Thank you for the arc!
I DEVOURED this book!! Reginald and Amelia delighted me. This is honestly the only time miscommunication didn’t bug me- I wouldn’t believe him either. I think Jenna Levine also really improved her plot structure compared to the last one; the conflict resolution was much better. Reginald was a perfect romantic lead. Can’t wait for the next one!

“His next words sounded almost pained, as though they were being pulled from him against his will. ‘The truth is, I quite like making you happy.’ He shook is head. ‘I’m frightened to think too much about what that means, because I honestly can’t remember the last time I wanted to do anything for another person, simply for its own sake. And without having an ulterior motive.’ His eyes, when they met mine, were so intense I had to look away. ‘But for you, I would brave a blizzard just to see you smile.’ With his words, something melted inside of me. Sophie’s advice from yesterday – to stop fighting it if something real happened between us – floated into my mind. I was terrible at spur-of-the-moment anything, and from the beginning nothing about my arrangement with Reggie had been planned. But would a short-term good time, as Sophie had put it, be such a terrible thing? Or even something more? I would brave a blizzard to see you smile. I might have been an accountant, but I wasn’t made of stone.

Amelia Collins’ life is normal, boring, and exactly as she likes it. She is averse to taking risks and just wants to live an uncomplicated existence. When she is almost run down by Reginald Cleaves, her whole life takes an unexpected turn. He is a whirlwind in every way, but when she needs a fake wedding date, he seems like the perfect partner in crime.

Spooky season is upon us, and this was such a fun beginning to some cozy fall reads. When I think of vampires, I tend to think dark and alpha with the manners of a historical romance hero, but Reggie was unique. He was silly, sweet, and a little bit over the top. At first, I wasn’t sold on his personality just because of what I was expecting and wanting, but he grew on me. I think he was a nice contrast to Amelia who was very sedate and quiet. He forced her to have fun which she was sorely lacking in her life, and cared enough to make sure she always had something she could eat with her dietary restrictions.

Frederick was a fun side character, and I’m curious enough to read his and Cassie’s story. There were some things that kept me from giving this a higher rating. As much as I loved Reggie’s goofiness, I wonder how he is able to survive in the world. He seems so oblivious and clueless sometimes. I didn’t mind The Collective, but I thought that plotline was overdone and maybe took away some of the relationship-building. This was not perfect, but it was a fun ride. I would highly recommend!

If you’re a fan of supernatural heroes like those of Kresley Cole or Ruby Dixon, then I think this would be a charming Halloween read!

~ Michelle

Cute with a side of cozy. If you're looking for a fun little vampire romance, this is exactly that. It was just a little too on the side of silly for me to love it.

✨ Review ✨ My Vampire Plus-One by Jenna Levine; Narrated by: Daniel Henning, Helen Laser

Thanks to Berkley, PRHAudio and #netgalley for the gifted advanced copy/ies of this book!

Amelia's an accountant and pairs stiffness and a bit of chaos, and she literally bumps into Reginald Cleaves, a centuries-old vampire in the street, and then again in a bar, and decides it's a perfect opportunity to set up an 'ol fake dating relationship to masquerade how her life is put together for her parents. Reggie is hiding from a mob of vampire leaders, and so this provides him the perfect chance to be a little under the radar. (Nothing about Reggie is ever "under the radar" though).

This one was just a ton of fun to read -- all of it just felt a bit silly, but in the best sort of way. Reggie's terrible at fitting in, but also in some ways, Amelia's a terrible actor, and so they fit together in a really delightful way. The whole "misunderstanding" piece of the story made me laugh, and you have to experience it on your own!

If you want a vampire read for spooky season that's not really that spooky, this is a great pick!

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Genre: contemporary romance, paranormal romance
Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
Reminds me of: Levine's previous book My Roommate Is a Vampire
Pub Date: Sept 17, 2024

Read this if you like:
⭕️ fake dating
⭕️ misunderstanding (but in a funny way)
⭕️ opposites attract
⭕️ vampires

I absolutely enjoyed every bit of this one. Angela and Reginald take romance is hysterical. They are fun and just a joy to watch their relationship develop. I think I lined this one even more than the first one!

