The roommate experiment starts with Hunter daydreaming about the prospects of her dreamboat i.e. friend's brother, Dylan, who's her roommate and her crush of eleven years. Her wandering imagination and mental scenarios of their epic togetherness is a track by itself. Her dreams go up in smoke when Dylan casually mentions Olivia, his blonde princess of perfection.
Her career as a lead engineer and her management of the politics and workplace bullying are also refreshing in a romcom! I definitely enjoyed her engineering consultant worklife chatter. On the flip side, Dylan is dealing with the loss of his best friend and former roommate, Tristan, to his little sister, Nina. His daily worklife and his dyslexia troubles are dealt with in a neat fashion, without the trauma or angst being rehashed in a matter of fact way, which I appreciated!
The camaraderie between the close knit group of friends is also fun to watch and gauge. Camilla Isley covers the usual tropes of single bed, disrupted makeouts, deep conversations in the night and single apartment fun. Dylan is delicious as the baking, basketball jock who suddenly realizes that Hunter is a catch. Hunter goes through a rollercoaster of emotions and following her on the journey was soo effortless!
I devoured the book in a day!! Many thank yous to Boldwood and Netgalley for furnishing the arc!
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