📝 What is My Roommate is a Vampire About?:
Cassie Greenberg, an artist struggling to make ends meet, finds a suspiciously affordable apartment in a beautiful Chicago neighborhood. Her new roommate, Frederick J. Fitzwilliam, is charming, mysterious, and—unfortunately—a vampire. As their chemistry grows, Frederick makes Cassie a life-altering proposition, leaving true love and her future hanging in the balance.
📚 Genre: romance
🎧 Format: E-Book
💞 Feels: ⭐⭐⭐.75
I had fun reading this book about roommates falling in love. This was a cozy, low stakes romance book to read – right on time for me to get hit by spooky season (in August). I genuinely will pay attention to anything having to do with vampires. For some reason I can’t resist.
The forced proximity of the leads being roommates; needing each other for different reasons, so they also have an arrangement; plus a makeover montage on top. It was like a rom-com Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
This was more like a character study, light on world building and plot. There was plot twists and the story was progressing, but I was only paying attention to the romance. So outside elements, like powers, family members, backstories; I wasn’t really invested if those elements didn’t connect back to the love story.
Getting technical
The third act went by too quickly. I’m happy that there wasn’t a third act breakup; always going to give a higher rating for avoiding the dreaded breakup.
I was guessing at what the conflict might be throughout the book. I’m glad there were some red herrings that were settled comically. The final issue, though, was rushed and cleaned up so easily that it was a let down. The author even breaks the “fourth wall” to comment on the plot line and how farcical it is. But with that said, the ending felt like the wrap up of a “mystery of the week” tv episode – so I should just go with the vibes.
You’ll like this book, if…
You’ll like this book, if you’re a fan of vampires, quirky romances and fish out of water tales.
✅ Spinoff novella nomination:
This is a bit of a cheat ’cause I already knew about the next book, My Vampire Plus-One. So I was just reading this book and guessing at who the next couple would be. Ready for Amelia and Reggie to get their star turns. And from the sneak peek it seems like the world is expanding.
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