Jenna Levine's debut "My Roommate is a Vampire" is a light paranormal romance read. I particularly enjoyed the first half or so of this very quick read. I did however feel let down by the final third. The pacing and tone changed, and the conflict didn't land. It was difficult to fully invest in the resolution as the connection between the main characters wasn't fully drawn. The incredibly quick wrap up really hurt my rating for the first part of the book. There were times when both characters read as extremely young (15 or so) instead of the 30-somethings (or more in Fitzwilliam's case) and it was off putting. I also don't think Cassie's attitude about or around her art made sense with the rest of what this book seemed to be trying to accomplish. I didn't hate it, it just didn't quite reach the expectations I hoped for.

This unfortunately felt like an uninspired fan fiction. The blurb sounded great but ultimately the plot wasn’t particularly interesting and it all felt very contrived.

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley for the ARC.

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Once I started reading, I could not put the book down. It was cute and funny. Full of new vampire lore and some old. We have Cassie and Frederick meeting and falling in love. Throw in Reggie and Sam as the off color friends, overbearing mom and a fiancee that won't quit sending gifts. A hit.

I don't even really know how I feel about this one. I was expecting a really cute vampire rom-com, but this wasn't that for me. The writing was very telling and not showing and that made this book drag for me. While I did contemplate DNFing, I was curious enough to see how a certain thing would play out later on in the book. While certain moments were cute, most of this book really dry for me.

What did I like? I liked the written correspondence between our two main characters. There were notes being left and I'm a sucker for that. Along with that, we had diary entries from Frederick and it added to the story since we only received Cassie's POV.

Overall, this was a miss for me.

My Roommate is a Vampire is a laugh-out-loud moderate-burn romance. In the mix of the first-person narrative of our contemporary heroine (Cassie), we are treated to the leading male's (Frederick) text messages, diary entries, letters, and lists. I am almost tempted to brand this as "idiots in love," as Frederick is very bad at hiding his vampiric nature, yet Cassie still doesn't connect the dots until it's really spelled out for her. Fans of contemporary romance and fun characters are going to have a great time reading this - I couldn't put it down, and kept wanting to share some particularly hilarious bits with my husband. I'm usually one for a nice and light read without too much drama, and this served me well. The main conflict is gripping, but gets resolved fairly cleanly and in a way that the book lays the ground for nicely. One aspect I am curious about (and maybe I missed) would be more information about vampires in this world. There are a few bits of information sprinkled throughout, but I found them to be more vague. It didn't take anything away from the story for me, but I do have a couple of questions!

This was such a cute, fun read. I was in the mood for something amusing and low stakes and this definitely fit the bill. I really enjoyed it. The premise was funny and cute. I also loved the characters, especially Frederick.

I wish we'd gotten a little more development to the relationship and more background on Frederick, but this was still really fun and enjoyable.