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-Reviewed by Biologistreadsromance- If you want to know what it's like to live a life of a poor PhD student (e.g. looking for seminars with free food, tattered old cheap clothes or free T-shirts from companies' conference booths etc.), read this book! I can attest to the authenticity of that academic life that is so well portrayed here. It's like it's telling MY own life story, except I've never met any "tall, broody, sullen hunk with genius IQ" professor who hates everyone but me! 😩😭 👩🏻‍🔬 Olive Smith is a Stanford biology PhD student, passionate for her research work and loyal to her friends, so much so that she invents an elaborate fake-dating scheme so her best friend could date her ex without feeling guilty. Enter Adam Carlsen, a superstar young professor in the department who terrifies every students and postdocs with his blunt and brutal critiques and high scientific standards... 🧑🏻‍🔬 I LOVE Adam! He's a big nerdy grump with a squishy hea...

I'm a big ol' chicken and can't handle too much suspense or my anxiety shoots through the roof. I usually avoid highly suspenseful books. I made an exception for Whiteout and I'm so glad I did. Like that book, Uncharted puts the reader in the front seat from page one as Leo, our intrepid heroine, flies out into the Alaskan wilderness to find a recluse in possession of a deadly virus before the bad guys can. What she finds instead is Elias, a gorgeous bearded monosyllabic grump, and his dog. The bad guys aren't far behind and our MCs are immediately thrust into a life or death run for their lives. This one lived up to my expectations. It had the same breathless yet lusty fight for your life vibes of Whiteout and two leads that I rooted for. Elias was a sweet grump who was all in from almost the word go. Leo was a revelation, I expected a intransigent ball buster but the way the author peeled off her layers to show the vulnerable yet strong woman beneath was a fantast...