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Review: My Coworker by Freida McFadden

Posted February 11, 2026 by Wena in Reviews | 0 Comments

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The Coworker by Freida McFadden

Reviewer: Wena
Main Leads: Dawn Schiff, Natalie Farrell
Setting: United States, Massachussetts, Boston
Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
Tags: Revenge, School Violence, Suicide
Published On: August 23, 2023
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Format: Audio
Source: Purchased
Pages: 362
Purchase It: Amazon | Barnes & Noble

Two women. An office filled with secrets. One terrible crime that can’t be taken back

Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone thinks so at Vixed, the nutritional supplement company where Dawn works as an accountant. She never says the right thing. She has no friends. And she is always at her desk at precisely 8:45 a.m.

So when Dawn doesn’t show up to the office one morning, her coworker Natalie Farrell—beautiful, popular, top sales rep five years running—is surprised. Then she receives an unsettling, anonymous phone call that changes everything…

It turns out Dawn wasn’t just an awkward outsider—she was being targeted by someone close. And now Natalie is irrevocably tied to Dawn as she finds herself caught in a twisted game of cat and mouse that leaves her wondering: who’s the real victim?

But one thing is incredibly clear: somebody hated Dawn Schiff. Enough to kill.

This was my first completed read of the year. It wasn’t the book that I would typically have chosen to read but you know what? I’m not even mad about it. Freida McFadden isn’t one of my favorite authors but I can’t deny that she writes entertaining stories that make me laugh even though the stories are wildly dark and super chaotic. This book isn’t an exception. The last book of hers that I read was The Housemaid, and this book reminded me so much of that book. The writing style is the same so it was easy for me to follow along and guess everything. And guess everything, I did. I called everything that was going to happen before it happened.

The book follows Natalie Farrell as she tries to find out what happened to her coworker, Dawn Schiff. Dawn doesn’t show up for work and Natalie takes a call at her desk that is disturbing so Natalie tries to find out what happened to Dawn, to see if Dawn’s okay, and falls down a rabbit hole that just keeps getting worse and worse for her. And I gotta tell you, every choice that Natalie makes is the worst possible choice she can make and every single time, I got more and more annoyed because with every passing page, I liked her less and less.

I don’t want to get into too much of the story because this isn’t the kind of story that you can talk about without spoiling the book so I will say that with every bad choice that Natalie makes, the story unfolds just a little bit more and the more light is shed on Dawn, what happened to Dawn, and hell, even the kind of person that Natalie is. This was written in a way that is easy to follow along with, but not easy to read, if that makes sense. The more you find out, the more you feel like you’ve been kicked in the nuts. This isn’t an easy book to recommend but it was entertaining. I did say, “I know you’re fucking lying” more than once and when all is said and done, I wasn’t mad that I read it.

Final Rating

3.5 out of 5

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Review: Funny Story by Emily Henry

Posted October 17, 2025 by Brenna in Reviews | 0 Comments

Funny Story by Emily Henry

Reviewer: Brenna
Main Leads: Daphne Vincent, Miles Nowak
Setting: United States, Michigan, Waning Bay
Genres: Romance, Contemporary
Tags: Opposites Attract, Fake Dating, Roommates to Lovers, Small Town Romance, Friends to Lovers
Published On: April 23, 2024
Publisher: Berkley
Format: Audio
Source: Purchased
Pages: 395
Purchase It: Amazon | Barnes & Noble

A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.

Daphne always loved the way her fiancé, Peter, told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it… right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.

Which is how Daphne begins her new story: stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra’s ex, Miles Nowak.

Scruffy and chaotic—with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads—Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned-up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she’s either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them?

But it’s all just for show, of course, because there’s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex… right?

This book is one of my favorite reads of the year because we were able to see and feel all the feels with both Daphne and Miles. I haven’t read a lot of books from the main male lead’s perspective so I loved that we got to know Miles while Daphne was getting to know him. It added so much to my enjoyment of the book as a whole cause I felt like we got a fuller understganding of the romance between Miles and Daphne. The twists were twisting and I loved every second of reading this book.

Daphne was my girl. I connected with her story a lot because I saw a lot of my story in hers. She was raised by a single Mom and she was close with her Mom. I was raised by a single Mom and I’m close with my Mom so it was easy for me to connect with a lot of the things that Daphne took into consideration when making life decisions. I loved that she always made her Mom a priority and was considerate of her Mom in all of her major decisions. I also really loved how supportive her mother was. The most important thing to her Mom was Daphne’s happiness and I really love a supportive Queen.

