Publication: 26th September 2024 – Penguin
It started with a fake date. Now true love is at stake…
Amelia Collins is tired of constant questions about her non-existent dating life, so she decides to get everyone off her back once and for all by finding someone – anyone – to pose as her date to a family wedding. If he’s annoying, or embarrassing, so much the better.
Coincidentally, Reginald Cleaves has centuries of experience at being rude, infuriatingly arrogant and a fashion eyesore, making him perfect for her purposes.
But as Amelia and Reggie practice their fauxmance and more of Reggie’s secrets come to light, Amelia is surprised to find her first impressions could not have been more wrong, and that Reggie’s bark might be worse than his bite…
In My Roommate Is a Vampire, the side character of Reginald Cleaves was my favourite, so I was really excited when the author announced his own story and I wasn’t disappointed, especially because the text message exchanges between Reginald and Frederick still made me laugh out loud. For me, My Vampire Plus-One is even better than the first book and I read it in two days, unable to put it down.
I always enjoy the fake dating trope and here it is made very well. Amelia Collins is used to her family meddling in her love life, but with yet another relative’s wedding coming up and she is still single, she makes up a fake boyfriend to get her family off her back, especially her mother. All she needs to do is find a man who would be willing to go to a party and a wedding with her and pretend to be in love with her. And who better than the weird and handsome stranger she bumped into a few nights earlier? Reggie, who has taken up bullet journaling and has a group of angry vampires after him looking for revenge for something that he may have done a couple of centuries earlier, is happy to help Amelia, even going as far as exchanging his extravagant clothes for something more sober, especially after she seems to take very well his confession of being a vampire.
My Vampire Plus-One is such a fun read. The romance is slow-burn and steamy, the characters are engaging, quirky, and hilarious, and the dialogue is witty and brilliantly-written. If you are looking for a fantastic and immersive paranormal romance, then My Vampire Plus-One is the perfect read!
A huge thank you to Penguin and NetGalley for providing me with a proof of the novel.
By day, Jenna Levine works to increase access to affordable housing in the American South. By night, she writes romance novels where ridiculous things happen to beautiful people. When Jenna isn’t writing she can usually be found crying over k-dramas, starting knitting projects she won’t finish, or spending time with her family and small army of cats.
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