The Royal Roommate Disaster

Frat Brats of Santa Barbara, Book 2

By: Hayden Hall

Narrated by: Jon Waters

Mateo: My life is nothing like a fairytale. Weighed down by duty and constantly watched, I hope to find a little freedom at Highgate. Nobody knows who I really am: the Andalonian Heir Apparent. Not even the embarrassingly handsome Joshua Sterling. He makes falling in love effortless. He makes me believe in fairytales.

With every lie I speak, I bury myself deeper. Whenever I miss a chance to tell him who I am, I lose him more. And when I love him the most, a disaster strikes.

Joshua: Trailed by his bodyguards and deliciously strange, Mateo Garcia is like nobody I've ever crossed paths with. I've crossed paths with plenty of hot guys. Not a single one of them looked past what I was ready to show. Not like Mateo.

But when he touches my wildest desires and the promise of a little happiness is too sweet to resist, I discover that he's nothing like what he said. He is a prince suffocated by tradition and expectations. And what does that make me? A rebellious experiment and a college flame.

Maybe I'm better off living the way I used to. Maybe a pretty face and a hot body is all I'm worth. But his departure rips a hole in my chest that no amount of hookups could fill.

Contains mature themes.

©2022 Hayden Hall (P)2022 Tantor

Wonderful characters, beautiful story and incredible voice narration.

I truly enjoyed this romance. Interesting twist on the typical roommates falling in love troupe, sweet & steamy love scenes; I found myself really caring about these characters. Fantastic voice narration; the accents were on point.

better than the first one

much better storyline than the first I'm the series and the voice actor seriously improved. loved the slight accent for Matteo

Mateo and Joshua…

I think this could have just been titled The Royal Roommate because there was nothing “disastrous@ so to speak. There was a little drama and some misunderstanding, but mild…not a lot of angst. Good read, nothing surprising. I will say this narrator isn’t a favorite…he goes from sounding way to pretentious, to sounding like Batman, to sounding overly nerdy…I was like what is going on. I checked on some parts just because I didn’t like his reading. Anyway, that would be my only gripe…needs a better narrator.

Love! Love! Love!

I absolutely Love Hayden Hall!!!!! Everything he has written, I love every book. I love all his characters, all their stories. I read this book when it first came out and loved it but now I love the book just that much more after listening to Joshua and Mateo's voices.

This was the first time since I have heard Jon Waters narrate and I really loved his voice. I hoped to see him narrate more gay romance.

I defintely recommend this book.

The Characters are fun but the rest is meh

I really like the introduction of a traditional trope, that is what has got me into this series. however, I don't feel like the two plotlines click together seamlessly. I think there's a little bit of friction between the beginning, middle, and end. These are some of the more interesting characters in all of the books, but I feel like they were given a flatline story that creates too many excuses where other characters have to tell them how to feel.