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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3 stars for this quick read.
I love that Ali Hazelwood writes STEM characters and for that I let a lot go.
To be fair this book should have ended before it began. Poor lady get half a house, it's inhabited by super-rich guy who tried to pay her 'more than she'll ever make' umm, you move girl. Take that check. But this is a romance book so of course she falls for him (yet doesn't know it) the moment she sees him. (and he her)
If you've read one of Hazelwood's books before you can guess the description of this guy. GIANT. in every way, basically unreasonably so. He puts his hands around her waist and they touch in front and back ?! Girl, eat a sandwich or run from Mr. Fe Fi Fo Fum!
Anyway... I digress, I did give it 3 stars after all. The bulk of the story is angsty enemies to lovers with a probably too dim to do anything but her smarty-pants job leading lady and a guy who ... well he exists and angsts and broods about without talking about any of his feelings on literally anything. Great communication Liam. Good job.
But those 3 stars, yeah? It's a 'popcorn book' you know when you go to themovies and while the lights are dim and the movies rolling everything seems fun and you enjoy it until the lights come up and you start to recap it in your head? That. That's this book. All well and good until a single brain cell starts working.
It should have ended when it caught up to the prologue. What follows the uniting of timelines is... kind of icky. I wont detail you with exactly how it played out and the number of times I hoped it would end... but ugh. This should have been fade to black.
I love that Ali Hazelwood writes STEM characters and for that I let a lot go.
To be fair this book should have ended before it began. Poor lady get half a house, it's inhabited by super-rich guy who tried to pay her 'more than she'll ever make' umm, you move girl. Take that check. But this is a romance book so of course she falls for him (yet doesn't know it) the moment she sees him. (and he her)
If you've read one of Hazelwood's books before you can guess the description of this guy. GIANT. in every way, basically unreasonably so. He puts his hands around her waist and they touch in front and back ?! Girl, eat a sandwich or run from Mr. Fe Fi Fo Fum!
Anyway... I digress, I did give it 3 stars after all. The bulk of the story is angsty enemies to lovers with a probably too dim to do anything but her smarty-pants job leading lady and a guy who ... well he exists and angsts and broods about without talking about any of his feelings on literally anything. Great communication Liam. Good job.
But those 3 stars, yeah? It's a 'popcorn book' you know when you go to themovies and while the lights are dim and the movies rolling everything seems fun and you enjoy it until the lights come up and you start to recap it in your head? That. That's this book. All well and good until a single brain cell starts working.
It should have ended when it caught up to the prologue. What follows the uniting of timelines is... kind of icky. I wont detail you with exactly how it played out and the number of times I hoped it would end... but ugh. This should have been fade to black.
Way too cheesy for me. Why are all the dudes giant and the girls stuttering? Ugh.
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
what can i say i’m an ali lover before anything else
a cute stem forced proximity enemies to
lovers boy obsessed novella…oh yeah i had sm fun!
a cute stem forced proximity enemies to
lovers boy obsessed novella…oh yeah i had sm fun!
lighthearted
fast-paced
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5 stars)
I’m glad I read the other novellas first because Under One Roof left me seriously confused. What the heck was this? They’re roommates who don’t like each other… then suddenly they’re friends… and then BAM—they have sex in the kitchen one day and it’s basically over?
It felt super rushed and underdeveloped. There was so much potential with the setup, but the pacing made the whole relationship feel kind of random. Honestly, I finished it and just thought, “What just happened?” Definitely not my favorite from the bunch.
I’m glad I read the other novellas first because Under One Roof left me seriously confused. What the heck was this? They’re roommates who don’t like each other… then suddenly they’re friends… and then BAM—they have sex in the kitchen one day and it’s basically over?
It felt super rushed and underdeveloped. There was so much potential with the setup, but the pacing made the whole relationship feel kind of random. Honestly, I finished it and just thought, “What just happened?” Definitely not my favorite from the bunch.
I read this one on a long day of travel, and it sure made the plane rides go by faster, but I felt like I didn't get to know the characters well enough. I enjoyed what I got, and I'll certainly read the rest of the series, but this one felt a little rushed.
