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3.68 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
4.5 Stars ⭐️
If you are a fan of Blake Crouch and the tv show Russian Doll, you will probably enjoy this book.
Carter is a technician at a particle accelerator facility in San Francisco who becomes stuck in a four day time loop after an explosion at the facility. After a few loops he meets Mariana, a neuroscientist at a memory restoration company and they work together to try to prevent the accident that caused the loop to start.
During each loop, the main characters learn more about the accident and each other. I loved how after a while they used portions of the loops to fulfill their bucket lists rather than just working on getting unstuck.
In spite of the title, this book is not a romance novel. And if it were, it would be a sloooooow burn. Don’t go into this story expecting love declarations and spice because you will not get any of that.
There were a couple of times the story had me in tears, and that to me is a sign of characters that connected emotionally with me. Some of the theoretical physics stuff can be challenging, but it’s not necessary to grasp in order to understand what’s going on. Overall, this book was enjoyable and a very easy read. It had me hooked from the first page.
Thanks to NetGalley and Harlequin publishing group for providing a digital copy for me to review.
If you are a fan of Blake Crouch and the tv show Russian Doll, you will probably enjoy this book.
Carter is a technician at a particle accelerator facility in San Francisco who becomes stuck in a four day time loop after an explosion at the facility. After a few loops he meets Mariana, a neuroscientist at a memory restoration company and they work together to try to prevent the accident that caused the loop to start.
During each loop, the main characters learn more about the accident and each other. I loved how after a while they used portions of the loops to fulfill their bucket lists rather than just working on getting unstuck.
In spite of the title, this book is not a romance novel. And if it were, it would be a sloooooow burn. Don’t go into this story expecting love declarations and spice because you will not get any of that.
There were a couple of times the story had me in tears, and that to me is a sign of characters that connected emotionally with me. Some of the theoretical physics stuff can be challenging, but it’s not necessary to grasp in order to understand what’s going on. Overall, this book was enjoyable and a very easy read. It had me hooked from the first page.
Thanks to NetGalley and Harlequin publishing group for providing a digital copy for me to review.
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
𝒜𝑅𝒞 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝑅𝑒𝓋𝒾𝑒𝓌
𝘼 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙢 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮
by Mike Chen
January 30, 2024
368 pages
@_mira_books_ Thank you for allowing me to read in exchange for my honest review.
Read this if:
- you enjoy sci fi with lots of brainy science facts (I kind of started enjoying this after The Martian & this had that vibe even though it is not a space novel).
- You like a sweet new romance of just kisses and longing.
-Time travel or looping is interesting reading. Quantum leaps indeed.
-You liked the movie Groundhog Day and want to know more about how that could happen.
- enjoy a story that has some lessons about savoring life's little moments even though major changes are happening.
- like relatable characters.
- wonder how science might handle memory and time
Carter Cho and Mariana Pineda end up in a time loop together, but then something happens, and one of them must make a life altering decision. I do not want to spoil a moment of this book. Think Groundhog Day in a top secret science facility with time travel and all of its possible paradoxical problems.
Will they end up together?
Can science and artificial intelligence save the day?
I really liked this read, and my only complaint is that I would have liked a few more chapters to see what happened to these characters next. Maybe the author might consider a bonus short story, please.
If you are looking for a sci fi with light romance, deep thoughts on living, and that makes you think about the physics of time loops and time travel, make this your next read. It's quirky, and good.
I really want to tell you about the AI character based on a famous rock star, but do not want to spoil the surprise.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5 stars
#bookreview #sciencefiction #timetravelbooks #timeloops #quantumphysicsfiction #aquantumlovestory
𝘼 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙢 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮
by Mike Chen
January 30, 2024
368 pages
@_mira_books_ Thank you for allowing me to read in exchange for my honest review.
Read this if:
- you enjoy sci fi with lots of brainy science facts (I kind of started enjoying this after The Martian & this had that vibe even though it is not a space novel).
- You like a sweet new romance of just kisses and longing.
