My Roommate Is a Vampire
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3.8 • 19 Ratings
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!
A September Indie Next Pick
One of Amazon's Best Romances of September
One of Apple's Best Books of September
True love is at stake in this charming, debut romantic comedy.
Cassie Greenberg loves being an artist, but it’s a tough way to make a living. On the brink of eviction, she’s desperate when she finds a too-good-to-be-true apartment in a beautiful Chicago neighborhood. Cassie knows there has to be a catch—only someone with a secret to hide would rent out a room for that price.
Of course, her new roommate Frederick J. Fitzwilliam is far from normal. He sleeps all day, is out at night on business, and talks like he walked out of a regency romance novel. He also leaves Cassie heart-melting notes around the apartment, cares about her art, and asks about her day. And he doesn’t look half bad shirtless, on the rare occasions they’re both home and awake. But when Cassie finds bags of blood in the fridge that definitely weren’t there earlier, Frederick has to come clean...
Cassie’s sexy new roommate is a vampire. And he has a proposition for her.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
In this lighthearted rom-com, a struggling artist named Cassie is forced to become roommates with a stranger named Frederick J. Fitzwilliam. Yes, Frederick loves Cassie’s art, leaves sweet handwritten notes, and talks like he just walked out of a Jane Austen novel, but he also leaves bags of blood in the fridge. Jenna Levine puts a really fun spin on the vampire romance genre—we loved watching Cassie help Frederick acclimate to life in the 21st century. (His online searches made us laugh out loud.) If you ever wondered what Mr. Darcy might be like if he were undead, check out My Roommate Is a Vampire.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Levine debuts with this lighthearted and charming paranormal rom-com. Aspiring artist Cassie is suspicious of the too-good-to-be-true Chicago apartment listing she finds online—but with eviction looming, she's low on options. She takes the room, moving in with the apartment's oddly old-fashioned owner, Frederick J. Fitzwilliam. As strange and out of touch as Frederick seems, he's also rich, considerate, wildly handsome, and a gentleman. Cassie works during the day while Frederick claims to be out of the apartment "on business" most nights, so the pair communicate largely through sweet (and increasingly flirtatious) notes. Cassie's not looking to complicate their living situation, but she can't deny how much she enjoys their dynamic—until the night she ducks home unexpectedly and discovers Frederick slurping from a blood bag. Frederick is a vampire, he's been in a coma for a hundred years, and he wants Cassie's help getting up to speed on the modern world before his old flame Esmeralda shows up demanding they pick up where they left off. This adorable odd couple proves easy to root for, with Frederick's awkwardness navigating modern life adding both humor and pathos. The supernatural conflict wraps up a bit too smoothly, but there's so much fun to be had that readers won't mind. This one is good to the last drop. Agent Kim Lionetti, Bookends.
Customer Reviews
3.75stars-engaging and quirky
3.75stars--MY ROOMMATE IS A VAMPIRE by Jenna Levine is a stand alone, contemporary, adult, paranormal romance story line focusing on three hundred year old vampire Frederick J Fitzwilliam, and artist Cassie Greenberg.
Told from first person perspective (Cassie) and journal entries /letters from Frederick, MY ROOMMATE IS A VAMPIRE follows the building relationship between Frederick and Cassie. Cassie needs a place to stay: she is being evicted and is surprised when a room in a well to do Chicago neighborhood is available at a very low price. Meeting her potential roommate and landlord Frederick J Fitzwilliam, Cassie knows immediately that something is different as the man seems to be living in a different era but Cassie is unaware that her new roommate’s idiosyncrasies are part and parcel of what and who he is. Frederick Fitzwilliam has awoken in a time and place he knows nothing about, and his only friend has suggested advertising for a roommate, someone to help Frederick acclimate into the twenty-first century but all is not well in Frederick’s life when the past demands more than he is willing to deliver. What ensues is the building relationship between Frederick and Cassie, and the potential fall-out as Frederick finds himself a victim of the old ways, and the people he thought he left behind.
The world building focuses on Frederick’s desperate need to fit in. Cassie is the woman with whom Frederick will fall in love but Cassie had been kept in the dark, unaware that she was to become Frederick’s teacher, companion and friend. As Cassie struggles to come to terms with the who and what of Frederick J. Fitzwilliam, Frederick must come to terms with a world that is nothing like the one he left behind.
The relationship between Cassie and Frederick begins as roommates but Frederick struggled to reveal his true nature and what he was. Cassie will discover Frederick’s secrets but Frederick has already fallen for the woman who will set him free in the modern world. Frederick Fitzwilliam is slightly awkward, stilted and confused but his love for Cassie is what keeps him alive. The lone $ex scene is passionate.
We are introduced to Frederick’s questionable friend and twenty-first century guide Reginald, as well as Cassie’s best friends Sam and Scott.
MY ROOMMATE IS A VAMPIRE is an engaging and quirky story line. The characters are flirty, spirited and animated but we needed Frederick’s first person perspective to completely understand his struggles and fears; the romance is fated, intimate and tender. I am hoping the author has plans for Cassie and Frederick’s continuing story-MY ROOMMATE IS A VAMPIRE ends on a happily ever after-for now.
Decent
It is what you’d expect it to be. Light, quick read, low stakes.
Brilliantly Captivating love Story
I have recently been in a reading funk, due to stress and work related issues so I bought this book after seeing the cover art pass my screen while looking at Halloween things online.
I took the plunge, bought it, and loved it. I couldn’t put it down and ended up reading it in two days. This is a wonderful story to curl up and read and just help get anyone ready for the fall cozy season. The story, characters and atmosphere of the story was so well done. I normally don’t leave reviews but if I could recommend one book this year. It would be this one.
Thank you for bringing me out of my funk. Love from Canada.