A great little book. Really nice to read a M/M fantasy without overt sexual references. Also great that the main protagonist was not just your usual run of the mill gay male and the love interest was also different. Really hope their are more stories to come.

I really liked this book. I wouldn’t necessarily classify this as fluff because there’s several scenes of violence, prejudice, and ableism, but the relationship between Noah and Jordan is soft and sweet.

Noah Lau is a vampire hunter, part of the Vampire Hunter Association formally Van Helsing Agency, and he’s in a (sorta secret) relationship with vampire Jordan Cross. They’ve been together about four months and the book is told by alternating between when they met and present day. Noah has noticed the VHA investigators seem to be dispensing faulty intelligence and is worried that they may have killed vampires they shouldn’t have in the present story line. Jordan and Noah met when the vampire who turned Jordan kidnaps Noah and shows how they escape and fall in love.

This book has some of the best autistic representation I’ve come across - on par with Talia Hibbert and Xan West - and seeing Noah be unapologetically autistic was so wonderful and validating. There’s several time he muses on masking and the things that are easy for allistic folks but aren’t so obvious to him. I really loved those parts and would recommend this story on that alone.

I also really loved when Jordan learns about asexuality. He was born in 1921 and the vampire who turned him didn’t give him much access to the internet so when Noah mentions the different identities, Jordan does some research of his own. Him telling Noah that he’s asexual and realizing he’s not broken resonated so deeply with me and my own experiences of realizing there’s a word for those feelings.

I really like the way the story was told and the conflict didn’t come from the romantic relationship. Noah and Jordan work really well together and are a great support system. I also loved Noah’s sister and how supportive of Noah she is. I do wish they’d gone more into whether Jordan is related to one of the characters, especially because they meet, but that thread isn’t explored beyond the initial wonderings.

Overall, this was a really good read. I loved to romantic relationship and the autistic rep, and the mystery and tension was really well done.