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A review by deena_
Roomies by Christina Lauren
4.0
Christina Lauren got the best contemporary romances up their sleeves. I've loved their work ever since ‘The Unhoneymooners'. For a quirky, witty, fun romance read, they're always the one you could count on. Any story with a musical backdrop is bound to catch my interest, and this book, with its easy-to-love characters stringed with the marriage of convenience theme, had me on a long emotional ride.
25-year-old, ambitious Holland Bakker thinks her life will always revolve around photographing and selling t-shirts for a grand scale theater in New York, where her uncle Robert owns an eminent position. The only bright spot in her life is watching Calvin, that mysterious subway busker playing his guitar. Her secret crush who sweeps her off her feet with his musical talents. When the theater she works for is in distress for need of a new guitarist, Holland introduces Calvin to Robert. The directors are eager to have him join them after just one audition. Staying in the States for over four years on an expired visa, Calvin can't jump at the opportunity of his dreams like he wants to. Suggestions are made that Holland marry him. Despite her uncle's opposition, she decides it's time to give her uncle something in return for everything he has done for her and to put him out of trouble on finding the perfect person for the band. What started out as a simple arrangement eventually became something so real. Misunderstandings arise, and hearts get broken as they both try and fail to grasp the feelings they have for each other.
25-year-old, ambitious Holland Bakker thinks her life will always revolve around photographing and selling t-shirts for a grand scale theater in New York, where her uncle Robert owns an eminent position. The only bright spot in her life is watching Calvin, that mysterious subway busker playing his guitar. Her secret crush who sweeps her off her feet with his musical talents. When the theater she works for is in distress for need of a new guitarist, Holland introduces Calvin to Robert. The directors are eager to have him join them after just one audition. Staying in the States for over four years on an expired visa, Calvin can't jump at the opportunity of his dreams like he wants to. Suggestions are made that Holland marry him. Despite her uncle's opposition, she decides it's time to give her uncle something in return for everything he has done for her and to put him out of trouble on finding the perfect person for the band. What started out as a simple arrangement eventually became something so real. Misunderstandings arise, and hearts get broken as they both try and fail to grasp the feelings they have for each other.