Reviews with content warning for Alcohol - My Roommate Is a Vampire

I loved the premise. The parts where the main characters interacted was very cute and fun to read. The extra plot outside of her roommate just being a vampire, unneeded. The rushed ending, unneeded. The female lead, Cassie, is kind of generic when she’s placed in scenes without Frederick. Her life outside of her new living situation is boring and kind of a cliche with the way it’s written. Her entire art career added absolutely nothing to the plot. I think I would’ve enjoyed a cute book about them learning about current society instead.

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kayceeisbookish's review

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emotional funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is literally perfect. A meet cute Paranormal Romance. Tropes are forced proximity, miscommunication, age gap, and grumpy sunshine. This book is definitely going to be one of my favorite vampire books of all time. It was so cute.

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emilywemily6's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This book was a cheesy, fluffy paranormal romance with very lovable characters. I adored Frederick’s character and how the relationship between him and Cassie developed, though I didn’t like Cassie as much (she seemed pretty average and not a lot of interesting personality traits). It was funny to see how Frederick interacted with the world and their relationship was so awkward as they caught feelings for each other early on but tried to fight it. I breezed through this book is like a day and a half and had a lot of fun. The spice was nice too and was quite the slow burn. This book could have been longer and gone deeper into Frederick’s past and how he adjusted to the modern world. The “third act conflict” felt out of proportion with the rest of the book and also resolved way too easily. This was fun but not phenomenal in its execution.

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vanesst's review against another edition

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lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

3.5

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reinik's review

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funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

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yarisbooksandbevs's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

This book wasn’t bad I just wanted more I think. I feel like there were times the book lagged and nothing was really happening even though I know it was to build the relationship.

I really liked Frederick. He was adorable and charming and loveable. Cassie, I went back and forth with. I found that sometimes she acted immature for her age (30s) and other times she was a bit cringey. The sex scene wasn’t bad but also not the best thing I’ve ever read.

Overa lol, the story is cute and adorable a light palette cleanser for fall, but I think it could’ve done more. Have the characters get to know each other more? Talk about something other than his hotness? Lol I just needed more.

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kaziaroo's review against another edition

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lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

This was a light, fun book, so long as you don't think about it too hard (which I'm not very good at). The characters were adorable and the romance was lovely. I got quite tired of the over-the-top physical attraction between the main couple. The writing was good on the whole, if a bit repetitive – characters were constantly staring at the floor or their shoes. I didn't really find the humour that funny

(apart from "the Tiktoks")

and kept forgetting it was a romcom rather than romance, but that's just me. The juxtaposition of quirky romcom with actual vampires was jarring but in a fun way.

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.

I was also a bit disappointed that there was never a solution to the whole stealing from bloodbanks thing. I know the author didn't want Frederick preying on people, but that still seems like a pretty big ethical issue. Cassie also was just way too comfortable and accepting of the fact that vampires were real and she was living with one.

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callidoralblack's review against another edition

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lighthearted

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

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