This rom-com is definitely a bit “kooky” as the author herself called it. I enjoyed myself but definitely picked up on a bit of goofiness. Nothing too deep is explored, so My Roommate Is a Vampire is more lighthearted and something you read when you’re looking for a bit of fun. The plot is very low stacks and reminds me of some cozy fantasy books.

I think one of my favorite aspects of this book is how easily Cassie accepts Frederick’s vampirism.

The characters are relatively well developed, and there’s lots of humor through the notes Cassie and Frederick leave for each other and the text messages between Frederick and his vampire friend Reginald.

My Roommate Is a Vampire is such a quick read and will leave a smile on your face.

Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

The premise to this romance sounded great but the writing and characters unfortunately fell really flat for me.

This was a cute read. I enjoyed the unlikely relationship between Cassie and Frederick. The quirkiness of Cassie's personality with the staunch rigidness of Frederick worked. There were some plot holes that I really wanted answers to (what was this portion Reginald was working on and why did he give it to Frederick? Frederick's "gift", why he moved away from his family and the turning...you can't gloss over that. This missing detail would have made this a great read instead of just good, in my opinion, and maybe explain the relationship Frederick had a little bit more.

This was a cute book but it didn’t have as much depth as I usually prefer. Other readers will probably like it, though. I read it as part of a book tour

Thank you NetGalley, Berkley, and Jenna Levine for the advanced copy of My Roommate is a Vampire in exchange for my honest review.

This book was exactly what I needed at exactly the right time. A perfect palette cleanser, if you will. I absolutely love Levine's writing style and I was immediately drawn in by Cassie's character. I was immediately rooting for she and Frederick to get together.

Bonus points for being so much funnier than I was expecting! The scene with Cassie and Frederick in the coffee shop almost took me out. So hilarious.

EXTRA bonus points for no third act breakup!!!

Honestly this was just a really sweet and funny rom com with a delightfully spicy scene thrown in. I will absolutely be reading more from this author in the future!

My Roommate is a Vampire will be on bookshelves August 29th!

My roommate is a vampire was the last thing I ever expected I would end up picking up and reading. But here I am telling you that this is the best book I’ve read in a long time. Humor, romance and the perfect amount of tension. This is honestly such a perfect fall read and I’m definitely going to be getting a physical copy to read again!

****A huge thank you to Berkeley for allowing me to read an advance copy of My Roommate Is a Vampire by Jenna Levine!
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Hi its me again your resident will read anything vampire related and typically love it :) My Roommate Is A Vampire is going to hit all the romcom checklists with a little paranormal that will call to everyone who loves a vampire story.

While this was not an absolute love for me I think a lot of people will still enjoy it especially around spooky season to cleanse the palate of all things creepy.

My absolute favorite was pearl clutching Freddie. He's so formal and his attention to detail was amazing. I wish I had someone who would buy me the entire crate and barrel kitchen collection even if they did drink blood hahaha

The worst thing about this story for me was unfortunately Cassie the FMC. She irritated me to no end and y'all know if a character driven reader can not connect to the MC it makes the whole experience less than stellar. wanted to like Cassie really did but she was a bit too negative and whiny for me.

This story had a lot going for it......
-Decent plot
-amazing side characters I loved (Reggie needs his own story seriously he's hilarious
-age gap
-vampires
-forced prox
-So man one liners
-Buffy References

Overall this was a decent read and I will definitely check out Jenna's other books because if this is her debut I can not imagine how good her stories are going to become as she progresses as a writer.
3-3.5 stars rounded up for the Buffy references. Team Spike 4evaaaaaa

My Roommate Is a Vampire by Jenna Levine is a debut paranormal romantic comedy. Cassie Greenberg has a Master of Fine Arts degree in Applied Arts and Design and loves being an artist. Unfortunately, she can’t earn a living that way so she works part-time at a coffee shop and part-time in the children’s section of her local library in Chicago, Illinois.

Unfortunately, she’s being evicted from her apartment and needs to find a new place to live. She finally decides to answer an ad in a great part of town. The only concern: the price is too low for the area. With few alternatives, Cassie becomes roommates with Frederick J. Fitzwilliam. He sleeps all day and is out at night on business. They leave notes for each other and rarely talk until Cassie finds bags of blood in the refrigerator and runs out of the apartment.

Cassie is kind, generous, and can get brusque when she’s stressed. Frederick is thoughtful, compassionate, formal, and has a straightforward manner. The other characters are a mixture of friends, family, and antagonists with varying degrees of depth.

Filled with awkward and the occasional laugh-out-loud moments, this was an entertaining and light read. There are no spicy scenes until about three-quarters of the way through the novel. There’s also not a lot if conflict until the second half of the book.

