Perfect Chemistry

De: Simone Elkeles

Narrado por: Roxanne Hernandez, Blas Kisic

RITA Award Winner, Best Young Adult Romance, 2010

When Brittany Ellis walks into chemistry class on the first day of senior year, she has no clue that her carefully created perfect life is about to unravel before her eyes. She's forced to be lab partners with Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, and he is about to threaten everything she's worked so hard for her flawless reputation, her relationship with her boyfriend, and the secret that her home life is anything but perfect. Alex is a bad boy and he knows it. So when he makes a bet with his friends to lure Brittany into his life, he thinks nothing of it. But soon Alex realizes Brittany is a real person with real problems, and suddenly the bet he made in arrogance turns into something much more.

In a passionate story about looking beneath the surface, Simone Elkeles' breaks through the stereotypes and barriers that threaten to keep Brittany and Alex apart.

©2008 Simone Elkeles (P)2009 Audible, Inc.

Definitely YA but a heart tugging story

So this book is definitely YA. It's a little campy at times and the female lead definitely sounds and behaves like a teenage girl.
If you ever swooned over Westside Story you will swoon hard for this one. Alex will capture your heart. This is one bad boy with a heart of gold.
The thing I appreciated the most about this one is that Blas had an amazingly wonderful, authentic Latino accent. Perfect for the character and drop dead sexy.
The sexy times in this book are definitely high school and hardly inappropriate. Remember your first time? This book will remind you of you don't!

Cheesy narration but good story

The narrator’s voices are pretty annoying and they do not sound convincing most of the time but the story is sweet. Good for young adults.

Love this series

I can honestly admit that I have heard this audible multiple times and absolutely love it.
I love Alex and Britt they are adorable!

love this book

I own this book in paperback, so I had to get the audio book for work. I don't understand the bad reviews saying the female narrator sounding too much like a teenager.... Brittany is literally a teenager/child. Of course she's supposed to sound young, and get upset over little stuff. If Brittany was 30 I could understand the complaints, but come on guys use your common sense.

Enjoyed it more than I had expected I would.

If you could sum up Perfect Chemistry in three words, what would they be?

enjoyable, exciting, engaging

What was one of the most memorable moments of Perfect Chemistry?

When the female main character began asserting herself.

Which scene was your favorite?

The wedding bathroom scene. I laughed out loud.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

I'm not sure

Any additional comments?

This was a most enjoyable listen for me. The characters were likeable and you just cheered them on. The ending was a bit predictable and a bit hokey but I still really enjoyed it.

Have to agree, this one was great! Get It!!!!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, I would recommend the audiobook to a friend. It would not make a difference the age of the friend. This is a well written book and the Narrators are perfect. It's a book for all ages.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I have no favorite, all the characters fit so well.

What about Roxanne Hernandez and Blas Kisic ’s performance did you like?

They were perfect. Caught the characters and brought them to light.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes. Just listen to it and you will know why.

Any additional comments?

Keep up the good work at Audible.

excellent story

I loved every second of it is was interesting and funny and interesting I finished it in 1 day

Romance lover

I loved this book and wanted to see what Audible was all about. This book went back and forth between 2 protagonist in the story and the narrators did a great job, but if they would have interacted with each other in the chapters it would have been really great. Each narrator changed their voice to match the other protagonist which I did not like.

Love conquers

Would you recommend Perfect Chemistry to your friends? Why or why not?

Maybe with a new narrator.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Roxanne Hernandez and Blas Kisic ?

Therese Plummer! I have hear her do a mexican accent for a male before and she nailed it. She could of also made you feel what these people were feeling unlike the narrators that this books had. They made the story fall flat and the accent was horrible for the mexicans. It could of been so much better.

Any additional comments?

This story is a timeless story of love overcoming boundries put upon us from all. The love (chemistry) these two had, had to overcome him being in a gang, and her being the well breed al proper Mrs. White goodie goodie. This book was good but not as good as it could of been with a better narrator and maybe a little extra work on the story line. He had alot of real potential. I have never read any from this Author before but I will be listening to the next one. My curriousity is peeked and I can tell she has talent and I want to see if she gets better.

While I know this is consider as a Young Adult book, I would like to warn you that there are things in here that I would not let anyone under the age of 15 (mature minded 15 mind you) read, due to the nature of certain situations that are in the book.

I cant wait to see what the next installment holds.

You Are Going to Love It

Lots of tender writing coupled with passion, and this story pulled off the perfect mix. Not overly sexual, yet kept a great rhythm and followed a very captivating story line. The only warning I'll throw out there for those of you carefully searching for your next favorite: this is kind of a young story (i.e. is reminiscent of a young-adult drama). Despite the tame(ish) nature of the romance, the passion was definitely satisfying the lusty reader in me, just as the story's relationship satisfied the girl in me.

You're going to love it! This was well worth my credit.