However, this is the first one with a roommate setting and it was a fun twist on the theme. Following a trio of best friends, the first novella kicks off with Mara, an environmental engineer who’s forced by circumstance into being roommates with Liam, a lawyer for a big-oil company, pretty much making them instant enemies.Īli Hazelwood is known for her hate-to-love romances and these novellas are no exception. I’m happy to report that in all 3 of Ali Hazelwood’s STEMinist novellas I not only enjoyed the characters and romances, I adored them. I’m always a bit concerned going into a novella if I’m going to really feel connected with the characters due to the limited length. And the more Mara finds out about Liam, the harder it is to loathe him…and the easier it is to love him. The problem is, living with someone means getting to know them. 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. Okay, sure, technically she’s the interloper. And other rules Liam, her detestable big-oil lawyer of a roommate, knows nothing about. 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….Īs an environmental engineer, Mara knows all about the delicate nature of ecosystems. Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first, scientists always. It definitely fixed my romance needs and, of course, you get the obligatory steamy scene mixed in.Under One Roof (The STEMinist Novellas, #1) by Ali HazelwoodĪlso by this author: The Love Hypothesis, Love on the Brain

Overall, though, I think that Ali Hazelwood fans will get their fill by reading this novella. Mara was also especially cute in a Disney-loving-wants-everyone-to-get-along sort of way, so I really adored that. Liam wasn’t into STEM, so you get a little diversity there, which is a bonus. I think what made this one different for me from the other stories is that it was mainly told in the setting of their house, which I really enjoyed. While you still get the enemies-to-friends-to-lovers trope that always seems to follow Ali Hazelwood, this time you also get a lawyer (even if he is the exact same manifestation of all Hazelwood’s other male leads – ex. I thought it was really well written and was so glad that the enemies portion of this novella wasn’t as drawn out as the last one. I absolutely loved Mara and Liam’s relationship and the tension between them. I listened to it for one of my two hour drives, and then it was over. So, this won’t be a long review solely based on the fact that this was a very short novella.

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