In “the temporary roomie” we follow Jessie as she’s almost about to give birth to her first child. However because of a broken pipe she needs a new house for a few weeks, so whose is better than her nemesis and best friend’s brother Drew? Their time together is full of pranks and mean jokes until living together brings them closer and closer to the point of Jessie dreading going back home. Is the temporary roomie really temporary?

I really enjoyed this romcom. I feel like it was the perfect read for me nowadays that I’m extremely busy with work. I loved Sarah Adams’ “when in Rome” series, so I already knew her writing style works for me. This was extremely easy to get through.

Personally I found Jessie’s behaviour extremely childish at times, but considering it’s a contemporary romance I already knew this was how the nemesis trope was going to unfold. Drew was a great love interest, I really liked him all throughout the novel. I also really enjoyed Lucy and Cooper as side characters.

Overall if you’re looking for a quick and easy romcom, look no further! This was funny, cute and wholesome at the same time. Also it’s a closed door romance, so if you don’t like spice, there’s no explicit scenes in this!
Thank you netgalley and headline books for allowing me to read an e-arc copy in exchange for an honest review.

When you are eagerly awaiting Sarah Adam's next release - you fill the void by reading her other works. Thankfully, Netgalley and Headline Eternal gave me an ARC for this book (it must be a re-release because it was originally published in 2021.) I previously read book 1 of this series so it was fun to see characters continue on a journey and some side characters get their own story.
This story has plenty of funny elements (Wishing her sunglasses were nesting dolls really cracked me up)- it also had soft and tender moments making this feel like a true easy romance read. I enjoyed it. These are low spice books as well which I know some readers prefer and Sarah Adams does this well!

I liked the bonus epilogue addition as well!
4/5 stars

2.75 stars, I really do like Sarah Adams and her writing. I loved when in rome, practice makes perfect and the rule book. The temporary roomie wasn't my favourite, I found the pranking a bit immature and I didn't really relate to the characters. Drew was sweet and I thought it was different that he was a doctor in women's health which was nice to see. I did like learning more about Jessie and seeing her vulnerable side and she has gone through a lot in her life. Thank you Netgalley for the ARC.

The Temporary Roomie is such a funny and cute read! There were quite a few laugh out loud moments and some tearjerkers too.

I love how Jessica grew throughout the course of the novel, I felt so happy for her when she began to open up more with Drew and trust him. I liked how the book delved in to the issues she had with her pregnancy, i.e., her self esteem and her self consciousness (her belief she shouldn’t be allowed to be happy or excited for her baby’s arrival). However, I feel like when the relationship between Drew and Jess officially started these issues were mentioned but ultimately pushed to the side which was a shame.

While I liked the pranks, I do think some of the, went too far, and while that was in line with Jessie’s character and her issues, I don’t think enough was down after them to show the healing and condemning of them. Like at times they were downright cruel.

Overall, I think this was a good read, with fun banter, good chemistry and great side characters. There was just a lot of potential and areas where more could’ve been done or improved upon.

Thank you to Headline | Headline Eternal for this e-arc!

I love Sarah Adams and will literally read anything she writes. This book was no exception, I love her style of writing and the characters were so likeable. The enemies to lovers and forced proximity tropes are some of my favourites and this book made me laugh all the way through.

The Temporary Roomie
3.75⭐

Pub Date: Nov 5

Read this if you like:
Enemies to lovers 🫣🔥
Forced proximity 🎉🔥
Single pregnant mom🤱🏻
A hot ob-gyn😌🥰👨🏼‍⚕️

Jessie doesn’t trust men since all the men she's known left her behind. So when she meets Drew her best friend Lucy's brother she immediately decides that she hates them and doesn't want anything to do with him even though he's very handsome and attractive 😍.
To make matters worse, when Jessie needed help from Drew he forgot due to his work and couldn't make it. Therefore, Jessie declared him her no1 enemy.
However, fate has other plans leaving them needing each other. Him a fake date to a fundraiser and she a house to live rent-free until hers is finished. So, they make a 🤝 not knowing that Jessie is planning on getting revenge.

