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Chemistry Lessons #1
Remedial Rocket Science
College student Melody Gage is craving a night of no-strings fun when she meets charming out-of-towner Jeremy, and that's exactly what she gets. Until three years later, when Melody relocates to Los Angeles and finds herself thrust back into Jeremy's orbit. Not only does her hunky one-night stand work at the same aerospace company where she's just started her dream job, he's the CEO's son. Jeremy's got a girlfriend and a reputation as a bad boy, so Melody resolves to keep her distance. Despite her good intentions, a series of awkward circumstances--including an embarrassing crying jag, a latte vs. computer catastrophe, and an emergency fake date--throw her together with the heavenly-smelling paragon of hotness. As the billionaire playboy and geeky IT girl forge an unlikely friendship, Melody's attraction to Jeremy grows deeper than she's ready to admit. How much will she risk for a shot at her happy ending? Contains mature themes.
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First published June 21, 2017
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56books1,842followersSusannah Nix is a RITA® Award-winning andUSA Todaybestselling author of rom-coms and contemporary romances who lives in Texas with her husband. On the rare occasions she's not writing, she can be found reading, knitting, lifting weights, drinking wine, or obsessively watchingTed Lassoon repeat to stave off existential angst.
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August 14, 2017
I really wanted to like this book. The synopsis sounded adorable, the cover is just beautiful, and I'm always in the mood for a quick rom-com.
Unfortunately, several things about this book bothered me.
One: the main character, Melody. While I did like her--she was a sensible main character who made smart decisions and focused on her career--I also thought she was super judgy about certain things. While she didn't say any of these thoughts aloud, reading them made me iffy and overall, just really made me not like or connect with her.
Two: the lack of actual techy stuff. Clearly, this is not somewhere I excel, but considering this was Melody's profession, and considering she was a woman who enjoyed doing what she did and wanted to focus on it, I expected more involvement of, well, the techy stuff.
The romance was okay, I guess. I didn't feel sparks or really ship them together, but I thought Melody and Jeremy were decent enough characters. I liked how they took their time being friends before they both admitted their feelings for each other.
Thing is... it took a long time for that to happen. I liked the buildup, yes, but by the time it actually happened, I'd stopped caring.
Overall, this was a decent book but it wasn't the kind of book I was hoping for. It's a romantic story, sure, but I wouldn't classify it a rom-com--it wasn't funny. 3 stars.
Unfortunately, several things about this book bothered me.
One: the main character, Melody. While I did like her--she was a sensible main character who made smart decisions and focused on her career--I also thought she was super judgy about certain things. While she didn't say any of these thoughts aloud, reading them made me iffy and overall, just really made me not like or connect with her.
Two: the lack of actual techy stuff. Clearly, this is not somewhere I excel, but considering this was Melody's profession, and considering she was a woman who enjoyed doing what she did and wanted to focus on it, I expected more involvement of, well, the techy stuff.
The romance was okay, I guess. I didn't feel sparks or really ship them together, but I thought Melody and Jeremy were decent enough characters. I liked how they took their time being friends before they both admitted their feelings for each other.
Thing is... it took a long time for that to happen. I liked the buildup, yes, but by the time it actually happened, I'd stopped caring.
Overall, this was a decent book but it wasn't the kind of book I was hoping for. It's a romantic story, sure, but I wouldn't classify it a rom-com--it wasn't funny. 3 stars.
September 16, 2020
I've been on a mega romance binge recently and really enjoyed this one (the whole series, actually). Each novel in it features a female protagonist who works in STEM.
When this first book opens, Melody is having a terrible night. First her date stands her up, then the creepy guy at the bar won't leave her alone. When a handsome stranger offers her an escape, it leads to one fabulous night—and that's all it can be, because the next day Jeremy has to fly home to L.A. But then three years later, Melody graduates and lands her dream job at an aerospace company—in L.A., where she reconnects with Jeremy and discovers not only is he as charming as ever, he's the CEO's son. And a billionaire.
This was a fun, sweet story, and I especially appreciated the emphasis on female friendship.
(Because so many readers want to know: this series is closed door, but that's not true for all of Nix's work.)
When this first book opens, Melody is having a terrible night. First her date stands her up, then the creepy guy at the bar won't leave her alone. When a handsome stranger offers her an escape, it leads to one fabulous night—and that's all it can be, because the next day Jeremy has to fly home to L.A. But then three years later, Melody graduates and lands her dream job at an aerospace company—in L.A., where she reconnects with Jeremy and discovers not only is he as charming as ever, he's the CEO's son. And a billionaire.
This was a fun, sweet story, and I especially appreciated the emphasis on female friendship.
(Because so many readers want to know: this series is closed door, but that's not true for all of Nix's work.)
July 15, 2019
I'm going to dnf this at about 60%. I've been waiting for some depth to happen and am finding myself disappointed over and over again. It actually starts off pretty strong. I liked their initial meeting and getting to know each other and it was interesting that there was zero steam in the one-night stand that kicks off their "relationship".
But then it skips three years and everyone got shallow. And it starts by finding out that Jeremy had had a girlfriend all those years ago when he slept with Melody and that he has a history of cheating. And then we get some drama. And then we find Melody saying stupid crap like "I killed my ex-boyfriend" (because she didn't realize that he wasn't taking his medication and that he'd swung from manic to depressed just as they'd had a fight). I really hate misplaced guilt, but I hate it even more when it's so very poorly supported. And then we're asked to support a woman who Melody befriends who is a cheater, but it's okay, apparently, because she left a boy for a girl and go lgbt empowerment! And then Melody's mother comes to visit and the shenanigans were so juvenile that it broke my last remaining connection to the story. I have no idea why nobody took Pam (Mom) aside and said "hey, you're beating your girl down and making her feel like crap just because you can't get your head around her not having a boyfriend. And you just. don't. stop. nagging!"
And don't get me started on Jeremy's family.
