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Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1)

Simone Elkeles

Start date: May 28, 2012

Finish date: February 1, 2013

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Jun 27, 2012 Pang Clearing Series, Will Come Back!! xD rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorite-match-made-in-heaven, omg-my-eyes-my-tears, f-a-v-o-r-i-t-e-romance, will-sell-my-soul-for-more, outwit-revenge-playing-game, hero-mix-of-alpha-beta, f-a-v-o-r-i-t-e-storyline, mafia-yakuza-illegal-business, bickering-couple, no-insta-love-lust-thanks

Touching!, Touching!!, and Touching!!!.
Best YA Contemporary Book Ever.

I love every minutes of reading this book. PERFECT CHEMISTRY includes of Drama, Action, and Beautiful Romance. Bad boy Alex and Good girl Brittany, they built heart-melting story which impress my heart. I highly recommend for everyone who love Bad Boy & Good Girl love story.

Lastly, I LOVE THIS BOOK <3 Fuentes HOT!!!

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Apr 02, 2013 Sasha Ivashkov-Herondale-Jackson (aka Clarisse) rated it did not like it

Shelves: epitome-of-shitty

all i want to say is...
WORST. BOOK EVERRRRR.

oh and BTW, if u look at the cover and the title, dont be decieved since it says "perfect" chemistry, cuz it soooooo isnt... ugh i just cudnt even get past 100-something pages... ugh, just ugh

i mean the main character (brittany) was just sooooo annoying, i mean she constantly complains about her family and stuff, even though shes frikin' RICH, and gets evrything!. gosh. And she's even in the cheerleader squad, i mean i wud like 'heroines' who are fie ...more

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Sep 20, 2012 Smitten's Book Blog rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya-reads, amazing-sexual-tension

I loved this book! 4.5 Stars!!

I read it in under 12 hours and couldn't put it down!

The only reason I haven't given it five stars is because I like my books hot and steamy and this could do with an injection of sizzling sex scenes!

And even when the couples do eventually get down to it, Elkeles pretty much skims over it and jumps straight to the 'after' part. Having built it up so much and kept us hanging on, I felt a little hard done by.

Other than that, it was a fantastic read! It was juicy and ...more

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Sep 01, 2012 Cam Garza rated it it was amazing

Shelves: all-time-favorite, expectations, cute-love-story, characters-with-accents, series, favorite-male-heroe, my-fictional-boyfriend-is-here, got-sucked-in, real-problems, page-turner

Absolutely adored it, one of my favorites, and you should read it.
First let me tell you how reluctant I was to read this because I normally choose a book that a) have awesome covers and b) the blurb, and you have to admit it the cover was cheesy and well the blurb looked good but I don't know, still was reluctant but anyway I decided to give ti a try because of the reviews and I'm so glad I did it.
Second that I liked the way the author represented every character, I liked that all of them had a ...more

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Jan 16, 2013 Doruntina rated it really liked it

Shelves: pdf, clean-your-shelf-challange

Dear GOD! I keep telling myself to not get blown away by the typical bad-boy-meets-good-girl story but it happens Every. Single. Time!

... Who am i kidding! I'm a sucker for romance. And i love Alex! Man, this book-boyfriend business is getting to be a real pain in the ass. It's impossible to choose one!

Brittany is a perfect girl - beautiful, rich parents, perfect house, designer clothes, drives a Beemer and of course, dates the hottest guy in school. At least that's what everybody sees. Few know Dear GOD! I keep telling myself to not get blown away by the typical bad-boy-meets-good-girl story but it happens Every. Single. Time!

... Who am i kidding! I'm a sucker for romance. And i love Alex! Man, this book-boyfriend business is getting to be a real pain in the ass. It's impossible to choose one!

Brittany is a perfect girl - beautiful, rich parents, perfect house, designer clothes, drives a Beemer and of course, dates the hottest guy in school. At least that's what everybody sees. Few know of what really goes on behind her perfect image - her crazy mother who wont stop pressuring and stressing her out, telling her that reputation is everything, her father who's always working and never home, her lovely but sick/retarded older sister and the way her life is dictated by the people around her/their expectations. So when Alex Fuentes, a very hot/sexy/bad Latino boy is assigned as her chemistry partner, she immediately hates him, just because he threatens everything she stand for - her perfect life and her perfect boyfriend Colin, who's just a douche, really. But nothing is what it seems and there's more to bad boy Alex than the fact that he is a gang member and everybody says he's always high and kills people. He himself didn't expect that the girl he bet his bike - Julio to get in her pants before thanksgiving, will steal his heart. They experience a beautiful friendship and Brit finally finds it her to stand tall for once in her life and just be herself. She's falling for Alex, and falling hard while he tries to convince himself it was just a bet.

She makes him see, want more out of his life. Not to end up dead like his father. But soon, there's no way out and he gets shot by the very man who murdered his father when he was 6, right in front of his face. He's forced to push Brittany away and returns to Mexico with his family, leaving her heartbroken and in pieces. Until he realizes just where the center of his universe is. And than he goes for it.

HA! Good God, it was a good book. ...more

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Jun 17, 2012 AJ rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult-new-adult, contemporary

Perfect Chemistry is about Alex and Brittany. Alex, who is a mexican student, in chemistry class, Mrs. Peterson (the chemistry teacher) pairs him to Brittany, a popular student in the school. Things happen and they learn about each other. Brittany learns about Alex's family and the syndicate he is involved with. Alex learns about Brittany not being perfect all the time, about her sister is disabled and her parents, who always push her to be perfect.

It has realistic situations, such as Brittany ...more

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