This was a DNF for me. Despite not enjoying the first book, I decided to give this one a go because a few of my friends loved it. Unfortunately, this one also did not land for me. I couldn’t connect to the characters and the story wasn’t interesting.

Thank you @prhaudio for the gifted audiobook copy, as well as NetGalley and Berkley for the eARC.

I inhaled My Roommate is a Vampire last year, and I’m not sure why I put off reading this one as long as I did, but this book found me at a time when I needed something light, funny, and a touch escapist so it completely hit the spot. Reginald might be my new favorite vampire (like, of all time) because he is just down so bad for Amelia. I’m also a sucker for fake dating – it’s just hilarious seeing how they set up their backstories, how they try to fool everyone into thinking they have a well-established relationship, and add into the inter-species dynamics… this truly was such a fun read, one I possibly enjoyed more than the first if that’s even possible.

I also cannot say enough about the audio performance by Helen Laser and Daniel Henning – talk about two narrators perfectly cast for this book. If you get the chance to listen to this one, do it - it just amplified this story to a whole other level.

Just like its predecessor, My Vampire Plus-One, hits just the right spot for my particular sense of humour. It’s quirky, silly and a bit ridiculous… all said affectionately of course.

Fake dating is one of my absolute favourite romcom storytelling elements, and this one was super fun.

I absolutely adore Jenna Levine’s wacky vampire stories and I hope we get more in the future.

thank you to netgalley and berkley publishing group for this eARC!

overall i enjoyed this book! it was cute and i definitely enjoyed reading about the vampire lore. levine does a really good job of making the world feel built out, which is sometimes a struggle in the “second” books of interconnected standalones. i also was a big fan of how she utilized the miscommunication trope. normally i can’t stand that trope, but i really like how it was used to actually build out the plot and their relationship, rather than be a convient piece to keep problems from being solved too quickly. i was glad that amelia freaked out when she figured out that reggie is a vampire. it would’ve seriously undermined the whole point of the miscommunication had she just been like, “alright 🤷‍♀️.”

i mainly have two “negative” comments. i didn’t love how many hints there were that the wyatt foundation was the collective. the “reveal” was treated like i should’ve been figuring it out with her but there were too many clues for that. there should’ve been less clues or the realization should’ve been more like watching her figure out something we already knew. the other thing: i wish i had seen more of amelia’s relationships, with her family, with her friends, etc. with her mom/family being the catalyst for the plot, i’d have liked to see how that story wrapped up (e.g. amelia standing up for herself, reggie standing up for her, etc.). she also seemed very isolated, which was i’m sure partly intentional as that’s a part of her character, but i felt like i should know more about sophie, her best friend, and their relationship than i did.

all in all, this book was cute and fun to read. it’s a wonderful, simple, fantasy inspired romance. would recommend.

Love love loved this sequel! I really enjoyed the first in the series but this one took the favorite title for sure. It had the perfect balance of banter and more serious subjects. Really felt for the main character not being supported and accepted by her family and loved how she became more confident as the story went on. Recommend this one to every romance reader!

Oops, I dove into book 2 without reading book 1! I don’t think it really hurt me at all, but wanted to disclose that at the start. I found Reginald to be just weird enough to be lovable and Amelia’s organized life offered a wonderful balance to the chaos he lives in.

Amelia is a workaholic accountant focused on advancing her career and finding satisfaction there. The rest of her life has been a bit neglected, to the point where her family is very concerned about her perpetual single status. When yet another of her cousins gets engaged, she hastily lies about having a boyfriend to avoid the topic and is then somehow tasked with finding said imaginary mate. Reginald is on the run from eccentric vampires who believe he murdered their founding members. He’s also a vampire, but that doesn’t exempt him from their vengeance. While on the run, he literally runs into Amelia and thus begins their unlikely courtship.

These two are adorable and clueless in different ways. It was fun watching the sparks and insanity somehow lead us to a HEA. It was fun and sweet and sexy, too! All in all this was an entertaining introduction to this world. I might even go back and read book 1.

