The Roommate Risk by Talia Hibbert

I received this book as part of the promotion of the re-release of this book.

Thank you to Honey Magnolia PR for the chance!

CW: parent abandonment. parent death

The Roommate Risk is originally titled Wanna Bet? (in case, like me, you were confused)

It is a re-release of the same story, not a new story in this collection called "Dirty British Romance". It is also NOT a sequel to The Princess Trap (Amazon and my library had it listed as such).

Things I love about this book:

-Sex in the first 15% of the book (fiery hot, on the page sex)

-Jumps between the past and the present (we can see what time has done to this ship)

-Interracial couple

-He should be a stereotypical buttoned-up accountant, but wait ''til you get him naked!

-She is the one with all the trappings of a "party animal"

-There is no shaming or judging based on how they choose the exercise their body autonomy

-Friends-to-lovers

Things that I didn't love:

-It's been seven years, you are best friends, you can tell by one look what the other is thinking and you BOTH missed the longing and heart eyes?

-Their world felt really insulated. Though there are other people we meet, it felt like everything was just the two of them. It did ratchet up the intimacy (so this may be a pro and a con).

-His journey of self-discovery felt less developed than hers.

Overall, Hibbert writes sex that is hot and intimate all at once. This one also had a heavy dose of longing, staring, and gentle-heart-breaking touches. I felt for Rahul, for his inability to escape the gravitational pull of his magnetic best friend. I thought, he let her off easy in the end. Allowing her to slide back into his life, without much in the way of explaining herself. Considering that he carried that torch for 7 years, I wanted to bigger gesture for his sake.

Jasmine is a great scared, broken, afraid of real intimacy and replacing it with sexual validation character, her journey has significant milestones and her development was interesting to read. I particularly liked the descriptors of how it physically felt to panic. The descriptions resonated with me and validated some of the ways I physically react to stress.

IMO Talia Hibbert is always a good idea, be it by the old title or the new. Get it, Jasmine and Rahul! - Sky