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4.25 AVERAGE
4.25 AVERAGE
Wow this was perfect!
The dial POV with her book recs (defo Easter eggs for what’s to come) and his with all the footnotes to share his feelings?!
I didn’t know how much I wanted them to be different until this!
It was just the right amount of plot and romance. The slow burn hit! The way my chest hurt hearing that love confession!!!
Where has this author been all my life!?
If you like academic rival to lovers or even just romcom style books I have a feeling this is for you.
I can only hope you love it like it did!
Thank you NetGalley for this arc in exchange for an honest review
The dial POV with her book recs (defo Easter eggs for what’s to come) and his with all the footnotes to share his feelings?!
I didn’t know how much I wanted them to be different until this!
It was just the right amount of plot and romance. The slow burn hit! The way my chest hurt hearing that love confession!!!
Where has this author been all my life!?
If you like academic rival to lovers or even just romcom style books I have a feeling this is for you.
I can only hope you love it like it did!
Thank you NetGalley for this arc in exchange for an honest review
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
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:
Complicated
Thank you so much to Atria Australia for sending me a copy of this one. All thoughts are my own.
This kinda feels like a masterclass in romance. It’s SO good. The kind of book that you could remove the romance from entirely and still adore the shit out of. These characters stand completely on their own in every regard and I loved them so much.
But I did also ADORE this romance. I loved that Jonah was in love with Sadie the whole time but it took Sadie so long to catch up. I loved how slowly their fake marriage slipped into a real marriage. I loved watching those lines blur as they fell deeper for each other.
I was an emotional mess reading this book. Both these characters go on such emotional journey’s and I was completely along for the ride.
This is definitely my favourite of Jodi’s work so far and I can’t wait to see what she writes next.
This kinda feels like a masterclass in romance. It’s SO good. The kind of book that you could remove the romance from entirely and still adore the shit out of. These characters stand completely on their own in every regard and I loved them so much.
But I did also ADORE this romance. I loved that Jonah was in love with Sadie the whole time but it took Sadie so long to catch up. I loved how slowly their fake marriage slipped into a real marriage. I loved watching those lines blur as they fell deeper for each other.
I was an emotional mess reading this book. Both these characters go on such emotional journey’s and I was completely along for the ride.
This is definitely my favourite of Jodi’s work so far and I can’t wait to see what she writes next.
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
funny
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
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i love a good academic rivals to lovers and marriage of convenience, but this doesn't really hit the spots. also, can we please stop referencing modern trends on books...
sadie and jonah are cute but everything felt shallow to me.
sadie and jonah are cute but everything felt shallow to me.
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
funny
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:
Yes
Wow, wow wow!! This is my absolute favourite romcom of the year! An Academic Affair is such cute, funny, heartstring-tugger of a book. It’s a story about love, not just romantic love but sibling love too.
Sadie Shaw and Jonah Fisher are academic/work place rivals and have been since they first met at university. They’ve battled each other for honour medals, PHDs and jobs with the scores being pretty evenly settled as neither have landed a full time lecturer role. When their dream role finally opens up the day after a heart to heart in their shared house kitchen they decide to try and put their differences aside and trick the university into a partner hire.
I absolutely adored Sadie and Jonah, I loved how feisty Sadie is and Jonah is such a sweet, charming, cinnamon roll character (wife not actively crying, Jonah doesn’t feel like he’s dying). I loved how even though they fought, they never made out that each other were anything less than smart and more than capable at their jobs.
The tropes used in the book were well done (one bed in the hotel room!! he falls first!!! inject it into my veins), marriage of convenience usually doesn’t do it for me but this was so well written and made sense to the story that I really enjoyed it. I thought the writing was so smart, it sucked me in immediately and I finished it in one day! In particular I loved the literary themes throughout and Jonah’s footnotes.
The side characters were also very well developed, keeping my fingers crossed for spin offs with all of them (and future peaks into Sadie and Jonah’s life!).
Thank you to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for the ARC, this book was an absolute delight to read!
Sadie Shaw and Jonah Fisher are academic/work place rivals and have been since they first met at university. They’ve battled each other for honour medals, PHDs and jobs with the scores being pretty evenly settled as neither have landed a full time lecturer role. When their dream role finally opens up the day after a heart to heart in their shared house kitchen they decide to try and put their differences aside and trick the university into a partner hire.
I absolutely adored Sadie and Jonah, I loved how feisty Sadie is and Jonah is such a sweet, charming, cinnamon roll character (wife not actively crying, Jonah doesn’t feel like he’s dying). I loved how even though they fought, they never made out that each other were anything less than smart and more than capable at their jobs.
The tropes used in the book were well done (one bed in the hotel room!! he falls first!!! inject it into my veins), marriage of convenience usually doesn’t do it for me but this was so well written and made sense to the story that I really enjoyed it. I thought the writing was so smart, it sucked me in immediately and I finished it in one day! In particular I loved the literary themes throughout and Jonah’s footnotes.
The side characters were also very well developed, keeping my fingers crossed for spin offs with all of them (and future peaks into Sadie and Jonah’s life!).
Thank you to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for the ARC, this book was an absolute delight to read!
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No