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vanesst's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content and Blood
Minor: Death, Kidnapping, and Alcohol
reinik's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Blood, and Kidnapping
Minor: Death, Sexism, and Alcohol
kaziaroo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
The title is quite confusing for a British audience – I'd assumed they actually shared a room, but actually they're more flatmates than roommates.
Two things that did really irritate me:
1. The texts and letters were completely unbelievable throughout; they read like spoken dialogue and were never convincing for written language. For example, near the beginning Frederick writes in a handwritten letter "Not... Exactly" – who writes with ellipses like that on paper?! Let alone someone from his period, who's trying not to act suspicious. This kind of thing ruined my immersion in the story whenever there was a letter involved.
2. Following on from that, the author clearly did not research the historical period Frederick is from. She keeps saying he looks like he's stepped out of a Jane Austen novel, but the way she describes his clothes (suits and wingtip shoes) is more like early 1900s fashions, i.e. a century after Austen's time. His speech and style of letter writing also didn't feel convincing enough for the time.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Blood, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death and Alcohol
natashaleighton_'s review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Blood
Moderate: Confinement and Kidnapping
Minor: Death
bookcheshirecat's review against another edition
4.0
“Mr. Frederick Fitzwilliam’s Google Search History: - How do you kiss if it has been three hundred years since.- How can you know if she wants to kiss you…”
➽ My Roommate Is a Vampire is exactly the hilarious, paranormal Romance I was expecting! Cassie Greenberg is a struggling artist, who is desperately searching for affordable housing in the Chicago area. When she finds a flatshare offer in a nice area that's too good to be true, she meets Frederick J. Fitzwilliam, a hot guy who speaks as if he's from a Regency novel. I loved the hilarious setup, as Cassie's immediately suspicious. After all, the offer is too good to be true, but she needs the cheap rent and is willing to put up with an eccentric roommate. It turns out that Frederick is actually a vampire, who's trying to blend into modern society and hopes to learn how to behave 'normally' from Cassie! I loved this trope so much and thought it was fun trying to see Frederick come to terms with modern technology! This was just an entertaining romance and makes me glad that we're getting more vampire books again!
Graphic: Blood and Kidnapping
Minor: Death and Sexism
callidoralblack's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Confinement, Death, Blood, and Alcohol
deetabz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, and Alcohol
rickireadss's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Confinement and Kidnapping
Minor: Death, Misogyny, and Violence
wilybooklover's review against another edition
3.25
It went a bit downhill at the end for me. Although
Overall though, this was a cute, entertaining romcom and I had fun reading it!
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Confinement, Blood, and Kidnapping
Minor: Death, Misogyny, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
smasson13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I literally laughed out loud and proceeded to read the rest of this novel vaguely confused if I was supposed to take it seriously or not.
It was funny at times, super cliche, but fun.
My biggest issues were the pacing (again, the last 100 some pages were wildly different from the rest and the ending was rushed) and just the lack of depth from the characters. Cassie was boring and I just wish I cared more about her 🤷🏼♀️
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Confinement, Death, Blood, and Kidnapping