Overall, this was fun and charming, but the ending was too quick and easily resolved in this slow burn romance for me. While there wasn’t enough depth to the plot for my tastes, I still enjoyed it. Those who like light and funny paranormal romances will likely find this one entertaining.

Berkley Publishing Group and Jenna Levine provided a complimentary digital ARC of this novel via NetGalley. All opinions expressed in this review are my own. Publication date is currently set for August 29, 2023.

Struggling artist Cassie Greenberg once again must leave her apartment and find another one she can afford. When she is shown a Craig’s List add for a too good to be true room in an elegant apartment building, Cassie goes against her better judgment asking to meet the owner. Cassie knows something is a little off, but the charming old world style manners of man she meets help her decide to take a chance. Frederick J. Fitzwilliam has an odd schedule of only appearing at night and seems clueless about common things such as kitchen appliances; however, he and Cassie get on well until she makes a shocking discovery.

Once Frederick admits he is a vampire and explains to Cassie that he desperately needs her help learning how to function in the modern world, they form a working relationship that slowly turns into something more. Cassie has her own issues with feeling out of step and inadequate for someone in her thirties who works more than one part time job not in her desired field of teaching art. Cassie is the type of artist who uses mixed media that is not to everyone’s taste. She takes pieces of trash and mixes it in with landscapes to try transforming them to something else.

Frederick spent a century in a coma so he is seriously out of touch with any sense of the modern world and would do better in a Jane Austen type setting. With one crazy vampire friend whose “help” usually does not often work out so well, Frederick knows he needs Cassie’s aid to blend in learning confusing tech and social media that drives most folks these days. Frederick’s courtly manners and Cassie’s wild child mode of living make for interesting roommates. The challenges they face go beyond their vastly different upbringing including Frederick’s very unpleasant mother who is still around trying to run his life making unreasonable threats and demands.

This quirky story has some fun and entertaining moments as well as some send ups of popular vampire literature and TV shows. Less appealing is a three hundred plus year-old man who puts up with a domineering mother even if it is mostly in letter form until she decides to act. The cover art shows the rom-com side; however, Cassie’s continual angst and fretting over her lack of success in the art field throws it more into Women’s Fiction territory so that the romance is a less developed part of the story.

2.5 Stars
I wanted to love this so much, I'm a sucker (ha, get it?) for a good vampire romance plot but this one bored me so much it took me over a month to get through it. I was not a fan of Cassie from the beginning (I couldn't stand how ignorant she was from the jump), and the chemistry between Frederick and Cassie wasn't believable to me. Also, the climax in this was incredibly underwhelming, and please don't get me started on that ending lol. I wish we got more of Frederick's backstory, the little bits that were from his perspective were the only parts I found amusing really. Maybe this one just wasn't for me...

Thank you NetGalley and Berkley for the Arc!

Super campy and hilarious paranormal romance. Vampire romances are usually violent and angsty, but this one was soft and cute.

It did seem like Frederick fell in love with the first person he spent time with, which was sweet but also a little unbelievable. Overall, a fantastic debut!

Thank you to NetGalley & the publisher for providing an eARC for review.

This book was fun. It’s basically about a poor artist, looking for a new apartment when she hits the jackpot: nice apartment, cheap rent, great location, and hot roommate. The catch? He’s a really old vampire.

I actually liked the characters in this one and the narrator was spot on. Frederick was a fun character with his old fashioned ways. Bound to happen when you’ve been in a poison coma for over 100 years. I liked how Cassie grew through the story too. Became more sure of herself and her art.

4.5 stars - No stakes needed for this vampire!

This was such a charming, funny, and light-hearted story, I devoured the entire audibook in a day. The perfect romcom to break anyone out of a funk, especially myself since I've been reading darker stories lately. As a Twihard, I'm always a little leery of vampire stories, but this one has earned a special place in my heart.

Frederick gives off strong Mr. Darcy vibes and I was here for every moment. Cassie is a lovable character, with plenty of witty banter, making the perfect roommate for Frederick. Even his friend/enemy steals the scene on multiple occasions.

From a movie perspective, if you could combine Kate & Leopold and Forever Young, then make the male lead a vampire, you'd have this book! This will definitely be one I'll add to my yearly October list, and the audio was SO entertaining.

My Roommate Is a Vampire is a lighthearted, fluffy, and sometimes cheesy paranormal rom-com. When I think of vampires, I think edgy and sexy, so the book wasn't exactly what I expected. I liked the book, but I didn't love it. I would recommend My Roommate Is a Vampire to readers who like their romance books playful with no angst.

I thought I was over vampire books, but... I was WRONG. I loved this fun, steamy page-turner from a new author who is one to watch! Dare I hope for a sequel?

Cassie Greenberg is a struggling artist who has just been evicted and Fredrick J. Fitzwilliam is a struggling vampire who has just awoken from a 100-year coma into a modern world he doesn't understand. Of course, a suspicious Craigslist ad would bring these two together as roommates and a love story would ensue!