Seeing the relationship between Miles and Daphne blossom was a good time. They balanced each other out so well and challenged each other to be the very best versions of themselves and I just really dug it. I really liked how they handled whatever was thrown their way like adults and they just made it so easy to root for them and their romance was steamy enough to keep things interesting so all in all, I was a happy camper.

This book was so good that I couldn’t put it down. I was excited to see how everything played out and I liked getting both of the main leads perspectives for the same situations, even if we got Miles through his interactions with Daphne. They were so different from each other but together, they made sense so seeing them both move on from their relationships and come together in to their own was a treat that I’m glad I stuck around for.

I’m very happy that I picked up this book. I loved how everything came together, and obviously, this was a funny story so I definitely recommend.

Final Rating

5 out of 5

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Review: Reel by Kennedy Ryan

Posted October 14, 2025 by Wena in Reviews | 0 Comments

Reel by Kennedy Ryan

Reviewer: Wena
Series: Hollywood Renaissance #1
Main Leads: Cannon Holt, Neevah Saint
Setting: United States, New York, New York City
Genres: Romance, Contemporary
Tags: Workplace Romance, Actress Female Lead, Director Male Lead
Published On: June 8, 2021
Publisher: Scribechick Media, LLC
Format: Audio
Source: Purchased
Pages: 434
Purchase It: Amazon | Barnes & Noble

Award-Winning Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kennedy Ryan launches a brand-new series with a Hollywood tale of wild ambition, artistic obsession, and unrelenting love.

One moment in the spotlight…

For months I stood by, an understudy waiting in the wings, preparing for my time to shine.

I never imagined he would watch in the audience that night.

Canon Holt.

Famous film director. Fascinating. Talented. Fine.

Before I could catch my breath, everything changed. I went from backstage Broadway to center stage Hollywood.

From being unknown, to my name, Neevah Saint, on everyone’s lips.

Canon casts me in a star-studded Harlem Renaissance biopic, catapulting me into another stratosphere.

But stars shine brightest in the dead of night.

Forbidden attraction, scandal and circumstances beyond my control jeopardize my dream.

Could this one shot — the role of a lifetime, the love of a lifetime — cost me everything?

Kennedy Ryan is one of those authors that never fails to write the kind of books that I can’t put down. This book pulled me out of a reading slump and I was hooked right from the very beginning. This is another author that I wanted to introduce to Brenna and she read this book along with me and she enjoyed it as well and that makes me so happy. I knew that she would enjoy this one because Kennedy Ryan writes compelling stories about complex characters that really pull at your heartstrings and draws you so deeply into the story that the stories, along with the characters stay with you long after you’ve finished reading. Ryan also tends to write really heavy stories and so they’re not books that you can easily jump into but I’m happy to say that though the characters are put through the wringer in this one, I didn’t find this story to be quite as heavy as all of the others though it didn’t shy away from packing on the emotions.

Cannon and Neevah’s romance was a slow burn that came together so wonderfully and I very much enjoyed it. It was a moving story about two people that connected on a level that was hard to fight against and when they both stop fighting their feelings, their love for each other was too good. I thought that they were such great characters on their own but I really loved their dynamic together. Their stories weren’t easy but seeing them come to love and support each other was everything.

Neevah and Cannon meet when Neevah finally gets her break, an understudy stepping up when the lead actress goes down. It had taken so long for Neevah to finally get her break and when she nails the role, just as we all knew she would, she catches the eye of Cannon Holt, a film director. Meeting Cannon on that particular night really changed her life in more ways than one. When he casts her to be the lead in her first film, Neevah couldn’t predict that she’d find a role that was meant for her or that she’d fall in love with the man that cast her in the role.

Neevah was an interesting female lead and it was so easy to connect with her and with her story because a lot of her struggles, a lot of her worries, were all things that I struggled with at one point in time. It wasn’t hard to root for her and for her happiness because she was such a likable character. I rejoiced through her ups and I was sad through her downs. She had such a good head on her shoulders that I really enjoyed getting to know her. As good as she was, she wasn’t perfect and seeing her struggle with prioritizing her health and her work made her story all the more interesting. I loved seeing her learn to lean on Cannon and trust that he loved her the way that she deserved, even when she was embarrassed to show herself to him.

