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linnea_tornblom's review
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Medical trauma
Minor: Violence
ellelockley's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Rosie is Lina's best friend. She quit her job as a well-paid engineer to become a romance writer only to enter a creative slump. Lucas Martín is the only one that can pull her out. I did really enjoy this book and I think Lucas and Rosie were such beautiful characters and because their flaws were so well written and developed, it made them seem more human. They're relationship was really beautifully written. There were a few bits that were uncomfortable and cringy to read (cough shower scene cough) and I don't think the s3x scene were very well written in my opinion. Even though I preferred the plot of the spanish love deception, i prefer the leads in this book. I'm also spanish so I can relate to the family dynamic which I really like. I'd recommend this book to anyone who loves a slow burn romance.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Dementia
Minor: Violence
marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.75
Rosie always has everything under control, until she takes the biggest risk of her life to quit her stable job and secretly become a romance writer. Lucas left Spain to travel the U.S. after a traumatizing injury ended his career, and he swore off dating. His life has no direction, she has writer’s block, then opportunity comes knocking—literally. I love the way Elena Armas writes slow burn. She truly takes her characters and readers on a journey that is oh-so rewarding. This delightful book features steamy teasers, light dominance play, and unique subplots alongside familiar tropes like fake dating and forced proximity. The result is absolutely swoonworthy—I didn’t want it to end!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence and Injury/Injury detail
itsmemiana's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
LUCAS MARTÍN WHERE TF ARE YOU?????
I've literally been in Spain for 4 months (studying abroad), yet I can't find a Lucas Martín???? HELLO??
I'm telling you, and I never thought I would say this but, my boy Aaron Blackford has got some competition HOLY SHIT- idk which one I prefer so I'll take both.
I want this woman to write my future boyfriend cause these men are fucking perfect 😭😭😭
but I digress, this was so so cute. I want a relationship like Rosie and Lucas. I loved them so much, from the very beginning.
Rosie was so fucking relatable with how shy and introverted she was. like half the time I was thinking "she just like me fr".
I loved seeing Lina and Aaron again in their little appearances, they were as cute as always.
I wish we had seen more from the blooming friendship between Lucas and Aaron, I want them to be besties like Lina and Rosie.
also, finding out Lina and Lucas have a Portuguese side in their family?????? YES PLEASE (it was just a small mention but it made me so happy). I'm Portuguese so I really need to meet them 🙈 PLS MS. ELENA I'M BEGGING. I've never seen Portuguese representation outside of Portuguese books 😭
I can't wait to read more from the Spanish love deception world and obviously any other books Elena Armas puts out.
Also, I'm gonna add this to my favourites list and I know they're technically part of a series and when I love a series I only put the first book in that list representing the entire series but this is a series of standalones so it technically doesn't count.
I've literally been in Spain for 4 months (studying abroad), yet I can't find a Lucas Martín???? HELLO??
I'm telling you, and I never thought I would say this but, my boy Aaron Blackford has got some competition HOLY SHIT- idk which one I prefer so I'll take both.
I want this woman to write my future boyfriend cause these men are fucking perfect 😭😭😭
but I digress, this was so so cute. I want a relationship like Rosie and Lucas. I loved them so much, from the very beginning.
Rosie was so fucking relatable with how shy and introverted she was. like half the time I was thinking "she just like me fr".
I loved seeing Lina and Aaron again in their little appearances, they were as cute as always.
I wish we had seen more from the blooming friendship between Lucas and Aaron, I want them to be besties like Lina and Rosie.
also, finding out Lina and Lucas have a Portuguese side in their family?????? YES PLEASE (it was just a small mention but it made me so happy). I'm Portuguese so I really need to meet them 🙈 PLS MS. ELENA I'M BEGGING. I've never seen Portuguese representation outside of Portuguese books 😭
I can't wait to read more from the Spanish love deception world and obviously any other books Elena Armas puts out.
Also, I'm gonna add this to my favourites list and I know they're technically part of a series and when I love a series I only put the first book in that list representing the entire series but this is a series of standalones so it technically doesn't count.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content
Moderate: Dementia, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Violence
makenna_reads's review
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Trafficking
roadesntoades's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Abandonment
bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Dementia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Violence and Abandonment
lucygraham_27's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Violence
sami_leigh's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/5
🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
“‘Thank you.’ For listening. And for tonight. And for making me feel… less alone. A little less burdened, even if only for a little while. ‘I think I really needed to talk to someone, and I want to make sure you know.’”
