Set in New York City, we're following a roommate romance between a surfer and an engineer-turned romance writer. When Rosie's ceiling caves in, she escapes to her best friend's studio apartment while she's on her honeymoon. Turns out, this best friend already told her cousin that the studio would be free and he shows up, as well.

As a solid three star read, The American Roommate Experiment had its moments. Despite not enjoying much of the spice or the sexy talk (it was awkward somehow?), there was a small smile plastered on my lips throughout the reading experience.

The meet cute was adorable. As mentioned above, Rosie meets her best friend's cousin, Lucas, while staying in her studio apartment. Rosie thinks that Lucas is breaking in. Classic rom-com meet cute and it's hilarious.

From there, they flirt as they get to know each other, which was enjoyable to read about. When the actual title of the novel comes into play, it starts to lose me.

Since Rosie is a romance writer, she has a deadline for her next book and she's struggling with writer's block. Lucas proposes that she go on fake dates with him to inspire her. Like... what?

The thing is, Lucas delivers. He takes her on these incredible, swoon-worthy dates and they both catching feelings (saw that coming). This was just a very standard romantic comedy. There wasn't really anything new about it. As such, I could probably write a full on spoiler review and not really spoil anything.

All of the plot points were predictable and Lucas started to annoy me halfway through. It's like he's written as a stereotypical telenovela character.

The audio is also almost fifteen hours long. When a romance is fifteen hours long, I want a serious slow burn that will make me pine through those hours. Even though it was kind of a slow burn... it wasn't really because of the fake dates. They weren't "real," but they were real, you know?

The American Roommate Experiment wasn't my thing, but it might be yours. The New York vibes were great, as was the first half of the book. If you don't mind plots like these and you're looking for a sexy male love interest who can cook, their story may interest you. There is a lot of food.

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