Advanced Chemistry

South Rock High, Book 4

De: A.J. Truman

Narrado por: Iggy Toma

Today's experiment: Combine one socially awkward science teacher with two beefy, former students. Mix well.

I love watching chemicals bond, but I avoid the practice myself. When I'm not teaching, I'm hanging out with my cat and putting together puzzles. I shy away from romantic entanglements because I know firsthand the collateral damage they cause.

Until I bump into Anton and Sebastian: best friends, business partners, and former wrestling superstars at South Rock High who could barely pass my class. Catching up turns into drinking, which turns into dancing, which turns into them practicing wrestling moves on me, sans clothing.

It's clear that the men have a history—and some unresolved feelings between them—but being the piece of meat in their jock sandwich unleashes a wild, confident side in me I can't ignore.

The other thing I can't ignore: we're falling for each other.

With three hearts on the line, I can't risk destroying their close friendship and burgeoning business, not to mention reliving my own past pain. But is the chemical attraction between us too strong to ignore?

Contains mature themes.

©2023 A.J. Truman (P)2024 Tantor

Nerds and Jocks and Cats, Oh My!

Good story. Low-angst a plus. Iggy Toma’s narration was spot-on. Will listen again.

cute

This book was so easy to listen to! Between the performance of the narrator and the storyline, I was 100% entertained. If you were looking for a cute, easy listen with not a lot of drama, this is the book for you.

the cute comedic romance between the the men and playful banter

I love this entirely and how it made me laugh and almost cry, I just enjoyed and loved it wholeheartedly!

Great series

Loved all the books in this series. This last one took a little longer to get into because throuples are a little harder to relate to for me. By the end though, the relationship felt believable and lovely. Narration was great as usual, Iggy never disappoints.

Series finishes with a bang (chemical reaction)

In the previous book, the four teacher friends ran into Seb and Anton, two former students and athletes. They were stocking the vending machines because they had started/owned a vending machine business. Chase, the socially awkward Chemistry teacher, was oblivious to Seb and Anton’s overt flirting with him. They gave him their business card, saying they could resolve the issues of the school vending machines. When they walked away, the teacher friends asked if Chase would call the former students. “Of course” said Chase. “The break room vending machine is holding my Sprites hostage.” Will Chase realize they are interested and consider being more than friends with his former hot jock students?

I respectfully disagree with some of the book’s reviewers who felt like Seb was the outsider to a relationship between Chase and Anton. My perspective is that each of the three equally thought they were the outsider but they weren’t.

Although it wasn’t mentioned in the book, I feel that Chase was probably on the autism spectrum and I loved Iggy’s voice for him. I do not think those 3 guys would be together in real life but I wish it was REAL.

This series was really fun. I counted down the days till the last audiobook was available. Though not accurate in the details, the author did a fantastic job keeping to a theme (like football vs theater). Book 3 was my favorite because I related more to the MCs’ personal struggles and because I loved Iggy’s New York accent for Seamus. I laughed a lot from these books; Book 3 probably more than any other book ever. Not counting the prequel novella, all four books were jock/nerd trope, the first three were fake boyfriend trope and love between fellow teachers. I am so thankful Iggy was the narrator for the series. He was perfect.

There is a prequel novella worth purchasing due to the swoony scene at Principal Aguilara’s car. Book 3 has hilarious side characters that were main characters from book 1 of the author’s Browerton University series. I think it’s cool that at a bunch of readers like me went back and listened/read at least the first book because of this series. South Rock High rocked!

Great mix of sensual and serious

I've grown to love this group of friends. I appreciate the exploration of taboos and the celebration of relationships.

Exciting!!!

While the premise seems far fetched, it is unbelievably written and acted. This is one of those stories that I would share with friends, and at the end ask them, “Which one are you?” I’m definitely a Chase! It fulfills one of the biggest fantasies I’ve ever had.

Weakest of the series

It's still decent. I just feel like Anton's character is just a really bad foil for Chase and Sebastian. His characterization just seems... flawed? A bit shallow? We get the back stories of Chase and Sebastian and it heavily influences their personalities and decisions, but Anton's felt very forced comparatively. We never really got a good reason for his behavior, so it felt like he was just being weird for no reason...
I think this story could have used more fleshing out since it was focusing on three characters instead of 2. It didn't feel as cohesive as the other 3 books.
The smut was good though. So there's that.