If you know of any romances where the porn star keeps working for all or most of the book, then please send me a rec!Īnother problem I had was that Clara was described as being curvy, but it’s some super skinny chick on the cover. Or in this case, being on a hiatus the entire time. I’m just tired of books with a porn star love interest quitting porn as soon as they start dating. Literally the only book I’ve read where the love interest is a porn star and stays a porn star while dating the main character is a Wattpad story ( Professional Lover by Orchid_27 (I don’t recall it being a romcom though)). It could address the some of the stigma of being a porn start without actually having to deal with some of the largest complexities of the job.
I feel like the book took the easy way out. And while there is still a stigma around what his job was, it doesn’t really matter (imo)?! They don’t even have to begin to navigate what it’s like to date a person who’s job is to have sex with other people. She tried to do too much, and succeeded in only brushing a little of a lot of really complex issues.Īlso I’m kinda pissed that for 99% of their time living together, Josh is on a work hiatus. I think Rosie would’ve been more successful if she had only chosen to tackle one or two topics, and instead just wrote more rom-coms starring porn stars and tackle the other topics there instead. That’s the problem with having so few truly pro-sex worker books out there, is that the ones that do exist feel compelled to try to tackle too much. Although I was expecting Clara to feel more jealousy towards Naomi at first beyond just the physical.īut The Rommate only brushes briefly on a few really complex issues. It sort of subverts the boy next door/jealous ex-gf tropes. I enjoyed this book, but I think if I hadn’t heard all of the hype beforehand I would’ve enjoyed it more. ***THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS TURN AWAY NOW IF YOU DON’T WANT TO BE SPOILED*** When the socialite finds out what her new roommate does for a living, it sparks Clara’s desire to help fight the stigma around female pleasure. Only when she shows up she finds out that he rented out his room to some guy he found on Craigslist. One that could blow up her whole life if triggered at the wrong moment.Ĭlara moves across the country to live in the spare room of her childhood crush’s house. A bomb masked by cheesy jokes and kind eyes. He was a big tangle of hormones trying to lure her to an untimely end. “Don’t be silly.” She grabbed the remote and hit resume. Josh raised his eyebrows as he returned to his seat. with big dreams only to wind up circling the airport on a bus with a bomb.”
There’s that nerdy tourist in the blazer, you know? I relate to him. “But Speed has a uniquely endearing ensemble.
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