When not working on her next book, Rosie enjoys jogging slowly to fast music, petting other people’s dogs, and competing against herself in rounds of Chopped using the miscellaneous ingredients occupying her fridge. Value in touching the raw and bloody parts of our souls, opening them up to the sunlight, and hoping they heal. When not writing, she enjoys jogging slowly to fast music, petting other people’s dogs, and competing against herself in rounds of Chopped using the miscellaneous ingredients occupying her fridge. Characterization: Josh was my favorite of the character just because he was given the most room to grow and he did. While Clara was as innocent as she can be, she goes out of her comfort zone, at her own pace, and Josh, as flirty as he can be, emphasizes the importance of consent and mutual pleasure.

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. The moment I learned about Josh being a sex worker, I buckled up in my seat because I knew I was going to be on a wild ride and while it was one, there were also other aspects of the story that were really heartwarming and touching. Clara’s journey to growing up from her family’s expectations was beautiful and progressed at a believable rate. The chemistry between them was so electrifying and sizzling hot, that sometimes I feel like I’m literally present in the room with them. Danan’s voice is fresh and sharp, and the romance between Clara and Josh is both sizzling hot and heartwarming.

That can be a good or bad thing, and in this case it was mostly good, though I can’t help but wonder if my high expectations are what is having me round down instead of up, you know? 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.

The Roommate is both hilarious and earnest, with off-the-charts tension and a sparkling, vibrant voice. Just because Clara had a doctorate and Josh didn’t that didn’t put them on different grounds like so many other novels make happen. The ending just rubbed me the wrong way because we had been dragged along with Clara’s familial baggage and her unease with Josh and her family. Danan gives us strangers to annoyed-roommates to kinda-friends to angsty-pining to finally-lovers with humour, wit, and just a hint of pathos.I know that pornography is not a comfortable topic for everyone but this book really highlights the reality of inequalities and exploitation that’s happening in the industry. 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. D. in art history and no idea what to do with it, so she moves to LA in a last-ditch attempt to win over the friend she’s had a crush on since they were teenagers.

He was sweet, caring, super empowering and supportive, hilarious, adorable…you just wanted to hug him and let him do wicked things to you at the same time. And this is why I love forced cohabitation because there’s always tension and mutual pining between the characters. I wanted to watch Clara actually stand up for her new life and Josh in front of the people she was so scared of.Josh and Clara are easily my favorite ‘smash the patriarchy’ couple, and The Roommate is easily one of my top romance reads of 2020! Thirty years after the band’s dramatic and mysterious breakup, its biggest hit is experiencing a resurgence of popularity. Rosie Danan is the award-winning, bestselling author of The Roommate, The Intimacy Experiment, and the upcoming Do Your Worst. The characters were completely fleshed out, the side characters were phenomenal, and the plot was GREAT. To become so consumed by the yearning in your heart that when you got what you’d always longed for, you could hardly recognize it.

While I wish the ending had been longer to face some of Clara’s problems, I am pleased enough with the novel to give it a 5/5 rating. As an American expat living in London, Rosie regularly finds herself borrowing slang that doesn’t belong to her. 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 . The rom-com received a 2020 Ripped Bodice Award for Excellence in Romantic Fiction and has been optioned for film. Once she learns how Josh has made a name for himself, Clara realises living with him might destroy the reputation she’s spent years building.All books received for review are either purchased by me or provided in exchange of review, without any monetary compensation. I feel very lucky to be working with the genius minds at Gotham and Anton and look forward to making them blush. Clara is worried that her association with Josh will cause a scandal, but she loves the freedom of her new life too much to worry. I loved how we learned about her and she wasn’t jaded about Clara and Josh even if Josh and her had been together for so long.