I also had a bit of a problem with the main character Rosie. It took so long to get anywhere close to the romance. And so it slowed down the pace a lot to a point where I was thinking OK there’s slow burn then this book took it to like a slooooooooooooow burn. It felt like there was just a lot of unnecessary writing put in. And I think it’s because the beginning/middle of the book dragged a bit for me. So, I want to say I loved it, but I can’t quite get there. Enter Lucas, Rosie’s best friend’s cousin, he shows up at the apartment to stay the last few weeks of his Visa allotment at his cousin’s apartment and Rosie finds opportunity to use Lucas to help her for Book #2’s inspiration. After her apartment ceiling collapses she goes to her best friend’s apartment to stay a few nights while her bestie is on her honeymoon. After her first book takes off as a success she got a deal for a second book, but now has writers block. Rosie Graham has recently left her job as an engineer to follow a career as a romance writer.

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. 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. Lucas offers to let Rosie stay with him, at least until she can find some affordable temporary housing. Only this one strolls around the place in a towel, has a distracting grin, and an irresistible accent. Lucas seems intent on coming to her rescue like a Spanish knight in shining armor. 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. Luckily she has her best friend Lina’s spare key while she’s out of town. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. She hasn’t told her family and now has terrible writer’s block. She just quit her well paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer.

The American Roommate Experiment by Elena Armas

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