4.12.2022

finished reading

This book is a science nerd's rom-com.  I was completely charmed from the meet-cute to the happily-ever-after.  Olive is an adorable, awkward brainiac and Adam is a gorgeous, brooding Mr. Darcy-type.  The secondary characters were great, too--Ahn, Jeremy, Holden, and Malcolm.  It would be great if they got books.

From the publisher:
As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships--but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.

That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor--and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding...six-pack abs.

Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.

2 comments:

The Gal Herself said...

Darcy? Did you say Mr. Darcy? Sigh.

Lori said...

I LOVED this book. ♥♥♥