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A review by eviecheesepuff
Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I wanted to give Ali Hazelwood a second chance, as I rated #tlh 3 stars. So I read her other books.
Turns out they are really not that different from each other, imo you could pretty much exchange any characters and have a very similar book. So instead of an individual review, I came up with a pros/cons lists of my opinions on AH's writing 👇
Things I absolutely love:
- extremely cute banter and very sweet and sensitive male characters (hard to find and lovely to see!)
- representation of women in stem and specially bringing awareness to the difficulties women face in an academic environment ❤️ we need more of this for sure!
- very supportive and diverse secondary characters that I always adore and want to know more of (you can ways expect a queer romance subplot...I wonder if she plans to eventually make a queer couple the mcs?)
- miscommunication trope: AH herself has explained how she loves this trope. I can't fault someone for writing what they want to read but at the same time I personally just can't fully enjoy a book where a very simple honest conversation would solve every single plot point of the conflict 😅 this is def my favorite book by her because it's not so much miscommunication but prejudice.
Turns out they are really not that different from each other, imo you could pretty much exchange any characters and have a very similar book. So instead of an individual review, I came up with a pros/cons lists of my opinions on AH's writing 👇
Things I absolutely love:
- extremely cute banter and very sweet and sensitive male characters (hard to find and lovely to see!)
- representation of women in stem and specially bringing awareness to the difficulties women face in an academic environment ❤️ we need more of this for sure!
- very supportive and diverse secondary characters that I always adore and want to know more of (you can ways expect a queer romance subplot...I wonder if she plans to eventually make a queer couple the mcs?)
- miscommunication trope: AH herself has explained how she loves this trope. I can't fault someone for writing what they want to read but at the same time I personally just can't fully enjoy a book where a very simple honest conversation would solve every single plot point of the conflict 😅 this is def my favorite book by her because it's not so much miscommunication but prejudice.