It was a very good book, better than what I expected and I am glad I got a chance to read it. I am glad there is an author that speaks about these things in such a way.

I was immediately drawn in by the main character in this novel. Noah Lau is a wonderfully diverse character in a variety of ways. He is Chinese-American, he lost his parents when he was very young, he’s pansexual, he is autistic and oh yeah, he’s a vampire hunter!

Through a series of flashbacks, Yu reveals the history of the two main characters – Noah and Jordan. How did they meet? How did they become a couple? What happened to make them both the people they are? As usual, I won’t give any of that away. I appreciate the way E.S. Yu wove the past and the future together to reveal bits and pieces of the past. As a reader, I felt as though I was getting to know these two main characters in real time and it was lovely.

There is some wonderful writing in this book about what it’s like being autistic. Noah explains himself and his challenges a couple of times in the novel and it’s really educational as well as very authentic sounding. It was a real treat to see a character with autism … living. Sure, Noah has challenges and difficulties, but the reality is that we all do. We all have different struggles and challenges and what we need to give each other is the time to speak. I’m probably not being very clear about that… but I loved Noah.

I also loved Jordan. It’s not often that I read a vampire-character and find him to be one of the most human characters I’ve ever read. But that’s true of Jordan… in the sense that “Human” just means he is caring and open. The way he learns from Noah about Autism is remarkable… and I wish we lived in a world in which everyone could be the same way. Jordan is gray-asexual and … being a 90-year-old vampire has made keeping up with the world’s changes rough.

There’s a great twist of “our world” mixed into the world-building in this story. I loved that Yu worked in the anti-vax movement and support groups… it gave the novel a more realistic feel.

There’s action in this novel… beyond anything else, it’s a story about fighting for your life.

The story was well paced. I loved being able to see how the relationship between Noah and Jordan developed through time.