This was a good book full of hilarious moments, pranks, and laughter but the thing is I couldn't stand Jessie she was just too much and I was feeling sorry for Drew for how calm he was even though she was driving him crazy.
Of course, there were sweet moments between the two which made the book a lot more enjoyable.
All in all, it was a good read 😁
Thanks to @netgalley and the publisher for granting me an ARC of #TheTemporaryRoomie in exchange for my honest review.

Xoxo😘

Jessie Barnes, feels overwhelmed during her unexpected pregnancy, especially after her apartment is flooded. Her only option is to stay with Dr. Drew Marshall, her best friend's brother, whom she recently called a chauvinistic jerk. Drew agrees to let her stay but asks her to pretend to be his girlfriend at work events to prove he's not the bad guy she thinks he is. Jessie reluctantly agrees, hoping to turn the tables on him, but as their playful rivalry deepens into something more, she must decide what she truly wants for her future with a baby on the way.

This book has its moments. Drew is a charming and charismatic doctor who urgently needs a companion for a significant work event. Jessie, on the other hand, is seven months pregnant, abandoned by her baby daddy, and desperately needs a place to stay.

Tropes: Brother’s bestfriend, roommates, enemies to lovers, close proximity, he falls first.

I loved their banter, jokes, enmity and tension between Jessie & Drew.
But when they started living together The slow moments and the way they git close together is my favourite. I love how Drew cared for Jessie and tore down her walls to keep him away. Found family is always the best.

Drew's genuine kindness and sensitivity, combined with Jessie's strength and resilience, create a compelling and unique pairing.I won’t say I didn’t like it but the characters could have been a bit immature. I liked the silly pranks but Jessie doing it in public just to humiliate Drew as a part of revenge felt immature to me.

It’s an enjoyable read with lighthearted sweet and sassy characters.

I really enjoyed this book!

I love the pranks they played on each other and how fun they were

I love that even when they claimed to hate each other you could tell that they never really did and how much they cared of each other

I love Sarah's writing and this book is such a joy to read

- forced proximity
- hate to love
- best friends brother
- single pregnancy

Thank you to NetGalley and Headline Eternal for the eARC - all opinions are my own

Unfortunately, I didn't feel a connection with the characters. I didn't really like either the hero or the heroine. At times, their behavior was simply childish, although I have to admit that some of the pranks made me chuckle a few times. To sum up, I didn't like the book, I wouldn't recommend it.

What a fabulous read this was! I enjoy all of Sarah Adams work and this novel was no exception. A heart warming lovely story, the characters are engaging, funny, and romantic.

I was looking forward to this book but I just could not keep going and had to DNF.

It had so much potential with fake dating x enemies to lovers x forced proximity, but it seriously missed the mark for me,

The characters were really annoying and immature, and I just did not like either of them.

I loved Sarah Adams’s When In Rome series, so I had high hopes for this newly revised and extended version of The Temporary Roomie, but it felt like it could have done with some more revisions!

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoy Sarah Adams's writing style. For instance, I loved The Cheat Sheet. But unfortunately, I didn't love this book, it was just okay for me. Their prank war took up so much of the story that it felt a little childish to me. I also unfortunately thought Jessie took it too far, and she was too mean to Drew on a couple of occasions, which made it hard for me to sympathize with her. I know she had her reasons, but still. Drew was an incredible man, so kind and caring. I really liked him, and maybe that is why I felt a bit protective of him.

Thank you so much to Netgalley and Headline for the opportunity to read this book.

Such a good book that has an extremely creative plot which makes it stand out from the romance genre. Great character development over the course of the book and would love to see this book as a movie.

This just wasn't for me. I really did not like Jessie and I didn't enjoy the pranking element of this either.

This book is just a little over 300 pages long, which in my opinion is quite short, and to be honest, I wasn’t sure if that’s enough to make me root for Jessie and Drew and to make their story believable.

