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Title: The Love Algorithm
Author: Camilla Isley
Genre: Romance
Rating: ★★★★
Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️ (Closed Door)
At 28, with a Ph.D under her belt and a meteoric rise to
head of Research and Development at Mercer Robotics, Reese feels her decision
to put her career first has worked out pretty well for her. Sure, she doesn’t
have many personal relationships to speak of, but she does love her team and
they like her too.
So when she’s called to the Big Boss’s office and told
she will be looking after his son while he does a rotation in her lab, she’s
not thrilled that her hard work and achievements have boiled down to being a
glorified babysitter – especially to a billionaire playboy with zero experience
of mechanical engineering.
But then tall, blond Thomas walks into her office, and Reese realizes this assignment is going to be even harder than she thought. Because the CEO’s son is not only extraordinarily gorgeous, chiseled, and charming… he’s also on course to become her new boss one day, and so extraordinarily out of bounds. As the pair get to know each other, can Reese hold her nerve and her beliefs, or will she fall victim to the billionaire charm?
The Love Algorithm
is the latest romantic comedy novel from author Camilla Isley. This is the third
instalment of her True Love Series and although it was my first time
reading anything from the author I was instantly hooked by her engaging writing
style. Fans of enemies to lovers, forced proximity and workplace romances this
is the book for you! Add in a woman in STEM protagonist, only one bed, lots
of geeky references and a witty robot and you have The Love Algorithm.
Our story is told
through a perfectly-paced dual POV narrative which worked really well as we got
to experience the yearning from both Reese and Thomas’ perspectives. Thomas
falls first and harder in the story and this was wonderful to read. Although
this is part of a series, and features characters introduced in earlier books,
it works well as a standalone too.
Reese was a fantastic
FMC. She was so intelligent – we love to see a woman in STEM! – and feisty. I also
loved Thomas as a MMC. He was so respectful and charming and the flirting
through handwritten notes hidden around Reese’s office was EVERYTHING. I will
say though that I did roll my eyes towards the end of the book when his
response to being called a man child was to throw a tantrum, aka the most man
child thing to do, but I’ll forgive him for being so dreamy for the rest of the
book.
Reese and Thomas had electric
chemistry from their first meeting. The sexual tension between the two of them
was very well written, especially in the hotel scenes. They had brilliant
banter (the Star Wars jokes had me giggling throughout!) and I was rooting for
them from the beginning. I will say though that given how significant the sex
tape was to the plot I would have liked to have seen a bit of spice, rather
than it being closed-door but that’s just personal preference.
As much as I loved
Reese and Thomas though, it was Reese’s robot K-2P who was my favourite character
and he played a great role in their matchmaking. Reese’s colleagues at Mercer
Robotics were brilliant supporting characters, as were Thomas’ family who I
look forward to reading more about in the other books in the series.
Overall, The Love
Algorithm is perfect if you’re after an easy feel-good romance which is packed
full of your favourite tropes and lots of geeky elements.
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