Reviews

Elements of Chemistry: Capture by Penny Reid

aridoubra's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Parker and Sandeke are the worst of the  series in my opinion. Compared to Mona and Abraham, the couple made me cringe. 

sarastar's review against another edition

5.0

Great book, ending and sweet treat reads. Loved it

claudia_fosca's review against another edition

5.0

Beautiful and intense and hilarious

Nine months after they broke up, things are very different. After one encounter, Martin approaches Parker wanting to be friends. They start a tenuous friendship that has Parker trying to resolve her feelings for Martin for good. She will realize that there are actually two sides to every story. Figuring out their story from Martin’s side of things will either get them back together or pull them appart for good.

I loved Capture. Parker has taken control of her life by doing what she wants to do with it, and not letting other people’s expectations decide for her. She has grown as a person thanks to Martin, and when she starts seeing how Martin has also changed, she realizes she wants him back. I love Kaitlyn Parker and Martin Sandeke. Their banter is superb. This story is beautiful, and sweet, and hot, and truly hilarious. It is Penny Reid at her best.

Capture is the third installment in a trilogy. You need to read all three and in order. It’s one story divided in three parts.

kfrey's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.5

nicola_june's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

marlena_czyta's review

3.0

3+

coconutlavender's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

faunasam2018's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

mistylombardo's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

3.0

lisaluvsliterature's review against another edition

4.0

So, I had a whole review written for this and my WordPress somehow lost it! Grr! Let’s see if I can remember all that I said. First of all, once again I did not enjoy this one as much as I liked the first book in the series. I know that socially awkward people aren’t great about picking up on common social cues, but Kaitlyn was just ridiculously blind/stupid about everything Martin was doing and the fact of why he was doing those things. I got so frustrated and spent so much of the book wondering when in the world she might finally catch on! So that was a bit annoying. Eventually however, the book turned out to be a satisfying ending to the series, and I liked things like how her parents dealt with her and her choices.

Review originally published on Lisa Loves Literature.