Roomies

By: Christina Lauren

Narrated by: K.C. Sheridan

From subway to Broadway to happily ever after. Love in all its thrill, hilarity, and uncertainty has never been so compulsively readable as in this “fresh, modern” (Entertainment Weekly) romance from the New York Times bestselling authors of The Unhoneymooners and Love and Other Words.

Marriages of convenience are so...inconvenient.

For months Holland Bakker has invented excuses to descend into the subway station near her apartment, drawn to the captivating music performed by her street musician crush. Lacking the nerve to actually talk to the gorgeous stranger, fate steps in one night in the form of a drunken attacker. Calvin Mcloughlin rescues her, but quickly disappears when the police start asking questions.

Using the only resource she has to pay the brilliant musician back, Holland gets Calvin an audition with her uncle, Broadway’s hottest musical director. When the tryout goes better than even Holland could have imagined, Calvin is set for a great entry into Broadway—until his reason for disappearing earlier becomes clear: he’s in the country illegally, his student visa having expired years ago.

Seeing that her uncle needs Calvin as much as Calvin needs him, a wild idea takes hold of her. Impulsively, she marries the Irishman, her infatuation a secret only to him. As their relationship evolves and Calvin becomes the darling of Broadway—in the middle of the theatrics and the acting-not-acting—will Holland and Calvin to realize that they both stopped pretending a long time ago?

Grade A for the performance

Okay so I usually hate when audiobooks have a main character with an accent because the narrator can never get the accent right and it kind of ruins the book for me. Not this book- I think Sheridan was actually Irish and if not she did a spot on Irish accent.

Besides that, the book was really good! I don’t think there was really any like slow spots, I was interested the whole time and the two main characters are adorable. Great read!

Meh

Im a fan of the authors but the story had no feeling to me. The narration was all over the place with the Irish accent and the ending just dragged on with ancillary characters and convenient friends at immigration. This could have been so much more as it was reminiscent of sweet filthy boy . It was an ok book but i know they can do better than this.

Unexpected giddy feeling

I only read this book because it was featured on a bookstagram’s reel for books that will be movies and I wasn’t expecting much but wow was I surprised. I LOVED this book. I found myself laughing out loud and feeling giddy. I finished this in less than one day. Definitely recommend this romance.

needed more room

What did you like about this audiobook?

NO, because it wasn't what I expected. It was to focused on what Holland inner turmoil, and I would have liked a bit more of Calvin's story.

How has the book increased your interest in the subject matter?

none

Does the author present information in a way that is interesting and insightful, and if so, how does he achieve this?

not really, I wanted to know more about Calvin.

What did you find wrong about the narrator's performance?

she wasn't vocally gripping when I feel she should be.

Well blow me down

Loved this. The narrator has a few places where you can tell she is more Irish than American (syllable emphasis, tone) but you get used to it and keep listening because you just can’t get enough. I was sick with pneumonia while listening and loved getting to lay in bed all day with this book.