-Time travel or looping is interesting reading. Quantum leaps indeed.
-You liked the movie Groundhog Day and want to know more about how that could happen.
- enjoy a story that has some lessons about savoring life's little moments even though major changes are happening.
- like relatable characters.
- wonder how science might handle memory and time
Carter Cho and Mariana Pineda end up in a time loop together, but then something happens, and one of them must make a life altering decision. I do not want to spoil a moment of this book. Think Groundhog Day in a top secret science facility with time travel and all of its possible paradoxical problems.
Will they end up together?
Can science and artificial intelligence save the day?
I really liked this read, and my only complaint is that I would have liked a few more chapters to see what happened to these characters next. Maybe the author might consider a bonus short story, please.
If you are looking for a sci fi with light romance, deep thoughts on living, and that makes you think about the physics of time loops and time travel, make this your next read. It's quirky, and good.
I really want to tell you about the AI character based on a famous rock star, but do not want to spoil the surprise.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5 stars
#bookreview #sciencefiction #timetravelbooks #timeloops #quantumphysicsfiction #aquantumlovestory
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was a fascinating book! I did find the science/physics/time aspect to be quite challenging to understand at times. I would like to go back and review the last third of the book. The book had great pace and urgency. It was not a traditional romance; definitely more of a sci-fi novel than romance.
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Title Vs Genre Will Cause A War In Booklandia. This is a book where the title will quell any riots over the story... and yet so many places (perhaps because of the publisher? unclear there) classifying this as a "romance" for genre purposes... is going to spark those very riots. To be clear, this book does NOT meet RWA qualifications for a "romance novel" - and is actually all the stronger for it. (As is generally the case, fwiw.) Which is why the title is correct and speaks to exactly what you can expect here: a scifi love story, both with the characters and from the writer to the audience. This is a quirky, funny, heart bursting, extremely cloudy room kind of scifi tale that is going to take you less on a rollercoaster of emotion and more through a multiverse of various combinations of emotions.
Yes, at its base this is a Groundhog Day/ Edge Of Tomorrow kind of time looping tale. Which then builds into almost Terminator level time looping. Even certain elements of a Michael Crichton TIMELINE or a Randall Ingermanson TRANSGRESSION or even a Jeremy Robinson THE DIDYMUS CONTINGENCY. All while based in and around a "super-LHC" - which reminds me, make sure to check hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com a few times while reading this book, just to be sure - and its experiments.
And while I normally make it a point to never reveal anything about spoilers, there is one in particular that applies here that people routinely ask about re: dogs. So I'm going to put it under a spoiler tag (or remove this entire paragraph on sites that don't support a spoiler tag) and you, the reader of my review, can choose to read it or not:Yes, the dog dies in this book. It is a carefully selected rescue dog and has a long and healthy life before dying peacefully in its sleep, but it does die.
Overall this book really was quite good and quite a ride - one of the very few where I knew I had to immediately begin writing the review as soon as I finished the book itself. That, to me over the course of *so very many* books and Advance Review Copies over the last several years, is one of the marks of a particularly good book - you're just left in such emotional upheaval that you *have* to write to get the thoughts out of your own head. But don't go into this book expecting a romance - it does NOT meet those "official" guidelines - and, again, is stronger for it. It absolutely IS a love story (and yes, "clean"/ "sweet" crowd, you'll find this one perfectly acceptable), and honestly one of the better ones I've read in the last several years.
Very much recommended.
Yes, at its base this is a Groundhog Day/ Edge Of Tomorrow kind of time looping tale. Which then builds into almost Terminator level time looping. Even certain elements of a Michael Crichton TIMELINE or a Randall Ingermanson TRANSGRESSION or even a Jeremy Robinson THE DIDYMUS CONTINGENCY. All while based in and around a "super-LHC" - which reminds me, make sure to check hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com a few times while reading this book, just to be sure - and its experiments.