Anyway, I can't help feeling like this was a gimmick to get a STEM heroine. And at least her work stuff made sense. Indeed, the least shallow aspect of this is Melody's job and the realities of going from the challenge of school to the scut-work of entry-level IT. But nerd-girl working STEM wasn't enough to keep me going. Sadly...
But then it skips three years and everyone got shallow. And it starts by finding out that Jeremy had had a girlfriend all those years ago when he slept with Melody and that he has a history of cheating. And then we get some drama. And then we find Melody saying stupid crap like "I killed my ex-boyfriend" (because she didn't realize that he wasn't taking his medication and that he'd swung from manic to depressed just as they'd had a fight). I really hate misplaced guilt, but I hate it even more when it's so very poorly supported. And then we're asked to support a woman who Melody befriends who is a cheater, but it's okay, apparently, because she left a boy for a girl and go lgbt empowerment! And then Melody's mother comes to visit and the shenanigans were so juvenile that it broke my last remaining connection to the story. I have no idea why nobody took Pam (Mom) aside and said "hey, you're beating your girl down and making her feel like crap just because you can't get your head around her not having a boyfriend. And you just. don't. stop. nagging!"
And don't get me started on Jeremy's family.
Anyway, I can't help feeling like this was a gimmick to get a STEM heroine. And at least her work stuff made sense. Indeed, the least shallow aspect of this is Melody's job and the realities of going from the challenge of school to the scut-work of entry-level IT. But nerd-girl working STEM wasn't enough to keep me going. Sadly...
September 26, 2018
4 Stars
I basically dropped everything to devour this story after I read that amusing synopsis � and devour it I did.
The romantic pairing of the rich playboy with the geeky girl has always been one I enjoy exploring in my romance reads and I believe this is a very successful venture where this combination of character archetypes is concerned.
I have to give Nix props for writing what I found to be a really likable female heroine in Melody. She was a bit geeky and a little quirky, but wholly relatable to me. I loved that she was representing women working and thriving in STEM fields of employment, although the specific field related talk was at a minimum here, so don’t expect any technical talk.
I also loved that Melody had a good head on her shoulders and although she aimed to please and did her best to make new friends, she didn’t suffer fools lightly, holding those around her to a standard of moral behaviour that I could totally understand. Some reviewers have referred to her as a bit judgemental at times, but I 100% agreed with her reactions of shock and even disdain when those around her conducted themselves in questionable ways - which many of them did, several times over.
Jeremy was harder to like and I feel this was mostly due to his lack of POV. The whole story is told through the lense of Melody’s perspective and experiences, and because of this I felt Jeremy remained a bit of an enigma throughout.
When Melody (and the reader) first met Jeremy in the past, he was sweet and charismatic and I could totally see why she threw caution to the wind to spend a steamy night with him, even though they were strangers at that point. But once the time jump occurred and Jeremy re-entered Melody’s life after her move to L.A., she learned some not-so-positive things about his past behaviour that made her question his character and whether he was in fact the type of person she wanted to be sweet on, let alone be friends with.
Honestly, learning to love Jeremy was an uphill battle for me and Melody alike, but he eventually won both of us over, even though he made it tricky at times.
It must be said that this book was super trope-y. What I assumed would be a simple playboy/geek romance, turned into a bit of mixed bag of common romance tropes. Thankfully, a lot of the crazy and/or disagreeable behaviour occurred in characters other than Melody herself, who simply played witness to all of the drama going on around her with her new friends, of which Jeremy was smack dab in the middle of. His group of friends, of which Melody became close to over time, were an incestuous bunch, with lots of past cheating scandals, and scorned lovers, ruined friendships, and even strained familial ties happening at every turn. But what amazed and amused me the most was how even the most questionable characters worked their way out of my scorn and into my heart as the story unfolded.
What worked for me the most was the slow progression of Melody and Jeremy relationship, from one-night stand, to work colleagues, to tentative friends, and eventually to lovers. The fact this was a slow-burn romance certainly helped matters. Regardless of the fact that Melody and Jeremy had a one-night stand at the beginning of the story, everything real and lasting that developed between them occurred three years later and unfolded in a believable manner, which I greatly enjoyed and appreciated.
Although I wouldn’t personally refer to this story as a rom-com (I didn’t laugh once), it was certainly fun, fresh, and utterly charming, and I look forward to exploring more of Nix’s stories in the future.
ETA: I should also state, for those playing at home (AKA my more pervy GR friends *wink-wink*), that the steam levels are non-existent here. All bedroom related activities were either off page or fade-to-black, but, surprisingly, I didn't find myself missing it in this instance.
I basically dropped everything to devour this story after I read that amusing synopsis � and devour it I did.
The romantic pairing of the rich playboy with the geeky girl has always been one I enjoy exploring in my romance reads and I believe this is a very successful venture where this combination of character archetypes is concerned.
I have to give Nix props for writing what I found to be a really likable female heroine in Melody. She was a bit geeky and a little quirky, but wholly relatable to me. I loved that she was representing women working and thriving in STEM fields of employment, although the specific field related talk was at a minimum here, so don’t expect any technical talk.
I also loved that Melody had a good head on her shoulders and although she aimed to please and did her best to make new friends, she didn’t suffer fools lightly, holding those around her to a standard of moral behaviour that I could totally understand. Some reviewers have referred to her as a bit judgemental at times, but I 100% agreed with her reactions of shock and even disdain when those around her conducted themselves in questionable ways - which many of them did, several times over.
Jeremy was harder to like and I feel this was mostly due to his lack of POV. The whole story is told through the lense of Melody’s perspective and experiences, and because of this I felt Jeremy remained a bit of an enigma throughout.
When Melody (and the reader) first met Jeremy in the past, he was sweet and charismatic and I could totally see why she threw caution to the wind to spend a steamy night with him, even though they were strangers at that point. But once the time jump occurred and Jeremy re-entered Melody’s life after her move to L.A., she learned some not-so-positive things about his past behaviour that made her question his character and whether he was in fact the type of person she wanted to be sweet on, let alone be friends with.
