by Ali Hazelwood
It’s a widely known fact that Levi and Bee were rivals in grad school. So, what happens when Bee gets a dream opportunity at NASA only to find out that the co-lead is none other than her nemesis. Let’s find out!
Read if you like: Contemporary romance, romcoms, STEM romance, woman in STEM, miscommunication trope, second chance love, a wee bit of suspense, hilarious sidekicks, FMC who is clueless about love.
Bee’s life it not ideal. She’s in a crappy job after some friends showed their true colors. But at least she learned that science is the only thing she can trust. Science and Marie Curie. And through the help of social media and creativity, Bee and Marie have been helping women in STEM vent and find space in the world. Now Bee just has to fix her own life. And that fix may come from a once-in-a-lifetime NASA project. Unfortunately, that project also includes working side-by-side with Levi who inexplicably hated Bee since the moment he laid eyes on her in grad school. Not only is Levi wildly successful (she doesn’t look him up… too, often) she has to share all her findings with someone who couldn’t stand to be in a room with her. Oh well, Marie Curie had her share of haters, so Bee can get through this short project and hopefully move on to greater things. Oh, what you do for the love of science.
Ohh, I adored this book. My 135 highlights speak for themselves but I won’t make you read them all. I just love Bee, she’s all quirky and filled with fun facts which I’m all about. So basically, if she were real, we’d be friends. From the outside, she’s your straightforward woman in STEM, angry without showing it. Because you’d be angry all the time if people constantly overlooked or even stole your ideas and you had to fight for recognition at every turn of your career. But you can’t show it, because then you wouldn’t have a job. No boy fest wants to work with an ‘angry woman.’ But what people don’t know is that she’s also a wildly popular Twitter personality who advocates for women in STEM, putting all that anger into good use. Science is now her one true love. People are come and go, but science lives forever.
Let’s talk about Levi. I would give oodles of money to have a dual POV of any of Ali Hazelwood’s books. Levi is no exception. It’s quickly obvious that there was a big misunderstanding in grad school and the poor man is just as clueless about what everyone thought as Bee is about love. They are a delightful mess as they both struggle to understand that neither one of them has seen the other clearly. Their relationship from co-worker to friend is adorable and when the muddy water of miscommunication begins to clear you can not wait for the sparks to start flying. With a bit of added suspense surrounding their project we get a plot arc that doesn’t disappoint as our duo sorts out their shaky futures.
Keep the love coming Ali.
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