Listened to the Prologue before I slept, and I started Chapter 1 after my classes. Then I listened to it nonstop.
And oh my god! I love this book so much!
It hasn’t been that long, but I feel like Ali Hazelwood’s writing since TLH has improved so much, as seen here! I wasn’t really obsessed with TLH then—I felt that the story was too predictable and I wasn’t as invested in Olive & Adam’s relationship. But with this book, right from the Prologue, I was already hooked!
Even though this wasn’t a full-length novel, the way the book was written made it feel like it. And in a good way!
The plot was straight to the point and the time jumps did so well in mapping it out without making it look like it was rushed. Hazelwood’s writing was so full of detail and information, but not in an info-dumpy way, which we rarely see in novellas!
Likewise, I feel like the characters are well-written, too! I love Liam very much, and I feel like the way he complements Mara’s character—whom I also love!—made their relationship more concrete and consistent. Although I think I would love to hear more from his point of view, especially on the scenes where Mara was all lost at the emotions on his face.
I love Hazelwood’s storytelling, too! I love the metaphors she used to emphasize different emotions, too! Listening to the audiobook made it feel like I wasn’t listening to a book, but the narrator voicing Hazelwood’s writing made me feel as if I was just listening to a friend’s story! Which was really so cool!
Also, please I love so many scenes from this book! Especially the Bachelorette scene! And Chapter 13! HAHAHAHA Oh my god!!!!
I guess other than my want of Liam’s POV, one thing that I noticed was how—purely based on Ali’s IG caption—the book was slightly oversold? It’s not that bad really, I guess the way she detailed the tropes present in the book made it seem as if so much still would happen, and yet not really. What she said in her caption, with an additional couple of others, are really only the things that happened. In terms of
And oh my god! I love this book so much!
It hasn’t been that long, but I feel like Ali Hazelwood’s writing since TLH has improved so much, as seen here! I wasn’t really obsessed with TLH then—I felt that the story was too predictable and I wasn’t as invested in Olive & Adam’s relationship. But with this book, right from the Prologue, I was already hooked!
Even though this wasn’t a full-length novel, the way the book was written made it feel like it. And in a good way!
The plot was straight to the point and the time jumps did so well in mapping it out without making it look like it was rushed. Hazelwood’s writing was so full of detail and information, but not in an info-dumpy way, which we rarely see in novellas!
Likewise, I feel like the characters are well-written, too! I love Liam very much, and I feel like the way he complements Mara’s character—whom I also love!—made their relationship more concrete and consistent. Although I think I would love to hear more from his point of view, especially on the scenes where Mara was all lost at the emotions on his face.
I love Hazelwood’s storytelling, too! I love the metaphors she used to emphasize different emotions, too! Listening to the audiobook made it feel like I wasn’t listening to a book, but the narrator voicing Hazelwood’s writing made me feel as if I was just listening to a friend’s story! Which was really so cool!
Also, please I love so many scenes from this book! Especially the Bachelorette scene! And Chapter 13! HAHAHAHA Oh my god!!!!
I guess other than my want of Liam’s POV, one thing that I noticed was how—purely based on Ali’s IG caption—the book was slightly oversold? It’s not that bad really, I guess the way she detailed the tropes present in the book made it seem as if so much still would happen, and yet not really. What she said in her caption, with an additional couple of others, are really only the things that happened. In terms of
2.5 stars. I read this two days ago and already completely forget everything about it. I remembered I was going to give this Ali Hazelwood novella, author of The Love Hypothesis, 3 stars, but feel like I have to knock off half a star if I can't even remember anything about this two days later.
Ali does a really good job with building tension between characters, but I find some of the rest of her writing leaves something to be desired, specifically her character building. I also find her sex scenes kinda cringe. Probably won't stop me from reading the rest of her novellas, though!
Ali does a really good job with building tension between characters, but I find some of the rest of her writing leaves something to be desired, specifically her character building. I also find her sex scenes kinda cringe. Probably won't stop me from reading the rest of her novellas, though!