A review by httponyo
The Roommate Risk by Talia Hibbert

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

   Firstly ,  I think the writing was great! POC leads with the friendship to lovers troupe!! The way it switched between POVs wasn't blantly obvious but it was very easy to understand who was thinking what so I was never confused. The panic attacks , anxiety , stress and how it was all handled was written very well and didn't seem like a dramatic tv recreation. The content warnings are to be taken seriously , as the heavy topics are detailed and hit hard. This didn't make it difficult to read though!  

     Now ofcourse there are sexual scenes in this , not a BIG amount but I'd say maybe 15% of the book? And by the end I was just skimmed through the scene. Don't get me wrong these weren't cringey to read , the author writes like she knows what sex is. It's just theres a certain conversation thats had near the end and instead of the meaningful conversation continuing and them figuring out the next step , they had sex. It was kinda a "OK,  well I guess" moment for me. That after all of Jasmine and Rahuls agonizing , Hibbert kinda defaulted to what felt like an emotional cop out , especially since 2 momths of therapy is not solving her issues enough for her to have a healthy relationship with sex involved immediately. 
There's also my issues of the story ending with a 7 year time skip after that night instead of us seeing them connect officially as a couple. The story just noped itself into husband and wife with child scenario for the last pages. Where they proceeded to be sexual in the bathroom at the house with Rahuls family?? Like was that necessary?? It made me feel icky even thinking about doing anything sexual with kids about , especially since the neiece knocking on the door was what stopped the scene.
 

  These are just my thoughts though. There's some good things about this book and honestly I wish Hibbert had just let go of the sexual content near half end of it.
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