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boeff78's review
funny
informative
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
bibliophilicwitch's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
firvida's review against another edition
3.0
Vaya por delante que este es el séptimo libro de Roxie Noir que leo. No soy nueva y no habría leído siete libros suyos si no me encantara: lo hace, me encanta. Roxie Noir está en mi top de autoras favoritas de romance, lo que no quiere decir que todos le salgan bien. He tenido dos problemas con esta novela: la poca definición del personaje femenino fuera del romance y la escasísima presencia del cast de personajes secundarios que, en teoría, justifican que esto sea una saga.
En cuanto a lo primero, es algo raro en Roxie Noir, porque, si por algo destaca la autora, es por hacer novelas de personajes. Todos sus protagonistas principales, incluso sus secundarios, están perfectamente definidos y tienen características personales que los hacen únicos, distinguibles y, lo más importante, realmente existentes fuera del romance. Es decir, todos ellos tienen una historia personal bien trabajada, véase: historia familiar, laboral, de amistad, de salud física o mental... Pensemos, por ejemplo, en la contundencia de los personajes de Silas y Kat, que son justo los del libro anterior, y comparémosla con lo flojos, superficiales y lánguidamente definidos que quedan Gideon y, especialmente, Andi. ¿De qué trabaja? ¿Qué estudió? ¿Qué la define, además de tener un carácter alegre y algo impulsivo? No tengo ni idea. Un carácter no hace un buen personaje, una personalidad definida sí. No sé absolutamente nada de Andi fuera de su relación con Gideon, y eso es un problema narrativo grave.
En cuanto a lo segundo, no tengo muy claro por qué la autora llama a esto "saga". Me explico: se supone que lo divertido de leer una saga en romance, donde los libros son, en la mayoría de los casos, autoconclusivos, es que el cast de secundarios se va repitiendo, con la excepción de cuando les toca ser protagonistas. Eso genera un tipo de enganche emocional en el lector: cuando les llegue la hora de ser protagonistas lo leerás con emoción porque, en el fondo, ya los conoces, pero no lo suficiente, por lo que estás deseando saber más, leer su historia, conocerlos en profundidad. Es lo que pasaba con su saga principal, la de los hermanos Loveless, y es lo que pasa en las buenas sagas de romance, que te enganchan pese a ser autoconclusivas porque te atrapa el cast de secundarios. Yo quería leer la historia de Ruby y Bennett (Honeywood, Julie Olivia) desde literalmente el primer libro. Aquí, en cambio, la famosa "Wildwood Society" se menciona una vez (una, de verdad) y Wyatt, Javier y Silas salen un total de dos veces en la novela. ¿Cómo vas a generar enganche, empatía o ganas de leer sus historias si...apenas salen, si apenas tienen peso? ¿Cuál es el objetivo? ¿Por qué esa obsesión de Roxie Noir por hacer desaparecer a esos personajes? Es el motivo que le quitó, para mí, las cinco estrellas a la historia de Silas y Kat, y vuelve a repetirse aquí.
Podría sumar una tercera cosa, y es que hay ciertas incoherencias o inverosimilitudes: la noción de la culpa que siente Gideon en cuanto al sexo en realidad se soluciona extraordinariamente rápido y, sin darnos cuenta, está comprándose juguetes sexuales y prácticamente teniendo sexo con Andi en público. Era una subtrama muy interesante pero inmensamente desaprovechada.
No obstante, es Roxie Noir. Un mal libro de Roxie Noir siempre será, en el fondo, un buen libro. Además, algo que sí le agradezco es que meta caña a toda esa sociedad puritana estadounidense tan normalizada y que tanto merece que alguien les llame la atención. Algunas reseñas aquí de señoras americanas ofendidas por cómo el libro trata el fundamentalismo cristiano no hacen si no darle la razón a Roxie Noir en este libro. Puede que el siglo de las luces pasara por Estados Unidos, pero Estados Unidos no pasó por él.
En cuanto a lo primero, es algo raro en Roxie Noir, porque, si por algo destaca la autora, es por hacer novelas de personajes. Todos sus protagonistas principales, incluso sus secundarios, están perfectamente definidos y tienen características personales que los hacen únicos, distinguibles y, lo más importante, realmente existentes fuera del romance. Es decir, todos ellos tienen una historia personal bien trabajada, véase: historia familiar, laboral, de amistad, de salud física o mental... Pensemos, por ejemplo, en la contundencia de los personajes de Silas y Kat, que son justo los del libro anterior, y comparémosla con lo flojos, superficiales y lánguidamente definidos que quedan Gideon y, especialmente, Andi. ¿De qué trabaja? ¿Qué estudió? ¿Qué la define, además de tener un carácter alegre y algo impulsivo? No tengo ni idea. Un carácter no hace un buen personaje, una personalidad definida sí. No sé absolutamente nada de Andi fuera de su relación con Gideon, y eso es un problema narrativo grave.
