Title: Experimental Marine Biology
Series: Chemistry Lessons #5
Series: Chemistry Lessons #5
Author: Susannah Nix
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Release Date: June 15, 2020
Release Date: June 15, 2020
Blurb
“Just friends” is all Brooke and Dylan have ever been. (Except for that one night in high school, but they don’t talk about that.) Growing up, he was her protector. Her confidante. The one guy she could always trust.
Now she’s a marine biologist working toward her PhD in California, and he’s an underwear model in New York. Dylan’s only in town for a few days, crashing on Brooke’s couch and repaying the favor by acting as her date to a friend’s wedding.
It was totally an accident she saw him naked.
After that, “just friends” goes out the window in favor of friends with benefits.
It’s all going great…until it isn’t.
Dylan’s got a ticket back to New York at the end of the week, and Brooke may have accidentally broken his heart. Can they navigate these uncharted relationship waters? Or has she tanked her oldest friendship?
Now she’s a marine biologist working toward her PhD in California, and he’s an underwear model in New York. Dylan’s only in town for a few days, crashing on Brooke’s couch and repaying the favor by acting as her date to a friend’s wedding.
It was totally an accident she saw him naked.
After that, “just friends” goes out the window in favor of friends with benefits.
It’s all going great…until it isn’t.
Dylan’s got a ticket back to New York at the end of the week, and Brooke may have accidentally broken his heart. Can they navigate these uncharted relationship waters? Or has she tanked her oldest friendship?
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Disclaimer: I received an Advance Reader Copy at no cost from the publisher/author. All opinions in my review are my own.
This was such a feel-good book. This friends-to-lovers opposites-attract story was just what I was in the mood for.
I zipped through these pages at lightning speed. I couldn't get enough of this couple. The writing was delightful. It was easy to read and captured my attention. I love the way that the story was plotted out. Some parts were a little predictable but I still enjoyed them.
Brooke and Dylan were characters that I grew to like almost immediately. From the moment they graced the pages of this book I was smitten with them. They were so likable and relatable, even with their grand professions that I don't know a lick about. I really liked the depth that the characters had and the growth that the characters experience in the story. The secondary characters were delightful as well and made me want to go back and read the other books in this series.
I was a little disappointed with the romance. At least, some aspects of it. It is true that Brooke and Dylan had some definite chemistry and you could tell that they had a deep connection from being friends for so long. The thing that really took away from that connection was the fade-to-black nature of the sex scenes. I don't know the reason why the author chose not to give us steamy scenes but I thought that it did the book a great disservice. It overshadowed the intimacy of their relationship for me. And if I'm being honest, it made me feel like I was reading a young adult novel. When it comes to the romance in a story, it's clear that clean romances are not for me.
Overall, this is a friends-to-lovers romance that really grabs your attention and gets you in the feels. These were characters that were easy to relate to and a story that easy to fall in love with. The wonderful writing made this book so enjoyable. I am looking forward to reading the other books in this series.
Excerpt
Dylan was naked.
In her living room.
Right in front of her.
Not in a dream, but in real life.
His ass cheeks flexed as he stooped over his suitcase, and hisheard herself gasp, and Dylan spun around, giving her the full-frontal experience.
There wasn’t a lot of light in the room, but there was enough.
To see everything.
Everything.
For a second they both stood there frozen in shock. Brooke withglory. Completely naked and hot as hell.
“Shit!” he yelped, belatedly trying to cover himself with the pair of underwear in his hand. “I thought you were asleep!”
Brooke covered her eyes and turned her back on him. “I thought you were in the shower!”
“I was letting the room fill up with steam to sweat off a little more water weight, but I forgot to grab clean underwear.”
Brooke swallowed, trying to ignore the image of Dylan’s penis that was now permanently seared into her brain. “Okay. Cool. Well…uh…looks like you’ve got them now.”
“Yeah. So. I’m gonna go back into the bathroom.”
Keeping her eyes directed at the floor and her hand up to shield Dylan’s still incredibly naked body from her view, Brooke moved aside so he could get past her to the bathroom. “Cool. Yep. I’m just gonna go…” She waved in the direction of the kitchen with the hand that wasn’t covering her eyes. “Make some coffee or whatever.”
“Okay. Good.”
“Cool.” Why was she saying cool so much? Nothing about this was cool! It was the opposite of cool. It was…
Hot, actually.
Except no. It was Dylan, and she did not want to think about him like that. Okay, she wanted to, but she shouldn’t.
In her living room.
Right in front of her.
Not in a dream, but in real life.
His ass cheeks flexed as he stooped over his suitcase, and hisheard herself gasp, and Dylan spun around, giving her the full-frontal experience.
There wasn’t a lot of light in the room, but there was enough.
To see everything.
Everything.
For a second they both stood there frozen in shock. Brooke withglory. Completely naked and hot as hell.
“Shit!” he yelped, belatedly trying to cover himself with the pair of underwear in his hand. “I thought you were asleep!”
Brooke covered her eyes and turned her back on him. “I thought you were in the shower!”
“I was letting the room fill up with steam to sweat off a little more water weight, but I forgot to grab clean underwear.”
Brooke swallowed, trying to ignore the image of Dylan’s penis that was now permanently seared into her brain. “Okay. Cool. Well…uh…looks like you’ve got them now.”
“Yeah. So. I’m gonna go back into the bathroom.”
Keeping her eyes directed at the floor and her hand up to shield Dylan’s still incredibly naked body from her view, Brooke moved aside so he could get past her to the bathroom. “Cool. Yep. I’m just gonna go…” She waved in the direction of the kitchen with the hand that wasn’t covering her eyes. “Make some coffee or whatever.”
“Okay. Good.”
“Cool.” Why was she saying cool so much? Nothing about this was cool! It was the opposite of cool. It was…
Hot, actually.
Except no. It was Dylan, and she did not want to think about him like that. Okay, she wanted to, but she shouldn’t.
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Author Bio
Susannah Nix is a RITA® Award-winning author of contemporary romance who lives in Texas with her husband, two ornery cats, and a flatulent pit bull. When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading, cooking, knitting, watching stupid amounts of television, and getting distracted by Tumblr. She is also a powerlifter who can deadlift as much as Captain America
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My name is Vanessa a.k.a. Queen Alchemy. I am a 30-something-year-old mother of four nerdy, fantastic children. We live in the Midwest. I have a reading addiction, and I hope that I never recover! I'm the hugest nerd you can find with interests not limited to the following: comics (Batman and Captain America for the win!), science, computers, zombies, unicorns, Harry Potter, cartoons from the 80's & 90's, Frankenstein, history, crafting, cooking & baking, Star Wars, digital scrapbooking, D&D, Minecraft, Hello Kitty, horror, metalcore, royalty, tattoos & piercings, bright colors, and so much more!
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