Break Your Heart
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- £2.99
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- £2.99
Publisher Description
Fearless and flirtatious, Megan Porter isn't your typical math major. On the fast track to graduating with honors, a spot in her school's masters program is nearly guaranteed. But her senior year is quickly turned upside-down by her new thesis advisor, cryptography professor Dr. Nick Muramoto. Young, effortlessly good-looking, and intellectual, he's far more intriguing than the immature jocks Megan usually goes for. And as she decodes the hidden messages he leaves in the margins of her assignments and in their emails, she realizes this might be more than a schoolgirl crush--especially after they share a passionate kiss...
Soon Nick and Megan grow closer, and their different worlds begin to merge. But if their relationship is discovered, Nick's career could be over. With Megan's parents close to campus on business, hiding their love becomes an even greater challenge. Yet keeping secrets will lead Megan to discover hers is just one piece in a much larger puzzle--next to her mother's stash of painkillers--that may put her carefully laid plans for the future in jeopardy.
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Helms's tale of a black math major's grand passion for her Asian cryptography professor, a loose sequel to Scratch, feels like a flashback to 1950s category romance with a multicultural veneer. Megan Porter is obsessed with going to parties and sleeping with cute boys; she's never noticed the connection between math and cryptoanalysis, and she's unaware of the hottie in her own department, professor Nick Muramoto, until he walks into class. As a portrayal of an overachiever, this setup is unconvincing. Megan makes some gestures to escape her inappropriate attraction to her professor thinking of dropping the class, redirecting her attention to guys her own age, seeking the support of friends but just can't help herself. Nick, meanwhile, groans, "No. Absolutely not," and "God, I shouldn't," even as he most enthusiastically does. Why? Well, Megan is hot too. Apparently, no more justification is needed. The portrayal of Megan as promiscuous, sassy, and clueless will leave women in STEM fields gritting their teeth.
