The Roommate

I picked this book up on a whim from reading all the hype on the gram. I hadn't even taken a glance at the synopsis, I downloaded it on my Kindle and took the leap. The cover was so adorable I though it was going to be a cute coming of age high school romance. Lol. Boy was I wrong and damn did I really enjoy this book!! Not only was it toes curling hella sexy

3.5 stars. I requested THE ROOMMATE by Rosie Danan on NG as soon as I saw @squibblesreads mention it on Instagram. Let's start off with this is a white cishet relationship.

Ok, the good:
+ Sex positivity/normalization of female sexuality
+ Josh makes a very charming and heartwarming male MC
+ Interesting side characters (please tell me there's a companion book in the works focused on Naomi)

The meh:
- Clara, the female MC, is a WASPy socialite. This trope is so damn old and no one cares about rich white women anymore
- The subplot about her other job and the conflict around that seemed so painfully obvious
- I'm done with the whole “women can't drive” thing (even if the female MC grew up in NYC)

This book is VERY open door steamy so if you prefer chaste or closed door, I'd skip this one. The sex scenes were great in this book but a lot of the plot fell flat for me.

Thanks, NetGalley and Berkley Romance, for the digital ARC!

Received an E-ARC of this book on #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

3.5 ⭐

This debut novel by Rosie Danan involves rich socialite Clara Wheaton moving across the country to be with her long time crush/friend, Everett, and him ditching her within the first couple of pages leaving her in the care of his Craiglist subletter....famous porn star Josh Darling.

This book, while pleasurable, was not quite what I expected. While it is amusing and they had good sex, the book was not as funny or sexy as I thought it would be.
I wanted a bit more sexy and romantic and funny and while some moments were delivered, I wanted more.
I'm hoping with the fact that it has been optioned to a film that they will be able to round it out on the screen.

Clara is a bit of a dud? Her character wasn't fleshed out enough to me as her own person. I didn't truly believe that she had done any real growth in this book aside from shifting her star from her non-requited romance with Everett to a sexy good time with Josh.
Josh was very interested in consent and pleasure which was very wonderful. He seemed a much more rounded out figure.
I didn't quite feel the chemistry between them though. I don't really know why Josh would want to be with her but they got together in the end so go them.

The ending didn't really connect with me but I was pleased that it was a resolved Happy Ending.

All in all, it was a good first novel and I look forward to seeing what else the author does.