En cuanto a lo segundo, no tengo muy claro por qué la autora llama a esto "saga". Me explico: se supone que lo divertido de leer una saga en romance, donde los libros son, en la mayoría de los casos, autoconclusivos, es que el cast de secundarios se va repitiendo, con la excepción de cuando les toca ser protagonistas. Eso genera un tipo de enganche emocional en el lector: cuando les llegue la hora de ser protagonistas lo leerás con emoción porque, en el fondo, ya los conoces, pero no lo suficiente, por lo que estás deseando saber más, leer su historia, conocerlos en profundidad. Es lo que pasaba con su saga principal, la de los hermanos Loveless, y es lo que pasa en las buenas sagas de romance, que te enganchan pese a ser autoconclusivas porque te atrapa el cast de secundarios. Yo quería leer la historia de Ruby y Bennett (Honeywood, Julie Olivia) desde literalmente el primer libro. Aquí, en cambio, la famosa "Wildwood Society" se menciona una vez (una, de verdad) y Wyatt, Javier y Silas salen un total de dos veces en la novela. ¿Cómo vas a generar enganche, empatía o ganas de leer sus historias si...apenas salen, si apenas tienen peso? ¿Cuál es el objetivo? ¿Por qué esa obsesión de Roxie Noir por hacer desaparecer a esos personajes? Es el motivo que le quitó, para mí, las cinco estrellas a la historia de Silas y Kat, y vuelve a repetirse aquí.
Podría sumar una tercera cosa, y es que hay ciertas incoherencias o inverosimilitudes: la noción de la culpa que siente Gideon en cuanto al sexo en realidad se soluciona extraordinariamente rápido y, sin darnos cuenta, está comprándose juguetes sexuales y prácticamente teniendo sexo con Andi en público. Era una subtrama muy interesante pero inmensamente desaprovechada.
No obstante, es Roxie Noir. Un mal libro de Roxie Noir siempre será, en el fondo, un buen libro. Además, algo que sí le agradezco es que meta caña a toda esa sociedad puritana estadounidense tan normalizada y que tanto merece que alguien les llame la atención. Algunas reseñas aquí de señoras americanas ofendidas por cómo el libro trata el fundamentalismo cristiano no hacen si no darle la razón a Roxie Noir en este libro. Puede que el siglo de las luces pasara por Estados Unidos, pero Estados Unidos no pasó por él.
abderiandumpling's review
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
girlwithhearteyes's review against another edition
3.0
3 stars
I usually enjoy Roxie Noir’s books, but this one wasn’t my favourite. The childhood friends to lovers trope was pretty cute (with some heavier themes around why they haven’t been friends in 20 years), but the plot was kind ambling along because they spent a lot of time snowed in and sledding or whatever.
Actually maybe I just didn’t like all the outdoorsy camp-adjacent activities, when I’m definitely an indoor person…
YMMV.
I usually enjoy Roxie Noir’s books, but this one wasn’t my favourite. The childhood friends to lovers trope was pretty cute (with some heavier themes around why they haven’t been friends in 20 years), but the plot was kind ambling along because they spent a lot of time snowed in and sledding or whatever.
Actually maybe I just didn’t like all the outdoorsy camp-adjacent activities, when I’m definitely an indoor person…
YMMV.
mcapuco's review against another edition
5.0
The Two Week Roommate
Author- Roxie Noir
Series- Book 2 of the Wildwood Society
Rating- 5 Stars out of 5
Genres- Contemporary Romance,
Tropes- Grumpy Sunshine, Found Family, Childhood Best Friends, Forced Proximity, Male MC Virgin, Slow Burn, No 3rd Act Break-Up
Triggers (Given at the front of the book)- Religious Trauma, Mentioned Corporal Punishment of a Child, References to homophobia and transphobia (of side characters not main), Misgendering and Deadnaming (mentioned but not on page), and S l u t shaming
Main Characters- Gideon and Andrea "Andi"
Spice Level- 3.5/5
HEA
As I mentioned above The Two Week Roommate has a number of triggers in this book, that I thought the author kindly provided at the beginning of the story, so I passed them on to you.
