The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren

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“𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧.”

Single mom Jess Davis is a data and statistics wizard, but no amount of number crunching can convince her to step back into the dating world. Jess holds her loved ones close but working constantly to stay afloat is hard...and lonely.

“𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮.”

Jess and Fizzy work out of Twiggs, their favorite coffee shop. And every day at approx. 8:24 am Americano shows up to get his coffee. Jess can’t stand him. When they find out he’s about to launch a cutting-edge matchmaking company Fizzy and Jess end up going to his office and giving their samples.

“𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤.”

I love a great enemies to lovers/fake dating theme and this is exactly what you’ll get when you read this book. When Jess and River receive their match results she cannot believe it but she also can’t turn down the money they offer to get to know him. I absolutely love their banter, Jess is hilarious!. The parts with River and Juno melted my heart, he’s such a great guy! Just a workaholic and shy.

“𝐈 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲.”

There are so many lovable side characters in here, including Jess's outspoken romance-writer best friend Fizzy, her adorable and smart kid Juno, and her grandparents, Nana and Pops, who have been helping and supporting her for as long as she can remember. The whole cast added so much humor and heart to this story.

“𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫.”

I loved this book! I really hope Christina and Lauren create another book based on Fizzy, she is way too entertaining to be wasted as a supporting character.