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Mary Frame

Autor(a) de Imperfect Chemistry

26 Works 372 Membros 9 Críticas

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Frame, Mary
Sexo
female
Locais de residência
Reno, Nevada, USA
Ocupações
romance novelist

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I was going to rate this at maybe a 2 or 3. The writing needed some technical help but it was readable even though Lucy wasn't actually as nerdy as she was supposed to be. I mean, the reader is told that she is terrible at socializing and making friends, but she makes, like, 4 friends right off the bat.

HOWEVER. I am giving this one star because when Lucy and Jensen bone for the first time, she tells him that because she is on the pill and they are both clean, they don't need a condom and "besides, neither condoms nor birth control protect you from sexually transmitted diseases". This is a direct quote and THIS IS NOT FUCKING TRUE. It is true that hormonal BC does not protect against STI's. BUT BESIDES BEING A FORM OF BIRTH CONTROL, PROTECTING AGAINST STI'S IS THE OTHER FUCKING REASON WE USE CONDOMS. And a person who is a giant, fact-loving nerd would know this. Are condoms perfect? No. But that doesn't mean they don't work at all.

For real, if you want to protect yourself from most STI's, use a condom.
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wonderlande | 4 outras críticas | Jan 1, 2023 |
Well, I think the name really says it all but I was looking for a light, funny read and hoped this would deliver. Sadly, it was just another soap opera level rom com. There were some light, funny moments but many, many more eye roll moments. I just think this genre, particularly MCs in their early 20's, may have run it's course for me - time to buy a cane to shake at the neighbor kids.
 
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JediBookLover | Oct 29, 2022 |
First off, please tell me I’m not the only one who hears Cher belting it out in their mind when they read the title of this book? Just me, huh ok. Moving on.
I like to think of this book as a good mix of The Time Travelers Wife meets Back to the Future with a hint of who done it mystery. I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish. It was a fast read as I really couldn’t put it down (I stayed up till 2am the night I started the book).
I appreciated the undertones of dealing with big emotions such as grief, loneliness and the need for community. The romance was a nice mix of rom-com fun with steamy passion on top. The language was tactfully placed thru out the book which I appreciated, nothing worse then characters that can’t articulate themselves with nothing more than profanity. I will say the steamy scenes were just that, quite steamy so perhaps a book better suited to an older audience (thou that could just be the mom in me talking).
The only thing I found wanting with this book was I wish the ending had been a tad longer. Not that the chapter needed to drag on, I just wish there was more closure to the characters. It just felt a tad rushed at the end and perhaps I just wasn’t ready for it to be over.
Other then that it was five stars for me and I look forward to reading more of Mary’s books in the future as this was my first taste.
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AnnE1018 | Oct 23, 2021 |
Apologies for the LOOONG review.

Lucy London is a genius and she has been a university student since she was a young teenager. She is now 20 and currently doing her PhD thesis. Her research thesis requires her to study emotions and determine if emotions are biological or pathological - are they caused by bacteria and viruses or by hormones.

Her professors had originally set her up as a therapy counsellor to speak to students about their relationships, but almost all of them complain back to the professors about her clinical responses and lack of empathy. Lucy is in danger of losing her grant.

By the 4th chapter, I had to put this book down, because reading about Lucy and how she acts was just too painful!! She reminds me of me, of how incredibly socially awkward I was as a teenager and my early 20s. A female version of Sheldon Cooper. Definitely!!!

Two days later I picked the book up and continued reading.

In order to keep her grant, Lucy decides to proposition the cute guy who lives next door. Which she does and he immediately does a runner!!

Several days later he asks her to visit a new art exhibition in town. Lucy is quite blunt with her interpretations of the artwork.

The gallery owner asks to speak to Jensen.

That is when I guessed that Jensen (Walker) was probably the artist...
It also explains why he never invited anyone (Lucy) into his apt.
The mystery blonde was probably a nude model - Jensen claims she is "just a friend".

Slowly Jensen and Lucy get to know each other. Jensen is an only child and comes from a wealthy family. He does not know how to say No to his parents and live his own life. Lucy has 4 much older brothers and literally grew up as an only child. She spent most of her childhood doing experiments and taking the house applicances to pieces to learn how they worked. And she was enrolled in university by the time she was 13 years old.

Lucy's tendency to use the word "Explain" when she is asking for clarification, makes her sound a lot like Data (from STTNG) who is an android.

Lucy really needs to be asking, or using, normal speech phrases such as "can you expand on that" or "what do you mean"

The day before thanksgiving the power goes out and Lucy is in danger of freezing in her duplex. She has no fireplace - but jensen does. When she knocks on Jensens door, he invites her in and quickly put her under some blankets on the floor in front of the fireplace. He then lays down behind her - the fastest way to warm up another human is through body heat.

The next day the two of them don snowshoes and slowly make their way to the local corner store. Upon their return they discover a plow outside, manned by 2 of Lucy's brothers. Jensen is introduced and then invited to join the London family for Thanksgiving - after a little persuasion from Mrs London on the phone.

The day after Thanksgiving, the brothers deliver them back to their duplex and they end up having dinner together. Jensen tells Lucy about his first girlfriend and also discloses the surprising news that he is still a virgin. Lucy has only had sex once - but it was more of just an experiment. Jensen says he feels emasculated now...

Then he decides to open up and tell lucy his big secret. His spare room is filled with canvases. I was right. he is the artist from the exhibition. he first love is painting. but he father refused to pay for him to go to art school. He had to do law or he had to pay his own way. While Jensen is studying law at school, he says he wants to go into civil rights - once again as an act of rebellion against his corporate lawyer father.

A week later Lucy's friend Freya sees Jensen hugging a blonde girl and she tells Lucy. Lucy is sure that this was the nude model girl, but she cannot tell freya about Jensen doing his art. Freya persists and claims she will send someone around to beat Jensen up to teach him not to stray. Lucy does not want this to happen, so she swears freya to not tell anyone about this and tells freya about his art, his parents and that the girl was probably his model. Freya promises not tell.

The next day Jensen tells Lucy that someone told his parents and that his father is cutting him off so that he can no longer go to school. Who did you tell? He cries. Lucy explains that she told freya. Jensen then disappears. The next week is nothing but silence. And then there are movers are moving everything from jensens duplex into a moving van.

Freya decides to do some digging to find out who might have told Jensens parents about his art. It turns out that the new boyfriend of Jensens former girlfriend sent Jensens grandparents a post card that mentioned Jensens art exhibition.

Several weeks later Jensen finally shows up again. He apologises to Lucy and they finally get their HEA (Happy Ever After).

I LOVED This book. I cannot wait to read more in this series. So far there are 6 books.

Edited to add - there may be a trigger for Rape - the act itself is not described. But the fact that she said NO and he did not stop - that is mentioned.
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Robloz | 4 outras críticas | Sep 23, 2021 |

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Obras
26
Membros
372
Popularidade
#64,810
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
9
ISBN
51
Línguas
2

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