Roll for Romance: A Novel

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Thanks to Ballantine Books for the eARC!

Dungeons & Dragons has taken the world by storm over the past couple of years. Once something only geeky nerds used to play, now almost everyone has HEARD of it, if not played it themselves at least once. (I was a pirate rogue!) As such, there's a lot of references now to the game in popular culture. I know of at least two other contemporary romances that have to do with the game. Despite being very heavily entrenched in Dungeons & Dragons, you don't need to know the game in order to enjoy Roll for Romance. The story takes place both IN GAME as their characters, and in ‘real life'. You get to see both main characters gain confidence in playing DND, and grow into themselves a bit more. (At least with Sadie, anyway.)

This is an adorable, tooth-achingly sweet book. There's no real villain, nothing goes wrong. AND BEST PART – SERIOUSLY, BEST PART – THERE'S NO MISCOMMUNICATION. I can't tell you the last time I've read a contemporary romance without some stupid miscommunication in it. Both Sadie and Noah are very open with each other, and though there's some worrying and anxiety on Sadie's side, Noah was always very up front with her.

If you're looking for something without like any stakes at all, please read this one. It's cute. It's funny. It's surprisingly spicy? There's ONE good sex scene, and it's much hotter than I was originally expecting, so props to Lenora Woods there. The characters are all nice enough, but they're fairly flat and one dimensional. Which is fine for background characters in a romance novel - no one's here for the background characters, I don't think. I do wish we learned more about Noah's family (or lack thereof), because we see a decent amount of Sadie's mentioned.

Overall, I really enjoyed this one. It's a quick, easy, enjoyable read, and I highly recommend it!