Roommaid by Sariah Wilson

Roommaid

by Sariah Wilson

From bestselling author Sariah Wilson comes a charming romance about living your life one dream at a time.

Madison Huntington is determined to live her dreams. That means getting out from under her family’s wealth and influence by saying no to the family business, her allowance, and her home. But on a teacher’s salary, the real world comes as a rude awakening—especially when she wakes up every morning on a colleague’s couch. To get a place of her own (without cockroaches, mold, or crime scene tape), Madison accepts a position as a roommaid. In exchange for free room and board, all she needs to do is keep her busy roommate’s penthouse clean and his dog company. So what if she’s never washed a dish in her life. She can figure this out, right?

Madison is pretty confident she can fake it well enough that Tyler Roth will never know the difference. The finance whiz is rich and privileged and navigates the same social circles as her parents—but to him she’s just a teacher in need of an apartment. He’s everything Madison has run from, but his kindhearted nature, stomach-fluttering smile, and unexpected insecurities only make her want to get closer. And Tyler is warming to the move.

Rewarding job. Perfect guy. Great future. With everything so right, what could go wrong? Madison is about to find out.

Reviewed by ladygrey on

3 of 5 stars

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This is  a cute, sweet romance. Plot light, definitely. The premise falls apart pretty quickly--if you're expecting a modern version of that story where the rich girl gets a job as a maid in some big manor, well this isn't that. We spend a lot of time in Madison's head which isn't terrible. But it takes up a lot of the story in a book that doesn't have great pacing. Some scenes get so much attention that when one chapter stops the next picks up exactly in the same moment. Like what's the point of a chapter at that point? It seems to be Wilson's favorite play in this book. But then other scenes get skimmed over with very little detail and no dialog.  I'd have rather had more scenes fleshed out and less of Madison's inner monologue.

Thankfully, Madison isn't one of those heroines who is ridiculous or stupid or annoying so being in her head so much doesn't make this a bad read. She does make the exact same ‘mistake’ that every one of Wilson's heroines that I've read makes. The ‘climax’ is her overreacting to some reveal that makes him seem like a liar and running away without talking to him like an adult. Even though these are supposed to be New Adult books. In Wilson's slight defense, this one is probably the best justified with a good set up in Madison's family and previous relationship.  If I hadn't read four other books of Wilson's where she does the exact same thing it probably wouldn't have bothered me. But at this point I'm out of patience with dramatic, overly emotional reactions that result in throwing away everything without thought or discussion.  Still, it's cute. There's a bit of banter and joking around. There's an arc for Madison completely separate from Tyler. I like that they spend most of the book as friends, getting to know each other and just hanging out in each other's lives.  

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