Remedial Rocket Science by Susannah Nix

This was actually quite a fun romance to read.  The tale of the nerdy computer science major moving across the country for work and trying to stabilise her life and, more importantly for the story, her love life is actually quite sweet without ever slipping in to saccharine territory.  The binary joke is a little overwrought and isn't actually accurate but it was close enough to make me snort a little (no mean feat that).

The characters are actually pretty believable and grounded, for the genre, and you do actually find yourself caring a little about Melody.  Not so much about her romance and the ups and downs in her love life but how she will cope with her cross country move to take up a low level job with a large company.  The relationship between her and Jeremy is a little overworked and you can see where it is going from that first clandestine meeting in Boston.  Despite this overworking and the clear flagging up of where things are going, getting to the end point is fun and unchallenging.

The writing flows well and you do get drawn in to the little world Melody has wrapped around herself.  This could be largely due to her relationship with her mother which is all too realistic.  I also liked that when life threw lemons at her she didn't initially snap to and make lemonade.  No, she did what most of us do she wallowed in self pity for a bit before reaching for her backbone - got to love the author's bravery in providing us with a heroine that does feel like a real person much of the time.

I suppose this could be classed as a fluff book but it is genuinely enjoyable to read and should put a smile on your face - maybe even a grin and a snicker if you are so inclined.