Review: The American Roommate Experiment

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Rosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn’t told her family and now has terrible writer’s block. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. Luckily she has her best friend Lina’s spare key while she’s out of town. But Rosie doesn’t know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking—for lack of a better word—on Instagram for the last few months. Lucas seems intent on coming to her rescue like a Spanish knight in shining armor. Only this one strolls around the place in a towel, has a distracting grin, and an irresistible accent. Oh, and he cooks.

Lucas offers to let Rosie stay with him, at least until she can find some affordable temporary housing. And then he proposes an outrageous experiment to bring back her literary muse and meet her deadline: He’ll take her on a series of experimental dates meant to jump-start her romantic inspiration. Rosie has nothing to lose. Her silly, online crush is totally under control—but Lucas’s time in New York has an expiration date, and six weeks may not be enough, for either her or her deadline.

Genre: contemporary romance

Publication date: September 2022

Mature content: yes

 

Review: Even though The American Roommate Experiment can be read as a stand alone book, it closely follows, in terms of timeline, The Spanish Love Deception. Since I absolutely loved reading The Spanish Love Deception, it was a natural choice for me to move on to this second book.

 

I was, however, slightly disappointed. The plot moves much slower, or at least it felt that way to me, and I couldn't connect with either main character, but most especially Lucas. I did like the fact that the story this time is told from both POVs instead of just one, though. 

It's still a nice book, and it's still a very pretty romance story, but I much preferred Aaron and Lina's story from the first book.

Happy readings,

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