The romance between Cannon and Neevah was such a good one. Seeing them fall into their feelings and all the drama that comes with falling in love on set made for an interesting read. It definitely wasn’t boring. There was so much going on and so much to love that reading this book took no time at all. Kennedy Ryan did such a great job of putting words to paper that moved the hell out of me. I thought she did a great job of pulling string after string until the strings came together to tell a complete story of two complex but interesting characters and I’m so glad that I read this one. Cannon was fine as hell and seeing his grumpy ass fall for Neevah and then strive to support her and prove to her that he’s all in was such a good time. I loved all of him and loved the way that he loved Neevah.

This book was so good and I’m so glad that I read it. I definitely recommend.

Final Rating

4.5 out of 5

Hollywood Renaissance Series

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Review: Wild Love by Elsie Silver

Posted October 9, 2025 by Brenna in Reviews | 0 Comments

Wild Love by Elsie Silver

Reviewer: Brenna
Series: Rose Hill #1
Main Leads: Ford Grant, Rosie Belmont
Setting: Canada, British Columbia, Rose Hill
Genres: Romance, Contemporary
Tags: Best Friends Little Sister, Billionaire, Long Lost Child
Published On: April 9, 2024
Publisher: Bloom Books
Format: Audio
Source: Purchased
Pages: 455
Purchase It: Amazon | Barnes & Noble

She’s been driving him wild for years.

The good kind of wild. The bad kind of wild.

But mostly, the kind of wild that comes with wanting your best friend’s little sister and knowing you can’t have her.

Forbes may have labeled Ford Grant the World’s Hottest Billionaire, but all he cares about is escaping the press and opening a recording studio in gorgeous small town Rose Hill. Something that comes to a screeching halt when he ends up face-to-face with a young girl who claims he’s her biological father. Now, he spends his days balancing business with parenting a sullen twelve-year-old, all while trying desperately to keep his hands the hell off his best friend’s sister, Rosie Belmont.

After living in the city, Rosie came blasting back into town like a storm. Beautiful, messy, and chaotic. And one wide-eyed, desperate plea for a job is all it takes for Ford to hire her. He vows to keep her at arm’s length. Tries to stick to scowls and grumpy one-liners. But with her, verbal sparring is a type of foreplay―friction that soon turns to blistering heat.

Ford knows damn well he shouldn’t cross this line. But shouldn’t and can’t are two very different things.

And the only thing he truly can’t do is resist her.

Wild Love was that cute and cozy read that I’ve been looking for. From the main characters to the secondary characters, I loved everyone (excerpt for Stan, but you’ll have to read the book to find out why). Ford and Rosie’s love story was great! I loved the build-up and how they seemed to fall into their feelings so naturally. The way that they went from being kids to Ford becoming best friends with Rosie’s brother and then Rosie asking Ford for a job, I felt like I was reading a rom-com movie.

I also really loved how protective Ford was over Rosie. His protection wasn’t a demanding or overbearing kind of protection, it was more of a supportive protection that gave her the space to figure things out for herself while knowing that he was available to step in and help should she need it.

This book was a 5 star read for me because each interaction between Ford and Rosie made me feel all the feels. I really appreciated that Ford didn’t question Rosie and the situations that she found herself in. He just showed up for her when she needed him and did what he could to help her through, and I feel like that’s what you’re supposed to do for the people that you love so yes, I loved it and I loved me some Ford.

One of the things that had me a little worried was when Cora showed up, out of nowhere, expecting to be taken in by Ford. She was this teenage girl with non parental guidance, who ran off to a man she assumed was her father, and just expected to have this stranger of a man take care of her without question, and the crazy part is, Ford did exactly that! LOL.

Overall, thie book was great and I’m glad that I gave it a chance because it propelled me right out of my reading slump. 10 out 10, would definitely recommend and I’m seriously looking forward to book 2.

