Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and Liz Alden for providing me with an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

I am always so excited to get an opportunity to read Liz’ books!

This one was enjoyable! I’m now inspired to start meditating and doing yoga.

Chris was a great character too and the spice was just right

This is the 2nd in a fun series by Liz Alden. It is easily a stand-alone read, too -- but you'll definitely want to go back and read the first one!

Sara is stuck in a fungus infested apartment until she runs into a dark, handsome stranger at a local cafe that invites her to stay with him in his rental house until she can figure things out with her yucky apartment situation. However, things aren't always as they seem - and it's a surprise when she finds out Chris' secrets.

It's a fun story, a quick read but awesome characters and I just love these girls! I can't wait to read more in this series! Thank you to NetGalley, the author and publisher for a temporary, digital ARC in return for my review.

After following her college-bound daughter abroad to Germany, Sarah moves into her new apartment and is greeted with absolute filth. When dishing on her housing situation to her three best friends, a stranger in a cafe offers to let her stay with him. Unbeknownst to Sarah, the stranger, Chris, is a member of Europe's biggest rock group, Sarah and Chris begin living together and immediately notice their opposite lifestyles, Sarah is vegan and focused on her health and wellbeing, while Chris spends his nights awake, smokes, and eats frozen meals most days. When Sarah offers to help Chris work on his artistic block, they grow closer and eventually succumb to their mutual attraction. However, with completely opposite lives, things get complicated when Chris returns to his band and Sarah gets a glimpse into that part of his life.
Fun and steamy but missing that spark. While this was a solid read with some opposites attract spice, I found the overall plot to be quite tame. For almost 300 pages I was expecting some plot points or more traveling around Europe like the first book; the minimal traveling we do get is mostly off-page, and 90% of the book takes place in their home. The saving grace to the plot or lack thereof is the characters, the buildup to Sarah and Chris coming together was great and I loved seeing the friends get together again. I can’t wait for Emma and Jade's books!

I enjoyed this book, but still think Book 1 with Luc and Tessa was better - it was hard to beat with how hot it was and the bar was set high for sure. But unlike Book 1, I didn't think the romance was rushed at all in this one. Sara and Chris lived together for a while and got to know each other over their time as roommates, so that made their romance more believable. It also helped that they were closer in age, although sometimes Chris came off as a 20-something year old, not a 38 year old. Chris has a secret identity (rock star), but I don't think he did anything wrong in keeping it from Sara initially. I get that he wanted her to see him for who he was and not the over-the-top persona he portrayed on stage. I also don't think he should have been the one to make a grand gesture in the end to win Sara over. He did nothing wrong in my opinion and it was all on Sara since she was scared.

Regardless, this one is still hot (but not as hot as Tessa/Luc). I still enjoy all the side characters and can't wait for more of this series. Definitely one of the top series for me this year.

3.75 ⭐️
What a delight to read. This book had everything you love in a story. It was fun, lovely, spicy and very enjoyable.
I want to thank NetGalley and the author for providing me with an ARC of this book.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Loved reading this book and author. If you haven't read it yet I highly recommend her and her books. I suggest reading the books in order

I received a digital copy of Riesling With My Roommate via NetGalley to read and review.

Sara, a yoga instructor from Texas ends up rooming with Chris, a German rockstar. The two are complete opposite of each other but still end up in a relationship.

Overall the story is cute but I had a hard time buying into Chris and Sara together. I felt like them being good friends made sense, dating didn’t. While I believe the changes in Chris are for the better Sara didn’t really change at all.

So far this is one of my top 5 reads of the year. I stayed up late to finish it because I just couldn't put it down.

This is my introduction to the Aged Like Fine Wine World, and I love the premise: four mature women living their best lives and finding love along the way. This, book 2, stars Sara, a widowed mom who temporarily moves to Germany to be near her daughter Zoe, and Chris, a rock star. (Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!)

I loved the friendship among Sara, Jade, Tessa and Emma. I think all women should have that circle of sister-friends that they'd travel halfway across the world with and for. I loved the relationship between Sara and Zoe: they're close, but both acknowledge a bit wistfully that they can't be joined at the hip forever.

I loved the roommate-to-lovers trope. Normally I'm not a fan of slow burn but I think this had the perfect balance of slow and burn. I loved Chris, I loved the delineation between Chris Müller and Chris Rächer. I loved that Sara saw both sides of him and loved both those sides.

What I didn't especially like, though, was the big "I'll drop everything just to be with you" gesture at the end. I dislike when female characters do it, I dislike when male characters do it. (I'm no author lol so I couldn't tell you a better way to resolve the conflict but I'm gonna say it anyway.)

I enjoyed the spice, the humor, every single character I met. Like I said, top 3 reads for me so far this year and it's not even June.

Overall: 4.75 stars

(Honest review, voluntarily posted by me in exchange for a NetGalley ARC.)

I loved this book! And so far my favorite in the Aged Like Fine Wine series.

This book had everything, hidden identify, forced proximity, he falls first, rockstar, found family and some spicyAF moments (backstage).

Chris was the broody musician who was stuck and need inspiration. Sara was the wholesome mom, that just needed someone to care about her for once. It was total opposites attract.

I love the friend group and can't wait to read about the other two friends in the future.

A delightful romance of roommates-to-lovers as a suburban health nut yoga teacher and rock star with writer's block find themselves thrown together - and quickly falling for each other.

A great use of humor throughout, especially when Sara and her friends acknowledge head on they ain't 21 anymore, but can still laugh about it, saggy boobs and all. And Chris shows how he is a lot more than just he's stage persona, aching for more than just a superficial life.

I didn't love that towards the end that <spoiler> Chris tries to change EVERYTHING about himself to try and be what he thinks Sara wants. I think it needed to be given more serious weight than just 'grow you hair back'. </spoiler> Still, it was still great to see how the relationship blossomed and evolved - and lots of plot threads dangling for the next in the series!

This is the 2nd book of Aged Like Fine Wine Novella, it can be read as stand alone. My second in this Mature women Younger man Novella and this series is really good. This book about Sara and Chris, their time together was sweet and hot at the same time. I love how they support and help each other. The grand gesture at the end make me shake my head, he drop everything to be with her. That's a no from me.

Thank you to NetGalley for provide this book, it is pleasure to review this book.

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Sara has recently moved to Germany in order to be closer to her daughter as she studies abroad... and because it's time for her to have her own adventures. She and her group of friends have al moved to Europe for the year, and she's excited to see what awaits her.
Except, it turns out, what awaits her is an apartment that is thoroughly unlike its pictures, and bordering on uninhabitable. So when a handsome German man offers her a room in his home, she accepts.
What she doesn't know is that her new roommate Chris is the guitarist in a famous band. That he's been struggling to write songs for a while now. And that, with her around, he's starting to find it a bit easier. And she can't denny that she's attracted to him. But they come from very different worlds, and she's resolute that nothing can happen between them.
As is Chris, who has no room for yoga or veganism in his world. But he finds himself intrigued by Sara. And as time goes on, he finds it harder and harder to resist her.

Riesling with My Roommate was everything I hoped it would be--it's sweet, funny, and steamy, definitely following the tradition of the other Liz Alden books I've read. I absolutely loved it, and can't wait for the rest of the series.