The American Roommate Experiment

A Novel

By: Elena Armas

Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya, Noah B. Perez

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Cosmopolitan, Goodreads, PopSugar, and more!

From the author of the Goodreads Choice Award winner The Spanish Love Deception, the eagerly anticipated follow-up featuring Rosie Graham and Lucas Martín, who are forced to share a New York apartment.

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.

4.25 Overall

Was really anticipating this book after hearing Armas’ first book. Def a slow slow anticipation for stuff to happen. The second half and ending where meh. I personally didn’t like the voice of Lucas nor the dual perspective. Had to play it at 2.0 speed, it was too slow for me.

Good book, weird narrator

Really enjoyed the book but the guy narrator was weird. It ended up really messing with the flow of the book.

Do NOT do audio version

I have so much and so little to say. The narrators ruined this book. The female voice sounded like she was about to break into song at any moment. Her performance was so theatrical and unnatural. Lucas. Oh Jesus. I had to listen to the book at 1.7x so I could survive his chapters. The breathy, seductive(?) voice was such a fail. Overall, being distracted by the narrators, it dawned on me how much I disliked the book. I’m over female characters that have no self confidence or awareness. Even in chapters towards the end of the book, she’s still questioning if he likes her. Omg. Don’t waste a credit. If you want to read, don’t do the audio version.

Pleasantly Surprised!

I’m always nervous about reading new authors and even more so about listening to new narrators. I was blown away by it all. The story was great with perfect character development. I love a slow burn! They all made a huge fan out of me. I can’t wait to listen to the next one.

Could not finish

The male narrators voice is so annoying. I can’t finish this book. Maybe I’ll have to read it for myself. Bummer