Final Rating

5 out of 5

Rose Hill Series

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Review: Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

Posted June 2, 2025 by Wena in Reviews | 0 Comments

Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

Series: Knockemout #1
Main Leads: Knox Morgan, Naomi Witt
Setting: United States, Virginia, Knockemout
Genres: Contemporary, Romance
Tags: Damsel in Distress, Grumpy Hero, Single Mom
Published On: January 12, 2022
Publisher: Indie Published, That’s What She Said Publishing
Format: Audio
Source: Purchased
Pages: 572 | Length: 16h, 1m
Purchase It: Amazon | Barnes & Noble

Bearded, bad-boy barber Knox prefers to live his life the way he takes his coffee: Alone. Unless you count his basset hound, Waylon.

Knox doesn’t tolerate drama, even when it comes in the form of a stranded runaway bride.

Naomi wasn’t just running away from her wedding. She was riding to the rescue of her estranged twin to Knockemout, Virginia, a rough-around-the-edges town where disputes are settled the old-fashioned way…with fists and beer. Usually in that order.

Too bad for Naomi her evil twin hasn’t changed at all. After helping herself to Naomi’s car and cash, Tina leaves her with something unexpected. The niece Naomi didn’t know she had. Now she’s stuck in town with no car, no job, no plan, and no home with an 11-year-old going on thirty to take care of.

There’s a reason Knox doesn’t do complications or high-maintenance women, especially not the romantic ones. But since Naomi’s life imploded right in front of him, the least he can do is help her out of her jam. And just as soon as she stops getting into new trouble he can leave her alone and get back to his peaceful, solitary life.

At least, that’s the plan until the trouble turns to real danger.

Things We Never Forgot About is the first book in the Knockemout Series by Lucy Score. The series follows two brothers and their best friend as they find their one true love. This book is the first Morgan brother’s book, Knox. Knox is the grumpy rich guy that just wants to be left alone to run his businesses and hang out with his dog but that peaceful life that he’s made for himself goes out the window the minute that Naomi Witt comes into his life. She blows into his life with daisies in her hair and before he knows whats what, she’s planted herself right into his life.

Naomi Witt escaped being the wife of an asshole when she fled her wedding under the guise that her sister needed her. She did receive a note from her sister saying she needed her and jumped at the chance to run from her wedding. She wasn’t expecting to stay in the small town of Knockemout, Virginia and she wasn’t expecting her sister to steal her car, her clothes, her purse, and leave her with an eleven year old niece that Naomi didn’t even know existed. She also wasn’t expecting to meet the grumpy Knox Morgan who seems to have his hand in everything in Knockemout. Stepping up for her niece, Waylay was a no-brainer for Naomi. She would never walk away from a family member that needed her and Waylay needed her like nobody’s business so it looked like Naomi was staying in town a lot longer than she anticipated.

I’m going to start with my thoughts on what I liked in this book and then end on what I didn’t like. Naomi and Waylay are highlights of this book for me. I loved seeing them navigate getting to know each other and fall in love with each other. The way that their relationship blossomed into the relationship that they had in the end made my insides all warm and squishy and I just really loved being apart of their story. I loved how Naomi came to love and depend on Waylay the same way that Waylay came to love and depend on Naomi. I love how they became a family and when Naomi’s parents show up, I love how they all uprooted their lives to be apart of Waylay’s life. I also really loved the support system that Naomi had in Steph. He was the best kind of friend and he added more to love when he was around.

I also really liked the friends that Naomi made in Knockemout. Sloane and the friends from the bar were all great additions to this cast and I also really liked Nash and I’m lowkey curious about Lucien. Nash and Knox’s grandma was great too and I really loved seeing her come to love Waylay like she was her own. Oh and I also really liked Waylay’s friends. Chloe was such a cutie patootie.

Knox got on my hot damn nerves. I just never warmed up to him. I normally love me a grumpy “Get off my lawn!” hero but there was something about Knox that made me want to kick him in the dick every time he opened his mouth or did something else that I thought was dumb as hell. The reason behind him and Nash’s falling out? Stupid. The reason he broke up with Naomi? SO STUPID. And don’t even get me started on the way that he talked to Naomi. Sure, his intentions are good from the jump. He loves to help others and he’s got the means to help everyone but the way that he was mad at Nash for the way that Nash spent the money he gave him? Ehh. The way that he hated the way that Warner talked and treated Naomi even though he talked to Naomi the same way? Se ki’o. I just felt like his love and help came with stipulations and if you didn’t do or act the way that he wanted you to then it was a problem. Why help anyone if you were going to dictate what they did with your help? That’s like love with conditions. Why bother loving anyone at all? Sure, I knew that he was one of the good guys and that his personality was just grumpy but he still rubbed me the wrong way a whole lot of the time and I thought he was too old to be acting so dumb…and that’s why I struggled so much with his romance with Naomi. He set her up and then dropped her on her face when things got to be too much for him but…he was the one that pursued Naomi. He was the one that changed the rules so the way that he broke up with Naomi but still wanted a say in the choices she made and how she took care of Waylay just pissed me off. Everything about him pissed me off and I wouldn’t have been mad if Naomi fell in love with someone else, haha.