Honestly, learning to love Jeremy was an uphill battle for me and Melody alike, but he eventually won both of us over, even though he made it tricky at times.
It must be said that this book was super trope-y. What I assumed would be a simple playboy/geek romance, turned into a bit of mixed bag of common romance tropes. Thankfully, a lot of the crazy and/or disagreeable behaviour occurred in characters other than Melody herself, who simply played witness to all of the drama going on around her with her new friends, of which Jeremy was smack dab in the middle of. His group of friends, of which Melody became close to over time, were an incestuous bunch, with lots of past cheating scandals, and scorned lovers, ruined friendships, and even strained familial ties happening at every turn. But what amazed and amused me the most was how even the most questionable characters worked their way out of my scorn and into my heart as the story unfolded.
What worked for me the most was the slow progression of Melody and Jeremy relationship, from one-night stand, to work colleagues, to tentative friends, and eventually to lovers. The fact this was a slow-burn romance certainly helped matters. Regardless of the fact that Melody and Jeremy had a one-night stand at the beginning of the story, everything real and lasting that developed between them occurred three years later and unfolded in a believable manner, which I greatly enjoyed and appreciated.
Although I wouldn’t personally refer to this story as a rom-com (I didn’t laugh once), it was certainly fun, fresh, and utterly charming, and I look forward to exploring more of Nix’s stories in the future.
ETA: I should also state, for those playing at home (AKA my more pervy GR friends *wink-wink*), that the steam levels are non-existent here. All bedroom related activities were either off page or fade-to-black, but, surprisingly, I didn't find myself missing it in this instance.
June 10, 2020
I am surprise how much I do not enjoy Remedial Rocket Science. I was expecting a fun cute sweet romance between a geeky heroine and a playboy hero.
In Remedial Rocket Science, the story of moving to LA and adjusting to LA life taking more than 50% of this book. Some of the plot or the conversation do not support the romance aspect. Jeremy, the hero seems like a supporting character because he is barely shows up in the plot. When he does shows up, he is acting stupid or immature.
Melody is the heroine without a back bone. She is coward, needy and drama queen. Where is that geeky smart heroine? No where. Most of the story she feels sorry for herself. Such a turn off.
2 stars
In Remedial Rocket Science, the story of moving to LA and adjusting to LA life taking more than 50% of this book. Some of the plot or the conversation do not support the romance aspect. Jeremy, the hero seems like a supporting character because he is barely shows up in the plot. When he does shows up, he is acting stupid or immature.
Melody is the heroine without a back bone. She is coward, needy and drama queen. Where is that geeky smart heroine? No where. Most of the story she feels sorry for herself. Such a turn off.
2 stars
May 3, 2024
1.5⭐️ To było po prostu meh. Opis tej książki brzmiał ciekawiej niż okazała się ona w rzeczywistości.
� Typ - okropny, zdradzał swoje poprzednie partnerki (w tym z główną bohaterką, która o tym nie wiedziała, po prostu ją okłamał), nie ma żadnych zainteresowań po prostu jest bogaty i przystojny.
� Główna bohaterka zapowiadała się spoko, taka śmieszna nerdówa, ale to jak latała za tym debilem było dla mnie nie do przeżycia. Fajnie, że dostała wątek z budowaniem przyjaźni z dziewczynami, a nie tylko wszystko się kręciło wokół tego typa i że chodziła do tej pracy.
Ale ich związek był tak sztuczny i na siłę, bo oni nawet nie mają wspólnych zainteresowań xd Seria się nazywa ZWIĄZKI CHEMICZNE a tutaj żadnej chemii nie czuć, wszytsko jest po prostu takie bez smaku, bez jakiegoś interesującego elementu.
To nie jest jakaś okropna książka, po prostu lubię romanse STEMowe a ten uważam, że jest najsłabszy ze wszystkich dotychczas przeze mnie przeczytanych. Pewnie za sprawą tego typa i niestety tematu nauk ścisłych tutaj było niewiele biorąc pod uwagę jak się nazywa ta seria i jak jest reklamowana.
� Typ - okropny, zdradzał swoje poprzednie partnerki (w tym z główną bohaterką, która o tym nie wiedziała, po prostu ją okłamał), nie ma żadnych zainteresowań po prostu jest bogaty i przystojny.
� Główna bohaterka zapowiadała się spoko, taka śmieszna nerdówa, ale to jak latała za tym debilem było dla mnie nie do przeżycia. Fajnie, że dostała wątek z budowaniem przyjaźni z dziewczynami, a nie tylko wszystko się kręciło wokół tego typa i że chodziła do tej pracy.
Ale ich związek był tak sztuczny i na siłę, bo oni nawet nie mają wspólnych zainteresowań xd Seria się nazywa ZWIĄZKI CHEMICZNE a tutaj żadnej chemii nie czuć, wszytsko jest po prostu takie bez smaku, bez jakiegoś interesującego elementu.
To nie jest jakaś okropna książka, po prostu lubię romanse STEMowe a ten uważam, że jest najsłabszy ze wszystkich dotychczas przeze mnie przeczytanych. Pewnie za sprawą tego typa i niestety tematu nauk ścisłych tutaj było niewiele biorąc pod uwagę jak się nazywa ta seria i jak jest reklamowana.
July 6, 2020
two stars or one star i can't decide on this trash fire because 50% of this book they are nowhere close getting together and the DRAMA is so unnecessary. It's also not romantic that our hero cheats on everyone and is supposed to be a rich misunderstood frat boy. GOODBYEEEE DNF i will never buy into this twisted up dramatic romance.
February 27, 2022
This book started great. We meet protagonists in the past when they had one night stand when they were still in college hero comes to visit a friend in Boston where heroine is in school...fast forward three years later they meet up again for coffee because the heroine is coming to live and work in LA. And lo and behold her work interview is with a firm that is a hero's family business.
