Author: Christina Lauren
Publication Date: December 5th 2017
My Rating: ★★★★.5
Marriages of convenience are so…inconvenient.
Rescued by Calvin McLoughlin from a would-be subway attacker, Holland Bakker pays the brilliant musician back by pulling some of her errand-girl strings and getting him an audition with a big-time musical director. When the tryout goes better than even Holland could have imagined, Calvin is set for a great entry into Broadway—until he admits his student visa has expired and he’s in the country illegally.
Holland impulsively offers to wed the Irishman to keep him in New York, her growing infatuation a secret only to him. As their relationship evolves from awkward roommates to besotted lovers, Calvin becomes the darling of Broadway. In the middle of the theatrics and the acting-not-acting, what will it take for Holland and Calvin to realise that they both stopped pretending a long time ago?
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Picture this. Your uncle's very successful Broadway show just lost one of their star performers. Everyone is stressing out wondering how they'll be able to fill the gap in time to continue on with the show. You happen to know of a subway performer that can play the guitar like no one else you've ever heard. Whenever he strums this guitar you're pretty sure that angles sing from the high heavens in big praise, and you're so positive that he's the perfect fit for the spot. You bring him in for an audition and thankfully everyone loves him just as much as you do. Everything is going perfectly, or so it seems because soon everyone learns that your perfect player is here in the country illegally. Of course everyone is super bummed including him because this is the once in the lifetime chance that he's been waiting years for. While everyone else goes back to the drawing board to figure out the next step you do the craziest thing. You marry said guitarist so that he can not only stay in the U.S. but also so he can take the job. Crazy right? What's even crazier is that the more you two go on with your marriage the more "right" it all starts to feel. What happens when a marriage on convenience starts to feel like just a...marriage?
Roomies was a book that I wasn't too interested in at first mostly because I didn't know too much about it at first. But after seeing literally everyone rave about it and after seeing what it was about I was so interested in reading it. Plus I've heard from some very close blogging buddies that Christina Lauren are amazing at creating some cute lighthearted books that really fun to read. And after reading this one I can really see the hype surrounding them!! These two ladies definitely know how to create a fun story-line, and give the reader something entertaining to read. And I know for a fact that I'll be binging more of their books in the future.
I think one of the things I loved the most about Roomies was Holland. As a character I found her so damn relatable!! Well, besides the whole "marrying a stranger" part but still lol. She's at this point in her life where she has no damn clue what to do with her life, and even what she does think will be a good idea she's still unsure and lost as to how she'll even get there. She went to school for writing but she's hit such a road block with that and hasn't had any inspiration for her writing in the longest time. As far as her day job goes it's a job that her uncle pretty much made up for her so that she can have something to pay the bills, and although she is super thankful for how much it help her out and how much he loves her, she can't help but to feel like a burden. Everyone else at the theater knows how and why she has a job and she just feels like no one takes her too seriously as a result. Her struggles with finding her true passion and feeling like she may never reach a where she really belongs in the work aspects of her life hit me right in the gut because I'm definitely at that point in my life. Reading about a character going through my exact struggles just really showed that everyone reaches a rough patch in their lives, and at the end of the day that's okay.
I also really loved Calvin. His passion and for his music and his desire to reach success to were so great to read about. His struggles were completely different from Holland's, but also somewhat the same. He knows exactly what he wants to do with his life and has been making big strides towards it for years, but his roadblock is getting that big break. Although he gets his with the theater he he's still super supportive of Holland and does whatever he can to help her to figure out what she wants to do. He becomes an unexpected friend to Holland in the time that they start their marriage process and it was so sweet to read. I loved seeing their relationship bloom and progress and I was hit with a big case of the swoons. I did want to shake them both a few times towards the end, but overall I really LOVED this book!!
Another aspect I really loved was the theater itself. The descriptions of the building and the production played out in my head every time it was mentioned and it made it so fun to be able to picture such a big part of the book. I could see Calvin on that stage every single time, I saw the lights and the audience of the big show, it was all described so well and I loved that we got what was promised synopsis.
I could go on and on but I'll hush now hahah!! Roomies is a sweet, lighthearted book about two strangers who come together under unlikely circumstances. Their journey is one that will have you swooning from the beginning, while also giving you a glimpse behind the scenes of what it takes to bring a theater production center stage.
Now excuse me while I go devour more Christina Lauren books!!
I think one of the things I loved the most about Roomies was Holland. As a character I found her so damn relatable!! Well, besides the whole "marrying a stranger" part but still lol. She's at this point in her life where she has no damn clue what to do with her life, and even what she does think will be a good idea she's still unsure and lost as to how she'll even get there. She went to school for writing but she's hit such a road block with that and hasn't had any inspiration for her writing in the longest time. As far as her day job goes it's a job that her uncle pretty much made up for her so that she can have something to pay the bills, and although she is super thankful for how much it help her out and how much he loves her, she can't help but to feel like a burden. Everyone else at the theater knows how and why she has a job and she just feels like no one takes her too seriously as a result. Her struggles with finding her true passion and feeling like she may never reach a where she really belongs in the work aspects of her life hit me right in the gut because I'm definitely at that point in my life. Reading about a character going through my exact struggles just really showed that everyone reaches a rough patch in their lives, and at the end of the day that's okay.
I also really loved Calvin. His passion and for his music and his desire to reach success to were so great to read about. His struggles were completely different from Holland's, but also somewhat the same. He knows exactly what he wants to do with his life and has been making big strides towards it for years, but his roadblock is getting that big break. Although he gets his with the theater he he's still super supportive of Holland and does whatever he can to help her to figure out what she wants to do. He becomes an unexpected friend to Holland in the time that they start their marriage process and it was so sweet to read. I loved seeing their relationship bloom and progress and I was hit with a big case of the swoons. I did want to shake them both a few times towards the end, but overall I really LOVED this book!!
Another aspect I really loved was the theater itself. The descriptions of the building and the production played out in my head every time it was mentioned and it made it so fun to be able to picture such a big part of the book. I could see Calvin on that stage every single time, I saw the lights and the audience of the big show, it was all described so well and I loved that we got what was promised synopsis.
I could go on and on but I'll hush now hahah!! Roomies is a sweet, lighthearted book about two strangers who come together under unlikely circumstances. Their journey is one that will have you swooning from the beginning, while also giving you a glimpse behind the scenes of what it takes to bring a theater production center stage.
Now excuse me while I go devour more Christina Lauren books!!
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