A review by sandykay
And They Were Roommates by Page Powars

2.5

I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

Too much going on with little point.
I think I can tell what the author was going for with the way characters and setting were introduced, but the leap is still too difficult for me to have enjoyed it. It seems like the author wanted the reader to feel like Charlie on his first day in a new school and be a little lost and untethered, not knowing where things are or how things are done in this elite school. Instead, it was just irritating, and we kept coming across situations of “oh, you don’t know how to do this thing? That’s weird.” Eventually, Charlie does find his place and on-campus family, but the payoff was not worth the journey. 

Unfortunately, I just didn’t care about the characters. 

Along with the plot not really developing, I found myself just not caring about the characters themselves. I had to constantly remind myself that this was a private high school, not college. I am a parent and far from my teens, but so much of this story just didn’t work for me. The main characters are 15(ish) years old and the overarching story is a second chance at love … from 18 months prior. I know (and remember) that our first loves always seem the biggest and the first heartbreaks are always the worst, but the whining and dramatics of both main characters were not well-done enough to make them loveable and move the plot along. This whole story just fell flat. 

The Final Verdict: A second chance at love for two 15-year-olds. No thanks. 
Stars 2 
Would I Recommend? Maybe for the right reader