And while I normally make it a point to never reveal anything about spoilers, there is one in particular that applies here that people routinely ask about re: dogs. So I'm going to put it under a spoiler tag (or remove this entire paragraph on sites that don't support a spoiler tag) and you, the reader of my review, can choose to read it or not:
Overall this book really was quite good and quite a ride - one of the very few where I knew I had to immediately begin writing the review as soon as I finished the book itself. That, to me over the course of *so very many* books and Advance Review Copies over the last several years, is one of the marks of a particularly good book - you're just left in such emotional upheaval that you *have* to write to get the thoughts out of your own head. But don't go into this book expecting a romance - it does NOT meet those "official" guidelines - and, again, is stronger for it. It absolutely IS a love story (and yes, "clean"/ "sweet" crowd, you'll find this one perfectly acceptable), and honestly one of the better ones I've read in the last several years.
Very much recommended.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Death
adventurous
medium-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
When strangers Mariana Pineda and Carter Cho get stuck together repeating the same four days, finally reaching Friday might mean having to give up the connection growing between them. Based on the description, one would think this is a light romance that you can read quickly. That is not the case!
This intricately plotted book takes place in a particle accelerator, which explodes, sending our main characters back in time, where they try to figure out how to get out of the loop. During this time, Mariana and Carter get to know each other better by eating exquisite meals, having fun excursions, and developing more than a friendship.
Having read two of the author’s previous books, I knew he writes about time travel/time loops, which I enjoy, but he puts a sci-fi spin on them. I’d say this one leaned more into sci-fi than the others. At times, I thought some of the terminology was repetitive. Still, I had to remember that this was a time loop, and the description was necessary for the story to continue.
If you like dramatic and suspenseful books and time travel, I highly recommend this one!
Thank you to Edelweiss and Harlequin Trade Publishing for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion,
This intricately plotted book takes place in a particle accelerator, which explodes, sending our main characters back in time, where they try to figure out how to get out of the loop. During this time, Mariana and Carter get to know each other better by eating exquisite meals, having fun excursions, and developing more than a friendship.
Having read two of the author’s previous books, I knew he writes about time travel/time loops, which I enjoy, but he puts a sci-fi spin on them. I’d say this one leaned more into sci-fi than the others. At times, I thought some of the terminology was repetitive. Still, I had to remember that this was a time loop, and the description was necessary for the story to continue.
If you like dramatic and suspenseful books and time travel, I highly recommend this one!
Thank you to Edelweiss and Harlequin Trade Publishing for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion,
I had such a great time reading this book, it was so enjoyable to read!
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Carter Cho is a simple man. He's a technician at Hawke, has an eidetic memory, and loves good food and knows where to find it. Problem is, he's stuck in a time loop - that ends in Hawke's explosion and, presumably, everyone's demise. But on one loop he meets Mariana, manages to pull her into the chaos with him, and everything changes for them both.
This starts as Carter's story, then becomes all about teamwork and hope, and then ends (and is more powerful for it) with Mariana taking anchor, risking everything to end the time loop. There is a love story here, but not really of romance novel quality - this is definitely a story about a time loop, even if the two stuck in it eventually realize they've met for a reason. This is about a time loop, a mystery, love, and learning to savour life, bit by bit. Definitely a worthwhile journey for those who like their sci-fi with a slight dose of nonsense technobabble and a bigger serving of emotional resonance.
Thank you to NetGalley and Mira (Harlequin Trade Publishing) for the advance copy in exchange for an honest review!
This starts as Carter's story, then becomes all about teamwork and hope, and then ends (and is more powerful for it) with Mariana taking anchor, risking everything to end the time loop. There is a love story here, but not really of romance novel quality - this is definitely a story about a time loop, even if the two stuck in it eventually realize they've met for a reason. This is about a time loop, a mystery, love, and learning to savour life, bit by bit. Definitely a worthwhile journey for those who like their sci-fi with a slight dose of nonsense technobabble and a bigger serving of emotional resonance.
Thank you to NetGalley and Mira (Harlequin Trade Publishing) for the advance copy in exchange for an honest review!