5

The Soulmate Equation

Christina Lauren
Book
September
2021

Review:

I liked this book even more, the second time!! It was such a good book with a fantastic plot. My favorite trope in romance novels is the geeky science-based books because they make me feel so happy that two nerds have found a way to be happy together. I love Jess, and I think many of her issues are very relatable, but she is also strong and an amazing parent. Juno is amazing. She is so cute, and I love how into science she is. The River is great because he is shy, which you don’t get a lot for male characters in books or if they are shy, they are the weird stalker kind of shy. It is so cool to read the science behind GeneticAlly and how it seems like something that could happen in real life. It’s funny that Christina Lauren’s books can go either way; I really either love them or hate them, so I am so glad this one I lived. I’m reading one of their YA books soon, so we will see how that goes. Great book, 10/10 recommend.

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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