Marriages of convenience are so…inconvenient.Rescued by Calvin McLoughlin from a would-be subway attacker, Holland Bakker pays the brilliant musician back by pulling some of her errand-girl strings and getting him an audition with a big-time musical director. When the tryout goes better than even Holland could have imagined, Calvin is set for a great entry into Broadway—until he admits his student visa has expired and he’s in the country illegally.
Holland impulsively offers to wed the Irishman to keep him in New York, her growing infatuation a secret only to him. As their relationship evolves from awkward roommates to besotted lovers, Calvin becomes the darling of Broadway. In the middle of the theatrics and the acting-not-acting, what will it take for Holland and Calvin to realise that they both stopped pretending a long time ago?
I’m always interested in reading anything by Christina Lauren. I had the chance to read the first couple pages of Roomies through BookishFirst and was sucked in. It had music, a guy with an Irish accent, and the promise of romance. I was sold and wanted to read more. Then I won a copy and dived right in when I got it in the mail.
The beginning of this novel has a lot of mystery which is what hooked me. It was the unraveling of those tidbits that made this novel worth reading. The writing itself is great. The characters and scenes come alive with the writing, they grow with the novel. I was invested in the story and the music. I even went on YouTube and searched some of the classical guitar songs and became more heavily involved with Calvin’s music through listening to it.
This is a must-read.
An advanced complimentary copy of this book was supplied by the publisher through BookishFirst in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.
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