Calvin McLoughlin plays the guitar in the subway. Holland Bakker is a writer-in-waiting, currently working with her uncle’s theater production. In Roomies, a romance novel by the duo known as Christina Lauren, they get married and then fall in love.
Or at least, that’s what should happen, because this is the formula. Two characters pretend to be in a relationship and then fall in love. This novel turns the formula on its head a little because of an immigration problem (side note: This book was released in late 2017; I don’t know when the authors started writing it but I assume it was during the Obama Administration. Given the way immigrants and asylum seekers are currently treated at our Southern border, it was hard to deal with this plot device.). The characters don’t pretend to date; they get married. Then they seem to fall in love but Holland doesn’t trust a bit of it because he has many reasons to pretend. None of them make sense, really, but it’s a romance novel so you go with it.
Or at least, that’s what should happen, because this is the formula. Two characters pretend to be in a relationship and then fall in love. This novel turns the formula on its head a little because of an immigration problem (side note: This book was released in late 2017; I don’t know when the authors started writing it but I assume it was during the Obama Administration. Given the way immigrants and asylum seekers are currently treated at our Southern border, it was hard to deal with this plot device.). The characters don’t pretend to date; they get married. Then they seem to fall in love but Holland doesn’t trust a bit of it because he has many reasons to pretend. None of them make sense, really, but it’s a romance novel so you go with it.