Well, Jenna Levine has done it again. I really enjoyed the first book in this interconnected world, so I was super excited to pick up My Vampire Plus-One. I am happy to report that this one hit in just the right way. Dare I say, I may have even liked it just a little bit more than the first, and that rarely happens for me.

Reginald and Amelia were perfection. I was SO happy to see Reginald get his moment. He was a side character I loved in My Roommate is a Vampire and seeing his story unfold was well worth the wait. He’s eccentric. He’s come into his own over the many years he has been alive. Oh, and he is being hunted by a vigilante Vampire group for a crime he didn’t commit. I swooned. I laughed out loud. I also loved seeing that bad guys in this story get taken down in the best way possible.

Things I LOVED in this story:

-Getting to check in on Frederick and Cassie! I forgot how much I loved them as well
-The PERFECT amount of well-placed spice
-Reginald’s sense of fashion
-Reginald’s Bullet Journaling
-Amelia taking down the forces of evil at the speed of federal tax laws
-So many sweet, swoon worthy moments between these two

Thanks to NetGalley for my ARC

What a fun and sweet romance. I loved the dry and sarcastic humor in this book. Some of the jokes made me laugh out loud, which is rare for me. Reggie was such a charming guy with quirky little characteristics that made him fun to read. I think this was a step up from My Roommate Is A Vampire. I was also happy to find out that this is connected to that book, so we got to see some characters we met in book 1. I will gladly read any future books in this series.

Amelia Collins is an Accountant, A CPA to be accurate, and she likes her job. No one really believes her though, even if it's true. She's tired of her family badgering her about her love life, so when a family wedding invite arrives and a chance encounter with a very dashing Reginald Cleaves happen, Amelia makes a plan and Reginald quickly agrees. Fake dating for both their benefit. What happens though when real love comes into the picture?

I adored My Roommate is a Vampire, so I was all in for this book. It was so cute and lovely. I love a good fake dating story and a MMC with a filthy vocabulary, swoon. The spice was well done, the hilarious moments were truly funny, and much like the first book it has emails, texts and letters if that's your thing. Well done and I look forward to more.

It's super cheesy and just adorable. Sometimes you need low stakes vampire romances. Reggie was a fun lead. Amelia was all business. The fake dating didn't really work for me. The tension was never there but overall it's fun. Didn't hate that I read it.

When your family just won’t stop bugging you about being single (because heaven forbid you actually enjoy being single), what do you do? You get yourself a fake date to shut them up! That’s exactly what Amelia did, except her fake boyfriend happens to be a handsome vampire. And let me tell you, the chemistry between Amelia and Reginald is electric! It pulls you in from the start and keeps you hooked.

I absolutely loved this book! It was a refreshing break from the fantasy books I’ve been reading lately. The blend of contemporary romance with a paranormal twist was perfect, and it didn’t feel over the top. The world felt balanced and believable, with just the right amount of supernatural elements to keep things fun and engaging.

I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for anything else this author writes—I’ll be ready and waiting to dive in!

I love the fake dating trope and seeing it used in My Vampire Plus-One did not disappoint! Such a cute, funny, and light-hearted read.

Amelia Collins, a single accountant, needs a date to her cousin’s wedding. Reginald is a vampire who needs to blend into society for various reasons. Reggie owes Amelia a favor after he bumps into her on the sidewalk and makes her late to a family dinner. Amelia convinces Reggie to be her fake boyfriend and accompany her to her cousin’s wedding. Will they be able to keep their relationship fake, or will real feelings develop?
Reggie is very funny character and I enjoyed all of his diary entries. I also enjoyed the glimpses into Fredrick and Cassie’s on-going relationship. This book was very funny and entertaining and I look forward to the next book by this author.

I loved this! What an excellent sequel! I wasn’t really too sure about Reggie - in the first book he gave me troll vibes and I couldn’t even remotely imagine him as being hot, but boy was I wrong! 🥵 I adored that Frederick and Cassie were in this book, and that this provided some awesome moments between them AND successfully introduced us to Amelia & Reggie’s relationship. Reggie, as always, was so quirky and endearing, and my heart broke for Amelia and the way her family treated her. This is the kind of paranormal romance that you can just get lost in and feel the serotonin released into your bloodstream. The conflict in this book and MRIAV worried me initially, but I love how both played out. If you just want a silly little romance that’ll make you smile and have a little bit of spice - this series is where it’s at!

