Feel-Good Romance with Perfect Chemistry: Imperfect Chemistry by Mary Frame Review

IMPERFECT CHEMISTRY (IMPERFECT #1) BY MARY FRAME

Published: April 20th, 2014 by Mary Frame

Genre: New Adult | Romance | Contemporary

Recommended to: those who are looking for a feel-good romance

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About Imperfect Chemistry

Lucy London puts the word genius to shame. Having obtained her PhD in microbiology by the age of twenty, she’s amassed a wealth of knowledge, but one subject still eludes her—people. The pendulum of passions experienced by those around her both confuses and intrigues her, so when she’s offered a grant to study emotion as a pathogen, she jumps on the opportunity.

When her attempts to come up with an actual experiment quickly drop from lackluster to nonexistent, she’s given a choice: figure out how to conduct a groundbreaking study on passion, or lose both the grant and her position at the university. Put on leave until she can crack the perfect proposal, she finds there’s only one way she can study emotions—by experiencing them herself.

Enter Jensen Walker, Lucy’s neighbor and the one person on the planet she finds strangely and maddeningly appealing. Jensen’s life is the stuff of campus legend, messy, emotional, complicated—in short, the perfect starting point for Lucy’s study. When her tenaciousness wears him down and he consents to help her, sparks fly. To her surprise, Lucy finds herself battling with her own emotions, as foreign as they are intense. With the clock ticking on her deadline, Lucy must decide what’s more important: analyzing her passions…or giving in to them?

RATING: ★★★★★

I actually got this book for free as a Kindle deal and now I wish I paid for it. Because this was so good.

Lucy is a very interesting character. She reminds me of Sheldon Cooper (from the Big Bang Theory series), although not as extreme. She talks about things in a clinical and scientific way and is absolutely straightforward and honest. She is unlike all the female characters I ever read.

You can’t control other people’s behavior. You can only control your own.

The thing with contemporary romance is that I don’t expect a lot from the plot. I just want a cute love story that sticks as close to reality as possible. This book delivered. It was entertaining and unexpectedly funny. It got me rolling on my bed laughing at 3 AM (seriously).

This is mainly a romance book and I’m telling you, the romance was exceptionally good.

Most of the New Adult books I read are full of angst but this one is just a feel-good book. It is the perfect read when you just want to be happy and not stress about anything.

The quotes at the beginning of each chapter were a nice touch. It gives an insight into what the chapter will be about which made me anticipate what happens next.

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be obtained.

–Marie Curie

This is my first Mary Frame book and after reading this, I am putting her on my radar. I love the way this was written and I enjoyed it so much. I am definitely buying the other books in this series.