Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press, St. Martin’s Griffin for an ARC of this book. All opinions in this review are my own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This book was a STEM, friends-to-lovers, not quite fake dating but rather let-me-teach-you dating trope, LGBTQIA+ rep book that was quite cute. It is slated as being a combo of The Kiss Quotient and Love Potion No. 9, but since I haven’t read either of those, I can say it gives me Love Hypothesis feels at times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It follows Lyric, an experimental psychologist doc student and Kian, an environmental chemist (? I honestly don’t remember, it isn’t as important what he does) doc student, best friends and roommates at Columbia University, who have been best friends since Lyric started at Columbia as a 16 year old undergrad. Lyric studies sexual chemistry and is struggling to find her own sexual chemistry with partners, and Kian is in a rut with his dating life. Hijinks ensue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My biggest issues with this book were non-issues for most people probably – and it really comes down to the actual psychological rigor\/study aspects. As a psychology graduate student as well, there were just parts of it that made me confused and I found myself arguing with the book about realism, which is not really an issue in a romance book. Plus, I don’t actually know how experimental psychology works – as I am in a clinical field – so it could completely be right, I don’t actually know for sure! So this is a dumb thing for me to be annoyed with. The only other thing that really bugged me is a common trope with this kind of romance books, which is the miscommunication trope. I personally don’t like that trope, but I know a lot of people like it. So take that for what you will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This book has some spice, it shows positive family relations and toxic family relations, and really healthy friendships. It is a definitely cute book overall, and I was able to read it in less than 24 hours. 3.5\/5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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