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

Absolutely loved. This was a perfect YA romance. Meaningful messages, lovable characters. I enjoyed every page!

This is a super sweet high school romance, but it also takes a look at the treatment of girls in STEM and the barriers that start in high school (and earlier) that make it difficult for women to find a place in these fields, especially women of color.

One of my favorite things about this book is that while the characters are pretty much all united by their friendships through the robotics club and their AP classes, they are all from different cultural backgrounds.

Bel is dealing with a lot, and keeps most of it to herself, even after she develops a close friend group. Teo keeps a lot to himself too, but some of it I think he keeps from himself. He feels like he needs to be the leader and that if he isn’t on top of everything, it will all fall apart. It doesn’t help that his Physics teacher, coach, friends and team seem to reinforce that impression.

Teo is initially impressed by Bel, but when she doesn’t immediately agree with him, a sort of animosity develops between them. He has a hard time seeing the barriers Bel and Neema, the 2 females on the team, face that are removed from all of the males on the team. Eventually he does come to recognize this, and his part in it as well.

The other characters in their group are fun and quirky, especially the ever hungry Dash, Teo’s best friend. And even when insecurities and misunderstandings pull Teo and Bel apart, their friends remain intact for them.

As a couple, Bel and Teo are completely believable. They balance each other out and bring out the best in each other, even though they are both carrying extra weight on their shoulders.

I absolutely loved the Epilogue and felt like the ending of this book was perfect.

Disclaimer: I received an eARC of this book through NetGalley on behalf of the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This book was written like a love letter to women in STEM. I find you can rarely find books where the MC is a woman who is in STEM so I loved how this author captured that event so well. I adored Bel and Teo as individuals but even more so together. They really complied each other. I’m so happy that Bel found her voice and what she loved to do. Here’s to hoping more books include women in STEM!!

So, if anyone has seen The Fosters, think of the episodes when Mariana is in robotics club and has to fight for her spot as a female in STEM. And then when her team is at their robotics competition and she has to drive around the robot they made and and it’s really intense because you don’t know if their hanging arm is going to work or not and the girls get to prove they are just as capable as the guys are. Okay now add in some romance and some college application drama. That’s this book. And it was wonderful.

I had such a fun time reading this book. The best part about it was that it was unique and not just another YA romance that’s the same as every other. It was a fresh idea that was exciting and felt very realistic.

I thought it was really enjoyable and I loved reading Teo and Bel’s story. The characters were all fun and very relatable, as they stressed over high school ending and real life beginning. It is a feeling almost everyone goes through at some point in their senior year, where they are nervous about the unknown that they will soon be embarking on, and I think it was conveyed very well in this book. I loved reading the engineering part of this much more than I thought I would and I was rooting for Teo and Bel‘s team throughout the book. I never felt bored reading this, which is a sign of a well written story if you ask me.

As far as YA goes, I think this was a great and original story and I would recommend it again and again.

Thank you to NetGalley for this arc in exchange for an honest review!

Such an incredibly cute coming of age story!

I absolutely LOVED the FMC and MMC and their banter. Rivals to friends to lovers to rivals. Gah the nerd-o-meter was off the charts and it was so well done. I was intrigued they whole book and the narrators did such a good job.

The highlight of not only an FMC taking up space in the STEM field but also at the same time not knowing who or what she wants to be. It took me back to my college days when I switched majors and had no clue where I wanted to go from there.

This is perfect for young women who are getting ready to enter their next stage of life and enter into adulthood and for those who have been misunderstood and lost in the system.

This is a beautiful read. It is slow paced, fluffy and all together feel good. It is a very cute read. The only thing I didnt enjoy was the unresolved family tension.

Despite not liking the unresolved family tension with Bel's family, I enjoyed this novel a great deal. Bel and Teo were awesome together and their ups and downs felt like like a real relationship. I enjoyed all the side characters and I really loved the Rory/Paris from Gilmore Girls vibes I got with Bel and Neelam. Overall, this was a fun read.

This is a beautiful YA book. It has a slow pace, but it is interesting still. I love that this is a story of first love that is not overly sexualized. It is a very cute read.

YA novel about Bel getting into robotics her senior year of high school and Teo the leader of the robotics team. They come from two very different upbringings but still face challenges with school and dating. Bel the barely getting by type and Teo is the uptight always planned guy.

Loved these characters and this feel good story. All pretty much guessable if you read any type of romance.