The Soulmate Equation

Christina Lauren never fails to make me fall in love with their characters. They still are holding the spot of being my favorite romance authors.

This book follows Jess, a single mom who is a freelance statistician, and River, a scientist who developed technology that uses DNA to find soulmates. Through a hilarious course of events, River and Jess have to spend time together in the spotlight for River's new company.

The plot of this book was corny and perfect. The whole concept of DNA based soul mate searching seems so silly, but in actuality was very fun and created some hilarious interactions. The characters were superb, as usual. Jess is such a down to earth, fun, strong woman, and River is a hard working, good guy. I do think that Jess's character development outshone River's. His character wasn't as fully fleshed out I felt like. But I didn't think it detracted from the story that much.

I recommend this book to romance readers. It isn't as steamy as some of the duo's other books (I'm looking at you, Beautiful series), but the romance is still full of heart and humor. It's an easy read, and will leave you with a smile on your face.

TW: alcohol, alcoholism, drugs, hospitalization, cheating