Liam is used to living alone in the house and at first tries to buy her out and be irritating so she would want to leave. Mara just came there after the funeral and expected to move in after sending him an email which seemed a bit presumptuous. The beginning has a bit of an enemies-to-lovers vibe with both their career conflict over the environment, and that they were each left half of the house by Liam’s aunt. I would have liked much more about them, their lives and their friends and family. Liam went to school at Harvard and is now a corporate lawyer, for a polluter. Her concerns for the environment were admirable.

Mara was strong-minded and well-educated as an engineer now working at the EPA. I liked learning about their careers and interests. I don’t think it was improved by the jumping around in time for different scenes. The story does seem short on character development and world building as can be the case with a novella. I did see the pages for this one listed as 312 in one place, which is a full book in my mind. The audio is about half of a regular audio. The audios are releasing before the ebooks by 3 months or so. Under One Roof is part of a group of STEMinist Novellas. 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. Published by Penguin Audio on February 8, 2022Īmazon, Audible, Audiobook, Barnes & Noble, AppleĪ scientist should never cohabitate with her annoyingly hot nemesis – it leads to combustion. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

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