Stuck with You (The STEMinist Novellas #2) by Ali Hazelwood -- Restarting April 21st 2024

[Brigia]

Nothing like a little rivalry between scientists to take love to the next level.

Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first, scientists always. Though their fields of study might take them to different corners of the world, they can all agree on this universal truth: when it comes to love and science, opposites attract and rivals make you burn…

Logically, Sadie knows that civil engineers are supposed to build bridges. However, as a woman of STEM she also understands that variables can change, and when you are stuck for hours in a tiny New York elevator with the man who broke your heart, you earn the right to burn that brawny, blond bridge to the ground. Erik can apologize all he wants, but to quote her rebel leader—she’d just as soon kiss a Wookiee.

Not even the most sophisticated of Sadie’s superstitious rituals could have predicted such a disastrous reunion. But while she refuses to acknowledge the siren call of Erik’s steely forearms or the way his voice softens when he offers her his sweater, Sadie can’t help but wonder if there might be more layers to her cold-hearted nemesis than meet the eye. Maybe, possibly, even burned bridges can still be crossed….

To read Mara and Hannah’s stories look for the novellas Under One Roof, available now, and Below Zero, coming soon from Berkley!

[Brigia]

Chapters 1-4

I’m loving this so far!
(view spoiler)[ I adore Sadie and even though there aren’t many details about Erik, there is definitely great chemistry. I love how often I have to smile - no Smilopathy on my end 😂 (hide spoiler)]

[Brigia]

Chapters 5-8

(view spoiler)[ So, I’m guessing Erik accidentally stole Sadie’s customer. And the poor guy has no idea! (hide spoiler)]

[Brigia]

Chapters 9-11

(view spoiler)[Misunderstanding cleared up and I think Erik was really good about it. I would have been a lot angrier. Now it’s definitely her turn to put herself out there! (hide spoiler)]

[Brigia]

Chapters 12-Epilogue

(view spoiler)[ That was a great start of my day! Exactly as cute and funny as I hoped. (hide spoiler)]

[Kay-Mika]

Can I still joint?

[Brigia]

Of course! Have fun! 😊

[♡━━━Judit ━━♡]

chapters 1-4
(view spoiler)[wow it didn't even take her 2 chapters to mention how small and tiny she is and how huuuuge he is. I also have to admit, I laughed out loud with the whole "weird letters in your last name" conversation hahahh (hide spoiler)]

[♡━━━Judit ━━♡]

chapters 5-8
(view spoiler)[it's so frustrating to read from the present timeline ughh it was clearly a silly lil misunderstanding, but on the other hand, the smut was so much better than the one in the first novella (hide spoiler)]

[Brigia]

♡━━━Judit ━━♡ wrote: "chapters 1-4
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(view spoiler)[I had to laugh at that, too! She is so adorably awkward! (hide spoiler)]

[Kay-Mika]

Chapter 2

(view spoiler)["D-did you just speak?"
"I did ."
"In English?"
"I believe so, yes " (hide spoiler)]
🤣
But I would have done the same XD

[Brigia]

Kay-Mika wrote: "Brigia wrote: "Chapters 1-4

I’m loving this so far!
[spoilers removed]"

♡━━━Judit ━━♡ wrote: "chapters 5-8
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(view spoiler)[Since I can't seem to remember one single thing about the smut in book 1, I'm sure you're both right lol I do love the chemistry here.
Me, too. This made me laugh so much 😄
I awlays assumed Liam was o..." (hide spoiler)]

[Kay-Mika]

Brigia wrote: "Chapters 12-Epilogue

[spoilers removed]"

Yes, me, too. Just what I needed for a lazy Sunday ^^

[Kay-Mika]

Chapter 6
(view spoiler)[Her sense of geography is none existing- just like mine XD (hide spoiler)]

[Kay-Mika]

Chapter 8

(view spoiler)[I would love to know more about Erik's brothers (hide spoiler)]

[Kay-Mika]

Chapter 11


(view spoiler)[What a stupid move, Sadie.
I'm disappointed with you (hide spoiler)]

[Kay-Mika]

♡━━━Judit ━━♡ wrote: "chapters 5-8
[spoilers removed]"

I always assumed Liam was on the asexual spectrum, by the way the sex-scenes are described. Isn't he saying somewhere that he is only having sex with her, because she wants it?