The heroine is this smart young woman who is self-made, ambitious, and hardworking.
All is going great and then yep...and then falls apart....
* hero is this misunderstood poor little rich boy who has everything handed to him and also switches personality through chapters. Also, he is a serial cheater!!
* the fact that he had a girl when the one stand happened or that his current girl is the sister of said girlfriend is just gross, but don't worry he breaks up with the sister later on too and the first girl gets with his best friend
* some of the side characters also have a double personality, one moment the girlfriend is a huge bitch next chapter she is all let's hang out and go to yoga together, and next chapter she is suddenly bisexual, and no longer interested in hero...obviously
* heroine ex-boyfriend committed suicide and that is addressed only once
* heroine constantly argues that she can't be with the hero because they are way too different and Girl I believe you, you make excellent points, so much that I don't see the love between them at all at the end
I really wanted to like this book.
I wish we were shown more of the nerd and smart side of heroine not by just her passion for certain topics.
And Star wars...well I guess every nerdy character has to mention Star Wars.
And I would really wish that mental illness and bisexual cheating isn't used as plot devices.
So when I see a lot of people label this as a romantic comedy, smart romance, or the best one yet- cute...
* another thing that bugged me, I just can't help myself is the fact that two side characters sisters Lopez are Latinas and their first names are Lacey and Charlotte. I mean to make fully diverse characters and named them the least Latino names ever.
* I'm missing STEM in this STEM romance
I don't know if this is not only the first book in this series but also the first book by this author.
I also don't know will I be reading more books by this author...
The heroine is this smart young woman who is self-made, ambitious, and hardworking.
All is going great and then yep...and then falls apart....
* hero is this misunderstood poor little rich boy who has everything handed to him and also switches personality through chapters. Also, he is a serial cheater!!
* the fact that he had a girl when the one stand happened or that his current girl is the sister of said girlfriend is just gross, but don't worry he breaks up with the sister later on too and the first girl gets with his best friend
* some of the side characters also have a double personality, one moment the girlfriend is a huge bitch next chapter she is all let's hang out and go to yoga together, and next chapter she is suddenly bisexual, and no longer interested in hero...obviously
* heroine ex-boyfriend committed suicide and that is addressed only once
* heroine constantly argues that she can't be with the hero because they are way too different and Girl I believe you, you make excellent points, so much that I don't see the love between them at all at the end
I really wanted to like this book.
I wish we were shown more of the nerd and smart side of heroine not by just her passion for certain topics.
And Star wars...well I guess every nerdy character has to mention Star Wars.
And I would really wish that mental illness and bisexual cheating isn't used as plot devices.
So when I see a lot of people label this as a romantic comedy, smart romance, or the best one yet- cute...
* another thing that bugged me, I just can't help myself is the fact that two side characters sisters Lopez are Latinas and their first names are Lacey and Charlotte. I mean to make fully diverse characters and named them the least Latino names ever.
* I'm missing STEM in this STEM romance
I don't know if this is not only the first book in this series but also the first book by this author.
I also don't know will I be reading more books by this author...
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 13, 2021
When I picked this book, I thought that it’s romcom (yes, I didn’t read the blurb. Again. Sue me) but it turns out that’s not what it is.
It stared off well and it caught my interest because the heroine wasn’t your typical geek (at least after she met Jeremy). So they meet at a bar and they have a one night stand and after that they have zero communication for 2 years. That’s when Melody (h) goes to LA and she calls Jeremy (H) because she doesn’t know anybody else there.
And that’s when the story went downhill for me. After their meeting in LA the story is full of drama which was totally unnecessary, for me at least. I rolled my eyes a lot of times because, seriously, what’s the point of all this drama? It was too much for me to enjoy the story. I did finish it though because the writing style made it easy for me to do it, even if it’s written in 3rd person pov which I’m not really a fan of.
Definitely not a great read, mostly because of the drama, but not a bad one either. Not sure if I’ll read the next book in the series. 3 �
January 8, 2018
The blurb was way better than the book.
April 27, 2024
1,5/5
Melody spotyka Jeremiego przypadkowo w klubie. Iskrzy pomiędzy nimi od początku, więc po gorącej nocy postanawiają, że spotkają się ponownie, gdy będą w tym samym mieście. Po kilku latach, Melody wybiera się na rozmowę o pracę w Los Angeles i przy okazji umawia się z Jeremym na kawę na której szybko wychodzi na jaw, że firma do której aplikowała do działu IT jest własnością rodziny chłopaka. Dziewczyna rozpoczyna prace z Jeremym, który jednak ma już dziewczynę.
Było to mocne rozczarowanie jeśli chodzi o cały motyw STEM w tej książce. Melody może jest po studiach IT i pracuje w tym dziale ale tak naprawdę książka nie kręci się wokół jej pracy, a dram bogatych ludzi w LA. Kompletnie pominięto typowe problemy kobiet w branży: dyskryminację, niepewność wśród męskiego zespołu czy podważanie kompetencji. Nie do końca wiadomo tym czym Melody się zajmuje, raz wspomniała, że chciałaby programować, drugiego dnia jej praca brzmiała jak inżyniera ale to jej scena z naprawianiem komputera utwierdziła mnie w przekonaniu, że autorka nie zna się na tej dziedzinie i myli software z hardwarem powielając krzywdzący stereotyp, że każdy informatyk naprawi ci komputer.
Większość fabuły skupia się na relacjach i konfliktach między bohaterami - przyjaciółmi Jeremiego, których bohaterka poznaje. Choć trudno nazwać ich przyjaciółmi bo przez całą książkę wychodzą na jaw zdrady i tajemnice w całej paczce, ukazując jak toksyczne było to środowisko. Sama postać Jeremiego była dla mnie nie do polubienia tym bardziej, że nie została w żaden sposób dopracowana bo nie miała żadnych zainteresowań - jego rola ograniczyła się do bycia chłopakiem głównej bohaterki. Jego użalanie się nad sobą bo ludzie wokół niego się od niego odsuwają (zasłużył sobie na to w 100%) doprowadzało mnie do szału, tym bardziej, że szukał oparcia w Melody, która zamiast także kopnąć go w tyłem za kłamstwo, przyjmuje go w swoje ramiona.
