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'Chemistry Lessons' Has A Great Formula, But The Results Aren't There

The science doesn't quite add up in Meredith Goldstein's debut novel about a young scientist who's continuing her late mother's work on pheromones — in an attempt to win back her ex-boyfriend.
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I may be a writer and performer now, but I graduated from USC with a degree in chemistry — so when Meredith Goldstein's Chemistry Lessons popped up on my radar, I was immediately intrigued. Finally! A super nerdy female main character I can connect with! And a plot with a romantic twist? Fun! Sign me up!

Seventeen-year-old Maya Leschinsky is interning at MIT the summer before her freshman year there. (MIT's respectable enough — I toured the campus with my family

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