Even though I didn’t like the hero and because I didn’t like him, I wasn’t a big fan of the romance. I did love everything else though. I thought the writing was compelling and kept me wanting to continue even when I wanted to knee Knox in the balls. I’m not sure that I enjoyed this book enough to want to continue the series. I do like Nash and Lucien but enough to continue? Probably not, especially cause I’m scared they’re like Knox.

So yeah, the hero sucks but everything else was good stuff so 3 out of 5, would recommend with reservations, but if you don’t care about heroes acting like idiots for most of the book and like small towns and family relationships made stronger through the raising of abandoned children then this is probably the book for you.

Knockemout Series

3 out of 5

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Review: The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren

Posted May 13, 2025 by Wena in Reviews | 0 Comments

The True Love Experiment

Series: DNA Duo #2
Also in this Series: The Soulmate Equation
Main Leads: Felicity “Fizzy” Chen, Connor Prince
Setting: United States, California, San Diego
Tags: Romance Novelist Female Lead, Single Dad, Secret Romance
Genres: Romance, Contemporary
Published On: May 16, 2023
Publisher: Gallery Books
Format: Audio
Source: Purchased
Pages: 409
Purchase It: Amazon | Barnes & Noble

Sparks fly when a romance novelist and a documentary filmmaker join forces to craft the perfect Hollywood love story and take both of their careers to the next level—but only if they can keep the chemistry between them from taking the whole thing off script.

Felicity “Fizzy” Chen is lost. Sure, she’s got an incredible career as a beloved romance novelist with a slew of bestsellers under her belt, but when she’s asked to give a commencement address, it hits her: she hasn’t been practicing what she’s preached.

Fizzy hasn’t ever really been in love. Lust? Definitely. But that swoon-worthy, can’t-stop-thinking-about-him, all-encompassing feeling? Nope. Nothing. What happens when the optimism she’s spent her career encouraging in readers starts to feel like a lie?

Connor Prince, documentary filmmaker and single father, loves his work in large part because it allows him to live near his daughter. But when his profit-minded boss orders him to create a reality TV show, putting his job on the line, Connor is out of his element. Desperate to find his romantic lead, a chance run-in with an exasperated Fizzy offers Connor the perfect solution. What if he could show the queen of romance herself falling head-over-heels for all the world to see? Fizzy gives him a hard pass—unless he agrees to her list of demands. When he says yes, and production on The True Love Experiment begins, Connor wonders if that perfect match will ever be in the cue cards for him, too.

The True Love Experiment is the book fans have been waiting for ever since Fizzy’s debut in The Soulmate Equation. But when the lights come on and all eyes are on her, it turns out the happily ever after Fizzy had all but given up on might lie just behind the camera.

The True Love Experiment is the second book in the DNA Duo series by Christina Lauren and it is Fizzy’s book! Fizzy was such a delight in the first book that I was thrilled to find out that we were getting her story in this book. She was such a fun character that I knew having her front and center for an entire book was going to be a lot of fun, and I wasn’t wrong.

Fizzy Chen is all about the hook up. She’s not against finding true love, she just hasn’t felt anything more than lust. She loves love, so much so, that she’s made a career out of it. She’s a romance novelist that hasn’t been in love and it’s starting to feel like she’s living a lie, especially cause her job is to sell love to her readers. Fizzy was such a fantastic female lead. She was bright, she was kind, and she had such a good head on her shoulders that to know her was to love her. She was also funny as hell and was a huge reason I laughed so much while reading.

Connor Prince is a San Diego film maker that loves his job and is really good at his job. When his boss comes to him and tells him that in order to keep that job he loves, he has to make a reality show and make it a success. Reality shows are not Connor’s cup of tea, nor are they part of his expertise. But he ain’t no quitter so when he comes across Felicity Chen, he’s intrigued but more than that, he thinks she’d make a great main character in the reality show that he needs to make. When she tells him that she’d only do it if he fulfills every item on her list, he sets about…completing that list. He’s also a single father who loves his kid and works hard to be the kind of father she deserves. He was the kind of hero that matched well to Fizzy’s bright personality.

