Ratings6
Average rating3.7
A very unique book i haven't read anything like this before....so we get Lucy who is a psychologist but she doesn't understand basic human emotions and she has to conduct a hypothesis regarding human emotions so that she wont lose her grant.
I found this to be a very enjoyable read. And I loveedd Jensen one of the sweetest guys:) and Freya is amazing tooo.
The reason why I gave it 3 stars was The romance aspect was kind of cliche you know we Lucy meets Jensen and gets attracted to him, but before despite being his neighbor for a whole year she didn't even get to meet him..weird right? Also I felt like the whole thing was kinda insta love and I hate that trope ngl.
The thing I loved most abt the book was Lucy's brothers I am a person who loves pranking ppl and I feel like if they were irl ppl we would get along pretty well!
Nice but foregetable, chiefly because, behind the interesting presentation of the characters lurked no real depth. I like characters with characteristics on the autism spectrum, as the heroine has in this; however, for instance, the way she didn't know she had feelings felt way off to me. Folks on the spectrum have big feelings! If an author makes someone so emotionally un-intuitive that they can't recognize feelings (and, hey!, I recognize my younger self in that!) then there needs to be more of a back-story about why.
I can recommend the more nuanced neurodiverse characters created by Penny Reid, Fiona West, Chloe Liese, Talia Hibbert, Graeme Simsion, Helen Hoang.
I'm a huge sucker for romances where one of the characters is a geek/nerdy character. This is sweet, quirky, and just a plain fun read, even if a lot of it isn't believable. I mean, why would someone who doesn't understand emotion, doesn't emote much, try to research emotions. She has no idea how even to study them because she just doesn't get it. This whole thing didn't make much sense to me, but I rolled with it.
The relationship is so sweet, I just... ugh my heart. There are also a lot of funny moments and the friendships are highlighted and great. This is a great book, I recommend it, and I plan on reading more of the series.