Autorka dołożyła motyw śmierci byłego chłopaka Melody, który pojawił się na pół strony i nie został więcej wspomniany bo miał tylko stworzyć przestrzeń do nawiązania relacji między bohaterami. Tym samym służyło udawanie związku przed matką dziewczyny. Niestety obie sytuacje brzmiały dość sztucznie. Zaśmiałam się parę razy i czytało się ją lekko ale nie jest to książka, którą polecę.
Melody spotyka Jeremiego przypadkowo w klubie. Iskrzy pomiędzy nimi od początku, więc po gorącej nocy postanawiają, że spotkają się ponownie, gdy będą w tym samym mieście. Po kilku latach, Melody wybiera się na rozmowę o pracę w Los Angeles i przy okazji umawia się z Jeremym na kawę na której szybko wychodzi na jaw, że firma do której aplikowała do działu IT jest własnością rodziny chłopaka. Dziewczyna rozpoczyna prace z Jeremym, który jednak ma już dziewczynę.
Było to mocne rozczarowanie jeśli chodzi o cały motyw STEM w tej książce. Melody może jest po studiach IT i pracuje w tym dziale ale tak naprawdę książka nie kręci się wokół jej pracy, a dram bogatych ludzi w LA. Kompletnie pominięto typowe problemy kobiet w branży: dyskryminację, niepewność wśród męskiego zespołu czy podważanie kompetencji. Nie do końca wiadomo tym czym Melody się zajmuje, raz wspomniała, że chciałaby programować, drugiego dnia jej praca brzmiała jak inżyniera ale to jej scena z naprawianiem komputera utwierdziła mnie w przekonaniu, że autorka nie zna się na tej dziedzinie i myli software z hardwarem powielając krzywdzący stereotyp, że każdy informatyk naprawi ci komputer.
Większość fabuły skupia się na relacjach i konfliktach między bohaterami - przyjaciółmi Jeremiego, których bohaterka poznaje. Choć trudno nazwać ich przyjaciółmi bo przez całą książkę wychodzą na jaw zdrady i tajemnice w całej paczce, ukazując jak toksyczne było to środowisko. Sama postać Jeremiego była dla mnie nie do polubienia tym bardziej, że nie została w żaden sposób dopracowana bo nie miała żadnych zainteresowań - jego rola ograniczyła się do bycia chłopakiem głównej bohaterki. Jego użalanie się nad sobą bo ludzie wokół niego się od niego odsuwają (zasłużył sobie na to w 100%) doprowadzało mnie do szału, tym bardziej, że szukał oparcia w Melody, która zamiast także kopnąć go w tyłem za kłamstwo, przyjmuje go w swoje ramiona.
Autorka dołożyła motyw śmierci byłego chłopaka Melody, który pojawił się na pół strony i nie został więcej wspomniany bo miał tylko stworzyć przestrzeń do nawiązania relacji między bohaterami. Tym samym służyło udawanie związku przed matką dziewczyny. Niestety obie sytuacje brzmiały dość sztucznie. Zaśmiałam się parę razy i czytało się ją lekko ale nie jest to książka, którą polecę.
July 31, 2019
I’m a sucker for a rom-com. Especially with the geeky girl trope. Our heroine meets up with our hero while he is running wild on vacation. She wants a one night stand and that is exactly what she gets.
Years later she finds herself back in his orbit. Now he is a respectable fellow who wants to be faithful to his fiancee. So he slips our heroine into the friend category. To atone for his past he decides to introduce her to his fiancee and friends so she won’t be alone in a new city. He might have been kinder to have left her alone.
A cute romance and a quick read.
Years later she finds herself back in his orbit. Now he is a respectable fellow who wants to be faithful to his fiancee. So he slips our heroine into the friend category. To atone for his past he decides to introduce her to his fiancee and friends so she won’t be alone in a new city. He might have been kinder to have left her alone.
A cute romance and a quick read.
December 30, 2017
*I wrote a whole review and my Internet acted up just when it was uploading, and I lost a 300 word review. Let's please observe a moment of silence for the death of my patience.*
Anyhow, Remedial Rocket science is absolutely amazing. It's got a heroine who is in a STEM field. That alone got me interested. On top of it, the author hasn't made the heroine a cluster of clichés who is capable of solving any and all engineering and science issues. (I would have straightaway given a 1 star rating in that case.) Melody is a computer science graduate from MIT and is an IT professional in a great company.
Sounds...I don't know...bland? Because it usually is. For others. For engineers it is a pretty sweet job. So I am glad the author didn't buckle under the pressure to make the female lead some kind of a superhero. And the female lead is actually shown to study and work and not behave as she magically does everything behind the scenes while she spends the whole day romping around in sexy dresses and parties which she shouldn't be able to pay in a million years in real world.
I am also seeing other reviewers talking about how Melody seemed judgemental. You have to know that she is a pretty straight cookie that was made evident in the back story and throughout the the rest of the book, again and again. She's always mingled in setting where everybody's goal oriented, practical and quite no nonsense. So when she sees all this glamour and people who're cheating on each other left and right, it really stinks up the room with weirdness. She's just not used to this. But she never acts upon her judgements and pretty quickly overcomes them and acts as a genuinely decent human being and friend.
Which leads me to another point. I love how the women in the story don't live up to the typical 'rich dumb jerk' role. Women against women is a pretty common theme in a lot of books and frankly, it is way past the time that we stop playing into that stereotype in the books. Lacey's character makes quite a lot of stupid mistakes, but she is quite a great person otherwise.
