When Sadie Brooks loses her marketing job in NYC, she decides to spend the summer with her best friend in a small town in Texas. Depressed and overwhelmed about her future, she agrees to take part in his Dungeons and Dragons game with three other people who are also new to the game. In the game, she becomes Jaylie, a powerful cleric who is blessed by the Goddess of Good Luck. Something she feels she doesn’t have a lot of until she meets Noah Walker, who plays as Loren the lute strumming bardic elf. As she contributes in the game and gets to know her fellow characters she draws on those strengths to navigate and make some decisions about her real life. Will her future take her back to New York? Or will she remain in Texas and explore what she’s beginning to feel for Noah?

Even though I’ve never played a Dungeons and Dragons game in my life the way Roll for Romance was written it was very easy to follow. Sadie as herself was very easy to empathize with and wish her good luck in finding her way. When she played Jaylie we could see how as she grew confidence in the game it paralleled how she was feeling in her real life. I loved how this author used the two plots to help grow Sadie’s character and help her see the direction she might want to take as she started over.

Noah was an interesting character for a love interest. He was very laid back, charming, and easy going. There are quite a few similarities between he and his D&D character Loren. What was strange about him was that he doesn’t stay long in one city, moving as the mood hits him. Not your usual hero vibe, although he paired well with Sadie who in her NY life was structured and suited, while in TX she is more easy breezy and figuring out her future.

This novel was very easy to read and quite enjoyable! I’m a fantasy reader so it wasn’t hard to make that jump from current world to fictional world and I liked the variety of characters between those two worlds. If you like fantasy and/or D&D this one would be a no brainer for you. ❤️❤️❤️❣️

I received a copy of this book through NetGalley for an honest review and it was honest.

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