Roomies
Written by Christina Lauren
Narrated by K.C. Sheridan
4/5
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About this audiobook
Marriages of convenience are so...inconvenient.
For months Holland Bakker has invented excuses to descend into the subway station near her apartment, drawn to the captivating music performed by her street musician crush. Lacking the nerve to actually talk to the gorgeous stranger, fate steps in one night in the form of a drunken attacker. Calvin Mcloughlin rescues her, but quickly disappears when the police start asking questions.
Using the only resource she has to pay the brilliant musician back, Holland gets Calvin an audition with her uncle, Broadway’s hottest musical director. When the tryout goes better than even Holland could have imagined, Calvin is set for a great entry into Broadway—until his reason for disappearing earlier becomes clear: he’s in the country illegally, his student visa having expired years ago.
Seeing that her uncle needs Calvin as much as Calvin needs him, a wild idea takes hold of her. Impulsively, she marries the Irishman, her infatuation a secret only to him. As their relationship evolves and Calvin becomes the darling of Broadway—in the middle of the theatrics and the acting-not-acting—will Holland and Calvin to realize that they both stopped pretending a long time ago?
Christina Lauren
Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of longtime writing partners and best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, the New York Times, USA TODAY, and #1 internationally bestselling authors of the Beautiful and Wild Seasons series, Autoboyography, Love and Other Words, Roomies, Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating, The Unhoneymooners, The Soulmate Equation, Something Wilder, and The True Love Experiment. You can find them online at ChristinaLaurenBooks.com or @ChristinaLauren on Instagram.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I was really into this story BUT the narrator made it so difficult for me to listen. Her cadence is so hard to follow and is a distraction. She was all over the place within the same paragraph and she would change her voice constantly.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I can't get past the sing-song up and down of the narration. It's so bad. I may try to read this instead.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Half way through and enjoying the story but really disliking the Narrator. She has no emotion in her reading and her tone very repetitive, finding it hard to get through her reading, but her voices and accents are nice.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Couldn't get through the unchanging cadence in which the narrator was reading the book, it is more like she is reading the book to you, than actually telling you the story, which is pretty weird since it is written in first person, may give it a try as a ebook or physical book.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I like the story, but this narrator is killing me. When she is doing dialogue it’s great, but all the rest of the time it is so sing song and repetitive that I almost feel nauseous. It makes it SO hard to listen to.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5great story but the narrator needed to work more on their delivery as she spoke too quickly in the beginning.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Narrator is terrible. She is obviously Irish and the character is a new Yorker. The Heroine is weak and shows sparks of strength and growth but doesn't do much with it. Sorry. Big fan of Christina and Lauren just not this one.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Great story line. No depth but the sex scenes. Wonderful reader.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Loved the accents in the audiobook. Made it that much more real to the listener and distinguished between the characters more clearly too. A fun read that also had the reader looking inward as well by all that Holland goes through in her journey. A great read for chick lit and romance fans.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The narrator really bothered me with her inflections so affected my listening for the beginning of the book. It’s a great story though. Not my favorite of theirs, but still recommend for a light read.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I wish it didn't feel like it ended so abruptly. I also wish there was more of a PG version so I would be able to listen while my children are in ear shot.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This was a good story for the most part. I think it could have been less drug out in places. There were a lot of dead zones.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This one just didn't work for me. I listened up to the 40% mark then went straight to the final chapter. Story was slow going and I got bored.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I really enjoyed the story and tone of the book. The ending was perfect. Felt a little drawn out at times. The narrator was rough a few times. Inconsistent with accents and voices. Sometimes couldn’t tell who was speaking. The Irish accent was all over the place.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Meh, i did not like the love interest at all.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Christina Lauren never fail to produce a fun, flirty and damn right sexy romance novel for their readers to devour. This story of love had me smiling, blushing and waiting for more endless sexting. Great read!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cute little love story. Could have been a bit more exciting though.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5It was okay. I enjoyed the book up until the end. The heroine sees a picture of hero and another woman and immediately jumps to conclusion.
Assumptions with no communication tends to annoy mr - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What a cute funny romance novel. It goes in a million different directions and I thoroughly enjoyed the book well worth the read
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very fun romance, listened to the audiobook and really enjoyed the narrator.
I liked the love story between Holland and Calvin some parts went a little bit too fast for my liking sometimes and the miscommunication was annoying from time to time. I also would have loved an epilouge because I want to know how the show went in LA and how Holland and Calvin are doing 6 months to a year later.
I absolutely loved Holland's uncles I loved their relationship it was honestly couple goals. On the otherhand I absolutely hated Lulu, she was a horrible friend most of the time, she was hellbent on embarrassing Holland infront of her uncles and Calvin. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Loved the Irish accent! I would read/listen to this again.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The under the table scene was my absolute favorite. Hysterical! Loved hearing this story. Great characters and development.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The reader’s rendition is just awful. The tone goes up and down in the weirdest places
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Absolutely loved this book! Hope it turns into a series
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Marriage of convenience
Strangers to friends to lovers
Forced proximity
Musician
Holland has basically been a borderline stalker of Calvin's since she heard him play in the subway so many months ago. Now she walks past where he plays at the same time each day just to catch his eye, except one day it doesn't go exactly to plan and she ends up in hospital with no statement from the only witness. Calvin.
Calvin has secrets and Holland wants to find out. To top it off the musician in the show she works for just quit and they have no backup. That's when a deal is made. One Calvin would be silly to turn down.
I loved the humour that Christina Lauren always brings to the table and there was no missing that in Roomies. The dynamic between Calvin and Holland was easy and fluid, their friendship naturally progressed to so much more and I was rooting for them to get there quicker. Unfortunately, there wasn't much spice. There was some hinting at what occurred and then a spice scene near the end but I wanted moreeeeee. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Brilliantly read! I think I just became a Christina Lauren fan so I’m hoping the other audiobooks are just as good! Thank you!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Love this too! My second read from Christina Lauren! The romance between the main characters make my heart flutters. They are so cute together!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Enjoyed this one. Kinda dragged on a bit for me.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Another wonderful Christina Lauren Novel! I fell in love with Calvin and Holland.