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A review by yazthebookish
The Roommate by Rosie Danan
3.0
3 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Loving you is like sinking into a warm bath after a lifetime of feeling cold down to my bones.”
The Roommate is a rom-com following Clara Wheaton and her pursuit of her 14-year-old unrequited crush on her childhood friend, Everett Bloom.
You may think this is a romance involving two childhood friends turned lovers, but bear with me.
Everett invites Clara to move across the country, Clara's hope surges and she is eager to spend more time with Everett... however, as soon as she arrives, Everett leaves off to join a band tour and Clara finds that not only is she left all alone but worse.. she is sharing the lease with a guy named Josh.
Clara barely knows Josh but cares little about his background, that is until she finds out he is the Josh Darling, one of the bright stars in the entertainment industry.
Josh may be the gateway to a whole new world that Clara have never dared to step into before.
“You think everything’s romantic. You tried to convince me that The Mummy was a love story.”
“Of course The Mummy is a love story.” Clara thrust her hands on her hips. “You’re off your gourd.”
There were parts in this book that I enjoyed, I think it's fast-paced and the writing is good.
My main issue were the charcaters and the story.
I didn't connect with the story and there wasn't much to it honestly, it felt very simplistic.
Clara I found to be a very flat character
Josh was okay, I think I enjoyed his scenes more.
The romance was built on physical attraction, while that is a totally normal thing but it didn't feel like the romance got a proper build-up.
I can't pin-point where the couple actually fell for one another? All I know is that they had the hots for each other.
The humor in this book is what kept me entertained but there wasn't much of that either.
I kind of expected an enemies-to-lovers kind of situation going on, I think that would've been more fun.
Well.. it wasn't really bad but it doesn't get higher than 3-stars from me.
"Loving you is like sinking into a warm bath after a lifetime of feeling cold down to my bones.”
The Roommate is a rom-com following Clara Wheaton and her pursuit of her 14-year-old unrequited crush on her childhood friend, Everett Bloom.
You may think this is a romance involving two childhood friends turned lovers, but bear with me.
Everett invites Clara to move across the country, Clara's hope surges and she is eager to spend more time with Everett... however, as soon as she arrives, Everett leaves off to join a band tour and Clara finds that not only is she left all alone but worse.. she is sharing the lease with a guy named Josh.
Clara barely knows Josh but cares little about his background, that is until she finds out he is the Josh Darling, one of the bright stars in the entertainment industry.
Josh may be the gateway to a whole new world that Clara have never dared to step into before.
“You think everything’s romantic. You tried to convince me that The Mummy was a love story.”
“Of course The Mummy is a love story.” Clara thrust her hands on her hips. “You’re off your gourd.”
There were parts in this book that I enjoyed, I think it's fast-paced and the writing is good.
My main issue were the charcaters and the story.
I didn't connect with the story and there wasn't much to it honestly, it felt very simplistic.
Clara I found to be a very flat character
Josh was okay, I think I enjoyed his scenes more.
The romance was built on physical attraction, while that is a totally normal thing but it didn't feel like the romance got a proper build-up.
I can't pin-point where the couple actually fell for one another? All I know is that they had the hots for each other.
The humor in this book is what kept me entertained but there wasn't much of that either.
I kind of expected an enemies-to-lovers kind of situation going on, I think that would've been more fun.
Well.. it wasn't really bad but it doesn't get higher than 3-stars from me.