Remember the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding? Now add vampires and you have this hilarious rom-com! I had some great belly laughs while reading this chaotic / quirky romance! I loved Pandora and her bizarre family as well as Victor! This was an easy quick read.

4.25/5 stars! This was a fun fake dating, fluffy, humorous rom-com. I loved the nod to My Big Fat Greek Wedding, because the meddlesome vampire family certainly matches that energy. I enjoyed the pacing and the love story. Would definitely read another book by this author.

This is a delightful five-star read. This one has its moments, and can be a little much, but if you just go with it and enjoy it as a really good read, then you will love it as much as you will no doubt love Pandora, who I think is like the reader in all of us deep down. You can so imagine why she goes to the lengths that would be willing to go to, for her dream, who wouldn’t want a bookshop that everyone is welcome as long as they get along, it makes everything come together and adds a great layer to this story. I loved getting to know her and her crazy family, Victor was just adorable, and so easy to get behind, but when he reveals his PHD I was legit almost crying with laughter as that was like the cherry on top.

This was a lot of fun. Turns out even vampire have ridiculous marriage clauses in their inheritance, who would have thought? As a result Pandora enlists her crush to fake date and marry to get her money, and while keeping him in the dark of her true nature, she just so happens to fall in love with him.

I’ve really enjoyed the book. It’s lighthearted and fun, Pandora and Victor are cute and Pandora’s crazy vampire family is really funny. The side characters like her best friend, parents, brother, Elias, all make for sure there isn’t a dull moment in the book.

4.25/5 stars! This was a fun fake dating, fluffy, humorous rom-com. I loved the nod to My Big Fat Greek Wedding, because the meddlesome vampire family certainly matches that energy. I enjoyed the pacing and the love story. Would definitely read another book by this author.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

I loved this so much. It was such a fun, cute read and was exactly what I needed. Pandora and Victor were both two slightly awkward, endearing book nerds, and their love story was adorable. I loved Pandora’s eccentric family, they were hilarious and I loved all of them…except Bellatrix, she can go stand in the sun. This was such a great read and I hope the author comes back to this world because I would love to read a book about Pandora’s best friend Lucy

Fun, enjoyable read! The best parts of self-aware rom com mixed with a hilariously chaotic but well-meaning vampire family and a fake relationship trope that everyone (except the couple themselves of course) can see isn't really fake at all. Watching Victor and Pandora figure themselves out was wonderfully sweet, humorous ride. There's not a single side character I wouldn't want to see more of - Lucy and Elias, or Dante, I'm specifically looking at you! I'll definitely be looking for more from this author. <3

A fun, cozy, vampire-human romance. I liked the flip of having the FMC as the vampire and really enjoyed the relationship between the main characters. Would recommend if you’re looking for an easy vampire romance

I was in two minds whether I would enjoy this book in the first few pages but I ended up doing so. Totally bizarre and far fetched but fun. Unlikely tale of Pandora, a vampire, falling for Victor, an ordinary guy.
Mad and quirky especially Pandora's family who so so eccentric. I shuddered a little at the mention of thick viscous blood drinks but apart from that just a hoot.

I love My Big Fat Greek Wedding and this had similar vibes but with vampires. It was really cute! The timeline could have been tighter.

I LOVED this book!

The concept was cute, but SO fun! I'm a huge vampire fan and loved seeing a wide range of bloodsuckers represented. The book was low-stakes and a quick read which is exactly what I was looking for. I also really enjoyed the side characters and found them hilarious.

The only reason I knocked off a star was because the conflict was rather silly considering Pandora hadn't told Victor she was a vampire and was probably going to go through with the ceremony anyway. Not to mention Victor had pretty much already figured the entire vampire thing out so the conflict was a bit silly but I still enjoyed regardless!

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon Books UK for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!

This was a super cozy, cute, vampire / human romance. Such a fun time. I loved that they were both big readers, and how much that was a part of their relationship. They had such good chemistry!! Both the fmc and mmc were so soft. I loved that they were gentle and just over all so kind to eachother. They were really sweet.

All of the side characters and family members were really fun, and added a lot to the plot. Every single one was more outrageous than the last. I could see a book two coming from a few of them that I would love to read.

Pandora felt a little Edward Cullen with her “vegetarian lifestyle”. Her spirit was so kind. I really loved her. Her friendship with werewolf Lucy also really brought this point forwarded. I thought their friendship was so fun. I loved Lucy looking out for her constantly. Lucy was so funny. Perfect best friend.

I had a really good time with this book. Quick read. Very entertaining.

This is a quick contemporary paranormal romcom between a human (MMC) and vampire (FMC). The FMC and MMC have a classic marriage of convenience, and there are lots of vampire family shenanigans because (of course) the MMC can't know the FMC is a vampire.