📖 Sequel to The Spanish Love Deception
📖 MC is a romance author 😍
📖 Meet Cute > Friends to Lovers
📖 Forced proximity
📖 Fake Dating
📖 Banter 👌🏻
📖 Consent culture
📖 Well established secondary characters
📖 Lucas = cinnamon roll
📖 Nicknames
📖 Abuela raised a feminist 🙌🏻
📖 Meddling family/Close-knit family
📖 Growth for our MCs; plot deals with major life & career changes, and reevaluation of self worth/love 🙌🏻
⚠️ Mild violence, mention of panic attacks/disorder, description of major injury & accident, abandonment (mother), infidelity in past relationship.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I read "The Spanish Love Deception" last year, and loved it, so I was so excited to pick up Elena Armas's newest release. Overall, I thought this book was fine, but I did not love it as much as her debut book.
"The American Roommate Experiment" follows a young aspiring author named Rosie. Rosie has recently written and published a successful romance novel under a pen name. She has decided to take the plunge and go for her author dreams fulltime, so she quits her job and begins trying to write her second book, under a strict deadline. Unfortunately, she has extreme writer's block. Even more unfortunately, her apartment becomes unlivable, so she goes to stay at her best friend, Lina's, apartment until her apartment is fixed. Lina is currently enjoying her honeymoon and failed to inform Rosie that her very attractive cousin, Lucas, will be in town...and crashing at Lina's place. With nowhere else to go, Rosie and Lucas are forced to live together until they both can catch a break and go back to their normal lives.
With companion romance novels I often see that we get a taste of the other characters from previous books, but they are never a pivotal character to the new story. With this book, Elena Armas made Lina important, and I loved getting to see more from her and see that she is still in love with Aaron just as much as she was in "The Spanish Love Deception". I also really enjoyed seeing how much Rosie loves and cares for her little brother, however, his story takes an extreme and unnecessary turn that I did not enjoy seeing. I feel like I keep seeing this trend in romance novels of extreme plot twists that are really dark or really violent. I know these types of stories have an audience, but I do not like seeing them in romance stories that are pitched as a lighter, fluffier romance.
This book is well written and engaging, but I did think it was a little longer than necessary. I enjoy a slow burn from time to time, but this book takes a LONG time to finally get there and there is a lot of unnecessary plot that I did not want to read about. Rosie also began to annoy me because I felt like Lucas was so clear with his intentions and she was not getting it. I did enjoy that this book does alternate between both of their perspectives.
I will definitely pick up more from Elena Armas in the future, and I hope to find similar magic in another book of hers.
"The American Roommate Experiment" follows a young aspiring author named Rosie. Rosie has recently written and published a successful romance novel under a pen name. She has decided to take the plunge and go for her author dreams fulltime, so she quits her job and begins trying to write her second book, under a strict deadline. Unfortunately, she has extreme writer's block. Even more unfortunately, her apartment becomes unlivable, so she goes to stay at her best friend, Lina's, apartment until her apartment is fixed. Lina is currently enjoying her honeymoon and failed to inform Rosie that her very attractive cousin, Lucas, will be in town...and crashing at Lina's place. With nowhere else to go, Rosie and Lucas are forced to live together until they both can catch a break and go back to their normal lives.
With companion romance novels I often see that we get a taste of the other characters from previous books, but they are never a pivotal character to the new story. With this book, Elena Armas made Lina important, and I loved getting to see more from her and see that she is still in love with Aaron just as much as she was in "The Spanish Love Deception". I also really enjoyed seeing how much Rosie loves and cares for her little brother, however, his story takes an extreme and unnecessary turn that I did not enjoy seeing. I feel like I keep seeing this trend in romance novels of extreme plot twists that are really dark or really violent. I know these types of stories have an audience, but I do not like seeing them in romance stories that are pitched as a lighter, fluffier romance.
This book is well written and engaging, but I did think it was a little longer than necessary. I enjoy a slow burn from time to time, but this book takes a LONG time to finally get there and there is a lot of unnecessary plot that I did not want to read about. Rosie also began to annoy me because I felt like Lucas was so clear with his intentions and she was not getting it. I did enjoy that this book does alternate between both of their perspectives.
I will definitely pick up more from Elena Armas in the future, and I hope to find similar magic in another book of hers.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Toxic relationship