"Amelia Collins is by definition successful. She would even go so far as to say successfully single. But not according to her family, and she’s tired of the constant questions about her nonexistent dating life. When an invitation to yet another family wedding arrives, she decides to get everyone off her back once and for all by finding someone–anyone–to pose as her date.
After a chance encounter with Reginald Cleaves, Amelia decides he’s perfect for her purposes. He’s a bit strange, but that’s fine; it’ll discourage tough questions from her family. (And it certainly doesn’t hurt that he’s very handsome.) For centuries-old vampire Reggie, posing as her plus-one sounds like the ultimate fun. And if it helps his ruse of pretending to be human, so much the better.
As Amelia and Reggie practice their fauxmance, it becomes clear that Reggie is as loyal to her as the day is long, and that Amelia’s first impressions could not have been more wrong. Suddenly, being in a real relationship with Reggie sounds pretty fang-tastic." -Goodreads

This is such a fun series! I enjoyed the second just as much as the first! Can't wait for more! I loved the bullet journaling within the book! A very funny and sweet read! ⭐⭐⭐⭐

I want to preface this by saying this was one of my most anticipated books of the year and I absolutely loved the first book, My Roommate Is A Vampire.
My biggest gripe with this book was that it was boring and a little bit slow paced. I think the trope of a fake plus one to a family or exes wedding tends to fall into the trap of being drawn out and boring because the event the book is leading up to us pretty anticlimactic, and the scene of the wedding is typically pretty short. I don’t actually know if that was the case in this book because i stopped reading before i got to the wedding scene, but that is generally how this trope goes, and I wasn’t that interested. At no point did i think “I HATE this book” which is why I gave it 2 stars when DNFs are usually 1 stars for me. I didn’t hate this book, I just couldn’t bring myself to continue reading it, and actually avoided reading anything for a week because I didn’t want to read this book.
Another issue I had with this book was with the personality of both the main characters, but mostly Reginald. In My Roommate Is A Vampire, I loved Reginald (he was actually my favorite character). That’s why I was so excited to read this. However, it feels like the author dramatically changed his character, specifically his ridiculous, carefree, joking nature, which was, in my opinion, what made him so likable. In this book he’s ridiculous, but in a cringey way, like I got the ick multiple times and was screaming for Amelia to run in the other direction. I’m sick right now so i’m having trouble explaining exactly how his character is so different from the previous book, but that was what stuck out to me the most. I also didn’t love Amelia’s character, but that was mostly because she was so one dimensional. I have never met an accountant who only ever talked about being an accountant. In fact, everyone I know in accounting actively hates their job and treats it like a 9-5 that doesn’t affect their life any differently than a marketing job would. It seemed like her whole character was about being an accountant that’s practical, and too practical to date (because she’s an accountant, obviously) I swear her being an accountant was brought up in every other sentence. And that is what bothered me most about their characters — that they were both one dimensional and had one trait that defined them. Reggie being outlandishly ridiculously and making decisions that were the exact opposite of anything a rational person would do (obviously he’s ridiculous and not a person, but it was so exaggerated I couldn’t suspend my belief). Amelia being extremely practical, prioritizing work over everything in her life (really? being an accountant means so much to you you won’t date or go out with friends because it affects your work??? really???) I would be less annoyed by this if they had other traits to balance these out, but they didn’t. they were completely one dimensional.
My last qualm with this book is one that I can usually deal with in romances, but it was actually my tipping point of not being able to suffer through this book anymore. It was the way that the continuous miscommunication of Reginald being a vampire, and thinking Amelia knows this, while Amelia has no idea he’s a vampire, despite all the context clues pointing her in that direction, that would obviously lead to a big reveal on the day of the wedding that causes a huge fight and breaks up their relationship, that made this unbearable.
I feel like this review is more scathing than I intended and I stick by the fact that I don’t hate this book. I just was bored by it, and found it too ridiculous to bear. I love the first book and recommend it all the time, this one just didn’t land for me. I’m excited to see what Jenna Levine is publishing next though!!

