Atomic Love
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Average rating3.2
"A novel of science, love, espionage, beautiful writing, and a heroine who carves a strong path in the world of men. As far as I'm concerned there is nothing left to want."--Ann Patchett, author The Dutch House "A highly-charged love story that reveals the dangerous energy at the heart of every real connection...Riveting."--Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing Love. Desire. Betrayal. Her choice could save a nation. Chicago, 1950. Rosalind Porter has always defied expectations--in her work as a physicist on the Manhattan Project and in her passionate love affair with colleague Thomas Weaver. Five years after the end of both, her guilt over the bomb and her heartbreak over Weaver are intertwined. She desperately misses her work in the lab, yet has almost resigned herself to a more conventional life. Then Weaver gets back in touch--and so does the FBI. Special Agent Charlie Szydlo wants Roz to spy on Weaver, whom the FBI suspects of passing nuclear secrets to the enemy. Roz helped to develop these secrets and knows better than anyone the devastating power such knowledge holds. But can she spy on a man she still loves, despite her better instincts? At the same time, something about Charlie draws her in. He's a former prisoner of war haunted by his past, just as her past haunts her. As Rosalind's feelings for each man deepen, so too does the danger she finds herself in. She will have to choose: the man who taught her how to love . . . or the man her love might save?
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Set in 1950 Chicago, scorned former scientist Rosalind is being wooed again by former fellow scientist/lover Weaver. She is not willing until confronted by an FBI agent who tells her Weaver has been and is a spy for Russia. She reluctantly reestablishes the relationship with caution. So the story is about finding out the truth. The truth of many characters in the novel. Has a good resolution yet is intriguing, suspenseful and hopeful. All the characters are likeable. I wouldn't say the writing is great or the story very realistic but it did keep me reading and I enjoyed it.
I love books involving a bit of spying/espionage, so I enjoyed reading this!
I liked Rosalind and Charlie as characters.
It was very well written, with plenty of tension. I probably would have read it in one go if I'd had the full book.
Thank you to PH and Jennie for the chance to read this book.
Meh. This book was aight. Predictable plot and characters. I hate when the female main character is devoid of an actual personality and is instead described as unrealistically perfect. She's beautiful but doesn't know it and is really smart but also sexy. It read like a One Direction song. The connection between the characters was lack-luster and the romance between the two main characters was corny. The writing itself was decent. It's just an okay book. Definitely chick-lit.
