My Roommate Is a Vampire
Ratings86
Average rating3.5
It was a cute and cozy romance with a very enjoyable character. What could be improved was the rushed end and more Fredericks backstory.
I really feel like this cover made the book look really childish, but it wasn't. Yes, it had some explicit spicy scenes, but the rest of the book felt more ya. I did really like it tho, but this book deserves a cover that matches it more.
I really wanted to like this book, but the ending didn’t match the beginning for me. I loved the premise. A surprise vampire as your roommate that you need to teach about the ways of modern life? SOLD! The beginning was a good mixture of fun, magic, and even plausibility (as much as one can have with a vampire book). Unfortunately, the middle lost steam. The world of vampires, how things work, and more importantly how Fredrick became a vampire isn’t really explained. I wanted more answers (even simple ones) than I actually got. The only thing that got explained were highly ridiculous like the mysterious coat closet she is forbidden to go into at the start of the book. By the end, I was still hoping that the characters I got invested in at the beginning would be able to salvage the book, but alas… nope. The end felt very rushed and not very well thought out. Overall, I liked the premise and the characters, but I think more time was spent editing/working on the start and idea of the book that ending got lost. If you like vampires and light-hearted contemporary romance, you’ll probably still like this book. I just wanted a bit more complexity outside of the overdone vampire tropes.
2.5
sorta funny but lacking in chemistry between the mcs. could have been soo much better but alas
muy bueno pero a la mitad me enteré que era una fic reylo así que me comencé a imaginar al.principal como Adam driver
If you want a book about a man loving you and supporting your career growth while actively being a victim of kidnapping, this one's for you.
This was fine, very fun but not romantic.
It never actually felt to me that Cassie fell in love? I don't even think they ever told each other they loved one another (I just searched the eBook and this appears to be correct). So, I don't know that I can say it worked as a romance.
Overall, I did enjoy reading this and loved the inclusion of Frederick's texts, letters, diary entries at the beginning of every chapter. In fact those bits were probably my favorite part of the book.
“You can pay me back later,” I said, inserting my credit card into the machine. “With your gold doubloons.”
When Cassie Greenberg, the quintessential post-grad starving artist, finds a craigslist-ad for a spare bedroom in Chicago, it seems too good to be true. $200 a month for a brownstone in Lincoln Park can't come without a catch, but Cassie is charmed by her old-fashioned and devastatingly handsome new roommate, Frederick J. Fitzwilliam — who also happens to be a vampire.
I would like to begin by saying I had no idea this was a reworked Reylo fanfic from 2019. I went through an intense stormpilot phase in my younger years and have stayed firmly away from any Reylo-adjacent publications. I honestly couldn't tell this book was inspired by their dynamic, and truthfully I would have read something else to scratch my rom-com itch if I'd known. That being said, I truly enjoyed this book.
It's like when you go to a unassuming shop, eat some bomb-ass rice pudding, then find out it's a front for an illegal gambling ring. If I'd known, I wouldn't have gone in, but God am I glad I ate that rice pudding.
The Good
Cute. Could've been a 3.5, but the scheme at the end had me raising my eyebrows at how infantile it sounded. Even dumber that they managed to pull it off?
Otherwise very enjoyable and easy read
Cute couple with a cute dynamic but the story was not good, the conflict didn't kick in until very late in the story and therefore wrapped up super quickly and was not very satisfying.
This started well and was very readable, but it fell a bit flat at the end and felt like fan fiction. The sex scenes were a bit cringey, too, but luckily there weren't many.