I am cutting a star only because it could have been even better and I would have termed this book as my favorite of the year, but it's okay. I am still extremely impressed with it. And I am definitely recommending it to everybody.
Anyhow, Remedial Rocket science is absolutely amazing. It's got a heroine who is in a STEM field. That alone got me interested. On top of it, the author hasn't made the heroine a cluster of clichés who is capable of solving any and all engineering and science issues. (I would have straightaway given a 1 star rating in that case.) Melody is a computer science graduate from MIT and is an IT professional in a great company.
Sounds...I don't know...bland? Because it usually is. For others. For engineers it is a pretty sweet job. So I am glad the author didn't buckle under the pressure to make the female lead some kind of a superhero. And the female lead is actually shown to study and work and not behave as she magically does everything behind the scenes while she spends the whole day romping around in sexy dresses and parties which she shouldn't be able to pay in a million years in real world.
I am also seeing other reviewers talking about how Melody seemed judgemental. You have to know that she is a pretty straight cookie that was made evident in the back story and throughout the the rest of the book, again and again. She's always mingled in setting where everybody's goal oriented, practical and quite no nonsense. So when she sees all this glamour and people who're cheating on each other left and right, it really stinks up the room with weirdness. She's just not used to this. But she never acts upon her judgements and pretty quickly overcomes them and acts as a genuinely decent human being and friend.
Which leads me to another point. I love how the women in the story don't live up to the typical 'rich dumb jerk' role. Women against women is a pretty common theme in a lot of books and frankly, it is way past the time that we stop playing into that stereotype in the books. Lacey's character makes quite a lot of stupid mistakes, but she is quite a great person otherwise.
I am cutting a star only because it could have been even better and I would have termed this book as my favorite of the year, but it's okay. I am still extremely impressed with it. And I am definitely recommending it to everybody.
May 4, 2024
Z jakiej racji to jest STEM romans? Melody równie dobrze mogłaby być sekretarką w tej firmie i to nie zrobiłoby żadnej różnicy, co nie powinno się wydarzyć. Liczyłam na dużo informatyki, programowania i świetnego romansu. A jedyne co dostałam to zawód i rozczarowanie.
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August 14, 2021Sanırım aklımda yanlış bir izlenimle okudum. Düşündüğüm gibi değildi pek. Ama içeriği ve kurgusu bakımından yine de fena değildi. Zengin, playboy bir erkek, aklı başında, zeki bir kız. Evet sanırım bu kavramlar pek de yabancı değil.Bu yüzden büyük sürprizler beklemedim. Beklentisiz okunabilir bir kitaptı. Açıkçası zaten kısa da olduğu için bir günde ara ara okumayla bitti.
Eksik ve onaylanmadığım bir kaç şey vardı. Kitapta karakterler arası bir ilişki sarmalı var.Kim kimle ne zaman çıkmış?O onu neden terk etmiş ve ya kiminle aldatmış? Merak ettiğim konu şu. Bilmem kaç milyar insan içinden başkasını bulamadılar mı 🤔 Üçgenler pek benlik değil , burda da üçgen var diyemem ama değişik bir midesizlik vardı 🤭Ama yazar bunu sanki çok önemli, nefretlik bir durum gibi aktarmadığı için bende üstünde durmadım. Pek vakit olmuyor zira bunları düşünmeye 🤭
Birde ana karakterlerimiz Jeremy ve Melody arasında ki ilişki gelişimi var. Hikayeyi Melody tarafından okuduğumuz için o okey. Ama Jeremy'nin hislerini, Melody duygularını itiraf edene kadar hissedemiyoruz bence. İtiraftan sonra, sence ben bunları niye yaptım? Arkadaşlığımız bozulsun istemedim, adım atamadım bu yüzden... bla bla bla diye saçmaladı...
Jeremy ahlâkî açıdan tarzım değil ve gençlikte bayağı ipin ucu kaçmış o ayrı. Ama yine de eksikleri olmasına rağmen kötü değildi.Melody ise...Hayatta planları olan, ne istediğini bilen biri.Hedefleri var.Sinir olduğum bir durum olmadı sanırım 🤔
Ah bu arada tanışma faslı... Ünide tek gecelik bir ilişki, üç yıl sonra aynı şirkette patron çalışan durumları söz konusuydu. Ama Jeremy'nin başı bağlı. Bu yüzden arkadaş arkadaş takılmaktalar... Jeremy o kadar iyi niyetli ki kız arkadaşı ile tek gecelik ilişkisini yemeğe çıkartmakta bir sorun görmez 🙄Adam salak ya...
Konu geneli düşününce bence işleniş olarak can sıkıcı. Benim çok sevdiğim bir konu değil. Ama yine de çoook merak ediyorsanız bakarsınız ama bence gerek yok. Serinin diğer kitaplarına da bakarım...
Eksik ve onaylanmadığım bir kaç şey vardı. Kitapta karakterler arası bir ilişki sarmalı var.Kim kimle ne zaman çıkmış?O onu neden terk etmiş ve ya kiminle aldatmış? Merak ettiğim konu şu. Bilmem kaç milyar insan içinden başkasını bulamadılar mı 🤔 Üçgenler pek benlik değil , burda da üçgen var diyemem ama değişik bir midesizlik vardı 🤭Ama yazar bunu sanki çok önemli, nefretlik bir durum gibi aktarmadığı için bende üstünde durmadım. Pek vakit olmuyor zira bunları düşünmeye 🤭
Birde ana karakterlerimiz Jeremy ve Melody arasında ki ilişki gelişimi var. Hikayeyi Melody tarafından okuduğumuz için o okey. Ama Jeremy'nin hislerini, Melody duygularını itiraf edene kadar hissedemiyoruz bence. İtiraftan sonra, sence ben bunları niye yaptım? Arkadaşlığımız bozulsun istemedim, adım atamadım bu yüzden... bla bla bla diye saçmaladı...
