Reviews - The Temporary Roomie

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The Temporary Roomie

Sarah Adams

3.56 AVERAGE

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I got this from a family friend. It was a very cute lighthearted read. Short and sweet, just enough to grip you along for the ride. The only issue I had with it was Jessie’s pranks went a bit too far at times. Besides that it was exactly the type of book I needed.

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abadbookreader's review against another edition

3.0

funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

6.5/10

Sad to say that this is my least favorite book of Sarah Adams to date. I have one left to cover, and that’s the book that precedes this one and I’ll get to it eventually. The usual funny and silly banter that I oh so love in many Adams books (namely The Rule Book and The Cheat Sheet) came off as cringe in this one. It’s mostly a silly enemies to lovers with light connotation on the word enemies and my god they really just can’t communicate very well. It’s so hard because they dislike each other for such trivial reasons that it made reading this book really hard.

I wish we could have seen more nuances of the FMC and her in her pregnancy plus the convoluted baby daddy stuff on top of the attentive OBGYN MMC, but it just… wasn’t it. Much of the book is filled instead with pranks and some are simply taken too far. Overall, a meh book. Forgettable.

onlyzuul01's review against another edition

3.5

lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ri_ri's review against another edition

3.0

“Jessie is starting to make sense to me, and she's only becoming more beautiful as she comes into focus.”

This was cute, funny and wholesome just what I needed and expected from Sarah Adams. The enemies to lovers was done well but I think it was more of hate to love not actual real enemies to lovers because Jessie hated Drew for his perfection.

Drew is the best thing about this book. This man is just perfect. He knows how to love and care for Jessie. He was there for her and her baby even though she annoyed and humiliated him with her her fake engagement revenge plan.

“She smiles too, and it's the prettiest thing I've ever seen. It's light filtering into a desolate, damp cave. It's the first taste of watermelon in summer. It's a monarch butterfly landing on your finger.”

Jessie was annoying for the 80% of the book and I did not liked her techniques for getting revenge on Drew. She humiliated him in front of everyone and he still treated her with love and care. Jessie's hate for Drew was because of her abandonment issues and it's okay but this woman forgets that she was seven months pregnant.

“What happened recently?”
He smirks down at me. “You.”
“Me?”
He nods. “You steamrolled your way into my life and reminded me how good it feels to let go a little . . . to fight, to play to laugh.”

The romance was cute. They always fight and bicker over small things because they like each other but both are affraid of getting attached to each other because their so called fake-girlfriend-living-arrangement had an expiry date. I would've loved it more had they talked more openly about their feelings for each other in the start and especially Jessie because she was in denial for almost the 80% of the book. Drew was so kind and sweet for accepting Jessie and her baby and I liked how he loved Jessie and Jane.

“None of that sounds like a lesson you've learned.”
“Exactly. You don't teach me lessons-you help me rest.”

What I liked the most is that this book had no third-act breakup! The ending was so cute! Overall, this book was a fine cutesy and funny rom-com.