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![]() Roomies tells the tale of a young woman, Holland Bakker, several years after receiving her MFA in Creative Writing sort of stuck in her own self-comfort who develops a crush on a subway musician. With Roomies, I was pleasantly surprised. ![]() To fully understand my stance on books like this, I must admit that I don’t typically read romance novels on account of the fact that it’s rare that I find myself enjoying them. There is a very fluffy air about Roomies by Christina Lauren that initially shouts out guilty pleasure read, making you picture the sort of books that are just okay but somehow rather addicting. ![]() I did not expect to like this book as much as I did. You’ve suddenly become a very large part of mine.” ![]() “I don’t like to think of you playing a side part in your story. ![]() ![]() But she's starting to think that some doorways should never be opened. As Abra enters The Edge of Over There and begins her pursuit of the Tree once more, she doesn't know whom to fear or whom to trust. The woman directs her to New Orleans where she will find the grave of Marie Laveau, one of seven gateways between this world and Over There. Four years later, 16-year-old Abra's long-delayed quest to find the next manifestation of the Tree of Life is renewed when she sees a woman walking up the road-a woman who looks exactly like Sam's dead mother. When it didn't, her friendship with Sam Chambers grew cold and distant, and they both wondered how any of it could actually have happened. ![]() She spent years looking for signs of that other world, waiting for it to break through. But after the Tree and the lightning and the angels, everything felt tenuous, like holding a soap bubble in the palm of her hand. ![]() Before the Tree of Life, everything in Abra Miller's life had been predictable. ![]() |