Opposites attract like a magnet to steel, or in this case, Emerson to Steel
Emerson Powers has been so focused on obtaining her science degree that sheās neglected the more social aspects of college life. With the new start of her junior year, sheās determined to fix that with a real hands-on lesson in biology. The assignment is simple enoughāteach the rock starās son how to be good, while he shows her how to be very bad. Two objectives, one outcome ā¦ will the lesson be love or heartbreak?
Steel is no longer the bad boy Emerson knew from prep school, and heās set to prove it by helping Emerson complete her secret list of desired college experiences. And if he can convince her that they are meant to be together along the way, even better!
While teaming up on experiments, both in and out of the classroom, Emerson discovers a new side to Steel. Leaving her to question everything she thought she knew. Still, is it enough to forgive the past or just mere chemistry?
*This story originally appeared in the bestselling anthology Kiss & Tell
Title: | Blinded Me With Science |
Author: | Tara September |
Narrator(s): | Bridget Gardner |
Series: | Lesson in Love (Book 2) |
Pages / Length: | 121 / 3hrs 26mins |
Category / Genre(s): | Contemporary Audiobook |
Trope(s): | Enemies to Lovers Teach Me Opposites Attract Virgin |
Point of View: | First Person, Present Tense |
Narration Type: | Dual – one narrator (female) doing both voices |
Location: | New England, US |
HEA: | ā |
Release Date: | 21st October, 2022 |
A really likeable opposites-attract romance
This is my first foray into the world of Tara September and itās definitely a place I want to spend more time in. Blinded Me With Science is a short, new-adult, contemporary romance set in a college in New England. Itās the second book in the Lessons in Love series but each book stands alone with a different couple.
Emerson reconnect with her high-school nemesis, Steel, when he inexplicably pops up in her advanced science class. The pair then find themselves lab partners which soon becomes more as Steel agrees to help Emerson tick off her list of standard college experiences sheās missed out on. This was a fun premise that actually felt very natural.
Emerson is something of a normal geeky girl and although I tend to geek out over things other than Harry Potter, I felt a kinship with her. She was likeable, fun and someone it was easy to root for. I liked her honesty about wanting the items on her list fulfilled and how she was book smart and technically innocent but she wasnāt a blundering social idiot due to her inexperience – which often happens in other books with similar circumstances.
Steel was equally likeable. I did have a hard time with his name at first since itās not really a nickname – rather a shortened version of Steeley. Okay, his father was a rockstar called Diesel so it wasnāt outwith the realms of possibility but still – it made me feel old! Steel was a reformed bad-boy who harboured a not-so secret crush on good-girl, Emerson. Well, not-so secret to everyone except Emerson herself. I do love a bit of smitten kitten longing and having a bad-boy yearning for our little nerd was delicious.
There is obviously talk of sex and lots of kissing and petting, but thereās actually no graphic sexual scenes in this story. In terms of this story, it worked perfectly and although it pains me to say it, I didnāt think the story needed it for me to feel the connection between our pair.
I really enjoyed watching Emerson and Steel dance around each other as they crossed items off Emersonās list. The pair were adorable together and I really loved them as a couple. I did have a hard time deciding whether to give this book 4 stars or 5. As always with a shorter story or novella, I always wish for the story to be longer so we can get a bit more detail or back story on our characters or situation. I feel I would have definitely liked to hear more about Steelās journey to who he was now and how heād changed his life and followed Emerson to college and Emersonās difficult relationship with her controlling parents. I ultimately settled on 4 stars simply because there were a few storylines that just disappeared – like Steelās relationship with Diesel for example. But honestly, this story was a smidge away from the full 5 stars that I feel quite mean about the whole thing!
Iām now going back to read the first book in this series (One More Kiss) and will definitely be on the lookout for more by Tara September. I liked her writing style, her characters and her story as a whole. 4 stars for this one but I have high hopes for the future books I read.
Fueled by an IV of green tea and Prosecco, Tara September is a multi-award-winning contemporary romance author of bestselling sassy & steamy love stories filled with banter. Based in Southwest Florida, Tara holds a masterās degree in journalism from New York University, a B.A. from Wheaton College in Massachusetts, as well as attended college courses at Queenās College in London, U.K. She is also the proud mom to identical twin 10-year-old boys and three cats.
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Tara September
27 January 2023 at 2:42 pmThanks so much for the listen and review! <3