Falling in Love with My Vampire Cat

That's (Para) Normal, Book 1

By: Camilla Evergreen

Narrated by: Stefanie Kay

For five long years, I didn't know my cat could turn into a vampire.

That means I've spent five long years squishing little black toe beans, participating in all-night cuddles, and calling a full-grown man my itty bitty stinky kitty baby.

When my near-death experience forces Zylus Myrkur to tell me the truth about how magic is real, I nope my way right back into my fish bowl. I will not be participating in any tropes, thank you.

This is not a fish out of water, enemies to lovers romantasy. This is me—a barely functional adult—attempting to live my best life, which consists solely of reading books, eating cheese, and falling asleep on the couch. It does not include making friends with werewolf chihuahuas, meeting a moth faerie prince, or defeating a boogeyman.

And it absolutely, completely, most definitely does not include falling in love.

Falling in Love with My Vampire Cat is a laugh-out-loud romantic comedy with light fantasy elements, neurodivergent characters, and plenty of closed-door sizzle.

©2023 Camilla Evergreen (P)2024 Podium Audio

Just No

Just no. I tried, really really tried to finish the book. I tried to look past the narrator in the hopes the story would carry itself, but no. I couldn't finish the book...

Narrator Is Horrendous. Truly Egregious.

I cannot believe this was released with this narrator. She is literally yelling the entire time. Every single word of every single sentence is the loudest and most melodramatic reading it could possibly be, complete with unnecessary pauses where the next word is Even LOUDER. It boggles the mind that anyone can even speak this way for all these hours, let alone the fact that they were hired to narrate an audiobook. She speaks in the way that people like to make fun of William Shatner and the way he portrayed Captain Kirk, only without his subtlety, nuance, good acting, and understanding of human speech patterns. Yes, I am saying William Shatner is a brilliantly excellent and professional, tour de force actor compared to this narrator. Please let that sink in before deciding if you want to get this audiobook. It's such a shame because I couldn't wait to give this book a try. It's a story and genre I should have enjoyed. And the worst part, besides the brain shattering performance, is that I did of course listen to the sample. I am convinced that the author chose that snippet on purpose because it is like the most dramatic part of the story, so of course the main character is freaking out. I thought it sounded melodramatic because of the circumstances. I was wrong. If You Want A Woman ...YELLING AT YOU ...Continuously ...For Many ...MANY ...HOURS ...While "Performing" ...THE BOOK In A Speech Pattern Like I'm TRYING To PORTRAY With My Use Of PUNCTUATION Here Then ...GO AHEAD And ...Give It ...A TRY. If not, then for the love of everything you hold dear in your life, please skip this.

Also, the female main character, who unfortunately takes up 90% of the narration, starts the book with all the "I hate people", "People are the worst", "Nothing is as good as never seeing, being around, or speaking to other people, because I hate people" and it's excessive and kind of strange. She also very soon after claims she is so unproblematic but really, how unproblematic can you be if you truly hate everything and everyone? And like other reviewers have mentioned, almost the whole of the main character's thoughts and dialogue are based on YA Paranormal book tropes. I mean that literally. She will say she doesn't want this trope, she doesn't want to live that trope, she doesn't want to be this main character identity, she doesn't want that foreshadowing, or whatever. Almost all of her internal dialogue, which there is too much of, is fiction and paranormal trope driven. It could have been cute and self aware if it wasn't the woman's entire thought process. I'm not sure this book would be good even if I didn't have to listen to it. I was hoping for a new series to love. This was a huge disappointment.

Very Funny

A very funny book, which draws most of its humor from the business culture of best selling fiction, with jokes about subgenres, tropes and common mistakes made by main characters.

Perfect pick

I have loved all of Camilla Evergreens books so far and this one was just the same. I always found myself wanting to listen for more. The narrators were chosen perfectly and totally expressed all that the characters were feeling throughout the story. Overall this story was gripping all the way through and the narrators were a perfect match.