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The American Roommate Experiment
by Elena Armas
“It was a comet. The boy saw the comet and he felt as though his life had meaning. And when it went away, he waited his entire life for it to come back to him.”
No, you’re not wrong. This is indeed a quote from One Tree Hill. In The Spanish Love Deception, Lina (I think) mentioned watching OTH. In The American Roommate Experiment, one of Rosie’s former boyfriends was named Jake Jagielski. (Which had me cackling to myself.) And part of what reunites our hero and heroine in this book is so very much Lucas Scott, I loved it so much. There is a moment where Lina is convincing Lucas in the third act, that he was oblivious to how deep Rosie’s feelings were and it sent me back to that above quote from One Tree Hill. The vibes, they were the same.
OTH is one of my ride or die teen dramas. Far fetched, ostentatious, bonkers. But I sob ugly tears for the whole hour of the “With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds…” episode. I, an adult woman, still pine for Lucas or Nathan to give me a heartfelt speech in the rain. SO THE POINT, is this book. This book delivered on the longing, the pining, the lovesick feelings that one usually gets from over the top teen dramas.
I laughed. I cried. I felt those very big “real love” emotions that Rosie and Lucas were feeling.
“I could see you in those pages, Lucas. It was you. I have no idea how she did it, how she turned something great into something breathtakingly beautiful, but she did. And it’s like a goddamn love letter. To you.”
Now that, that is from this book. If Elena Armas showed up at my door and wanted to have a marathon casting session for these books while binge re-watching OTH for the millionth time, yes. Absolutely.
No, you’re not wrong. This is indeed a quote from One Tree Hill. In The Spanish Love Deception, Lina (I think) mentioned watching OTH. In The American Roommate Experiment, one of Rosie’s former boyfriends was named Jake Jagielski. (Which had me cackling to myself.) And part of what reunites our hero and heroine in this book is so very much Lucas Scott, I loved it so much. There is a moment where Lina is convincing Lucas in the third act, that he was oblivious to how deep Rosie’s feelings were and it sent me back to that above quote from One Tree Hill. The vibes, they were the same.
OTH is one of my ride or die teen dramas. Far fetched, ostentatious, bonkers. But I sob ugly tears for the whole hour of the “With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds…” episode. I, an adult woman, still pine for Lucas or Nathan to give me a heartfelt speech in the rain. SO THE POINT, is this book. This book delivered on the longing, the pining, the lovesick feelings that one usually gets from over the top teen dramas.
I laughed. I cried. I felt those very big “real love” emotions that Rosie and Lucas were feeling.
“I could see you in those pages, Lucas. It was you. I have no idea how she did it, how she turned something great into something breathtakingly beautiful, but she did. And it’s like a goddamn love letter. To you.”
Now that, that is from this book. If Elena Armas showed up at my door and wanted to have a marathon casting session for these books while binge re-watching OTH for the millionth time, yes. Absolutely.