The Roommate (Shameless)

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Fast forward to this year, I tried again and I couldn’t stop! I think I burned through about 6 hours just reading this book. Clara Wheaton is the consummate good girl: over-achieving, well-mannered, utterly predictable. When her childhood crush invites her to move across the country, the offer is too good to resist. Unfortunately, it’s also too good to be true. The Roommate is both hilarious and earnest, with off-the-charts tension and a sparkling, vibrant voice. Clara and Josh captured my heart from their first interaction. I loved every word of this steamy, empowering romance.”— Rachel Lynn Solomon, author of Today, Tonight, Tomorrow Fresh and different, a special, superbly written slow-burn.” —Sarah Hogle, author of You Deserve Each Other As I mentioned, The Roommate surprised me in many good ways. When people said, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” THIS IS WHAT THEY MEAN.

A powerful, feminist book, that makes you laugh as hard as you cheer. The Roommate is sunshine in the form of a book‘ Alexa Martin, author of Snapped Suddenly, Clara finds herself sharing a house with a charming stranger. Josh might be a bit too perceptive – not to mention handsome – for comfort, but there’s a good chance he and Clara could have survived sharing a summer sublet if she hadn’t looked him up on the internet . . . When not writing, Rosie enjoys jogging slowly to fast music, petting other people’s dogs, and competing against herself in rounds of Chopped using the miscellaneous ingredients occupying her fridge. Let’s Chat!One of the steamiest romances of the year… a downright revolutionary story about modern women owning their desire.” —PopSugar It didn’t matter how many reasons she could list why Everett should love her. He didn’t. Not in the way she’d always wanted. And until she stopped waiting for a love she felt she was due, she’d never be able to imagine the future with anyone else.”

This isn’t the first time I read a book where the heroine is a “prude” and naive (not the first time I read a book with a main character who’s a sex worker either 👀) when it comes to sex, but I think that The Roommate will be a memorable one for me because the author was able to convey self-exploration in a really positive and healthy light. Clara’s Ending: I loved Clara’s character. She was enduring and a little clueless, but she learned. Or at least that’s what we were told. The ending just rubbed me the wrong way because we had been dragged along with Clara’s familial baggage and her unease with Josh and her family. When it came to it, it was just ignored. Like we got a HEA in LA, but where I really wanted to see was home in NY. I wanted to watch Clara actually stand up for her new life and Josh in front of the people she was so scared of. But no. I always thought love was supposed to make you itchy. A crawling-out-of-your-skin kind of obsession. I thought love was synonymous with pining and longing. That it had to hurt.” I know that pornography is not a comfortable topic for everyone but this book really highlights the reality of inequalities and exploitation that’s happening in the industry. The Roommate is laugh-out-loud funny, bananas sexy, and deeply romantic. Danan’s voice is fresh and sharp, and the romance between Clara and Josh is both sizzling hot and heartwarming. Everything I want in a romance.” —Andie J. Christopher, USA Todaybestselling authorProducer-financier Anton is producing, and The Gotham Group ( TheMaze Runner series) is executive-producing. The deal was negotiated by Anton’s John Zois who will oversee the project, and the Gotham Group’s Dillon Asher. The book was sourced for Anton by its creative executive Holly Hubsher.

The New York Times calls Rosie Danan’s debut novel, THE ROOMMATE “a book about people expanding into their best possible selves…warmly funny and gorgeously sexy.” The rom-com received a 2020 Ripped Bodice Award for Excellence in Romantic Fiction and has been optioned for film. A companion book THE INTIMACY EXPERIMENT is forthcoming April 6, 2021 in the US and UK. My debut novel THE ROOMMATE and a follow-up sequel THE INTIMACY EXPERIMENT are both available now from Berkley/Penguin (US) and Piatkus/Little Brown (UK). But it was also full of achingly cute and adorable scenes, even the slightest little things they do for each other. UGH, I LOVE FLUFF! 💖 And not only with Clara and Josh but also with their relationships with their friends and family, like Jill (Clara’s Aunt) and slightly with Naomi, who has this no-nonsense woman with a strong personality but is really a cinnamon roll inside. Final Thoughts 💡

Rosie Danan is the award-winning, bestselling author of The Roommate, The Intimacy Experiment, and the upcoming Do Your Worst. Her work has been optioned for film as well as translated into 9 different languages and counting. The New York Times describes her writing as "warmly funny and gorgeously sexy." Suddenly, Clara finds herself sharing a house with a charming stranger. Josh might be a bit too perceptive - not to mention handsome - for comfort, but there's a good chance he and Clara could have survived sharing a summer sublet if she hadn't looked him up on the internet . . . Characterization: Josh was my favorite of the character just because he was given the most room to grow and he did. I learned his strengths, weaknesses, dreams, insecurities, history, everything. It was done in a way that you didn’t always notice. His story arc was stunning and the best part of this novel. Clara was a little less defined but I think that was part of her character. I wish I would have seen more of her changing. And Naomi! She was a precious badass that I am so looking forward to following into Danan’s second novel. I loved how we learned about her and she wasn’t jaded about Clara and Josh even if Josh and her had been together for so long. She was great and knew exactly what she wanted. Dislikes: I truly enjoyed reading this book because it kept surprising me in a really cool way! Forced Cohabitation and Mutual Attraction 👀 The Roommate is unapologetically sexy as hell. Danan’s writing, like her characters, is funny, seductive, and full of heart‘ Meryl Wilsner, author of Something to Talk About

Change always comes with a closing cost. But it's still worth trying. Not because the odds are particularly good, mind you, but considering the alternative. There's value in the struggle. Value in touching the raw and bloody parts of our souls, opening them up to the sunlight, and hoping they heal.”Rosie Danan’s The Roommate is seriously sexy, seriously smart.” —Helen Hoang, USA Today bestselling author