The Chemistry of Love

By: Sariah Wilson

Narrated by: Em Eldridge

True love requires a little research and development in a funny, heart-racing romance by Sariah Wilson, the bestselling author of The Paid Bridesmaid.

How can Anna Ellis, a geeky, brilliant, and hopelessly smitten cosmetic chemist possibly win over Craig Kimball, the man of her dreams—who also happens to be her boss? The answer is Craig’s empathetic (and handsome) CEO half brother, Marco. The makeup mogul knows Craig for the ridiculously competitive rival he is. Whatever Marco has, Craig wants. That can be Anna, if she’s game to play.

All Anna and Marco have to do is pretend they’re falling in love and let the rumors begin. If the experiment in attraction works, a jealous Craig will swoop in and give Anna her happily ever after—if it weren’t for one hitch in the plan. There’s more to Marco than meets the eye. With every fake date, Anna’s feelings are starting to become dizzyingly real.

Blame it on chemistry. It’s unpredictable, exciting, and occasionally combustible. If Anna and Marco are really falling in love, who are they to argue with science?

©2023 Kelly Siskind (P)2022 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved

Critic reviews

“With a very special appeal to fans of clean, wholesome, contemporary romantic comedy, The Chemistry of Love…is brilliantly narrated by the vocal storytelling skills of Em Eldridge.”—Midwest Book Review

“Abundant pop culture references and nerdy quips only enhance…This is utterly adorable.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“In this adorable romantic comedy, the fake dating trope is taken to another level with banter and nerdy references Anna and Marco throw around. Adding to the fun, Anna’s grandparents and their pet birds will have readers in stitches. A fresh and fun romance from Wilson.”—Library Journal

A disappointment

Sariah Wilson is one of my favorite authors and I usually read her books then listen to them multiple times. This one was listened to first and I was disappointed in the performance artist, but I endured the whole book. It was better in the last third but I wouldn’t recommend the audio version. I just think the performance artist was a bad match for this book. It also lacked the characteristic humor of her other books. The basis for the romance initially was Anna’s “love” for Craig but I never really bought this more than a crush and it made the remainder of the book predictable, and with the lack of humor that was actually funny, it disappointed. I still really like Sariah Wilson but I will not be listening to this one over and over.

Lack of inflection and predictable

The story was lacking in shock and awe for me, and it was hard to get into the main character especially because of the lack of inflection from the narrator. Maybe I’d have liked the story more if I had read this myself instead of an audible.

Not bad, cute read

Cute read. Kinda cheesy and predictable but still good. Stick with the actual book and not audible, it was almost unbearable to listen to.

Ohhhh the voice!

First book I almost didn’t finish because listening to the reader was like listening to an automated computer voice!

Reader is terrible

I have to switch to reading the book. The voice inflections are so distractingly obnoxious that I want to stab myself in the ears to make it stop.