More Things in Heaven and Earth

A Boy and His Vampire

From tragedy to a glorious happily ever after. This is a different kind of vampire story. It starts with tragedy on both of their parts. Damien gets bitten and transformed into a vampire and he has no clue what happened to him and he has to suffer and figure it out all on his own. Danny, who has an abusive father, goes through all kinds of awful things and he ends up in the hospital where he meets Damien. Damien takes an interest in Danny and decides to protect and watches over him. Danny likes him, in more ways than one, and opens up to him.

As time passes and Danny grows up, he still aches for Damien. Damien keeps watch over him year after year staying in the shadows from Danny protecting him and making sure no one messes with him.

Tragedy strikes Danny again and this draws Damien to his side. They rekindle their friendship and Damien allows this friendship to grow. This act leads Damien into a world he thought he would not see and things just blossom from there leading to a wonderful ending.

I really loved this book and the relationship between the main characters was beautiful and the author lets us feel their emotions and read their thoughts. I kept rooting for Danny every time he would stumble and when he was longing for Damien I was hoping that Damien would appear on the scene and would releave Danny's hurting heart.

My only criticism of this book is that a full chapter was devoted to the supporting characters and that chapter told the life story of each character. I felt that was unnecessary. It's good to give background on each character, but the chapters gave a too detailed account of their story. I wish the chapters were much shorter.

Also, it felt like I had to wait too long to read about Danny and Damien. I felt the story spent too much time on the supporting characters when I wanted to read more about the main characters and I wanted to read more about their relationship.

Overall the story was great. I do recommend it to anyone who loves vampire stories. The cover is really beautiful. I loved it. High five to the author. You did a great job!

I received this book in exchange for my honest review by Gay Book Reviews.

Reviewed by Meredith for Diverse Reader

2.5 Stars
More Things in Heaven and Earth by Paul Comeau is a debut book from this author. When reading a new author I tend to be more open-minded when reviewing. Breaking into the publishing world is hard. You have your own style and you're trying to get people to love it. Sometimes it clicks and sometimes it doesn't.


I will say there were some issues with this book. Some that I'm shocked the author's editor (s) didn't catch. Not grammar! One huge issue this book had was head hopping. Almost to an uncontrollable level. It forced me to have to reread paragraphs over again. It's meant to be in one person's POV (Damien's) but the author slips many times into another character's head. It was extremely frustrating and because of it I had a very hard time getting into this book.



Now it's not all bad. The premise of this book is wonderful. It's what initially drew me to this story to begin with. A vampire and a guardian angel!? You don't get more opposite than that! The dark versus light aspect is intriguing. Danny and Damien, the MC's, are amazing characters and watching them fall in love is beautiful. However, naming two MC's so similarly is also a huge issue. I often confused the two when they were together. Both beginning with D and Danny and Damien are way too close to being the same name.



I felt this book as a whole held great potential. Parts of it that needed fixing should have been addressed in editing and BETA reading. If this is re-polished it can be a great book.

Damien has been a Vampire for 20 years. He was in his early twenties when he was turned. He has been alone all that time and had to learn how to feed, what he could do and fend for himself. He never met the vampire that turned him or any other vampires. He was alone. He fed on the rich and got his money that way. He also fed on poor or other victims. He liked to change up his feeding habits as not to set a pattern to lead anyone to try and figure out who or what he is. One night in the hospital posing as a priest he came looking for a dying victim. The only one that night had family wth him, but there was a young boy in the room that no one had come to visit. When he saw Danny something in him wouldn't take his life. Instead, he became friends with Danny and protected him.

More Things In Heaven and Earth is an excellent vampire story. I loved the romanticism and how Damien quoted Shakespeare a lot. I loved Danny's take on Dracula when he starred in a play trying to allure Damien to him. I loved the romance between Danny and Damien and how it grows as Danny ages. I also applaud the author for having Damien wait to move on his feelings for Danny until Dann was a grown man.

I will say that the story jumps around a lot. Particularly in the beginning. When a character is introduced we meet them; then it goes back into their past then back to the present. It was a bit jarring, and that happens with several characters.
Having said that, I absolutely loved the story.

There is violence as Damien is a vampire and he doesn't sparkle. He takes his love for Danny serious and protects him violently.

If you like vampires, Shakespeare, sweet romance and off-page sex, this is for you.