I liked this book a lot because there were some aspects of the male lead that you see frequently in female leads but rarely in the male. In particular I'm talking about the fact that Gideon was a virgin, I typically get annoyed with the cliched virgin female lead but I liked it in this context. As Gideon says in the book it doesn't matter how far he's removed himself from his parent's religion, there are somethings that he can't help but think instinctively somethings are wrong. So while he never thought s3x before marriage was truly bad he still had a hard time moving on past it. I also liked that even though he was the quite grumpy type, he made sure to be very communicative with Andi. He didn't hide the fact that he didn't want kids and made sure to tell her early into dating so she could make an informed decision about what their relationship was going to look like. In so many books you see them hiding stuff like this until they're in a committed relationship and it blows up in their face.
Author- Roxie Noir
Series- Book 2 of the Wildwood Society
Rating- 5 Stars out of 5
Genres- Contemporary Romance,
Tropes- Grumpy Sunshine, Found Family, Childhood Best Friends, Forced Proximity, Male MC Virgin, Slow Burn, No 3rd Act Break-Up
Triggers (Given at the front of the book)- Religious Trauma, Mentioned Corporal Punishment of a Child, References to homophobia and transphobia (of side characters not main), Misgendering and Deadnaming (mentioned but not on page), and S l u t shaming
Main Characters- Gideon and Andrea "Andi"
Spice Level- 3.5/5
HEA
As I mentioned above The Two Week Roommate has a number of triggers in this book, that I thought the author kindly provided at the beginning of the story, so I passed them on to you.
I liked this book a lot because there were some aspects of the male lead that you see frequently in female leads but rarely in the male. In particular I'm talking about the fact that Gideon was a virgin, I typically get annoyed with the cliched virgin female lead but I liked it in this context. As Gideon says in the book it doesn't matter how far he's removed himself from his parent's religion, there are somethings that he can't help but think instinctively somethings are wrong. So while he never thought s3x before marriage was truly bad he still had a hard time moving on past it. I also liked that even though he was the quite grumpy type, he made sure to be very communicative with Andi. He didn't hide the fact that he didn't want kids and made sure to tell her early into dating so she could make an informed decision about what their relationship was going to look like. In so many books you see them hiding stuff like this until they're in a committed relationship and it blows up in their face.
dana_loves_books's review against another edition
4.0
The Two Week Roommate
By Roxie Noir
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5 stars
This book y’all was so much more than I expected.
The MC, Gideon and Andy are old childhood friends, who haven’t spoken to each other in 20 years. They find themselves snowed in, so you have forced proximity, grumpy sunshine and childhood friends. Roxy writes about their past and their upbringing. It was wonderfully written, but there’s definitely some trigger warnings there.
Andy, that little heifer, had me laughing. The girl has no filter! So that leads to some hilarious banter the spice level was up there as well, especially seeing as Gideon was a virgin when they reconnected.
The audio version of this book, the narrators delivered a fantastic performance. Scott Rose and Nara Austen Truly, bring the characters to life with such emotion and personality. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
By Roxie Noir
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5 stars
This book y’all was so much more than I expected.
The MC, Gideon and Andy are old childhood friends, who haven’t spoken to each other in 20 years. They find themselves snowed in, so you have forced proximity, grumpy sunshine and childhood friends. Roxy writes about their past and their upbringing. It was wonderfully written, but there’s definitely some trigger warnings there.
Andy, that little heifer, had me laughing. The girl has no filter! So that leads to some hilarious banter the spice level was up there as well, especially seeing as Gideon was a virgin when they reconnected.
The audio version of this book, the narrators delivered a fantastic performance. Scott Rose and Nara Austen Truly, bring the characters to life with such emotion and personality. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
bookishexpat's review
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
amberfrost's review
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
holly_hawk_reads_a_lot's review against another edition
5.0
The Two Week Roommate is a story about Gideon and Andi. As soon as I started reading this I was laughing out loud.
Gideon and Andi were best friends as kids, something happened that tore their friendship apart, and one of them had to move.
Now 20 years later Gideon is on a call to help someone chained to a tree. Turns out it was Andi. They are stuck in a cabin for 2 weeks, and feelings start to develop.
They learn so much about each other, and what happened in the past. What happens when their cabin time is over? What happens when his family finds out?
There were so many secrets that were revealed. The banter between the two characters had me laughing so much. I loved these characters, and can't wait to see what happens next in the series.
Gideon and Andi were best friends as kids, something happened that tore their friendship apart, and one of them had to move.
Now 20 years later Gideon is on a call to help someone chained to a tree. Turns out it was Andi. They are stuck in a cabin for 2 weeks, and feelings start to develop.
They learn so much about each other, and what happened in the past. What happens when their cabin time is over? What happens when his family finds out?
There were so many secrets that were revealed. The banter between the two characters had me laughing so much. I loved these characters, and can't wait to see what happens next in the series.