I will admit that I side-eyed this premise (high school chemistry intern decides to carry on her dead scientist mom's research into pheremones, in an attempt to get her boyfriend to get back together with her) but really enjoyed the book! Maya and her BFF Bryan are great characters. I also enjoyed all the fun Cambridge/MIT-specific details to the setting. I also appreciated that the cast is fairly diverse. Without going into too many details, I do think the ethical/scientific questionability of the whole thing is addressed in a way that left me, at least, satisfied, though obviously it still would not hold up to, you know, scientific scrutiny. (But that's also kind of the point, she's a grieving teenage girl with an interest in science! She's maybe not making the best choices!)

bonus appeal factors: women in STEM! YouTubers! Drama geek drama!

A great one for fans of Jenny Han, Sarah Dessen, etc.