Advanced Physical Chemistry
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2019 RITA® Award Winner for Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length! After four lousy boyfriends in a row, chemical engineer Penny Popplestone swears off men until she can figure out why they keep cheating on her. But her no-men resolution hits a snag when the mysterious and superhumanly hot barista at her favorite coffee shop strikes up a friendship with her. Penny strives to keep things platonic, but when Caleb gives her the kiss of her life, she realizes he wants to be more than just friends. Tired of always being “good little Penny,” she throws caution to the wind and pursues a no-strings fling with the hottie barista. It’s not like they have anything in common beyond scorching physical chemistry, so what does she have to lose? Only her heart. Now, this fanfic-reading, plus-size heroine faces an unsolvable problem. What do you do when being apart is unbearable…but being together is impossible? This steamy, lighthearted romance is the third in a series of standalone rom-coms featuring geeky heroines who work in STEM fields.
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6 primary books7 released booksChemistry Lessons
Chemistry Lessons is a 7-book series with 6 primary works first released in 2017 with contributions by Susannah Nix, Jae, and Aidy Award.
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there are all these romance novels with characters whom i'm interested in individually but don't get the character background or development that i want, and at this point i can only be mad at myself
i had less problems with this book than expected, but i still feel unrequited having finished it. i wanted to hear more about penny slaying at her job (i picked this up because it's got a #womeninstem protagonist!), but unfortunately almost none of the book centered around her job or how smart she was (besides the fact that she gets to work from home).
also, was caleb supposed to have a personality because error 404 not found lol
DNF at 65%
I don't wanna finish it, not because it's so good that I want it to last forever, but because I can't stand Penny and her objectification of Caleb. It's been a long time since I last chose to DNF a book, but I think it's the right choice for me and my sanity! The first half was not that bad, but now it's in almost every sentence and it feels like torture for me to keep reading...
Also Caleb told Penny that he didn't like when people only saw and liked him for his body and she still didn't change her way of seeing him... For someone who feels like people sees her differently because of her own body, she should understand him in that...
Can't stand it so I'm officially DNFing this book, thank you very much... All this time wasted on reading it, it's making me sad for the books I was not reading during that time...
I will be reading other books by Susannah Nix, but for me this book is a solid NO...
Here I thought that Intermediate Thermondynamics would always be my favorite in the series (because, well, Esther...), but Penny and Caleb are giving Esther and Jonathan a run for their money in that regard.
Following Penny on her journey from “good girl” to “fun Penny” made me smile a lot (and occasionally laugh out loud).
Caleb is one of the good guys, though I'll admit I got a bit frustrated at times with his “on” and “off” switch. I think a dual POV might have helped me understand him a bit better.
Bonus points for the supporting characters: especially George, who helped put certain things in perspective, but also Penny's knitting group (old friends from the previous books), and her BFF Olivia who always had Penny's back.
