I’m a huge fan of fake dating. I really liked the best friend aspect to this story. The chemistry between the characters was great. However, I just couldn’t get emotionally invested in the two characters. It just wasn’t a can’t put down book.

I was hoping for something similar to the Kiss Quotient, but it fell a little flat. The premise was good, but the execution fell flat.

Too predictable, but it was a nice palate cleanser. The heroine was wildly immature and overly quirky.

Thank you to Net Galley for the ARC! I simply could not get into this one and I usually love books like this! The main character was awful and the romance felt forced.

A cute STEM romcom from Lily Menon. I always love women in STEM romances, but I feel very neutral about this one. It’s a friends-to-lovers romance, but I didn’t see a good enough reason for them to have waited so long to be together. I thought the MCs were really immature for their ages.

This was a cute read. I enjoyed the relationship between the characters and their dual perspectives throughout the reading. I do wish we got more insight into how they got to the point that they were in the book. Nonetheless, it serves as a great romance for a friends to lover troupe!

Didn't love this one.

The heroine was a bit too immature for my liking and I just felt like I was reading a YA that was trying to be adult. This was a bestfriends to lovers story but wasn't executed in anyway that made me want to root for either party. My favorite part was the dual POV, but even with it I don't feel like this one is worth too much time. 2/5

Having been a long-time fan of the author's YA books, I was excited to receive a copy of The Sizzle Paradox by Lily Menon. I'm always a fan of a STEM rom-com. This is one for fans of Ali Hazelwood and Helen Hoang.

Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for sharing this one with me. All thoughts are my own.

This book was a little too similar to "The Love Hypothesis" for me to be able to get into it, sadly. The main character never really connected with me, so I slogged through reading this a bit.

I actually, and very strongly, disliked this book. It was pedestrian at best and read like a wattpad book. Would not purchase for a circulating collection unless directly requested

Unfortunately I did not enjoy this one and ended up DNFing at about 33%. I disliked both main characters and after reading some other reviews, it seems like those characters never get better. I found myself annoyed rather that engrossed in the story.

Lyric is a student at heart and will do just about anything to prove a thesis. She’s studying sexual chemistry but with no experience of her own she is going to need to do some experimenting.
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Kian is her best friend and roommate. Kian agrees to be her sexual chemistry test subject which shouldn’t be a problem seen as there are no real feelings involved…right?
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Thank you #StMartinsPress and #NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review

Thank you so much @StMartinsPress & @NetGalley for giving me this eARC in exchange for my honest and unbiased review (Release Date | 28 June 2022)

SYNOPSIS | Lyric feels like a fraud as she is at grad school studying sexual chemistry in romantic partners with the goal of providing recommendations on what makes a successful long term relationship but she herself has never actually been in a successful long term relationship.

WHAT I LIKED:
- dual POV helped drive the story along (I love not having to guess what the love interest is thinking)
- love an academic setting & a focus on STEM

WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
- Lyrics behaviour doesn't match her age at all (she reads very immature)
- it took more than half of the book before there was even a spark between Lyric & Kian
- this had more of a brother / sister vibe than best friends
- the ending was sooo rushed (but by that time I was glad to be finishing)

Fake dating for the sake of science can't go wrong, right?

Lyric and Kian are best friends.

They're also Ph.D students trying to gather their data and prepare their thesis, which is the whole basic plot.

Add in a little best friends to lovers, fake relationship drama to keep the book going (although this was at the end, wish it was more towards the beginning/middle).

I was hoping for more Sizzle in the Sizzle Paradox.

Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me to read and review this title.

I just reviewed The Sizzle Paradox by Lily Menon. #NetGalley

This is a first time read for me by this author and I found it to be quite entertaining. STEM romances are definitely becoming more popular now and this latest one is a good addition to the genre. Lyric desperately needs some pointers in dating and how one goes about finding the sparks and chemistry that occurs between a couple that's attracted to each other along with finding an emotional connection. Otherwise, her whole thesis and work behind it will seem like a fraud. Her best friend and fellow grad student Kian has no trouble in the romance department and offers to tutor her. In return, she will help him with relationship commitment since that seems to be a trouble spot for him. As these two each impart their knowledge of love and romance, the line between academics and friendship and real romance seem to get blurred. I enjoyed the ride as these two figured out what was really going on between them.
This was an enjoyable and fun light-hearted read with cute characters and I am glad to have had the opportunity to read it.
I received a complimentary copy from Netgalley and am voluntarily leaving my review.

Great book and enjoyed the characters . loved the slight romance and the how well the group worked together. Overall a great book . I would read this author again.

*I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

This was such a fun read. Not only did it suck me in from page one. But, I felt that I was able to really become invested in the characters lives. I felt that this story was a bit more realistic for me. Some books with this premise often fall flat or seem too unreal. But, this was not the case with this one.

Was a quick easy read. Overall pretty cute but nothing about the plot or characters really stood out to me compared to other romcoms.

Cute, but nothing groundbreaking. I actually didn’t have strong feelings about it at all. I enjoy Menon’s YA books, so I was disappointed to be so disappointed here.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an EArc copy of this book ahead of it's release!

This book was super cute! I loved the academic setting! Fake dating and friends to lovers? Sign me up! This is definitely a cute romance for fans of The Love Hypothesis. It is an easy book to read and you could easily fly through this one in just a couple sittings.

The characters had lots of tension and I loved watching them try to navigate their feelings for one another and I appreciated that this one was dual POV so we got the perspective of each of the characters. This isnt the most unique story out there, but its fun and cute for sure.