2.5 stars

After a beginning that had me cracking up hysterically, I had high hopes for this book. That first encounter between Mira and Kaz, her disguised as Elvis delivering a sexy birthday singing telegram for Kaz's twin brother? Pure genius. I still can't hold back a big grin just thinking about it.
The ensuing chapters had me entertained just as much, but somewhere around the 40% mark, the story kind of lost me.
While the characters - both primary and secondary - were really likeable (despite Mira's constant rambling and Kaz's rather detached disposition) and I adored their friendship, their romance fell flat for me. I didn't feel the chemistry between those two, so all romantic developments felt forced and unnatural to me. And I'm not even talking about the mess that was their first sexual encounter (#weird as fuck!).

I skimmed a lot, especially the parts about computers and Mira's drawn out inner monologues. The pacing wasn't perfect either - elaborating in the most detailed way about unimportant technical stuff like Virtual Reality, and completely leaving out things that would have added a lot to the story, dealing with them by jumping in time and retrospectively summarizing the events in two sentences.
Which is why I wasn't able to lose myself in the book the way I would have liked to.

So while this book held promise and certainly afforded good entertainment here and there, all in all I was left a little disappointed.

love 2.0 is the fourth installment in lee kilraine's cates brothers series. this can be read as a standalone though, since i had no trouble following the plot even though i hadn't read the earlier books in the series. kazimir cates, or kaz, is a computer whiz. a well-known hacker, he refuses to play nice with the fbi, but still uses his hacking powers for good. in addition to his online game and the cyber-security contract work he does for private sector businesses, he's also been secretly helping abused women disappear and start over for a while now.

mirabel díaz, or mira, is at the end of her rope when she gets to climax, north carolina. she's working a crappy job at an elvis impersonating singing telegram service and sick of running and trying to hide from her ex-boyfriend. she is pretty sure she's id'd kaz as the wizard, her last recourse since she's ready to disappear and hope that her ex won't follow her. but kaz, who has just tangled with the fbi over his illicit activities, is trying to lay low. and most of his clients don't contact him in person, so he is suspicious.

but when an unfortunate run-in with a bull leaves mira's car totaled and her head concussed, kaz feels compelled to take care of her. the closer he gets to her the more he wants to help her out. first by giving her tips on keeping her identity and whereabouts secure. then by helping her with her self-defense skills. and then by falling for her.

wait, that is totally not something he does intentionally. but even as he falls for her, she falls for him. the only thing holding them back is the fact that her ex is probably a russian gangster and definitely is keeping tabs on mira. as the danger increases, kaz knows he needs to pull out all the stops to keep mira safe, even making her disappear from his life if worst comes to worst.

and really that would be the worst thing that could happen, because in each other mira and kaz have found the one person who complements their brand of crazy. she's crazy good with numbers, he's amazing at computer code. she loves some good junk food, when he's paying attention he eats clean and healthy. she's got elvis' songs and dance moves down pat, while he's an expert in krav maga. clearly, they are meant for each other. and once they get rid of the pesky russian mafioso, things should calm down around them.

Love 2.0, I wasn't completely sure about it at first but now I love it all the same. Kilraine did a great job and did not disappoint

A wonderful romantic novel about a computer nerd teaching an accounting genius survival skills with some laugh out-loud moments. Not to be missed.

I liked this book was a great read and held my interest it had great characters and a super story line can not wait to try more of Lee's books would recommend.

this was an ok read