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And They Were Roommates by Page Powars
3.5
emotional lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I absolutely adored the side characters and our main character, Charlie. The book is very atmospheric at the boarding school and you will definitely love all the meaningful insight we get from Charlie being a closeted trans boy in an all boys school. 

I didn’t fall for the love between Charlie and Jasper. Jasper is very privileged and pompous and while things happen in the book to help us turn our opinion of him around, I didn’t personally fully get there. I do also wish the resolutions in the end of the book were not so rapidly resolved. It felt somewhat rushed and I think contributed to my feelings on Jasper.

That said, I still cried, and Charlie is a cutie pie. And the narrator did a fabulous job in the audiobook!