However, I was proven very wrong. Sarah did her thing and made it work!

Loved Jessie and Drew’s chemistry and banter. Jessie tends to have a more extroverted and dramatic side which complemented Drew’s introverted personality really nicely.
But I think the best part was their shared sense of humour! Those two just made sense and I don’t think there’s anything remotely better than finding common ground when it comes to humour.

As this is the revised edition, I cannot comment on what the changes are compared to the previously released edition and if said changes are good or bad.
I did, however, enjoyed the bonus epilogue very much. It was super cute and gave a nice little glimpse into Jessie and Drew’s future.

Admittedly, I can see where people might have issues with this book. Which I think would mainly be with Jessie and some of her behaviour and especially one of the pranks ( if you read the book, you will know which one). I'm still not quite sure why she felt the need to actually to go through with it.

‘The Temporary Roomie’ is the second book in the ‘It Happened in Nashville’ series, but can be read perfectly fine as a standalone.
I haven’t read book one in this series, ‘The Off Limits Rule’, but will make sure to catch up on that.

The Temporary Roomie is a contemporary romance that follows the story of Jessie and Drew, two people who have known each other since childhood but never really got along. When Jessie finds herself in need of a place to stay temporarily, Drew—her best friend’s older brother—offers her a room in his home. Though they’ve never been close, their shared history and the forced proximity lead to unexpected sparks and a growing connection.

🩷 Enemies to lovers
🩷 Family dynamics
🩷 Overcoming personal insecurities

Sarah Adams delivers a light-hearted, humorous, and sweet romance that appeals to fans of playful, slow-burn love stories.

Thank you to NetGalley and Headline for allowing me to read an ARC of the Temporary Roomie.

I loved this hilarious and moving romance from Sarah Adams! Drew was the perfect love interest: passionate, strong, capable... with a great sense of humour. The chemistry between the two main characters was sizzling.

What made this book so unique, beyond Jessie's pregnancy, was how seamlessly, and beautifully Adams develops our understanding of Jessie's attachment issues. The characters are three dimensional, and loveable!

The sweetest enemies to lovers I’ve ever come across. It was heartwarming and playful without the overdone sappiness that usually puts me off. I usually would have struggled with the childishness of the hatred between the two main characters, but when one of you is heavily pregnant and the other is in a serious profession, what’s so wrong with a few harmless pranks?

Jessie’s single and heavily pregnant but can’t bring herself to admit the truth to her Grandaddy. So, in typical rom-com fashion, she creates a fake fiancé and, in her desperation, settles for accepting her sworn enemies help. Drew, Jessie’s bestfriends brother, a doctor in all thing's childbirth, stands her up and provides her with more ammunition for her long-standing hatred.

That is, until Jessie’s house falls apart and she has nowhere left to stay. Enter, forced proximity. There truly is a fine line between hate and love as the two continuously find ways to irritate the other. The arrangement relying on Jessie having a roof over her head in exchange for accompanying Drew to a fundraiser. Jessie sees the perfect opportunity to get revenge for the petty back and forth the two have but takes it too far, digging themselves both deeper into a fake relationship neither of them wanted.

The development of their story is wholesome and although their living arrangement has an expiration date, the fake relationship begins to take a different turn as Jessie’s due date approaches.

I loved Drew and how his caring nature and profession leads him to put the bickering aside to look after Jessie when she needs it, whether she wants it or not. Jessie’s character isn’t exactly loveable but as the book progresses, her past trauma unfolds, and things begin to make more sense.

No third-act breakup, no serious drama. Just some light-hearted, enemies to lovers, fake dating and forced proximity tropes. Wholesome, funny and heart-warming in the best of ways!

Thank you NetGalley and Headline for the arc in return for an honest review!

Funny, charming and full of banter, this is such a good time of a book. Sarah Adams always writes such loveable characters and the enemies to lovers trope was handled delightfully. Perfect for fans of Sally Thorne.