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A review by lenoreo
Laws of Physics: Motion by Penny Reid
5.0
https://celebrityreaders.com/2019/02/18/motion-by-penny-reid/
I received a free copy through Social Butterfly PR in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion.
4.5 stars — Wow. I mean, I was just freaking sucked into this book from start to finish. OK, OK, I will admit that at the end I became impatient, because I was waiting for the other shoe to drop, and I would skip ahead a few pages…we all knew the cliffhanger was coming. But besides that bout of impatient insanity, I was just charmed by Mona from page 1. (and as an aside, the cliffhanger wasn’t a surprise — both in that I knew it was coming, and just by the nature of the story that was being told, and particularly if you’d read Elements of Chemistry, or had looked at Penny Reid’s timeline of books, then the ending isn’t really a surprise so much as something you’re dreading)
First, can I just say that there were so many hilarious scenes that will live in my mind in perpetuity, and in particular the donut scene will remain one of my faves forever and ever amen. Also, the phrases…OMG the phrases…
Seriously though, Mona. Was. Everything. She was amazing. She was hilarious. Even as I’m nothing like her, I was able to connect with her and all she was feeling and going through. Ms. Reid often writes heroines that are anti-feelings/emotions, and I usually have a hard time relating to that since I’m all feelings all the time. But for some reason Mona made it easier somehow. She was quirky, and endearing, and earnest, and clueless, and lonely, and misunderstood, and just…authentic. And my heart hurt for Mona’s childhood and the effects of that on who she became.
And Abram was so much more than I was anticipating. I liked him in Elements of Chemistry, but I LOVED him here. Seeing the changes that came over him as he fell for Mona was just endearing and heartbreaking. The dimples, the smile covering, the sensitivity. OH GOD. My heart ACHED for him. ACHED. Because I knew who he became. And I didn’t want him to be hurt. We don’t get one smidge of his POV, but everything I saw through Mona’s eyes made me fall in love.
And fuck, I felt the chemistry too. Like ALL OF IT. Friendship, steamy, EVERYTHING. Seriously, I think I fell in love with Mona right along Abram…I was equally enchanted by all her glorious quirkiness. And vice versa…I fell for Abram right alongside Mona.
I wanted life to be different for them. I understood Mona’s choices, and I ached for her because the choices she made made sense for her. But OH GOD. Why?? Why do authors have to torture perfectly lovable characters like this??
One thing that really surprised me was the way her relationship with Gabby changed and developed over the course of the book. I LOVED that. I always love it when characters that would be one-dimensional caricatures in other books get their three-dimensional due. I’m hoping we get that from Lisa as well.
Anyways. I’m frightened. My heart hurts. I cried. I felt so much. Basically, success. Let the waiting begin.
I received a free copy through Social Butterfly PR in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion.
4.5 stars — Wow. I mean, I was just freaking sucked into this book from start to finish. OK, OK, I will admit that at the end I became impatient, because I was waiting for the other shoe to drop, and I would skip ahead a few pages…we all knew the cliffhanger was coming. But besides that bout of impatient insanity, I was just charmed by Mona from page 1. (and as an aside, the cliffhanger wasn’t a surprise — both in that I knew it was coming, and just by the nature of the story that was being told, and particularly if you’d read Elements of Chemistry, or had looked at Penny Reid’s timeline of books, then the ending isn’t really a surprise so much as something you’re dreading)
First, can I just say that there were so many hilarious scenes that will live in my mind in perpetuity, and in particular the donut scene will remain one of my faves forever and ever amen. Also, the phrases…OMG the phrases…
Seriously though, Mona. Was. Everything. She was amazing. She was hilarious. Even as I’m nothing like her, I was able to connect with her and all she was feeling and going through. Ms. Reid often writes heroines that are anti-feelings/emotions, and I usually have a hard time relating to that since I’m all feelings all the time. But for some reason Mona made it easier somehow. She was quirky, and endearing, and earnest, and clueless, and lonely, and misunderstood, and just…authentic. And my heart hurt for Mona’s childhood and the effects of that on who she became.
And Abram was so much more than I was anticipating. I liked him in Elements of Chemistry, but I LOVED him here. Seeing the changes that came over him as he fell for Mona was just endearing and heartbreaking. The dimples, the smile covering, the sensitivity. OH GOD. My heart ACHED for him. ACHED. Because I knew who he became. And I didn’t want him to be hurt. We don’t get one smidge of his POV, but everything I saw through Mona’s eyes made me fall in love.
And fuck, I felt the chemistry too. Like ALL OF IT. Friendship, steamy, EVERYTHING. Seriously, I think I fell in love with Mona right along Abram…I was equally enchanted by all her glorious quirkiness. And vice versa…I fell for Abram right alongside Mona.
I wanted life to be different for them. I understood Mona’s choices, and I ached for her because the choices she made made sense for her. But OH GOD. Why?? Why do authors have to torture perfectly lovable characters like this??
One thing that really surprised me was the way her relationship with Gabby changed and developed over the course of the book. I LOVED that. I always love it when characters that would be one-dimensional caricatures in other books get their three-dimensional due. I’m hoping we get that from Lisa as well.
Anyways. I’m frightened. My heart hurts. I cried. I felt so much. Basically, success. Let the waiting begin.