The Roommate (The Shameless Series)
From the bestselling author of My Lovely Wife comes a reckless, delicious thriller that gives a whole new meaning to the dangers of modern dating. Wes and Ivy are madly in love. They've never felt anything like it. It's the type of romance people write stories about. But what kind of story? When it's good, it's great. Flowers. Grand gestures. Deep meaningful conversations where the whole world disappears. When it's bad, it's really bad. Vengeful fights. Damaged property. Arrest warrants. But their vicious cycle of catastrophic breakups and head-over-heels reconciliations needs to end fast. Because suddenly, Wes and Ivy have a common enemy--and she's a detective. There's something Wes and Ivy never talk about--in good times or bad. The night of their worst breakup, when one of them took things too far, and someone ended up dead. If they can stick together, they can survive anything--even the tightening net of a police investigation. Because one more breakup might just be their last...
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A FAVORITE for sure!
This book is perfection. I don't know how to formulate an appropriate review. But the premise is such a unique take on forced proximity trope.
A goody two shoe Harvard grad and a Porn Star have to be roomies?
The sex-positive atmosphere and communication is superb.
The steam is the most deliciously descriptive of writing.
The whole part where they fall for each other... SWOON!
Love this book, Rosie Danan is a staple author for sure.
Merged review:
A FAVORITE for sure!
This book is perfection. I don't know how to formulate an appropriate review. But the premise is such a unique take on forced proximity trope.
A goody two shoe Harvard grad and a Porn Star have to be roomies?
The sex-positive atmosphere and communication is superb.
The steam is the most deliciously descriptive of writing.
The whole part where they fall for each other... SWOON!
Love this book, Rosie Danan is a staple author for sure.
This book is perfection. I don't know how to formulate an appropriate review. But the premise is such a unique take on forced proximity trope.
A goody two shoe Harvard grad and a Porn Star have to be roomies?
The sex-positive atmosphere and communication is superb.
The steam is the most deliciously descriptive of writing.
The whole part where they fall for each other... SWOON!
Love this book, Rosie Danan is a staple author for sure.
Merged review:
A FAVORITE for sure!
This book is perfection. I don't know how to formulate an appropriate review. But the premise is such a unique take on forced proximity trope.
A goody two shoe Harvard grad and a Porn Star have to be roomies?
The sex-positive atmosphere and communication is superb.
The steam is the most deliciously descriptive of writing.
The whole part where they fall for each other... SWOON!
Love this book, Rosie Danan is a staple author for sure.
I really liked that the ex-girlfriend was not a raging, jealous bitch. Rosie Danan did things right by writing her as an ex who understands that both parties are allowed to move on without drama. She supported the relationship between Josh and Clara. Her pricklyness was her personality, not directed at Clara and she as never outright mean to her. I just liked this writing choice overall.
I really disliked the third act break because, while the issues that arose made perfect sense, I could not buy the resolution of those issues. Either, more time needed to be spent unpacking that final disagreement instead of brushing it all aside with dramatic love declarations and rapidly wrapping things up or the book needed to be longer to accommodate this narrative choice or, avoid the conflict entirely because there was enough external conflict to carry the story without it.
Also I really think this book missed the mark in terms of Clara's storyline about her family’s expectations, their prominence in the community, and her worries about reputation and the "society pages". It really did not make sense to me that so much of her inner conflict revolves around this and yet we never encounter her uptight family at all on page and we don't see her resolving her issues with them. This made the epilogue not as satisfying as the author wanted it to be.
I really disliked the third act break because, while the issues that arose made perfect sense, I could not buy the resolution of those issues. Either, more time needed to be spent unpacking that final disagreement instead of brushing it all aside with dramatic love declarations and rapidly wrapping things up or the book needed to be longer to accommodate this narrative choice or, avoid the conflict entirely because there was enough external conflict to carry the story without it.
Also I really think this book missed the mark in terms of Clara's storyline about her family’s expectations, their prominence in the community, and her worries about reputation and the "society pages". It really did not make sense to me that so much of her inner conflict revolves around this and yet we never encounter her uptight family at all on page and we don't see her resolving her issues with them. This made the epilogue not as satisfying as the author wanted it to be.
It me a couple of weeks to get into, but once I did, I read it so fast that I wish I read it slower.
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