Jeremy ahlâkî açıdan tarzım değil ve gençlikte bayağı ipin ucu kaçmış o ayrı. Ama yine de eksikleri olmasına rağmen kötü değildi.Melody ise...Hayatta planları olan, ne istediğini bilen biri.Hedefleri var.Sinir olduğum bir durum olmadı sanırım 🤔
Ah bu arada tanışma faslı... Ünide tek gecelik bir ilişki, üç yıl sonra aynı şirkette patron çalışan durumları söz konusuydu. Ama Jeremy'nin başı bağlı. Bu yüzden arkadaş arkadaş takılmaktalar... Jeremy o kadar iyi niyetli ki kız arkadaşı ile tek gecelik ilişkisini yemeğe çıkartmakta bir sorun görmez 🙄Adam salak ya...
Konu geneli düşününce bence işleniş olarak can sıkıcı. Benim çok sevdiğim bir konu değil. Ama yine de çoook merak ediyorsanız bakarsınız ama bence gerek yok. Serinin diğer kitaplarına da bakarım...
March 6, 2025
Foi giro mas estava à espera de gostar mais
August 1, 2017
3.5 Stars
ARC provided in exchange for an honest review
This was a light, fun ROM-COM. Easy to read with great banter and great characters.
Melody is a bit of a nerd attending MIT who came from a very humble background and is quite different from Jeremy who is heir to a company worth billions and dropped out of 2 colleges. They meet completely by chance and end up having a one night stand. Then they don't see each other for another 3 years. They then reunite as "just friends" at this time.
The story kind of stalls for a bit here as we get the inside scoop on all these other side characters and I felt like the focus was kind of taken off the MCs. At one point I was actually questioning if there was another love interest for Melody as Jeremy did not seem to be showing her any romantic interest. By the end of the book he confesses his feelings but its really late in the book.
Having said that this book had its LOL moments and the dialogue was smart and witty. I loved how Melody was true to herself. She dressed to be comfortable, not to fit in. She was unapologetic for her love for Japanese Anime and Sci-fi shows even though Jeremy was clueless about such things. She never pretended to be someone else for him. Great female MC!
There is no real steam in this book. It's all fade to black. Overall it was a fun read and I would recommend to anyone needing a light, fun read.
3.5 Stars
Contemporary Romantic Comedy
Single POV: Heroine
Heat level: Extra mild
HEA
ARC provided in exchange for an honest review
This was a light, fun ROM-COM. Easy to read with great banter and great characters.
Melody is a bit of a nerd attending MIT who came from a very humble background and is quite different from Jeremy who is heir to a company worth billions and dropped out of 2 colleges. They meet completely by chance and end up having a one night stand. Then they don't see each other for another 3 years. They then reunite as "just friends" at this time.
The story kind of stalls for a bit here as we get the inside scoop on all these other side characters and I felt like the focus was kind of taken off the MCs. At one point I was actually questioning if there was another love interest for Melody as Jeremy did not seem to be showing her any romantic interest. By the end of the book he confesses his feelings but its really late in the book.
Having said that this book had its LOL moments and the dialogue was smart and witty. I loved how Melody was true to herself. She dressed to be comfortable, not to fit in. She was unapologetic for her love for Japanese Anime and Sci-fi shows even though Jeremy was clueless about such things. She never pretended to be someone else for him. Great female MC!
There is no real steam in this book. It's all fade to black. Overall it was a fun read and I would recommend to anyone needing a light, fun read.
3.5 Stars
Contemporary Romantic Comedy
Single POV: Heroine
Heat level: Extra mild
HEA
March 26, 2018
Sadly this didn't live up to expectation, I was expecting a jock and nerd type story. The story was slow, overly descriptive and lacked any sort of chemistry. Not my cup of tea - sorry.
May 30, 2024
takie meh, liczyłam na coś więcej
May 1, 2024
3,7/5⭐️
Q: zdarzyło Wam się kiedyś nie polubić w romansie głównego bohatera? I jesteście team podobieństwa czy przeciwieństwa się przyciągają?
Ja tak miałam tym razem, ale nie przeszkodziło mi to w żaden sposób w polubieniu całej historii. Absolutnie nie chodzi o to, że Jeremy został źle wykreowany, tylko nie polubiłam go jako osoby. Chłopaka. Faceta. No. Hahaha.
Bo zazwyczaj jednak w większości się mówi jacy to bohaterowie w tym romansach nie są cudowni itp i w Algorytmie Miłości i w Jeremym na pewno też część osób to znajdzie, ale ja się do nich nie zaliczam.
Ale jak tak myślę� może that’s the point, że on ma swoje za uszami i w końcu któryś nie jest kreowany na takiego ideała, tylko właśnie ma te wady?
A co do mojego drugiego pytania - jestem totalnie team podobieństwa i szczerze jak na początku relacji bohaterów było napisane, że absolutnie wszystko ich różni, pomyślałam sobie od razu „no to klops�, a tu wcale nie taki klops hahaha. (Ale i tak zostaję po stronie podobieństw).
Książka jest napisana ultra prosto, co jest tutaj plusem, gdy po ciężkim dniu macie ochotę sięgnąć po lekką lekturę, która wywoła na Waszej twarzy cień uśmiechu i zainteresuje. Między bohaterami dzieją się różne komplikacje, takie totalnie nieodstające od innych romansów, które po prostu muszą się dziać, żeby akcja się toczyła. Ta historia nie jest idealna, nie ma głębszych głębin do odkrycia. Ale jest fajna. I to tutaj wystarcza.
Co uważam za plus - coming out i wplecenie tego wszystkiego w całą historię.
Była bardzo przyjemna, na swój sposób pochłaniająca.
Q: zdarzyło Wam się kiedyś nie polubić w romansie głównego bohatera? I jesteście team podobieństwa czy przeciwieństwa się przyciągają?
