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Never Kiss Your Roommate by Philline Harms

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emotional lighthearted 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

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5.0

Super wholesome book with actual character development. I really enjoyed this one, although I was very apprehensive at first. A nice, diverse and interesting group of characters, without feeling forced. I don't think I would change anything.

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4.0

Thank you Netgalley for providing this arc for me.

This was a delightfully fluffy and cute sapphic novel set in an English boarding school that's a castle. It also features a very prominent mlm romance side by side with our main sapphic couple. There's also a mystery subplot sprinkled within it about a mystery web blogger who exposes the students' secret and something sinister lurking from the love interest's past.

I just have to say how much I love the relationships and friendships in this novel. Evelyn and Seth's friendship is so wholesome, supportive and natural that it became one of my favorite parts of the novel. The theme of a queer found fami friend group that Evelyn, Noelle, Jasper and Seth made up also warms my heart. I related to and liked every one of the characters. They all have their own struggles due to their individual pasts but how they stick together and support for one another is just so sweet and warm to read about.

The ending was surprisingly making my heart pump. The mystery aspect is a good touch and I didn't expect the climax to be so tension filled and action pact. Such a good surprise.

Evelyn and Noelle is honestly sapphic relationship goals. I was in a book slump where I just needed to read something cutesy, feel-good and sapphic, which this book delivered and more! Thank you author for this sweet journey that made my heart swell.

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1.0

Spoiler alert: The roommates do kiss.

A cute little book with all your cliched tropes in there: having a secret crush on the "ice queen", being in precarious situations with said "ice queen" (7 minutes in heaven and self-defense lessons)... Unfortunately, nothing happens in this book. The book moved so quickly there wasn't enough time to develop the conflict well. Suddenly, we were in it, the teenagers are making stupid and dangerous choices and there's nothing more I hate when underage characters think they can solve a possibly life-or-death situation. Which, also, why was did the conflict go from 0 to 100 within a matter of minutes???? And that's the best way to describe this book 0 to 100 in a very, very short amount of time. The book only spans about 3-4 months, not even a complete semester at the boarding school...

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4.0

I love it for the simple fact that it brings me back to my teenage years, when I used to spend night after night awake reading stories on Wattpad.

It isn’t great. The story didn’t flow naturally, a lot of the interaction was just very unreal and the author should’ve spoken more about racial issues. Overall, it was what most of my experience on Wattpad was like.

Good for the Author for trying something big while being so young. Hope she continues to improve and brings more stories in the future!