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

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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!

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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.

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I loved this story, Sarah Adam’s never fails to deliver!

The rivalry between Jessie and Drew was *perfection*, the angst, the tension, the spice was delicious.

I loved how Jessie ended up living with Drew and how they pranked each other to get under each others skin. My absolute favourite scene was the hospital dinner they attended where Jessie pulled the ultimate prank - but the aftermath was heart wrenching, Drew doubting Jessie’s feelings broke me!

The ending was perfect! The happy ever after that we all needed ❤️

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Jessie usually has everything under control but when her apartment floods while she’s in her third trimester she’s not sure what to do. Unfortunately her savior is her best friend’s brother Dre, she’s not a big fan to say the least. Despite their feud she begrudgingly moves in for a while in exchange for being his fake girlfriend at a work event. Tensions run high and somehow their rivalry sparks a deeper connection.

Sarah Adams found a way to make the pregnancy trope work, hear me out. Jessie was already pregnant when she met Drew so there’s not much drama. There’s obviously some doubt that comes with dating while pregnant but that felt different. And who doesn’t want that sweet little baby to have a father figure in her life.

I found the mcs rivalry a bit overdone by the end. Emphasis on the end because up until their pranks got out of hand and could’ve potentially ruined Drew’s professional reputation I was enjoying their banter.

However the ending is really sweet and I’m so happy Jessie and her baby got their HEA. If you like romcoms and want to give the pregnancy trope another go I think this is a good option.

Read this if you like
🩵Enemies to lovers
🤩Fake dating
💫Forced proximity
🫶🏼Closed door romance

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This was such a great romance. I loved Drew & Jessie. It was such a good forced proximity book and the tension of the course of the novel was perfect. I love a good roomies to lovers romance and this one perfectly fit the bill. It was funny, sweet, romantic, and full of spice. Loved!

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Wow Sarah Adam’s does it again!! You know it’s going to be a good read when you see that name pop up and this book did not disappoint !!

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Sarah Adams is literally one of my all time favourite authors. She makes me laugh out loud all the time. And this book was no exception.
You'd find me laughing on my work break or on my daily commute, I had no shame.

What to expect:
Closed door smut, but some kissing 💋
'Hate' to love
Pregnancy
Childhood trauma
Banter and pranks

The banter and pranks between the two MCs made me laugh (have I mentioned that? 🤣), the pair of them, especially Jessie aren't always super likable, but I think her behaviour is later explained really well, and I came to love them both individually and together. The forced proximity and the tension were perfect, and so was the secret or not so secret pining. They were perfect. Don't be put off by a pregnancy trope, I think it was so well done here.

I'm so glad Sarah is rereleasing all her romcoms, they are honestly a joy to read.
I can't wait to read the rest.

4.5 ⭐️

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and it’s a wrap for another heartwarming and adorable series written by sarah adams and what a particular story dare i say! it could be less relatable maybe but did i enjoy it? yes and i’m not surprised honestly bc i love sarah adams because she knows what she does especially with the when in rome series my fav series by her!

but know let’s talk about jessie and drew! these two for the ppl that have read the off limits rule are 2 well known characters bc drew was lucy’s brother and jessie was her best friends and guess what? yes! she had a secret crush for him and now what? she’s pregnant!!
and now u would like to want to know how the story goes on right? well go and read it especially if u are a sarah adams fan!


this one maybe isn’t my fav by the author but it’s still a good story that i truly enjoyed while laughing in more than a moment!

thank you to headline and to sarah adams for the arc of this book in exchange to my honest opinion!!

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I love Sarah Adams writing style and how she can suck you in straight away. Incredible at building tension, connections, humour.
I found the main characters to be quite immature and as a heavily pregnant female I found it quite unrelatable- surely there's other things to be concerned about and how does she have the energy to be so petty? 🤣

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This is by far my favourite Sarah Adams book, there’s something about the style of her writing that I thoroughly enjoy and this is no different.

The romance, the banter, the tension, the humour, absolutely excellent. I cannot recommend this enough

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Sarah Adams is my go to for a wholesome, feel-good story, with sunshine and rainbows. I am always in awe of how she brings intimacy, sexiness, and all of that chemistry between her main characters in a closed-door setting. In The Temporary Roomie, she strikes the perfect balance between a truly fun story, and yearning and longing between Drew and Jess. I had a few laugh out loud moments, and some where I could feel the butterflies.
The bonus scene in this re-pub (2024) was so sweet, and showed how Drew and Jess are managing in their everyday life.
I absolutely loved this book and will recommend it to everyone who wants to escape real life for a little while and fall in love with Jess and Drew.

Thank you to Headline Eternal for the ARC via Netgalley UK. All opinions are my own.

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This was the first Sarah Adams book I've read where the female lead wasn’t overly quirky to the point of being unrealistic. Jessie felt more down-to-earth, though she came across as somewhat immature at times. Some of the things she did to Drew seemed unnecessarily harsh. On the plus side, I found Drew to be more developed in this installment compared to the previous one—he felt more layered and had a stronger personality, which I appreciated. In general, the tension between Jessie and Drew seemed a bit pointless and mainly driven by Jessie’s immaturity. However, the resolution, with them finally getting together, helped redeem the story. I wasn’t a fan of their constant arguing or the pranks, so it was refreshing when that phase of their relationship ended. That said, the conclusion of the book felt incredibly rushed and could’ve been paced better.

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