Wesley is convinced his mom was killed by the big pharma in his town. He just needs to find a vampire to infiltrate the company and get the evidence he needs to prove it. Luckily there’s a vampire that seems interested in his blood, at least that’s what the fang marks on his neck tell him.

The last four years of Vincent’s life have been cursed with vampirism. It surely is not as majestic as the media makes it seem. Without the obstacle of the general population’s prejudices against vampires, there are also the limited hours he can work to avoid sun exposure. With no money to get blood from the black market, he resorts to breaking into people’s homes while they sleep to feed. Wes has definitely been his favourite.

Wesley was already emotionally three inches inside the vampire and wanted very much to be physically three inches inside him too.

The language, pace, and plot have the feel of a YA novel, but the characters are in their 20s and the story turns darker near the end.

I didn’t feel particularly connected to the characters. The romance felt a little bit too insta-love for me after they had just spent an evening together. There’s talk about the need for therapy, but I believe it comes a little too late when things have already escalated.

I like Bryn’s recurring theme of tearing down big corporations. That and fishnet gloves have made an appearance in both books I’ve read by the author. (If I had a nickel for every time I’ve found fishnet gloves in their books, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.)

“There’s this vampire I’ve been with recently, and I’m realizing there’s a lot I didn’t know about them.”

In this book’s world, there’s blatant discrimination against vampires and they are treated as sub-human. There are clear parallels between those and real-life marginalized groups like immigrants, queer and disabled people.

There’s an extra scene teasing what’s to come for book 2, which sounds promising.