The Soulmate Equation - Christina Lauren

The Soulmate Equation – Christina Lauren

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. Raised by her grandparents–who now help raise her seven-year-old daughter, Juno–Jess has been left behind too often to feel comfortable letting anyone in. After all, her father’s never been around, her hard-partying mother disappeared when she was six, and her ex decided he wasn’t “father material” before Juno was even born. Jess holds her loved ones close, but working constantly to stay afloat is hard…and lonely.

But then Jess hears about GeneticAlly, a buzzy new DNA-based matchmaking company that’s predicted to change dating forever. Finding a soulmate through DNA? The reliability of numbers: This Jess understands. At least she thought she did, until her test shows an unheard-of 98% compatibility with another subject in the database: GeneticAlly’s founder, Dr. River Pena. This is one number she can’t wrap her head around, because she already knows Dr. Pena. The stuck-up, stubborn man is without a doubt not her soulmate. But GeneticAlly has a proposition: Get to know him and we’ll pay you. Jess–who is barely making ends meet–is in no position to turn it down, despite her skepticism about the project and her dislike for River. As the pair are dragged from one event to the next as the “Diamond” pairing that could make GeneticAlly a mint in stock prices, Jess begins to realize that there might be more to the scientist–and the science behind a soulmate–than she thought.

Funny, warm, and full of heart, The Soulmate Equation proves that the delicate balance between fate and choice can never be calculated.

My Review of The Soulmate Equation

I really enjoyed this little book by this best friend author duo! I think it is my favourite one of theirs yet! Even enjoyed it more than The Unhoneymooners!

Single-mum Jess is going through the motions. She adores her daughter but deep down would love to find a love connection. When she and her best friend get the opportunity to join a genetics dating site, which matches you based on your genetic profile, she finds a match. Unfortunately she knows this match, and she is not happy about it! However once the company gives her the opportunity to get to know him (and pay her for it), she might find that maybe there is something to this genetics thing after all!

Great read. I devoured it in a night and thought it was fantastic!

The tension between Jess and River was palpable, I loved the relationships between Jess and her daughter, her family and her mother. There wasn’t much I didn’t like about this book!

It really made me wonder if there is something to this genetics thing. I wonder how much research has been done into this and if there is anything to it! Wondering what score my husband and I would get! I also think it would have a downside though. If you are with an average scoring partner, would you wonder what else was out there? If there were people with higher scores? Is it better not to know?

All these questions are explored in the book and I thought it was done so well. I just thought it was great!

If you enjoy a good rom-com and like a little bit of statistics, I have no doubt you will enjoy this too!

(4.5 / 5)