Synopsis
WANTED: ROOMMATE. Must be tidy, polite, and absolutely not my brother's hot as sin best friend.
I have no idea why I said yes.
Maybe I'd had one too many wines. Maybe I'd done it accidentally. Maybe I'd been sleep-texting.
One
thing I know for sure is this: I absolutely do not want Ethan Hawkins
in my apartment, up in my business, taking over my space.
Yet he's
here. Moving his stuff into my spare bedroom. Sending a wave of
panty-melting, musky man-scent my way every time he walks past me.
Here's the thing.
We don't get along--at all. We never have, and I don't think we're going to start now that we're under one roof.
There's also that little issue where I'm kinda, sorta, totally in love with him...
Uh-oh.
★★★★
Okay, there were times when I rolled my eyes, thought something along the lines of "Seriously? How mature...not...is this really....?" only to find myself drawn into it once again. This book made me laugh out loud, roll my eyes, snicker, giggle, snort...and everything in between. It was fun to read and when I felt that perhaps it was a bit too much and that I'd love to see more real action instead of bickering and pranks, well, I always got what I wanted. The interactions between the hero and the heroine, also known as Ethan and Ava, were funny and sweet - and sometimes they drove me mad.
Halley and
Reagan, Ava's friends, yeah, have you read the other books in
this series? Yes? Well, in that case, you know exactly what to expect, right? Their discussions and interactions may cause serious whiplash but their hearts are always in the right place. Mostly. If you haven't read those books yet, trust me, you'll get to know them. Fast. Reagan and Halley, as well as the other friends of our hero and our heroine, are fun to be around as well as loyal and nice with a big helping of busy-body on the side.
Ava has been in love with Ethan for a long time and vice versa. When Ethan needs a place to stay and Ava who desperately needs a roommate, reluctantly agrees to let him stay at her place, things are off to a rough start because none of them wants to betray his or her feelings and a war of passive-aggressive pranks is soon under way. When siblings and other informants are also drawn into it, things get really interesting ...
I really enjoyed reading this book and I loved to get to know Mr. Prickles (and Barbie) and meet old friends again. This whole series was highly entertaining and really nice to read.
Excerpt
I shoved
the front door open and set my gaze on Ethan on the sofa. “If
you’re going to lie to me about living here, we’re going to have
to set some hard and fast rules. The first one: the stinky, spiky pig
lives in your bedroom.”
He
peered over at me, one hand in a bag of cheese Doritos and the other
tickling the hedgehog who was now lying on his chest.
It was
quite the sight.
“How
do you know he stinks?” he asked, licking his fingers and cradling
the animal before he put the chip packet on the coffee table.
“I
Googled. They need cleaning every day. I’m not doing it, and
neither am I living in a smell of tiny animal who should be wild.”
“He’s
a pygmy hedgehog. He’s bred to be domesticated.”
“His
spiky bits could be made out of solid gold and I wouldn’t give a
shit.” I put my purse on the island and looked at him. “You can
send me Google links to them if it pleases His Highness, but my
stance won’t change. That animal is not living in my living room,
and I’d rather you didn’t snuggle with him on the sofa.”
“It’s
ironic,” Ethan mused. “I have a hedgehog on my chest, and you’re
still the prickliest thing in this apartment.”
“If I
wasn’t staunchly against animal cruelty, I’d throw a saucepan at
you.”
“You
can still hit me over the head with it.”
“I was
talking about you, not the hedgehog, you pig.”
“May I
say that you are an absolute fucking delight, Ava. I can’t imagine
why you’re still single.”
“Probably
the same reason you are. The asshole gene is strong as fuck and not
all that attractive.”
But
I didn’t apologize. And he didn’t cover up.