[Kay-Mika]

♡━━━Judit ━━♡ wrote: "chapters 1-4
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Funny part is, that I'm learning Danish^^ (sort of...)

[♡━━━Judit ━━♡]

Kay-Mika wrote: "♡━━━Judit ━━♡ wrote: "chapters 5-8
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I always assumed Liam was on the asexual spectrum, by the way the sex-scenes are described. Isn't he saying somewhere that he is only having ..."

yeah that is kind of implied but i actually liked that aspect of the smut, it was something else that was kind of cringy for me

[♡━━━Judit ━━♡]

chapters 9-11:
(view spoiler)[I expected a wayyyy worse resolution to the conflict, even though its miscommunication its not as black and white as some conflicts in books are, i like how they are both kind of wrong. also sadie girl what are you doing leaving??? you are the one that wrongfully ghosted the man??? (hide spoiler)]

[Kay-Mika]

♡━━━Judit ━━♡ wrote: "Kay-Mika wrote: "♡━━━Judit ━━♡ wrote: "chapters 5-8
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I always assumed Liam was on the asexual spectrum, by the way the sex-scenes are described. Isn't he saying somewhere that h..."
ah okay

[Brooke]

1%
(view spoiler)[ Not even 2mins in and already this guy had a Viking like body!

GIVE ME A DAD BOD PLEASE! sick of the perfect men in these books (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

2%
(view spoiler)[ Stuck in an elevator, wonder what they'd do in there 🤔 (hide spoiler)]

8%
(view spoiler)[ Oh shes one of those people who think if they do certain things repeatedly, they'd keep getting good results, like lucky paws or wearing a lucky shirt, or in her case, eating bakery goods (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

10%
(view spoiler)[ And he's super tall and looks like a Norse God, makes sense. DAD BOD! (hide spoiler)]

12%
(view spoiler)[ Why the fuck would she think he can't speak English? he clearly just ordered at this place so how would he have done that you dense B (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

15%
(view spoiler)[ Ok these women have some weird ass thought processes, he asked if the girl was cold and she thinks he's asking to he can steal her organs or pee on her or something, wtffff. (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

♡━━━Judit ━━♡ wrote: "chapters 5-8
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It's always just a miscommunication, always, it's very annoying, like just explain things or even freaking ask them whats up, but nah, instead like just blow up and break up.

[Brooke]

Kay-Mika wrote: "Chapter 8

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Bet the brothers are Norse gods too with very fancy and rich jobs *eye roll*

[Janna]

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[Janna]

Up to chapter 6

(view spoiler)[I really love the switch between flashbacks and present time. It works for this story and I just want to keep on reading.
I'm really curious as to what happened between Sadie and Erik. (hide spoiler)]

[Janna]

Up to chapter 10

(view spoiler)[Aaaaah yes, I like this more than Under One Roof. I like the chemistry between Sadie and Erik. If she just talked to Erik things would be resolved. Why is it so hard for people to communicate lol?! (hide spoiler)]

[Janna]

Finished

(view spoiler)[This was a fun read. The chemistry was just great. At the end I was just like: talk to each other, you idiots. Especially Sadie since she just ran off lol. All in all this was a quick and enjoyable read. (hide spoiler)]

[Brandee]

I am already enjoying the back and forth between past and present. And the intimate setting of the elevator is interesting too.

[Janna]

Brandee wrote: "I am already enjoying the back and forth between past and present. And the intimate setting of the elevator is interesting too."
Yes, I liked the flashbacks as well. They really add something extra to this novella. The setting was really great and original, I think.

[Brandee]

Chapter 3 (view spoiler)[ I love this aspect of Sadie having superstitions. She is so adorable and I love that Erik is playing into it and not necessarily judging her about it. He is really adorable but I really want to know why Sadie feels so hurt and angry (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Brandee]

Chapter 7 (view spoiler)[ So Erik thinks she is upset because of one thing but she is really upset about something else. What is it?!?! What happened?!?! (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Brandee]

Janna wrote: "Up to chapter 10

[spoilers removed]"

100% Total communication issues...ugggghhhhh!

[Brandee]

Chapter 9 (view spoiler)[ WOAH!! Steamy!! Their chemistry is so amazing! What the heck happened between them??? (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Brandee]

Finished (view spoiler)[ And this is why you don't assume things. Sadie would have saved herself a lot of hurt if she just confronted him to begin with. But I am glad they patched it up and that her friends encouraged her to follow her heart. Great read! (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]