Sierra and Jenna review “My Roommate is a Vampire” and things get…weirdly sexual in a Marvel way?

Red Wine Reads

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This week, we read My Roommate is a Vampire by Jenna Levine

Sierra joins me on this episode to discuss:

• A threesome involving Marvel’s infinity gauntlet
• Why the ending really put a damper on the whole novel
• All things relating to vampires — including fruit powers

Open your book and press play on a podcast episode that was fueled by wine and romance novels…which always leads to good decisions.

Mentioned in Pairings:

• DRINK: Vampire Wine, Vampire Mimosa
• TV SHOW - What We Do in the Shadows, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• BOOK - The Ex Hex, Deal with the Elf King
• MOVIE - Twilight, Vamps, Dark Shadows

Quick Summary:

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. 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. 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.

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