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A review by bonnybonnybooks
Red String Theory by Lauren Kung Jessen
4.0
A cute romcom of two lovely people being lovely to each other. It was relaxing and fluffy, but it made me realize for me to really love a romance I need a little bit more family/relationship drama/character growth.
There was a little personal drama going on: Rooney (who believes in fate) is an artist who feels like she is in her more famous mother's shadow. She makes her art anonymously and is afraid to be seen as an art nepo baby - she also wants to buy the video of her birth that made her mom an art world sensation (I don't get modern art either). Jack is a practical scientist who does not believe in fate. He is a brilliant scientist at NASA, but is held back from promotion because he's not social enough. His parents were absentee, putting their careers over him, and made him feel like he needs professional success for their approval (he did have a supportive and loving grandfather, thankfully). These are small areas for character growth, but they didn't feel cathartic enough for me to love it as much as, say, [b:Evvie Drake Starts Over|40514431|Evvie Drake Starts Over|Linda Holmes|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1538446504l/40514431._SY75_.jpg|62869040].
There was a little personal drama going on: Rooney (who believes in fate) is an artist who feels like she is in her more famous mother's shadow. She makes her art anonymously and is afraid to be seen as an art nepo baby - she also wants to buy the video of her birth that made her mom an art world sensation (I don't get modern art either). Jack is a practical scientist who does not believe in fate. He is a brilliant scientist at NASA, but is held back from promotion because he's not social enough. His parents were absentee, putting their careers over him, and made him feel like he needs professional success for their approval (he did have a supportive and loving grandfather, thankfully). These are small areas for character growth, but they didn't feel cathartic enough for me to love it as much as, say, [b:Evvie Drake Starts Over|40514431|Evvie Drake Starts Over|Linda Holmes|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1538446504l/40514431._SY75_.jpg|62869040].