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  The Sizzle Paradox by Lily Menon This book is out TODAY! Read my full review of it HERE 📋 🗒 📊 👩🏼‍🏫  Cute, fairly run-of-the-mill contemporary romance. The writing is a little cheesy and so is the basic premise but it’s also charming and the love story is sweet. I liked the academic setting and I loved Lyric & Kian’s friendship. I was definitely rooting for them! I thought how the story came to a head in the final parts of the third act was well done and compelling. The grand gesture was sweet and the epilogue was so great. dual POV academic setting friends to lovers fake dating  “we need to get it out of our systems” Very cute and enjoyable! 3.5 stars out of 5 Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing the digital arc.

The Sizzle Paradox  by Lily Menon Pub Date June 28, 2022 👩🏼‍🏫 3.5 stars out of 5 👨🏾‍🏫 Cute, fairly standard, run-of-the-mill contemporary romcom. The writing is a little cheesy and so is the basic premise but it’s also charming and the love story is sweet. I was definitely rooting for Lyric and Kian.  Lyric and Kian are a couple of Columbia University grad students, roommates, and long-time friends. Lyric wants to figure out why none of her romantic relationships (in all her many, many 24 years of life) have worked out. She evaluates her dates like Sheldon Cooper ranks Star Trek characters: logically, ruthlessly, and methodically using a scale she made up herself. It’s called The Sizzle Paradox Scale. It’s also what she is working on for her doctorate: analyzing data collected from happy couples to determine what makes their relationships work.  She decides to enlist the help of her never-without-a-partner BFF Kian. A fake dating/tutoring scheme is initiated. Shenan...