I absolutely adored this book! The beginning was a little shaky for me, since it jumps right in without much character background, but after the first few chapters I found myself hooked! I loved both of the main characters and the tension between them. I also really liked the fact that this book was so sex-positive and thoughtful about the lives and rights of sex workers. The story was fun, exciting, and super sexy. I can’t wait to read more from this author!

There's lots of hype about this book, and after finishing it, I can see why! Clara Wheaton, an uptight east coast art historian, impulsively moves across the country because she's decided it's time to make it happen with her childhood best friend. Unfortunately for her, he decides to leave on a music tour around the same time, so Clara ends up living with Josh, a Craigslist roommate and adult performer. Both Josh and Clara judge one another and assume they have nothing in common, but as they spend more time together, they come up with a common goal to create an educational series for women about how to learn more about their own pleasure. All the close proximity and sexy talk leaves them wondering if maybe an uptight east coast art historian and an adult performer have a shot at a happily ever after.
I didn't think I would love Josh, but oh my gosh, I loved Josh. This book was funny, feminist, and sex positive in a way that shows you the important work that romance novels can do. I loved it!

I LOVE LOVE LOVED THIS BOOK! So steamy but with so much heart, you can't help but fall in love with Clara and Josh

This was an amazing read! The characters were well written and feminist to their core. I 100% recommend this title to any romance lover, probably my favourite romance of this year! The author touches on so many important topics of consent and the sex worker industry. Just truly wonderful to read, I immediately fell in love with Josh and I wish more men could appreciate this kind of literature and emulate him.

Hot damn! This book. Whew. This book is nothing short of unputdownable. I read it within 24 hours and had to stay up until 2 am to finish -- there was just way I was going to sleep without reading until the end. I can't wait to recommend this to everyone I know.

The Roommate encapsulates the perfect blend of sweet and steamy.

Clara plans to move in with her longtime crush in California, only to move in with Josh, a random stranger, instead.

Their relationship is so full of tenderness and acceptance (and yes, much steam). There's little I love more in romance than a confident hero laid low by a crush.

What grabs me most about this book are discussions surrounding women's pleasure. I don't want to spoil it, but the project they create together is so important!

Sweet, sexy, sizzling, swoonie, sassy, and so much fun! Rosie Danan has written a clever and entertaining opposites attract romcom. Clara comes from a conservative proper East Coast family and has just moved to LA to force things with her lifetime crush Everett. BUT Everett is off touring with his subpar band and now Clara finds herself living with a complete stranger. Josh is the darling of the adult entertainment industry and does not quite know what to think of uptight Clara. What follows is an engaging story full of heat and humor. Love the relationship that developed between Clara and Josh. Josh was seriously one of the best guys I’ve read about, he was so considerate and respectful it was quite refreshing. I love the endeavor that these two started together. Clara really as uptight as she was she really had an open mind and was willing to learn, listen, and let go. The story addressed a lot of the issues in the porn industry as well as giving the performers a human face. Great story, fabulous cast of characters, slow burn romance, sizzling chemistry.

This book in emojis 🔥 🕯 🎥 🛀🏼 🎬

*** Big thank you to Berkley for my gifted copy of this book. All opinions are my own. ***

I really, really liked this book. Forced roommate situations turned angsty romance is my kryptonite.

Going into it, I have no idea it was about the adult film industry/sex work so I was surprised, but in the best possible way. The sex scenes were *chefs kiss*. Rosie is a genius of smut (who thought no penetrative sex could be so hot) and the romance is totally adorable. There were great conversations about being a person involved in sex work, the stigma, exploitation, etc. It also covered self-image issues like body positivity and self-inflicted pressure to please others and family relationships.

Overall, highly recommend for something fun with a good amount of substance!

This book was both sexy and sweet. The chemistry between Clara and Josh was undeniable. It also provided a good, honest look into the adult film industry.

All right, so the premise of this book was unlike others that I have seen and I think that's what drew me to it! And overall, I liked it, but oh my goodness. The way the main girl spoke was beyond infuriating. She felt like a caricature instead of an actual fleshed out character. I couldn't stand the way she spoke or the stupid little lists she made. Like, who does that? Oy vey!

Clara is an East Coast socialite who moves to California to chase her 14-year crush Everett. But when she arrives, he drops her at the front door and says sayonara. Instead of rooming with her childhood best friend, she gets to room with a perfect stranger: oh joy. But, yeah, oh joy, is exactly right because the new roommate happens to be Josh Darling, porn star. With Josh's help, support, and --dare he admit it-- love, Clara steps out from her family's thumb, learns how to enjoy sex, learns how to be a powerful woman in her own right, learns what love actually is (Everett who?), and sets the business of pleasure on fire.

The Roommate does exactly what Josh and Clara's new company Shameless does: sets the world of sex on fire... but for women-- NOT men. It's steamy, has all the right fireworks of emotions, and characters that /both/ grow into their best selves.

On the chaste to steamy scale, it's 8.5.

