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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesisâwith explosive results.
Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering projectâa literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academiaâMarie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward.
Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. And sure, he caught her in his powerfully corded arms like a romance novel hero when she accidentally damseled in distress on her first day in the lab. But Levi made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad schoolâarchenemies work best employed in their own galaxies far, far away.
Now, her equipment is missing, the staff is ignoring her, and Bee finds her floundering career in somewhat of a pickle. Perhaps itâs her occipital cortex playing tricks on her, but Bee could swear she can see Levi softening into an ally, backing her plays, seconding her ideasâŠdevouring her with those eyes. And the possibilities have all her neurons firing. But when it comes time to actually make a move and put her heart on the line, thereâs only one question that matters: What will Bee Königswasser do?
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780593591116
- File size: 320251 KB
- Duration: 11:07:11
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- English
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June 6, 2022
Bestseller Hazelwoodâs charming and intelligent sophomore outing (after The Love Hypothesis) follows a pair of noted young scientists on their rocky path to love. NIH neuroscientist Bee Königswasser is thrilled when she is tapped for the position of a lifetime: leading BLINK, a program that will build performance-enhancing technology for NASA astronauts. Unfortunately, her co-lead is her graduate school nemesis, Levi Ward. As Bee, whoâs still nursing emotional wounds over a cheating ex-fiancĂ©, encounters a series of obstacles in her attempts to get BLINK off the ground, she assumes Levi is stonewalling her. She takes to her popular twitter account @WhatWouldMarieDo, where she doles out advice to academics in the voice of Marie Curie, to blow off steam. She finds solace in trading quips and commiserating with the smart and witty @Shmacademics, another popular account, to whom Bee vents about working with Levi while @Shmacademics pines over a married woman. When it becomes obvious to Bee that itâs not Levi blocking her requests and instead that someone else is first subtly, then overtly, working to sabotage BLINK, she and Levi must band together to save their work. The snappy prose, engaging and twisty plot, and utterly endearing characters combine to create pure romance gold. This brainy offering should win Hazelwood even more fans. Agent: Thao Le, Sandra Dijkstra Literary. -
Narrator Brooke Bloomingdale performs this hilarious audiobook about what happens when two scientists who hate each other are thrown together for the biggest project of their lives. Talented neuroscientist Bee Kïżœningswasser has always looked to Marie Curie for inspiration while fighting to succeed as a woman in science. When she is hired by NASA for her dream project, she soon learns that she will have to work with her greatest enemy. Might she discover that he's not the villain of her story after all? Bloomingdale's performance perfectly captures the blend of sarcasm and gentle humor that helps listeners fall in love with the characters in this audiobook. Her pacing and emphasis create an experience that is fun and worth a re-listen. V.B. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine -
June 10, 2024
Neuroscientist Bee Kïżœnigswasser is given the opportunity to work on a huge project with NASA. The only problem is that she'll be working with the cold and rude engineer Levi Ward. They've been adversaries since grad school, and when Bee's equipment doesn't arrive, she suspects Levi of sabotaging her. Things aren't as they appear, however, and she begins to think that Levi might not hate her as much as she thought. Hazelwood's sophomore novel (after The Love Hypothesis) is entertaining, but it is so similar as to be interchangeable with her first. Narrator Brooke Bloomingdale does an excellent job with characterizations and ensures that each character is distinguishable. Unfortunately, even she can't make up for the book's faults. The miscommunications that most grown adults would avoid are constant, and stereotyped descriptions wear thin. Again and again, listeners will hear about tiny, quirky Bee, while Levi is described as a gigantic tree of a man. VERDICT While Hazelwood's second book about women in STEM may please her many fans, other listeners may be disappointed by the book's lackluster predictability. Purchase only where interest in Hazelwood's work is high.--Danielle Arpin
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