As far as the narration is concerned I thought the Roxanne Hernandez and Blas Kisic did not fit the characters they were voicing causing the narration to fall flat. The plot was and characters were cliché and agonizingly predictable. Overall the actual writing flowed but that’s as positive as I can get. I have to admit I allowed myself to get caught up by the hype, unfortunately that is all it was, HYPE.

For more Perfect Chemistry fun, check out Rules of Attraction (Perfect Chemistry #2). I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves teenage romance novels. Brittany pushes past what her parents want her to be and reaches out to help Alex, in return, she finds out who she really wants to be. Alex’s gang experience is very true to life and you feel the difficulty of his situation. The characters face real life social conflicts that, in the end, turn them into remarkable people. Elkeles wrote a sizzling romance that pulls you in and keeps you turning the page. They fall hard for each other, but with everything standing in between them can their relationship last? I love so many things about this story: the characters, the romance, the social challenges. As they are forced to get to know each other, the lives they try to keep so secret are exposed. He hopes to keep his two brothers out of the ‘Blood’ by doing everything the gang wants, even though he would love more than anything to be free. Since gang activity is prevalent in his neighborhood, he becomes a member to protect his family. Alex is the oldest of three brothers and ever since his father died, from gang violence, he has been the man of the house. While her parents are busy nitpicking her, they ignore her special needs sister, whom Brittany cares for deeply. At home, Brittany’s parents pressure her to keep up appearances by always looking great and keeping up good grades.

Brittany puts up a facade to her peers that she has the perfect life, but in her opinion it is far from perfect. The two characters are paired together as lab partners in Chemistry class and their differences create friction from the beginning.

At school, Brittany is the popular good girl and Alex is the Latino blood gang member and school bad boy. As mentioned in the description, Brittany and Alex are total opposites. The chapters alternate narration between Brittany Ellis and Alex Fuentes, giving you each characters perspective. Perfect Chemistry is super steamy and oh so much fun to read. You can’t see it but I’m fanning myself right now.

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