I sort of started this under coercion (fulfills a reading challenge prompt + wanted to see what all the fuss was about), but I was delightfully surprised by this one! I still wish romance novel characters could just COMMUNICATE, but I get there wouldn’t be a story without tension and drama. I also didn’t love how the main character kept referring to her work by the general term “science,” rather than biology or cancer research or whatever. That felt weird to me. Other than that, I really enjoyed the reading experience. What won me over was the lovable characters, the focus on consent, and chapter 16. IFYKYK!