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The Soulmate Equation

Christina Lauren
Book
July
2021

Review:

Christina Lauren’s books are either hit or miss. I either love them or despise them. But this one was amazing! My favorite romance books are up there with the Unhonneymooners and Fix Her Up. I absolutely love the neediness of math love stories and how cute it is to have science backgrounds. At first, this book reminded me a little bit of a bad hallmark movie (I think I have actually watched one about this topic), but it was so much deeper than that. I loved the slight enemies to lovers aspect to it and how cute Juno was. It also handed me some very scientific topics, which I absolutely loved. Both characters were excellent, but I especially loved River and how he is described as shy and reserved. It is refreshing for the man to have that trait, not only the woman. I absolutely loved so many things about this book. It has encouraged me to read some of Christina Lauren’s books I haven’t read yet because maybe I will find another one I like. The trope in this book is very common, but they executed it to seem entirely unique. I would definitely recommend this book, and I was pleasantly surprised by how happy it made me feel.

Trigger Warnings:
Abandonment, Familial estrangement, and Alcoholism & substance addiction mentioned

Synopsis From Book:

Single mom Jess Davis is a data and statistics wizard, but no amount of number crunching can convince her to step back into the dating world. After all, her father was never around, her hard-partying mother disappeared when she was six, and her ex decided he wasn’t “father material” before her daughter was even born. Jess holds her loved ones close but working constantly to stay afloat is hard...and lonely. But then Jess hears about GeneticAlly, a buzzy new DNA-based matchmaking company that’s predicted to change dating forever. Finding a soulmate through DNA? The reliability of numbers: This Jess understands. At least she thought she did, until her test shows an unheard-of 98 percent compatibility with another subject in the database: GeneticAlly’s founder, Dr. River Peña. This is one number she can’t wrap her head around, because she already knows Dr. Peña. The stuck-up, stubborn man is without a doubt not her soulmate. But GeneticAlly has a proposition: Get ‘to know him and we’ll pay you. Jess—who is barely making ends meet—is in no position to turn it down, despite her skepticism about the project and her dislike for River. As the pair are dragged from one event to the next as the “Diamond” pairing that could launch GeneticAlly’s valuation sky-high, Jess begins to realize that there might be more to the scientist—and the science behind a soulmate—than she thought.
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