19 ratings • 5 reviews
19 ratings • 5 reviews
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.
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Im in love.
With the book or with Adam?
The world may never know…
Jk it’s both
Personally, the "smart-ass" was kinda an ick for me.
I love reading about STEM-surrounding settings from both the professor's and the PhD student's. Also, it's nice that the author addressed Title IX even though the characters were "kinda" violating it haha.
This book was originally published to AO3 as Reylo fanfiction, and it has all the trademarks of a fanfic-to-original-fiction book. That can be a good thing— it’s a very fast read and has some really sweet, funny moments. But it also leans heavily on really common fanfic tropes and zany, improbable situations that end up making the entire story feel cheesy and kind of juvenile. I still enjoyed it, though, and would recommend especially for people who want to read something lighthearted and quick between more serious books.