Review The Theory of Attraction

So, I loved the idea of this book.  Hot theoretical physicist dude who is socially inept asks his friend (who happens to be a single woman) to help cope with a specific social situation.  If you're picturing Sheldon Cooper, don't worry.  I was, too.

Now, our hero in this book is Ivan.  He's very literal.  Now, most men are literal and don't do well with the whole emotional aspect of life.  Well, some do better than others.  But this man was really, really literal.  And you can see that he needs our heroine's help.  Cami or Camilla as Ivan sometimes calls her.  Which, to be honest, was quite hot. 

Cami has a thing for Ivan.  She watches him.  She knows his (very regimented) schedule.  It's almost borderline stalkerish.  But he's her neighbor and it doesn't really come across as creepy.  And of course, Ivan is completely unaware.  Or so we think. 

I don't want to recap the book for you, but I will say that we find out that Ivan needs control in every aspect of his life.  *nods*  That's right.  Even the fun, dirty parts.

 What I liked about this book was that the premise seemed believable.  And onnce I got past the point of seeing Ivan as Sheldon, I even began to find him hot.  I liked Cami.  Although, she was far more understanding of his annoying habits than I woul have been.  I liked that they communicated (for the most part) because Ivan often times needed things spelled out very clearly.

What I didn't love was certain elements of the smut.  Ivan was (sometimes) not the best dirty talker. 

He said things like:

"You're presenting your anus and vagina for inspection."

 "Do you always get lubricated so easily?"

 "Even your external labia are wet."

Why, yes, Dr. Ivan.  They are.  The clinical talk gets me so hot.  Are we making a trip to the gynocologist the next time we have sex or what?

But he was also able to say the sexy stuff, too.  Which for me seemed confusing.  I mean, is he a dominant sex god or a literal physicist? 

 The book had some really sexy parts, some cute parts and some funny parts.  Was it my favorite? No.  But I liked it overall. 

 3 stars.