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A review by jessiereadsfantasy
My Roommate Is a Vampire by Jenna Levine
4.0
*sigh* This book touched my little vampire-obsessed heart in all the right places.
Our FMC, Cassie Greenberg, is a cute, artsy, and kind individual looking to break into the art world and desperately needs a new apartment. She happens up a too-good-to-be-true-looking-for-a-roommate ad posted by our MMC, Frederick J. Fitzwilliam (or rather his "frienemy," Reginald) to help Frederick adjust to the 21st century post his century-long slumber. Cassie goes to check out the apartment and is instantly taken aback by Frederick and his frozen-in-time apartment. Cassie agrees to move in, and things are great until she stumbles upon Frederick's blood supply in the fridge. Once the bat is out of the bag (get it?) and Cassie recovers from the fact that her hot roommate is a centuries-old vampire, she agrees to help Frederick navigate the world through lessons in social media, how to catch public transportation, how to order ridiculously named coffee drinks from the nearby coffee shop, etc. Through their lessons, and a flirty encounter in a Nordstrom fitting room, they get closer and realize they have developed feelings for each other. However, lurking in the background are Frederick's mother and his potential in-laws who are desperate to marry Frederick off to another vampire through an arranged marriage.
I ADORED every second of this book. Frederick is the cinnamon roll vampire I need in my life and I don't blame Cassie for falling head-over-heels for him. He goes above and beyond to impress her (he buys her an entire expensive cookware set - I mean come on who doesn't want that??) and compliments her at all hours of the day (who wouldn't like that either??). Cassie is so lovely and I loved her character. I felt like I knew her and she felt relatable. I was also rooting for her the entire book in terms of her career goals. And, she is so kind to Frederick. I mean two soft people in love is so nice to read about. Also, I loved reading their letters to each other (yes - they write letters to each other and it's cute, ok? I will defend this hill of lovers writing letters to each other even if it's because Frederick hates using his cell phone).
One thing that surprised me about this book was the intimacy and spice. Yes, THAT scene and literally any time Frederick spoke live rent-free in my head. I wasn't expecting some spice with this book, but I welcomed every second of it. All I'm going to say about THAT scene is we love a man who loves to pleasure his partner first and a man who growls "Mine".
My only complaint is how the author seemed to rush to resolve the issues of the arranged marriage and the blood bank robberies. They were in the background throughout the whole book and they came to a head literally 40 or so pages before the end of the book. I braced myself for a cliffhanger because I wasn't sure what was going to happen. Luckily, no cliffhanger but I was left wanting more from the conflicts.
All in all, I enjoyed this book a lot. 4/5 - bravo Ms. Jenna Levine, and from the bottom of my cinnamon roll vampire-loving heart, thank you.
Our FMC, Cassie Greenberg, is a cute, artsy, and kind individual looking to break into the art world and desperately needs a new apartment. She happens up a too-good-to-be-true-looking-for-a-roommate ad posted by our MMC, Frederick J. Fitzwilliam (or rather his "frienemy," Reginald) to help Frederick adjust to the 21st century post his century-long slumber. Cassie goes to check out the apartment and is instantly taken aback by Frederick and his frozen-in-time apartment. Cassie agrees to move in, and things are great until she stumbles upon Frederick's blood supply in the fridge. Once the bat is out of the bag (get it?) and Cassie recovers from the fact that her hot roommate is a centuries-old vampire, she agrees to help Frederick navigate the world through lessons in social media, how to catch public transportation, how to order ridiculously named coffee drinks from the nearby coffee shop, etc. Through their lessons, and a flirty encounter in a Nordstrom fitting room, they get closer and realize they have developed feelings for each other. However, lurking in the background are Frederick's mother and his potential in-laws who are desperate to marry Frederick off to another vampire through an arranged marriage.
I ADORED every second of this book. Frederick is the cinnamon roll vampire I need in my life and I don't blame Cassie for falling head-over-heels for him. He goes above and beyond to impress her (he buys her an entire expensive cookware set - I mean come on who doesn't want that??) and compliments her at all hours of the day (who wouldn't like that either??). Cassie is so lovely and I loved her character. I felt like I knew her and she felt relatable. I was also rooting for her the entire book in terms of her career goals. And, she is so kind to Frederick. I mean two soft people in love is so nice to read about. Also, I loved reading their letters to each other (yes - they write letters to each other and it's cute, ok? I will defend this hill of lovers writing letters to each other even if it's because Frederick hates using his cell phone).
One thing that surprised me about this book was the intimacy and spice. Yes, THAT scene and literally any time Frederick spoke live rent-free in my head. I wasn't expecting some spice with this book, but I welcomed every second of it. All I'm going to say about THAT scene is we love a man who loves to pleasure his partner first and a man who growls "Mine".
My only complaint is how the author seemed to rush to resolve the issues of the arranged marriage and the blood bank robberies. They were in the background throughout the whole book and they came to a head literally 40 or so pages before the end of the book. I braced myself for a cliffhanger because I wasn't sure what was going to happen. Luckily, no cliffhanger but I was left wanting more from the conflicts.
All in all, I enjoyed this book a lot. 4/5 - bravo Ms. Jenna Levine, and from the bottom of my cinnamon roll vampire-loving heart, thank you.