The Roommate

By: Rosie Danan

Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Teddy Hamilton

"Warmly funny and gorgeously sexy." (New York Times Book Review)

A LibraryReads Pick

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 tempting 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 perceptiv - 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.

©2020 Rosie Danan (P)2020 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

“What an incredible debut! Danan gives us strangers to annoyed-roommates to kinda-friends to angsty-pining to finally-lovers with humor, wit, and just a hint of pathos. Josh and Clara are easily my favorite ‘smash the patriarchy’ couple, and The Roommate is easily one of my top romance reads of 2020!” (Jen DeLuca, author of Well Met)

"The Roommate is laugh-out-loud funny, bananas sexy, and deeply romantic. Danan’s voice is fresh and sharp, and the romance between Clara and Josh is both sizzling hot and heartwarming. Everything I want in a romance." (Andie J. Christopher, USA Today best-selling author)

"Nuanced, funny, super steamy and surprisingly tender, The Roommate raises the bar for rom coms in 2020 - a smashing debut, and I can't wait for more by Rosie Danan!" (Evie Dunmore, author of Bringing Down the Duke)

I want more!!

I couldn't love this book more. Switching back and forth from male to female narrator threw me off, but I see what they were going for, male vs female perspective. But the story itself was amazing! I was right there with Claira the whole time. Can't wait to listen again!!

Great story - fun, smart & plenty of heat

Truly enjoyed this one! I found the story really engaging on a lot of levels. Always enjoy Teddy Hamilton narrations & he does a great job here as usual - but this was my first Brittany Pressley narration and I was really impressed. She did great. I definitely want to listen to more books by this author and these narrators!

Fun but predictable

I love this type of book. I was told it was pretty spicy but I would disagree. It had a few, brief, “R” rated moments but nothing too racey! Thoroughly enjoyed this!

I almost returned this title.

I almost returned this title because I couldn’t get into it. But I gave it a chance and I’m sooo glad I did! It’s amazing I LOVE IT!!

Good girl meets the naughty boy she didn’t know she needed.

A perfect unexpected roommates-turned reluctant lust buddies rom-com. Characters were fun and heartwarming and had lovely personal growth by the end.

Male and female narrators did very well. Female was believable as the main character and put good inflection in her voice to catch the emotions of the character in various scenes. Male was delicious to listen to and totally fit the “naughty boy next door turns porn star” persona of the character while still capturing a boyish charm.

Would recommend this audibook to anyone looking for a feel-good romance with fun, lots of flirtation, sexy intimate moments and a happily ever after!!!

Cute

Cute steamy story. Could have done without all the liberal politics toward the end but that’s how most books are now!

Smut With A Side Of Plot

Although the smut and plot of this story sorta balance out in this book in terms of page count, the smut was better in my opinion. It’s very explicit so just be prepared before you buy. Fun read!

The Roommate (@readwithjocelin)

💞The Roommate💞 by Rosie Danan

“I think you might be the best thing that’s ever happened to me.”

Rating: 3/5⭐️
Spice: 2/5🌶

This book follows socialite Clara who moves across the country for a chance to live with her childhood crush, only to have him go on tour with his band and sublet his apartment to a stranger named Josh. Josh and Clara are now roommates, but when Clara looks up Josh online things are never the same.

Ah, I don’t really know where to start with this one. It was good but I just wanted more.

I really liked Josh! His job was interesting and I learned more about the adult performer community. I really liked that he introduced Clara into a whole new world and it lead them to working together in an unexpected way!

I wish there was banter, sass, or funny/awkward moments to put them in! I felt like there could be more to this story that drew Josh and Clara together. Overall, it was a good and short read!

If you read this, let me know your thoughts!

Forgot to mention: **I did listen to this as an audiobook as well and the narrators were good! So if you would rather listen to this, highly recommend the audiobook!**

Enjoyable but left wanting more

The story was interesting enough to keep me hooked. The overall idea of a prude living with a pornstar is a well known cliche but it worked. I enjoyed the shenanigans and character growth each lead developed through the story.

Narrator is not my cup of tea

I could not finish but I am sure it was a great story and I may just read the book. The female narrator was wonderful but I could not get over the male narrator. He sounded like the old private investigators you would watch back in the day in black and white as comedy. To hear it through out the whole book, I just couldn’t do it. There was one review where it was said he sounded arrogant and I might just have to agree. Not my cup of tea.