I picked this up on a recommendation from [a:Sarah MacLean|1598076|Sarah MacLean|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1455074474p2/1598076.jpg]'s Read More Romance blog and because I heard it was written by a scientist. Unfortunately I did not really enjoy it as much as I was hoping.

Annie, a genius graduate student about to go to med school wants to hump her Teaching Assistant Charles, a sexy but doesn't know it Brit who is older and far more experienced than she is. She, in a refreshingly blunt way, propositions him. He turns her down and they go on to be friends until of course she finds out he does want to fuck her but is worried about the power imbalance. They wait until she graduates and the epic boning commences after a bit of dithering once he finds out about her v-card status.

At this point the story veers a bit too close to [b:Fifty Shades of Grey|10818853|Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)|E.L. James|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1385207843s/10818853.jpg|15732562] (BUT with consent, thankfully) and we find out poor Charles cannot love, or commit, because of a dark past. There is no HEA, but there is a second novel.

So while I appreciated the discussions of consent the story was uneven and a bit too clinical for me. Plus I am tired of super smart ladies acting really immature and totally oblivious. Also, I didn't like how Charles called her "Young Annie" and other kiddish nicknames.