The Roommate by Rosie Danan

e-Audio, 10:46:24
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley & Teddy Hamilton
Release Date: September 15, 2020
Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Read from: September 17-23 & November 11-12, 2020
Stand-alone (Companion, Novel #1) 
Source: Library
TW: 
For fans of: Romance, Romantic Comedy, Adult, LOL, Companion, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Own, Realistic Fiction

    House Rules:
Do your own dishes
Knock before entering the bathroom
Never look up your roommate online
     The Wheatons are infamous among the east coast elite for their lack of impulse control, except for their daughter Clara. She’s the consummate socialite: over-achieving, well-mannered, predictable. But every Wheaton has their weakness. When Clara’s childhood crush invites her to move cross-country, the offer is too much to resist. Unfortunately, it’s also too good to be true.
     After a bait-and-switch, Clara finds herself sharing a lease with a charming stranger. Josh might be a bit too perceptive—not to mention handsome—for comfort, but there’s a good chance he and Clara could have survived sharing a summer sublet if she hadn’t looked him up on the Internet…
     Once she learns how Josh has made a name for himself, Clara realizes living with him might make her the Wheaton’s most scandalous story yet. His professional prowess inspires her to take tackling the stigma against female desire into her own hands. They may not agree on much, but Josh and Clara both believe women deserve better sex. What they decide to do about it will change both of their lives, and if they’re lucky, they’ll help everyone else get lucky too.

*MY THOUGHTS*

When I first heard about this book, I’m not going to lie, I added it because it’s about an adult performer. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book with one (that was classified as regular fiction anyway lol) and I knew I needed it once the reviews started coming in. And when I finally read it, I was not disappointed.

Clara has gone to her long time crush’s new residence and left all her problems with her mom (and all things that come with that) behind her. Just when she thinks she has a chance with him, he surprises her with: I rented out the room and I’m leaving instead. And lo and behold, the person he rented it out to is the exact opposite of quiet, bookworm, laminated rules Clara…. He’s an adult performer. As the summer goes on, they learn that they have more in common than they thought.

Now with the narrators, I really enjoyed them. It’s no secret that Brittany Pressley is one of my favorites. I say it every time she narrates another book. And this one is no different. She further cemented my love for this book. And the fact that there is a dual narrator made it even better. Teddy Hamilton did a great job as Josh. This wasn’t your usual book, but Hamilton made it seem like it was.

For the actual book, I LOVED the plot. I gave this almost a full rating because I thought the pacing was slightly off, but overall, it was a fun, very steamy book. And Idk, I love the opposites attract troupe; especially when there’s a nerd/bookworm involved. And as I said, this one does not disappoint.

The romance was very cute. I felt like I went through all the emotions with them. I was extremely happy, I was sad, I was excited for them, I felt it all. The only thing I didn’t like about it was the pacing. It kept going from 0 to sixty and then 0 again for long periods of time back to 60. I would have much preferred them to do it gradually, like start with a kiss or something and then kept amping it up after that. I guess it all felt weird to me to see them still acting like something as big as a SPOILER handie END SPOILER didn’t happen. But otherwise, watching the two of them be together was super cute!

This was so different than other things I’ve read, but I really enjoyed this. Now there’s a companion coming out next year, and I can already hardly stand the wait for it. I’m hoping for the same awesome writing style, same cute but steamy romance, and awesome characters that this one had in her next one.

Overall I give this