Score: 4.75/5 Bookmarks

Steam Level: 🍆🍆/5

Thank you to Penguin Random House Audio for gifting me a review copy of Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood.

Oh these characters were so great. Plus I'm 100% here for a book with great banter and hilariously sparkling internal monologues.

Mara receives half of a house in her advisor's will, and it just happens to be close to where she's landed a new job. So, she turns up on the doorstep to talk to the current occupant (her advisor's nephew).

Enter Liam, smoldering giant of a man, who works as a 'big oil' lawyer—the opposite of everything Environmental Engineer Mara believes in.

Forced proximity, and dislike-to-lovers? Yes please. And if you're as thrilled as I am to see romances featuring women in STEM then you will be delighted to know that this is just the first in The STEMinist Novellas series!

The audiobook is narrated by Emma Wilder, and this sweet and spicy little novella comes in at just 3 hours and 38 minutes. My only complaints? I could have listened to Emma Wilder and this story for three times as long...guess I'll just have to start it again from the beginning. 😉

Book Synopsis:

A scientist should never cohabitate with her annoyingly hot nemesis – it leads to combustion.

Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first, scientists always. Though their fields of study might take them to different corners of the world, they can all agree on this universal truth: when it comes to love and science, opposites attract and rivals make you burn….

As an environmental engineer, Mara knows all about the delicate nature of ecosystems. They require balance. And leaving the thermostat alone. And not stealing someone else’s food. And other rules Liam, her detestable big-oil lawyer of a roommate, knows nothing about. Okay, sure, technically she’s the interloper. Liam was already entrenched in his aunt’s house like some glowering grumpy giant when Mara moved in, with his big muscles and kissable mouth just sitting there on the couch tempting respectable scientists to the dark side…but Helena was her mentor and Mara’s not about to move out and give up her inheritance without a fight.

The problem is, living with someone means getting to know them. And the more Mara finds out about Liam, the harder it is to loathe him…and the easier it is to love him.