Atomic Love

By: Jennie Fields

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

"A novel of science, love, espionage, beautiful writing, and a heroine who carves a strong path in the world of men. As far as I'm concerned there is nothing left to want."--Ann Patchett, author The Dutch House

"A highly-charged love story that reveals the dangerous energy at the heart of every real connection...Riveting."--Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing

Love. Desire. Betrayal. Her choice could save a nation.

Chicago, 1950. Rosalind Porter has always defied expectations--in her work as a physicist on the Manhattan Project and in her passionate love affair with colleague Thomas Weaver. Five years after the end of both, her guilt over the bomb and her heartbreak over Weaver are intertwined. She desperately misses her work in the lab, yet has almost resigned herself to a more conventional life.

Then Weaver gets back in touch--and so does the FBI. Special Agent Charlie Szydlo wants Roz to spy on Weaver, whom the FBI suspects of passing nuclear secrets to the enemy. Roz helped to develop these secrets and knows better than anyone the devastating power such knowledge holds. But can she spy on a man she still loves, despite her better instincts? At the same time, something about Charlie draws her in. He's a former prisoner of war haunted by his past, just as her past haunts her.

As Rosalind's feelings for each man deepen, so too does the danger she finds herself in. She will have to choose: the man who taught her how to love . . . or the man her love might save?

1950s love story

The best part of the book was the few science references and information about the Manhattan Project, but there were only a few. For me, I would have loved to have more of that in the book. Instead it is basically a post WWII love story. There's not much of a mystery and the main character doesn't get to solve anything or make use of her brain. If you like tame romance stories and the 1950's this is for you. If you are hoping for science or mystery or espionage or a strong female lead, you can skip it.

Excellent

Romance, historical context, spy intrigue…a lot to pack into one book, mostly successfully. I did find some of the romantic scenes to be a bit over-the-top, and the finale felt a bit flat. Cassandra Campbell did a excellent reading, as always.

Atomic Love

To be sincere, with a title like this, I really expected something more, say, nuclear. However, I also have to say that I was pleasantly surprised.

Set in the 50s, after the war, we follow the only female scientist of the Manhattan Project after she had stopped working with science because of her distress when she realized that the nuclear power that they developed was used to destroy lives instead of to help humanity.

We feel for her and for her lost and found love, while struggling with being a woman in a male dominated society, trying to navigate her own feelings and actions, juggling with what is expected from her and with what she really wants to know.

A very nice story, not based in real facts but with a good historical background, as told by the author at the end of the book.

I liked the book, I just expected it to blow me away and maybe that was my mistake.

A little dragged out

I felt like the story was stagnant and hard to get into. It seemed kinda draggy and the ending was abrupt

Average romance

This was a so so romance with a twist of science, but it was very transparent and obvious.