Aaw! That was downright cozy. This book was suggested by a fellow WWDITS redditor and I have to say I was expecting something along those lines. I immediately thought: Vampire accountant...is this another Colin Robinson? and will he monologue and wax lyrical about inane information littered with "studies indicate" and that energy vampire humor. I was ready for that. I just didn't expect this warm and cozy downright fuzzy feeling.

Yes, Fred is utterly boring - but in his own head. Without fail, he often finds himself not just on the fringes of adventure but dead center in the middle of life and death situations. It's like being undead released a beacon out to tempt the fates and anything that could happen to Fred, happens ten fold. Excitement, friendship and a thriving business gravitate to him in his new undead life.

I'll be the first to say that pre-pandemic, I was already way more of a homebody maybe bordering on selective-socializing .... maybe a smidge of agoraphobia. A couple of lockdowns later and I really love being in my own space, now I just need the reinforced steel door ala Count Frederick Fletcher the vampire-accountant over there. I gravitate to his nature and I like the idea of vampirism not actually altering your personality or mannerisms- just magnifying who you were in life.

Vampire lore takes on an extra layer in the forms of Quinn and Beauregard and that is fangtastic (I'm sorry, I'll see myself out). Bubba is hilarious, Albert The Zombie is a sweetheart. I want more of Gideon The Dragon. That was a great introduction to the power structures in this version of the "Nightworld".

I was weary of Krystal and knew something didn't quite fit with a human agent so cavalier and overconfident working in the field with higher order parahumans and literally locking shit down for "The Agency " dealing with the supernatural. I mean sure, having watched Sam and Dean take on everything from ghosts to vampires to Lucifer himself, I have no doubt humans can be prolific hunters but COME ON, even they had some dabbling in demonblood, dying and reviving, angel blood etc etc. Same for Jim The Trollhunter, he eventually had to become half-troll via crazy Merlin's potion. And what about that Detective from Grimm, can't remember but he had an edge through some superhuman skill where he could see behind the veil or something. So...Krystal was a curiosity. I fully enjoyed "The Big Reveal" and for some reason I keep getting Ghostrider echoes. LOVED IT.

This is a good urban fantasy book with a great sense of paraworld layered on top of the human world and functioning at an advanced level.