Remedial Rocket Science-Susannah Nix
Apr 25, 2018 19:35:07 GMT -7
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Post by linviolet on Apr 25, 2018 19:35:07 GMT -7
Remedial Rocket Science by Susannah Nix
*SPOILERS AHEAD*
The book is New Adult romance.
This book is meant to be a romantic comedy (I laughed maybe 2 times, chuckled a few times).
It is somewhat of a slow burn. (though the h and H had s*x the first time they met, the second time they are together is years later and nearly the end of the book)
It has a HEA (debatable on my part since I feel it's more HFN).
I borrowed the book from a friend who usually picks books similar in taste as my own. I felt attracted to the book because the heroine (Melody) is a computer science major and goes to MIT on a scholarship.
The hero (Jeremy) is the son of one of the biggest tech companies out there in the fictional "real world" they exist in.
Not many authors venture into STEM and having a heroine in that field should have made for an interesting character, but not much of anything scientific,technological, engineered or mathematical really happens in the book.
At first I liked the hero he helps out the heroine when she is followed around a bar by one of those guys who think if they persist then at some point the woman will relent and say yes. They spend hours talking after, that, we learn that Jeremy is has flunked out of two Ivy League universities, and he has zero clue what he wants to do, and what's next for him, but since he has money the possibilities are infinite. Anyway they drink a few beers (she calls it a night) and he doesn't seem to expect anything out of it, in the end Melody takes him back to her dorm room and "it" happens. In the morning he tells her if they are ever in the same area, and free that they could hook up again and she nods (she wanted no promises from him, which they both know will turn into lies).
Years go by (3 to 4 I can't bother to check or to remember) and Melody is nearly graduating and applying for jobs (guess where she applies? Yup, the hero's family company) she calls the hero (she doesn't know his last name, so she gets a surprise to know the truth) to meet up and he could tell her a bit about life in California, and make her final decision.
After getting her job, she moves to California and Jeremy being all extra nice and super awesome man that he is invites her out with his girlfriend and then sort of attempts to set Melody up with his friend but that fails the moment the girlfriend drops a bomb.
After I read that I just didn't buy the hero as a hero, it was such a turn off, and I wanted Melody to use her brain and find someone.
I was also rather upset at the fact that the author just glossed over something traumatic and sad that happened to Melody, which is supposedly another factor as to why she chose to accept the job offer at Jeremy's family tech company.
Stuff happens after but no real heavy topic is ever really discussed, and they are just glossed over or brought up in a conversation and that's that. Then the hero gets a taste of his own medicine, and it's followed by a fake relationship is started for Melody's sake at first then for Jeremy's sake.
The writing is good, the author tells you what is happening instead of describing what is happening but I didn't mind it so much in this case. I honestly would have liked the story better had the hero not had such a horrible back story and such a messed up love life. The author tries to redeem the man and there are a lot of things he does that make it seem like he has but then...he does something that just makes me suspect him.
Would I re-read this book again? No, but I will continue on with the whole series. I borrowed the second one today from my friend (she loves the first one, and says she believes in their HEA.)
*SPOILERS AHEAD*
The book is New Adult romance.
This book is meant to be a romantic comedy (I laughed maybe 2 times, chuckled a few times).
It is somewhat of a slow burn. (though the h and H had s*x the first time they met, the second time they are together is years later and nearly the end of the book)
It has a HEA (debatable on my part since I feel it's more HFN).
I borrowed the book from a friend who usually picks books similar in taste as my own. I felt attracted to the book because the heroine (Melody) is a computer science major and goes to MIT on a scholarship.
The hero (Jeremy) is the son of one of the biggest tech companies out there in the fictional "real world" they exist in.
Not many authors venture into STEM and having a heroine in that field should have made for an interesting character, but not much of anything scientific,technological, engineered or mathematical really happens in the book.
At first I liked the hero he helps out the heroine when she is followed around a bar by one of those guys who think if they persist then at some point the woman will relent and say yes. They spend hours talking after, that, we learn that Jeremy is has flunked out of two Ivy League universities, and he has zero clue what he wants to do, and what's next for him, but since he has money the possibilities are infinite. Anyway they drink a few beers (she calls it a night) and he doesn't seem to expect anything out of it, in the end Melody takes him back to her dorm room and "it" happens. In the morning he tells her if they are ever in the same area, and free that they could hook up again and she nods (she wanted no promises from him, which they both know will turn into lies).
Years go by (3 to 4 I can't bother to check or to remember) and Melody is nearly graduating and applying for jobs (guess where she applies? Yup, the hero's family company) she calls the hero (she doesn't know his last name, so she gets a surprise to know the truth) to meet up and he could tell her a bit about life in California, and make her final decision.
After getting her job, she moves to California and Jeremy being all extra nice and super awesome man that he is invites her out with his girlfriend and then sort of attempts to set Melody up with his friend but that fails the moment the girlfriend drops a bomb.
she asks Melody if she was one of the many girls that Jeremy cheated on her SISTER with. Yup, the man dated the older sister and then cheated on the woman with her YOUNGER SISTER. EW!
After I read that I just didn't buy the hero as a hero, it was such a turn off, and I wanted Melody to use her brain and find someone.
I was also rather upset at the fact that the author just glossed over something traumatic and sad that happened to Melody, which is supposedly another factor as to why she chose to accept the job offer at Jeremy's family tech company.
Her boyfriend committed suicide. Kieran gets like four mentions in total, and even though I didn't want her moping and crying I just thought that having a boyfriend who was bipolar and committed suicide needed more of a conversation over ice cream.
But maybe that's just me.
But maybe that's just me.
Stuff happens after but no real heavy topic is ever really discussed, and they are just glossed over or brought up in a conversation and that's that. Then the hero gets a taste of his own medicine, and it's followed by a fake relationship is started for Melody's sake at first then for Jeremy's sake.
The ex-girlfriend stays friends with Melody, but honestly her story would have been way better to read about. Even though what she did to her sister was awful she was interesting.
The writing is good, the author tells you what is happening instead of describing what is happening but I didn't mind it so much in this case. I honestly would have liked the story better had the hero not had such a horrible back story and such a messed up love life. The author tries to redeem the man and there are a lot of things he does that make it seem like he has but then...he does something that just makes me suspect him.
he is seen with some model contestant from America's Next Top Model.
Would I re-read this book again? No, but I will continue on with the whole series. I borrowed the second one today from my friend (she loves the first one, and says she believes in their HEA.)
But let's be honest, if he cheated on his girlfriend of many years with her younger sister for YEARS, and then made Melody one of those women, by pretending to be single.
Then the only reason why he ever lets Melody know the truth is because he is outed by his friend and the girlfriend (who is still the younger sister of the ex-girlfriend.)
Why would I believe all of a sudden he is now a changed man and he won't go back to his old ways.
Then the only reason why he ever lets Melody know the truth is because he is outed by his friend and the girlfriend (who is still the younger sister of the ex-girlfriend.)
Why would I believe all of a sudden he is now a changed man and he won't go back to his old ways.
