Reviews - And They Were Roommates

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And They Were Roommates

Page Powars

3.82 AVERAGE

starglitters's review against another edition

4.0

funny 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

Have to admit that it does take me a while to get into it. But by the middle of the book, I do find myself really enjoying the story. Though I do wish there were more focus on the relationship between Charlie and Jasper—they have a very fun and interesting dynamics, and their banters are always hilarious.

ALSO: additional bonus point for getting the voice actor of my beautiful wife Kaveh to narrate the audiobook. Definitely enhanced my experience listening to it. #ilovemywife

Content Warnings

grumpyreading's review against another edition

5.0

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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

💌 And They Were Roommates by Page Powars 💌

MY RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Charlie’s first day at Valentine Academy is here, and he has a plan to hide his identity as the school’s only trans student—but his plan is wrecked when he’s assigned Jasper Grimes as a roommate. Jasper, the boy who broke his heart… and who doesn’t recognize him. He agrees to help Jasper write love letters for a secret project in order to secure his own dorm room and freedom. But long nights spent with Jasper lead to unexpected consequences.

This was so cute 😭😭😭 I loved The Borrow A Boyfriend Club by Page Powars and loved this even more. The concept? Hilarious, genius, perfect. The execution? Equally all of those things. I absolutely loved this story and the characters. The banter was perfect, the characters had depth and quirkiness that made them all so endearing, and while the book was funny and lighthearted, it was also extremely heartfelt and handled real emotions and situations with so much care. I recommend reading this one in September/back to school season! Such a great read.

Read this if you like:

slow burn
boarding school
teenage angst (but like cute and awkward angst not too heavy)

Vibes: 💌🌹❤️🐎🕷️👻🏯👨🏾‍🏫📝

Song that matches the vibe: Sucker by Mo Kenney

Full review including content warnings on my StoryGraph.

rossi_dyl's review against another edition

2.75

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

wanted to love but it was a meh for me. i didn’t love the writing style, but it may be because it’s a ya novel.

astralaura's review against another edition

2.75

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

it was cute but i wanted to like it more than i did 😕

kbirdie's review against another edition

3.75

hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

slimikin's review against another edition

3.0

funny hopeful lighthearted slow-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

jesslk's review against another edition

4.0

Oh my god they were roommates

robin_hood8's review against another edition

4.25

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

moosethemoose's review against another edition

1.5

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

the positive to this book is trans representation and a cool academic type setting
that’s why it has 1.5 stars

the negatives to this book is everything else

ceziate's review against another edition

3.5

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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