Ja tak miałam tym razem, ale nie przeszkodziło mi to w żaden sposób w polubieniu całej historii. Absolutnie nie chodzi o to, że Jeremy został źle wykreowany, tylko nie polubiłam go jako osoby. Chłopaka. Faceta. No. Hahaha.
Bo zazwyczaj jednak w większości się mówi jacy to bohaterowie w tym romansach nie są cudowni itp i w Algorytmie Miłości i w Jeremym na pewno też część osób to znajdzie, ale ja się do nich nie zaliczam.
Ale jak tak myślę� może that’s the point, że on ma swoje za uszami i w końcu któryś nie jest kreowany na takiego ideała, tylko właśnie ma te wady?
A co do mojego drugiego pytania - jestem totalnie team podobieństwa i szczerze jak na początku relacji bohaterów było napisane, że absolutnie wszystko ich różni, pomyślałam sobie od razu „no to klops�, a tu wcale nie taki klops hahaha. (Ale i tak zostaję po stronie podobieństw).
Książka jest napisana ultra prosto, co jest tutaj plusem, gdy po ciężkim dniu macie ochotę sięgnąć po lekką lekturę, która wywoła na Waszej twarzy cień uśmiechu i zainteresuje. Między bohaterami dzieją się różne komplikacje, takie totalnie nieodstające od innych romansów, które po prostu muszą się dziać, żeby akcja się toczyła. Ta historia nie jest idealna, nie ma głębszych głębin do odkrycia. Ale jest fajna. I to tutaj wystarcza.
Co uważam za plus - coming out i wplecenie tego wszystkiego w całą historię.
Była bardzo przyjemna, na swój sposób pochłaniająca.
November 13, 2019
This was an enjoyable light romance read with interesting characters. A bit of a slow burn though, and unusually for modern romance novels, we fade to black in bedroom scenes.
The concept behind the series is to have romantic comedies with the female leads from the STEM professions. I think that's terrific, although I had to bit my tongue a lot during this one. (A west coast engineering company is not going to offer a relocation package to a graduate, let alone then have an MIT graduate do things like rebuild servers manually ... but I work in IT, so that's a case of being too familiar with the subject matter.)
I'll be continuing with the series.
The concept behind the series is to have romantic comedies with the female leads from the STEM professions. I think that's terrific, although I had to bit my tongue a lot during this one. (A west coast engineering company is not going to offer a relocation package to a graduate, let alone then have an MIT graduate do things like rebuild servers manually ... but I work in IT, so that's a case of being too familiar with the subject matter.)
I'll be continuing with the series.
July 28, 2022
I had listened to book 6 preciously out of order and didn't really enjoy it but wanted to start from the beginning and see if it's a series for me. It was better but nothing I adored either. Found the fake dating keeps going for far to long and I don't like when they don't realize each other feelings for each other for the majority of the book. But I think I'll give book two a try before completely making up my mind.
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June 30, 2023CanNOT with this writing style or this coupling.
dnf
May 27, 2019DNFed @~49%
I don’t know why this would be a rom-com. So far there’s little comedy and little romance (besides a fade-to-black one night stand.) It’s more about the heroine starting her new life after college.
I'm DNFing because I don't care for the the judgy heroine, who loves the money she makes in her corporate job but then judges everything about the company. I sort of like that the hero was a bit lost at the beginning but I wished he was more put together when she met him later on. And with those friends of his, who needs enemies! I didn't like how she didn't have any patience for the guy when things when to shits, given that he was the injured party.
I'll just imagine that he moved on and found somebody else.
I don’t know why this would be a rom-com. So far there’s little comedy and little romance (besides a fade-to-black one night stand.) It’s more about the heroine starting her new life after college.
I'm DNFing because I don't care for the the judgy heroine, who loves the money she makes in her corporate job but then judges everything about the company. I sort of like that the hero was a bit lost at the beginning but I wished he was more put together when she met him later on. And with those friends of his, who needs enemies! I didn't like how she didn't have any patience for the guy when things when to shits, given that he was the injured party.
I'll just imagine that he moved on and found somebody else.
April 18, 2024
Nie będę ukrywała - bardzo liczyłam na ten tytuł. Na początku wydawał się idealny - śmieszny, luźny i obraca się w tematach naukowych. Samych naukowych tematów było niesamowicie mało, a sama książka z upływem stron stała się irytująca - a może banalna?
April 1, 2018
3 stars
This was cute. Lots of fluff, not a lot of personal drama. The trope is one of my absolute favorites (rich/famous guy, "normal"/not famous girl), and it definitely delivered what I wanted. I just didn't feel super emotional or connected with the characters. Otherwise, a very entertaining read.
This was cute. Lots of fluff, not a lot of personal drama. The trope is one of my absolute favorites (rich/famous guy, "normal"/not famous girl), and it definitely delivered what I wanted. I just didn't feel super emotional or connected with the characters. Otherwise, a very entertaining read.
May 11, 2020
They promised me a story of a girl studying computer science at MIT, who was more secure with studying than relationships...
I got about 30 pages of that story and then the whole setting was switched to LA and a corporate management firm. What's more Susannah Nix put all the "typical" romance tropes in one story without deciding which one she wanted to follow and persue...
I got about 30 pages of that story and then the whole setting was switched to LA and a corporate management firm. What's more Susannah Nix put all the "typical" romance tropes in one story without deciding which one she wanted to follow and persue...
March 19, 2024
Tropes:
One Night Stand
Fake Dating
Women in stem
Miscommunication
This was book was just okay. Very fast and easy read which is a plus. I was hoping for a little more comic relief that is typically in stem romances, but all in all it felt lacking. I won’t remember it tomorrow.
One Night Stand
Fake Dating
Women in stem
Miscommunication
This was book was just okay. Very fast and easy read which is a plus. I was hoping for a little more comic relief that is typically in stem romances, but all in all it felt lacking. I won’t remember it tomorrow.
August 7, 2021
God I hate cheating and it's giving Olicity vibes, thanks I hate it.
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