Thank you Berkley and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion!

This was a DNF for me ... I should have known as the first book in this series was only an okay read for me but I wanted to try the author again to see if this one hit different and unfortunately it did but not in a positive way. I just couldn't get into it and so I had to put it aside for other books.

Thanks for the opportunity to read it early though.

Before I start the review this is a disclaimer that I have not read the predecessor to this book.

I thought this read was really fun and charming.

Reginald is a breath of fresh air in an MMC. I genuinely found him a delight and liked the chemistry between him an Amelia. Although I could be biased since I share his favorite TV show with him.

There is a twist that I found to be a little too predictable for my liking but I can't imagine that the author didn't know what they were doing with it as it still is pretty funny.

I think this romance balances a pretty wacky take on vampires well while creating mortal matches that complement the eccentricities of their immortal partners.

I was really hyped for this book. I mean vampires + fake dating sounds like it was absolutely made for me. I have to say that I did really enjoy my time reading this book as well. I absolutely flew through it, and I truly had a lot of fun reading it. I genuinely laughed out loud a couple of times. However, it truly didn't stand out much to me.
I feel like the characters were pretty one note in this book. We were constantly told how Amelia is an accoutant, and she's a very responsible adult because she's an accoutant, and she's very smart because she's an acoutant. Yes, this book has a weird obsession with our lead's job. It felt very off. I also feel like she was quite oblivious, which just made her seem dumb instead as well. She ignored so many clearly obvious signs, it's kind of painful. That was truly also my biggest issue with this book in general. The plot is EXTREMELY obvious, and the fact that it takes the main characters so much time to figure it out just makes them feel so stupid. Anyway, I'm getting off track. So yeah, Amelia's only personality trait was being an accountant, and Reggie was just a puppy dog. He's a happy go lucky prankster, and I truly had a hard time believing so many people could genuinely believe he commited mass murder no matter how much this book keeps emphasising how different he was back in the day. There was just no evidence of it in the text. He's like the most wholesome little shit you'll ever come across.
The romance also felt a bit underdeveloped in this book. Don't get me wrong, I think they had a lot of cute moments together, and I definitely shipped them. I just feel like we go from 0 to 100 extremely quickly with them in the feelings departement. I just feel like we could have spend a bit more time developing those feelings, but who am I to say that?
Anyway, in conclusion I thought this was a really fun book and I would definitely recommend it as a fun pallette cleanser if you are interested in it. However, it isn't anything truly stand out or memorable to me.

My Roommate is a Vampire was one of my favorite books of 2023 and I was so excited that Reginald was getting a book because he was so adorably unhinged in the first book.

I didn’t love this quite as much as I loved the first book in the series, but it was still a really fun read and I’m excited to see where the rest of the series goes since the end of this book set up the storyline for the next book.

I enjoyed the first book so I knew I had to read Reginald’s story. As usual, this is a lighthearted novel that made me giggle and gave me all the feels. Obsessed with their dynamic. If you want something fun, read this!

“𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒍𝒅-𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒇𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔”

Is your family *that* family—the one always asking when you're going to settle down? Well, Amelia totally gets it. So what's the solution? Obviously, fake dating a centuries-old vampire. I mean, what could go wrong?

Read this for:

🧛 a quirky, funny cinnamon roll (who happens to be a vampire) fake-dating setup
🦇 an awkward, sweet vampire who's been trying (and failing) to blend in with humans for centuries
💌 delightful email exchanges, cute lists, and the ultimate fake dating rules

This book is adorable, quirky, and a ton of silly goofy fun. Amelia, our workaholic accountant, needs a date to stop her family’s endless questioning, and who better than Reggie, an eccentric vampire with a love for bullet journaling? With silly twists, sweet fake-dating shenanigans, and endearing characters, My Vampire Plus-One is a lighthearted rom-com that’s perfect for anyone needing a fun, feel-good time. 🦇💕

The Sequel to My Roommate is a Vampire was better for me. I loved Reggie's character, his goofy and amiable personality made the book fun and light. The plot was easy to follow and enjoyed the fake dating trope. Reading the first in the series is not necessary but does help with side characters and overall development. Altogether the series so far is enjoyable and the perfect cozy fall read. I look forward to more writing by Jenna Levine.