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A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen
3.0
adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ป๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ช-๐˜๐˜ช โ€ข ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ โ€ข ๐˜š๐˜›๐˜Œ๐˜” ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ โ€ข ๐˜ˆ๐˜
๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ โ€ข ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ โ€ข ๐˜Ž๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค
๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ: 30 ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ 2024

I think of this as cozy sci-fi more than romance as the love story was secondary to the time loop plot. โ€œCozy sci-fiโ€ applies because of the budding romance/sparks, personal introspection, endearing pets, and food/cooking elements. I loved when Carter and Mariana were working together, splurging on new cuisines, jetting cross continents, and plotting new paths forward, and I would have loved to see more of that storyline develop in a future Epilogue or bonus chapter(s). 

Synopsis:
Mariana is a neuroscientist working at a startup that has discovered a way to relive the past by imprinting vivid memories into the brainโ€™s permanent record. Carter is a foodie with Michelin chef aspirations and a photographic memory. His day job: lab tech at a particle accelerator, where an inevitable accident is about to occur.

When Carter and then Mariana get stuck in the cross-hairs, they find themselves stuck in an infinite time loop, cursed to repeat the 4 days leading up to the explosion that renders the entire facility a pile of rubble. As they try to figure out what went wrong and how to correct it, they will learn more about themselves and each other.

Small gripe: the science aspects were confusing as can be the case with paradox of time loops. I found that if I thought too hard I had questions I couldnโ€™t resolve re: how it all worked.