I don't know why, it's a silly premise and the cover promises a fluffy fun read, but I couldn't get enough of these two goofballs or their romance. Maybe I just needed something light and fun. I can see why people are enjoying this so much. About 20% of the way through this I had to see if Ms. Levine had written anything else I needed to start hunting down. This is her first book! Which I hope means many more campy, romantic romps to come!

Oh boy - this was fluff. Pure fluff. Nothing new or life changing, some wild contemporary social references, and a weird mix of Twilight/Raylo fanfiction. It was also oddly spicy for like 2 scenes when the rest of the time our main characters wouldn't touch each other at all so that felt like a little too much. I would have been happier with fade-to-black scenes because that would've fit the overall tone of the book much better.
I sadly don't have a lot to say about this one - it is fun but I won't remember it by the end of the year.

My Roommate is a Vampire is a fantasy romance featuring the forced proximity and age gap tropes. I would recommend this book to fans of fantasy romances like Eternally Yours by Patrice Caldwell et al., The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna, and Witcha Gonna Do? by Avery Flynn. Themes present include technology, society/ social norms, change versus tradition, displacement, companionship, arranged marriage, family, empowerment, and love.
First off, I didn’t realize that Frederick is almost a historical character in that he belongs in a different era; seeing as I’m not a fan of historical fiction, I found that I didn’t really connect with this historical character. Overall, I found My Roommate is a Vampire to be slow paced; not only was the romance very much a slow burn, but the first half of the book seemed like it was just setting up Cassie and Frederick’s story. When Cassie is trying to introduce Frederick to technology and social media, I thought that Frederick’s reactions were a tad cringey in that he was almost likened to a stereotype of an elderly person who doesn’t know how to use technology. Lastly, I found it odd that the conflict was both introduced and easily resolved within the last couple of chapters; I felt like this was a tad rushed and could have been more engaging.
On the other hand, I thought that the plot of My Roommate is a Vampire, a displaced vampire needing help navigating modern society, was unique in comparison to other vampire romances I’ve read. I enjoyed all the romantic texts and notes that Frederick and Cassie exchange throughout the novel as I thought that these were very sweet and swoony. My favourite moment was when Frederick, after determining that Taylor Swift is popular in modern society, brings up 1989 to blend in at a party and is hilariously labeled a “Swiftie” by Cassie’s friends.
Overall, I thought that My Roommate is a Vampire was a swoony and somewhat spicy rom com that would be a perfect addition to any fall or Halloween TBR list!

I am an absolute sucker for Reylo influenced books.
And this one was no different! I loved it so much! It was just so perfectly cute.
Helped that the fmc was named Cassie, lol.

Fun, cute, funny, and adorable!

This was precisely how I thought it would be! Fluffy, funny, and heartwarming, books like this make my life as a reader amazing. I loved how much of a teddy bear Frederick was. He's been in a coma for a long time and does not know how to act in our current world. Cassie doesn't think twice about his quirks because the rent in his apartment is so cheap and she is desperately trying to get her life in order. The back and forth through little notes they left each other was so cute!

The romance was sweet but also had me covering my eyes because NO FREDDY IS SO INNOCENT but oh boy is he not when he gets under the sheets. I would have asked a lot more questions if I were Cassie, but she seemed to get with his vampirism quickly (probably because he's so hot. I would too)

Reginald is Frederick's friend and reminded me a lot of Matt Berry's character in What We Do In The Shadows but less vulgar. He was probably my favorite character. Cassie's best friend Sam is also amazing, but I wish she would have confided in him a bit more.

The cons:

There are some parts of the plot that were not fleshed out and left me confused. The overall conflict was also resolved far too easily and quickly.

Overall, I had a good time reading this one and will definitely read more if the author decides to make it a series.

3.5

My Roommate Is a Vampire follows Cassie who is on the brink of eviction and desperate to find a new place. She sees an ad for an apartment in a great neighborhood with cheap rent and a nice roommate. Cassie jumps at the apartment but still thinks it is too good to be true. Her new roommate Frederick seems a little odd because he sleeps during the day and is out at night on business. The two rarely see each other and communicate mostly through notes. Cassie starts to fall for Frederick. But soon she learns the truth about Frederick he is a vampire. Now Cassie has to decide if she wants to live with him or move on.

This was such a cute read. It took me back to middle school when I was obsessed with Twilight. I did think it took a while to build up to the romance part. I wish that part was not dragged out so much. But other than that I really enjoyed how a vampire was trying to adjust to the modern world. The relationship between the main characters was also really cute. If you grew up reading vampire books like I did I would highly suggest this one.

Thank you Jenna Levine, Berkley Romance, and Netgalley for the ARC of this book.