Sweet and realistic. The fight at the end was unnecessary and annoying, but I'll give it a pass because I did enjoy the book over all.

As someone who loves Ali Hazlewood, as soon as I saw this stem book I knew that I had to read it. I am so glad that I did, I think it is so fun and any story that involves women in stem make my heart so happy. Overall I loved reading this and have since forced my sister to read who also enjoyed it immensely. I cannot wait to read more by this author.

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My Mechanical Romance was cute but very familiar in that I felt like I'd read a version of this story a number of times before. There was some uniqueness related to the robot science-y fight club and I appreciated the swipes at misogyny the female MC faced, although that didn't go as far as I'd have liked to have seen. Add in parent troubles, different side of the tracks and it made for a sweet and predictable read.

If you enjoy a nerd-centric high school (18 year old protagonists) setting with intelligent characters, then this book will work for you. I don't think it's ultimately memorable but it was a quick and mostly satisfying read. I enjoyed the epilogue and time jump.

Thank you to the publisher through netgalley for the eARC.

we love a book that represents women in STEM. throw in opposites attract and you have yourself a cute YA book. i really did enjoy the writing in this book. this is my first time reading anything by this author and i would definitely read another book by Alexene. we love when the two mcs butt heads and then bond over their mutual love for something.

An enjoyable YA novel that focuses STEM, especially young women in STEM. I appreciated how the characters interacted with one another and developed over the course of the novel.

I absolutely adored this book!! It was so cute and so inspiring. We need more stories about young women in STEM fields. Stories like this will encourage young girls to pursue their dreams and see that they can be successful. I really loved that there wasn’t really an antagonist besides systemic gender inequality. Overall, I thought this book was so pleasant and felt like a breath of fresh air.

I’ve found this book a lovely read for young readers interested in romance involving women in stem. This enemies to lovers relationship started as a confusion between Bel and Teo and love that began with their proximity due to the robotics club. Bel is an inspirational character for young women in or interested in stem. Overall this book warms up my heart with the beautiful relationship between the main characters.

This book was absolutely adorable. I loved the academia setting and academic rivals to lovers! So cute and lovable and easy to read!

I still haven’t read an Olivie Blake book, but now I have read her YA contemporary!! This book follows Bel and Teo, who are seniors in high school. Teo is the leader of the robotics club which Bel ends up joining. Both main characters were a little frustrating at first, but I really drew to love them and root for them. Watching Bel discover her love for robotics and engineering was a lot of fun. This book is very heavy on robotics and the competitions and I had a good time reading it.

I didn't like this! This book is fine, I think it was just a matter of not for me. YA, and I never fell in love with the characters or even liked any of them. I found myself very bored with this one. I wanted to love it but I just found the characters annoying and the story a snooze fest.

I believe this book had potential, but did not follow through with it. While I enjoyed the plot, I found at times to be bored through the writing.

It’s always fun to read a YA romance story once in a while. And this turned out to be a great read!

The store revolves around Isabel Maier aka Bel in her senior year in a new high school which isn’t the most ideal thing for your last year of school. Bel has to navigate this hectic last school year among new people and new friends while finding her place in the world of STEM. Along this journey she makes friends and enemies; especially one Teo Luna; the golden boy.

There’s much more to this story than teenage angst and puppy love. It’s about a girl finding her place in a male dominated field while navigating male and female friendships which comes with very different bases.

The atmosphere and dynamic of the friendship group is super entertaining to read!

Overall it was a very heartfelt read that touched upon the difficulties of women in STEM alongside topics such as complicated family dynamics, discovering your potential and forming important relationships.

Read this if you want a lighthearted read!

i tend to steer away from YA books, but I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Even though I love olivie i didn't expect to like the science elements in this book and was worried it would be unrelatable to my life =, but olivie has such a way to drag you into her world and Imma read her stuff every single time.

I cannot wait to see more STEM girl romances from her in the future!!

I really enjoyed this book - a different take on YA romance but I enjoyed it.

I loved the robots in the book too, it wasn't what I expected but I enjoyed it.

I loved this book so much. I’m totally here for academic rivals to lovers, I thought the way girls in STEM is approached in high school was incredibly accurate, and I thought Teo was well written both in his entitlement and in his dealing with his own entitlement. The build up was excellent and the ending was *chef’s kiss*. I loved how it wasn’t a perfect Hollywood ending and how the MC whole experience was framed, and the epilogue was perfect. I wish I had had this book when I was a teen being discouraged from taking grade 11 physics.

Super cute YA romance. Great to see the FMC bossing it in STEM, whilst also exploring who she wants to be.

I really liked the premise of this book, especially focusing on young people in STEM. It follows two very bright seniors in high school, one who is dealing with lots of family troubles that makes her not want to disappoint anyone, so she never extends herself; and the other whose parents are putting such high expectations on him to follow in their footsteps. They wind up meeting and becoming close on their high school robotics team. While dealing with pressure from their families, college applications, etc, they are also encountering sexism and racism surrounding robotics. I think this would be a great book for a high schooler to read, who is currently dealing with some of these issues. I knocked down a star because I wasn't enamored with the writing style and didn't feel a deep connection to the characters personally.

3.75 stars rounding up

A sweet romance that went a little fast for my liking but covered some thought-provoking situations.
The setting of robotics and the world of STEM (in a vital tech high school) was exciting. It tackled showing how males are given more of an advantage because of how they dominate the field and how that caused the girls on the team to either suffer or are viewed as unfriendly - when the guys are doing the same.
I love the show of complicated loving relationships, the privilege of wealthier kids, and the pressure on Teo while showcasing the anxiety and stress that Bel was put through. Unfortunately, while I liked the pair, their relationship felt too fast and rushed.

I had had this one on my metaphorical Kindle shelf for a while, and when I saw it was nominated for Goodreads Choice Best YA Book of the Year, I thought it was time to finally pick it up. And I'm glad I did!

Transfer student Bel is aimlessly wandering after her parents' divorce. When her physics professor tells her she has a knack for engineering and should join the robotics team, she balks. But Mr. Perfect, son of tech mogul, dreamy looking, captain of the soccer team and robotics team driver, Teo, insists she join the team after demonstrating her creative prowess, she feels like she has no choice. Bel and Teo both seem to understand each other but can't stop butting heads, and the rest of their team and the advisor are no help. Bel is new to the world of STEM, and not used to the biases women and girls face. But can the team come together to win, and Bel and Teo come together to form a relationship?

As a woman in STEM myself, this was an interesting book to read. Unlike Bel (and more like the inexcusably prickly side character, Neelam), I knew a little bit earlier I wanted to study engineering and was striving to MIT (spoiler alert: like most, I did not get in). I was fortunate to be an environment that was generally supportive of women in the field, but it's hard to forget you're often the only one in the room sometimes. This book is great at showing an engineering comes in all forms, and maybe creative types can do it, too. While I think the ending is a bit pie-in-the-sky, high school sappy, the romance and robotics plot lines were both incredibly solid and well done. It's a cute read that I think many will enjoy.

Thanks to Holiday House for my eARC! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

5 stars - 8/10

Thank you to Netgalley for this title

I Adored this book through and through!

Such a wholesome novel with lovely STEM reference which I loved, and very unique characters. i loved watching their romance from rivals to lovers, and thought it was portrayed very well in a very YA friendly way.
All the characters were so well made, and every moment felt lovely

I will be raving over this book for the next year, excited to see the next romance novel this amazing author conjures up