The chemistry between Connor and Fizzy was pretty great. They were such a good fit and seeing them fall in love was a lot of fun. Being part of their journey, seeing them become such a solid team made for an entertaining read. Their romance was sweet at the same time that it was steamy. The entire book was such a fun ride. There was a lot of laugh, a lot of support from the other characters, and the story itself was fun and interesting. I even loved seeing all of the contestants that Connor found for Fizzy. It was all just more to love.

I really liked this book. I loved the main characters, the side characters, the story, the romance…all of it. The story was well written and the pacing of the story never dragged so I was never bored. Christina Lauren did a really good job with this story and even though I did really enjoy The Soulmate Equation, I liked this book so much more. This was a fantastic romance from beginning to end. It was such a feel good romance that it took me no time at all to read. I definitely recommend this book if you’re in the mood for a contemporary romance that warms you up from the inside out. This is a really good book.

DNA Duo Series

4.5 out of 5

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Review: The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren

Posted May 12, 2025 by Wena in Reviews | 0 Comments

The Soulmate Equation

Series: DNA Duo #1
Main Leads: Jess Davis, River Pena
Setting: United States, California, San Diego
Tags: Single Mom, Fake Relationship, STEM Characters
Genres: Romance, Contemporary
Published On: May 18, 2021
Publisher: Gallery Books
Format: Audio
Source: Purchased
Pages: 360
Purchase It: Amazon | Barnes & Noble

Single mom Jess Davis is a data and statistics wizard, but no amount of number crunching can convince her to step back into the dating world. After all, her father was never around, her hard-partying mother disappeared when she was six, and her ex decided he wasn’t “father material” before her daughter was even born. Jess holds her loved ones close but working constantly to stay afloat is hard…and lonely.

But then Jess hears about GeneticAlly, a buzzy new DNA-based matchmaking company that’s predicted to change dating forever. Finding a soulmate through DNA? The reliability of numbers: This Jess understands.

At least she thought she did, until her test shows an unheard-of 98 percent compatibility with another subject in the database: GeneticAlly’s founder, Dr. River Peña. This is one number she can’t wrap her head around, because she already knows Dr. Peña. The stuck-up, stubborn man is without a doubt not her soulmate. But GeneticAlly has a proposition: Get to know him and we’ll pay you. Jess—who is barely making ends meet—is in no position to turn it down, despite her skepticism about the project and her dislike for River. As the pair are dragged from one event to the next as the “Diamond” pairing that could launch GeneticAlly’s valuation sky-high, Jess begins to realize that there might be more to the scientist—and the science behind a soulmate—than she thought.

The Soulmate Equation proves that the delicate balance between fate and choice can never be calculated.

This was a book club read from last year and it’s one of the books that I actually really liked so I knew that I wanted to review it here. I am in the process of rediscovering my love of reading and this book did a lot to remind me how much I love a good book. Right from the jump, I was interested in both of the main leads and the female leads best friend.

This story follows single Mom Jess Davis as she fake dates Dr. River Pena into true love. Jess hasn’t had the best of luck in relationships and after a while, she kind of just stops dealing with them and does the single Mom thing on her own. It’s lonely though, doing things on her own and when she gets roped into participating in DNA-based matchmaking app, she finds herself agreeing to it. She’s definitely interested in the data side of things and intrigued enough with the whole operation that it didn’t take that much convincing to get her on board. River is snooty and Jess is not a fan of his at first but the more time that they pretend to be together, the easier it gets to like him.

Watching as River and Jess fall in love with each other was a lot fun and it was interesting as well. The science behind the app, the other characters, especially Juno and Fizzy, were all wonderful additions that made falling into this story worthwhile. I was charmed, I had the biggest crush on River, and I laughed a lot more than I thought I would. Christina Lauren delivered another winner with this book and I’m so glad that I read it. I picked it for book club and I picked right because I really enjoyed the story, the characters, and the romance was top notch. There’s much to recommend this book and there’s much to look forward to if you haven’t read this one yet. It’s good, I promise!

DNA Duo Series

4 out of 5

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