I loved The Roommate, and I read it in giant gulps. Clara is a socialite from Connecticut who is always very concerned about what her family will think, and is all about avoiding scandal. That is, until her lifelong crush offers her a place to stay in his LA house, and she abandons her life to live with him. Too bad once she arrives she finds out he's going on tour with his band and that he's found her a roommate on Craigslist. I really don't want to give up any more of the plot. I will say that Josh, her roommate, is super dreamy, and that I loved their relationship. This book sucked me in and it's definitely one I can see re-reading a bunch. It's funny and feminist and just so good. Highly, highly recommended.

This was an enjoyable read. The romance scenes are served with an extra side of steam. This, and the general theme, would not be for every reader. The characters were well drawn and the story had humor and heart. The last chapter was anticlimactic. Two years is a big time difference and only a couple of pages of exposition is really not enough to tie up the story.

This was a very swoony and sexy book! Loved the characters and the inherent sex-positivity. A thoroughly enjoyable debut!

Is Hallmark made erotic movies this would probably be the type of movie they'd make.
I'm not making fun and I'm not saying that the author didn't make a really good story is this hard to compare it to anything else . The heroine in the story was really irritating and annoying at times because I just wanted her to grow a freaking backbone! She grew on me and in some ways grew up so to speak.
If you ever need a reminder about living your truth and doing the things that need to be done regardless of what people think this is a good book for that and sex....lots of sex....lol.

Went into this one not even reading the synopsis and I am going to recommend THAT IS THE WAY. Oh my god this one surprised me. It was so funny and the little twist you learn at the beginning is GOLD. This was such a welcome surprise and if you need a dynamite read to bring to the beach this summer I promise you this one delivers on the heat 🔥🔥🔥! Add it to your preorder lists I promise you won’t regret it!! ☕️☕️☕️☕️ 1/2

This book. This book was not at all what I expected it to be. It surpassed my expectations and tugged on my heart strings.

Josh and Clara are electric. Clara is an uptight high society princess and Josh is, well Josh has his own baggage. But this story is so much more than that. It's incredibly sexy, heartfelt, sweet, funny and beautifully written. The author pulls out these power house one liner character revelations that manage to be both incredibly complex, but also so real and easy to empathize with.
Danan manages to write their character flaws, prejudices, and vulnerability in a way that's raw, honest, and heartfelt.

I absolutely loved it.

Don't let the book description fool you! I read it and went into thinking oh, it's going to be a forced-proximity love story. It was that, but the book description leaves out that Josh, Clara's new roomie, is a porn star.

I have no idea why the publisher chose to leave that out of the book jacket description, but readers are going to be in for a surprise! This was cute and I enjoyed reading something a somewhat out of my comfort zone.

The second half was definitely a lot better than the first half and this was very steamy. VERY steamy. It's open-door, so I just want to forewarn you if you prefer the lighter side of steam.

This was easily one of my most anticipated reads of the year. From the second I saw Rosie's promo for it last year I could NOT WAIT to get my hands on an ARC of The Roommate (endless thanks to the Netgalley and Berkley Gods!)

Clara needs a change from her elite East Coast life and well-known family. She moves to LA with the intention of finally convincing her life-long crush and friend of falling in love with her. Her plan is solid, become his roommate and let forced proximity work it's magic. Little does she know that he booked a summer long tour for his band and sublet his room to a stranger he found off Craigslist.

Going in I knew this was going to be a rom-com about the porn industry, but I know some people were surprised when Josh is introduced as a well-known porn star. I do worry Berkley is doing the book a disservice by NOT making that aspect of his career abundantly clear in the synopsis. There are definitely readers who might go into the book expecting a cute romance and be upset to find that a large part of the plot is around the porn industry. I'll be really curious to see how reviews play out once the book is published.

I will say that the first half of the book was good, but it wasn't great for me. I went in with really high expectations after early rave reviews. It's a slow burn (to an extent, there's some early steamy bits), and there's a LOT of information about working in the porn industry. I did really enjoy those parts but the first half was still missing something that made me love it immediately. I will always give a book I'm enjoying the second half to convince me that its worthy of five stars and holy wow did The Roommate convince me!

Somewhere around 50-55% I went from "okay this is interesting" to "omg I LOVE this!" I loved the friendship between Clara and Josh, their relationship developed so naturally as they went from roommates to business partners. Once I got into the second half I could not put it down, both because of how the plot evolved and the steam. Good lord the steam *fans self* Josh is swoon city and I loved how he treated Clara through the whole book.

I love love loved what this story says about female sexuality and the porn industry. This story has some really amazing feminist undertones that I was 1000% here for, both in regards to women not being ashamed of their sensuality and respecting people working in pornography.

I can't get over how fantastic Rosie Danan's debut was and I highly, highly recommend it! Five steamy, forced proximity, roommates-to-lovers stars!

This book was actually better than I expected it to be, which is more uncommon than not. I am a sucker for light romances, especially after reading books with darker content, and this was just what I needed. I actually found the content of this book to be somewhat unexpected (in a good way), and the storyline brings to light social issues that most people rarely think about but are nonetheless important. The romance was both sizzling and cutesy, a fun combination, especially if you are into the whole "opposites attract" trope. I highly recommend this read if you are an avid romance reader.