This book was hot and steamy!

Clara is a Wheaton, Wheaton's, follow and rules and gets disowned if a sandal is ever involved in their life. When Clara feels lost she decided to up and move from New York to LA to live with her forever crush/childhood best friend Everett, but when he picks her up from the airport he drops a bombshell on her. No, he's not seeing someone, he's going on the road with his band all summer and is leaving that day. Not to worry Clara though he has a roommate lined up for her.

This roommate is gorge and no one mentions he works in adult entertainment. This is a great coming of age story for those 20 something-year-old adults where their careers after a few years are not what the wanted and to face the fears of the unknown.

2.5 stars

While I felt the writing was enjoyable, this story overall lacked substance. Neither hero or heroine had any skin in the game - Nothing to lose. Each of them could walk easily away from the opportunity - romantically and business-wise - that tumbled into their laps. And it steadily felt that if things didn’t work out it didn’t really matter.

There was little build up to their relationship. I’m not sure what they saw in one another. Perhaps the theme was that they started out falling for the stereotypes each represented and then saw the true beauty beneath. I’m not certain because we never got below the surface their emotions, motivations or fears.

I won’t call it cute. But it was a quick easy read - like reading about the idea of a book. Plenty was unrealistic but that’s not a thing I hold against romance books much - id come to loathe the genre if i always needed reality.

Bland Sexy Guy and Uptight Girl With Family Issues were non-offensive. Parts of the story related to the exploitation of porn workers was interesting and had so much unfulfilled promise. The ideas certainly stepped out of the comfort zone even if the execution didn’t.

*thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the opportunity to often my unbiased opinion*


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