My Roommate Is a Vampire
Ratings105
Average rating3.5
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.
It was so boring, like i'm sorry but i got to 28%, just to where she finally found the blood in the fridge and I just couldn't continue. It was that boring. 0/5
Ridiculously silly, sweet and fun. I wish the second book just followed along with Cassie and Frederick, but I might be interested enough to see what Reginald gets up to.
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.
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
A quick, funny, sweet romance, and the spice made me wistful. I appreciated that the characters are mutually supportive, too.
“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
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.
I was immediately interested in this book because of the title. If vampires are involved I will most likely read it. Of course I had to read the synopsis first and after that I was sold. This was a fun and sweet book with a little bit of steaminess thrown in. I thought this was so cute and adorable and it had me laughing so much while reading it. It's a bit cheesy but in a good way and the resolution in the end was a bit too easy but that didn't stop me from absolutely loving it. Frederick is an 18th century vampire who's been in a coma for the last century so he needs to learn how to navigate the 21st century. Lets just say this creates some awkward yet hilarious moments. This is a debut book which I didn't realize when I first picked it up and there is another book set to be released sometime this year which again I wasn't aware of at first but I can not wait to read that one too. This was also a buddy read with Destiny.
muy bueno pero a la mitad me enteré que era una fic reylo así que me comencé a imaginar al.principal como Adam driver
3.5 stars
It was funny at times and had a lot of good scenes. I really liked the text messages and letters exchanged (although wish formatting was a BIT better. I really like when the texts say [sender: —-] it just makes it easier on the brain.
I was also... a tiny bit bored at times and not much really hooked me, so it felt like it took me forever to read this.
So, mixed feelings, but mostly positive so I rounded up to four stars. I am undecided on if I'll read the book about Reginald.
When I say this book was stupid, I mean it with all the affection in the land. I checked out a skip-the-line copy on Libby, and was worried I wouldn't finish it in time. Then I listened to the entire book in one day. Cassie is a starving artist whose intricate mixed media work is not exactly a crowd pleaser. She works part-time at a coffee shop and a public library. Her piecemeal income does not easily cover cost of living in Chicago, and she's facing eviction when she stumbles on a Craigslist ad for a beautiful furnished apartment with rent listed at a mere $200. Suspecting either a typo or a serial killer, she visits the apartment and finds an extremely hot, extremely weird man. Unable to pass up the deal of the century, she moves in and all is well until she finds the fridge (in an unusually empty and dusty kitchen) brimming with bags of blood. Still, $200.I really liked this. I was cackling out loud at the audiobook. Specifically the contrast between the end of Chapter 17 and the beginning of Chapter 18 (Frederick's complete ineptitude and victimhood in a crucial moment was hilarious to me, as Cassie just goes on a job interview and rescues him once her schedule is clear), his nerves conjuring fruits out of thin air, and “Do you eat sauce?” I texted multiple friends about “Do you eat sauce?”I love speculative texts that don't take themselves too seriously. This was campy and absurd, lurching between accepting ridiculous developments without batting (heh) an eye and self-awareness about how horrifying and disturbing things have suddenly become. Casually anti-capitalist as well, always a plus.I did not like the sex scene, because it went on for 80 years. I also felt like there were a few too many loose ends introduced, with both characters and plot. This was probably laying the groundwork for sequels, but I'd rather build off of something more concise, so the foundation doesn't feel as scattered. I'd recommend this to fans of a strange mix: What We Do in the Shadows (the movie or show), [b:The Humans 16130537 The Humans Matt Haig https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1353739654l/16130537.SY75.jpg 21955852], this [b:Flintstones 32273168 The Flintstones, Vol. 1 Mark Russell https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1486622526l/32273168.SY75.jpg 52898165] graphic novel, [b:Hench 49867430 Hench (Hench, #1) Natalie Zina Walschots https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1594616305l/49867430.SY75.jpg 73236179], season 1 of Scream Queens, [b:The Flatshare 36478784 The Flatshare Beth O'Leary https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1552471375l/36478784.SY75.jpg 58189559], authors [a:Emily Henry 13905555 Emily Henry https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1573928938p2/13905555.jpg] and [a:Sarah Hogle 18914276 Sarah Hogle https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png], and this image:
2.5
sorta funny but lacking in chemistry between the mcs. could have been soo much better but alas
It was a cute and cozy romance with a very enjoyable character. What could be improved was the rushed end and more Fredericks backstory.