But no, my real issue here is that where book one made science PART of the story and it wasn’t too over the top, here it just…bogged it down. But I didn’t even think of similarities when I was reading this-that was what I say to all of those that think this is comparable to TLH-fair.

And, honestly, that wasn’t my issue here-if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. I’ll admit time and again that I am an avid serial reader of books that are all similar-but the deal is they have to be just as heart-wrenching and have moments that take my breath away-I don’t care how similar they are. LOL! My morbidity and humor all wrapped up into one, this is exactly how I talk ^^^^ (see? I loved so much about this) “Because it will die in thirteen to seventeen years, based on recent statistical data, and shatter my heart in thirteen to seventeen pieces.” “Anyway, Harry Potter is tainted forever, and I’m not getting a cat.” We CAN expect some sort of gravitational pull and we CAN expect to not read the same type of book we read before. But, here is the KICKER, we CAN expect to feel the same things.

Not all books can be the same, and not all books have to contain that same aesthetic. I was trash for Hazelwood’s first novel, and I even went in not expecting much because I HATE when people compare to an author’s first work-it’s not wholly fair. And, up until a certain point, I was in love-AGAIN. The way that this one hurts me to write….look. The real villain is love: an unstable isotope, constantly undergoing spontaneous nuclear decay. The possibilities have all her neurons firing.īut when it comes time to actually make a move and put her heart on the line, there's only one question that matters: What will Bee Königswasser do? But Levi made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad school - archenemies work best employed in their own galaxies far, far away.īut when her equipment starts to go missing and the staff ignore her, Bee could swear she sees Levi softening into an ally, backing her plays, seconding her ideas. Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesis-with explosive results.īee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project - a literal dream come true - Marie would accept without hesitation.

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