I do appreciate that the FMC is the vampire, as there just aren't enough girl vampires in books. This is a single POV from the FMC, and I liked her well enough. I don't have much of an impression of the MMC by the end, but most people will likely read this book for the vampire content anyway. Their romance was fine and sweet, and the third act breakup was very fairly predictable.

The writing was fine, but the constant use of "OK" in dialogue did annoy me by the end. The transitions between scenes were also a little jarring at times, and, more than once, I thought I had skipped a page accidentally or missed the scene change. The author is obviously a reader, with lots of references in novel to book community terms.

This book wasn't groundbreaking in the world of vampire romance, but they don't all need to be and it was a fun read. It seemed like there'll be another book following for the FMC's best friend (a werewolf) and another vampire, and I would likely read the next.

Thank you, Avon Books, for the arc!

A slow burn, vampire/human fake dating/marriage for inheritance romance was witty, fun and eventful to say the least!
Join Pandora and Victor on a cute bookish adventure organising their fake wedding whilst trying to avoid the peculiar family members and not spill the film secrets!
We meet some comical, flirty and no-filter characters along the way with plenty of banter! You'll love Vlad ❤️

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC!

3.5/5

The book itself is cute and cozy. A fake marriage arrangement for an inheritance between a vampire coffee shop worker and her long time human customer crush. It's a VERY slow burn, friends(?) to lovers romcom.

The book gets very meta sometimes since both MCs are avid readers, so tropes are mentioned by name a lot. If this is something that annoys you, I'd avoid this book.

The FMC was more relatable than the MMC. He was honestly kind of boring? We don't really get a lot of opportunities to see his personality come through. My favorite characters were the best friend Lucy and another vampire Elias, who honestly had way more chemistry than the MCs. There's definitely potential for them having their own book.

Overall, the book was fine. If you're looking for an easy, cute paranormal romance, this could be a book for you.

3.75.


This is a cosy/gentle fantasy/paranormal romance that does what it says on the tin. We have a vampire, a human and a fake marriage. Every vampire cliche you could think of is in this book, but that's not necessarily a bad thing if you go in to it knowing it a 'cosy' book.
I think if you are a fan of my roommate is a vampire or that kind of thing you'd like this and it would be good for contemporary readers maybe wanting to dip their toes into fantasy/paranormal.
For me this was a nice easy read between heavier fantasies and I did find myself smiling along and found it cute. Having said that there were times that it felt a little disjointed. Something that had happened in just the previous scene felt like it hadn't happened at all for a fair while afterwards which was a bit jarring as to begin with I thought maybe there was an editing error and they had forgotten to take a scene out. But it was eventually talked about again. The spicy scenes also felt out of place a little bit - almost as if they'd been put in just to be able to say the book has spice in to go with current trends. And the use of 'cleft' in reference to a ladies parts is not it.

THIS. WAS. SO. MUCH. FUN.

I'm a sucker (pun intended) for anything Vampire based so throw in fake dating and I'm absolutely sold!

I loved the main characters and found myself rooting for them and all the side characters were fab too! (Here's to hoping some of these feature in future books!).

This had lots of vampire elements but done in a fun way that showed how vampire culture had changed and adapted over the years.

The plot whilst predictable (isn't that what we want from a fake dating story?) but it didn't take away from the enjoyment.

Overall this was a really joyful read that would be perfect for Halloween, or Valentine's, or in my case a beautifully sunny day!

My Big Fat Vampire Wedding was a nice read. It had romance and spice and was well written.

I marked it down a star as it didn’t explain how there was a rule humans can never know about vampires, but then it was just fine at the end.

If you enjoy the ‘misunderstanding’ and ‘forced together’ kind of romance, this is the book for you.

This was SUCH a fun read, I found myself giggling so many times it’s not even funny - I actually almost fell off my treadmill because I was so engrossed in the book I forgot I was bloody walking on it 😂

What I think really made this book was that, whilst I was naturally invested in Pandora and Victor’s story, I was just as invested in a whole host of different side characters (I don’t think I can name drop, but there’s at least 5 that I’d love to get their own books!). Honestly there’s not a single second of this book that I didn’t enjoy ❤️

Thank you so much for sharing an arc with me, Jessica! ❤️

P.S, there were a couple of typographical errors / formatting issues with how it reads on a Kindle (which might just be an early days issue - nothing at all that affected the quality of the book, but please do reach out via my social media @thebooknookery if you’d like me to flag any of it! ❤️

I LOVED THIS. Oh my gosh. I can't. I think my fave sub-genre of vampire novels are the rom-com, sit-com vibe, and this one did not disappoint. If you loved any of Jenna Levine's novels (My Roommate is a Vampire, My Vampire Plus-One) then I would highly recommend you give this one a go. You might have to suspend a bit of disbelief and go for the vibes, but it's the perfect light read for the summer/fall months.