I received access to an eARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

2.5⭐

Well... this was an ok book.

The science theme of the book got me interested from the start, love in the laboratory... nice :)

But then...

I had a problem with the chemistry (pun intended) between the two main characters, Lizz and Tom. At the start of the book, the way they meet and start their story felt kinda off, purely physical... A few years forward and they are enemies and the reason they are enemies could be completely avoided if someone just acted as an adult and a scientist, that they both were, and talked to each other.
The story goes too fast and without an explanation of how things happened, they are just enemies now... I did not care for them, he was horrible to her in the present time, with red flags all over the place. Even with the ending, he was not the type of person that gave a reason for forgiveness with that kind of character development... Not much of a character there...
Both of them change their minds a lot...
The "sexual tension" between the two of them was closer to torture than tension...

Another thing that was bugging me was the science thing....there was not much science happening. They could have been in any other field of work and it wouldn't make any difference. Science wasn't an important part of the story.

I liked the part of the story that shows us that love is something that you can find at any age and we can see that through their parents. It is never too late to find the right person for you and for you to heal. On the other hand, there was that odd moment of the main characters being step-siblings, but let's ignore that...

The writing was ok, that is all I have to say