Our Black Hearts Beat as One

It's been almost a week since I finished this book and I've been trying to come up with a decent review so at this point I think it's time I give up on the idea of having anything particularly interesting to say.

This book gave me Gaiman at his peak vibes (Neverwhere was his best work and I will not hear otherwise) but without feeling derivative. You have a random dude accidentally stepping into an “underworld” that has been under his nose the entire time because he is impulsive and not too bright. This is a potentially costly mistake, chaos ensues. The story is an urban fantasy with the potentiality of going full horror and a somewhat cozy somewhat edgy treatment you get the idea and parallels, hopefully.

Overall, it was a pleasant and quick read that had a lot of charm.

I liked Mike well enough, but I wanted more Evangeline couldn't help but think she was a more interesting person perhaps because aside from him being broken-hearted we don't get that much about who Mike is as a person.

I enjoyed the songbook at the end but I'm not entirely sure what Modern Love was supposed to sound like and in my head they sounded like Dead On A Sunday, I wonder how far from what the author imagined their sound being like I was.

I received a review copy of this book and this is my honest review (?).