This book was amazing, the mix between romance and paranormal genre was really good. It was funny, it was sweet and I loved it. I think the characters are well written. It offers such an entertaining time for thos esho love romance and paranormal love stories.

This was a cute and quirky vampire romance! I don’t think I enjoyed it quite as much as My Roommate is a Vampire–something about it felt a little disjointed to me–but it was still enjoyable. I liked the opposites-attract dynamic between Reggie and Amelia, but they fell in love pretty quickly for an immortal commitment-phobe and a no-nonsense, by-the-book accountant. But hey, that’s what happens in romances. It was fun and fluffy with a bit of the supernatural, just as advertised, and I’ll be on the lookout for Jenna Levine’s next book!

I had high hopes for this book because of the first novel My Roommates a Vampire. Thank goodness it didn't disappoint. Levine writes good romance with humor and that's what made me a fan of this duology.

Genre: Romance/Paranormal

Format: Audio/E-book

3.75🌟 - it was good!

Such a silly little book! Perfect for the Halloween/fall season and such an easy romance to get sucked into. These books are sooo campy, but I love it! If you love a fake dating trope and vampires then check this one out!

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Tropes (IMO):
- Fake Dating
- Snowed In
- Stranger to Friends to Lovers
- Forced Proximity
- Slow burn
- Golden Retriever MMC
- Vampire x Human
- Dual POV


Reginald is a walking green flag! I love everything about him. I love how even though he is clueless, he still takes initiative and respects Amelia. I felt close to Amelia, being a workaholic and never wanting to take a break because of a deadline. It was lovely of Reginald to find ways for her to relax and force her to enjoy live. At first, I hated A's parents cause as an Asian, I can relate LOL, the neverending questions and the invasion of privacy. However, towards the end, Dad saves the day with how he treats Reggie, and their interactions are so cute. Still, an AH move to not provide food for someone you're inviting tho.

I don't know whether to feel flattered or to laugh or to keep rolling my eyes because the conflict in the story was solved by the Internal Revenue Code and the scary IRS (I am also an accountant). Like the climax and the main part of the plan are mostly reliant on codes that most people would need to look for LMAO. I guess this is a ROMCOM so I'll let it pass.

The spicy scene (it’s an abomination that there’s only one) is perfection!

Overall it was a good read, with some aspects that I didn't like, hence the 4 starts. I would recommend this book if you like to laugh and just feel giddy. This book has proven that I am not a slow burn girly haha.

This was a fun read. I did enjoy the first book more than this one, but overall I had a good time reading this one.

SO FUNNY!! This was soooo much better than the first book in this series and I'm excited to see what happens next!

This is a good book if you're looking to read just for enjoyment. There's a little to the plot here but it's mostly just vibes and nothing else. They have a meet cute, they fall in love and the whole vampire human relationship isn't a huge deal (as expected!).

okay, I really enjoyed the first book in this series, so I was looking forward to this one, and I really really really really didn’t like it. it was hard to get though. moments like during intimate scenes referencing other characters from the last book that the FMC barely knows and it wouldn’t be appropriate to reference their book preferences while naked, like what? I also just thought it was unfortunately really boring. If the series continues I will read on but damn it will have to win me back.

A delightful read! Get ready to fall in love with this fake dating, vampire romance. Amelia and Reggie make for an entertaining couple, and the banter is a delight. A perfect read for spooky season!

Amelia is tired of having to answer her family’s comments about being single. So when she receives an invitation to another family wedding, she is determined to find a date. After a random encounter with a stranger, she decides he would be the perfect option. Reginald is a bit strange, but he’s good-looking. Reggie, who is actually a vampire and over 100 years old, thinks this fake relationship sounds like so much fun. As they spend time together, Amelia realizes there’s so much more to Reggie than she expected from her first impression, and she may want to be with him for real.
This was probably my favorite paranormal romance of the season. It was truly bonkers and had me laughing out loud. This book was truly so much fun to read!
Thank you to Berkley Publishing and NetGalley for the advance copy.

Just like the first, this was quick, fun, ridiculous and just what everyone needs right now. It's completely fluffy but in the best way and I will forever read anything Jenna Levine puts out.