Love and Other Variables
by Shannon Lee Alexander
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Charlie Hanson has a clear vision of his
future. A senior at Brighton School of
Mathematics and Science, he knows he’ll
graduate, go to MIT, and inevitably discover
solutions to the universe’s greatest
unanswered questions. He’s that smart. But
Charlie’s future blurs the moment he reaches
out to touch the tattoo on a beautiful girl’s
neck.
The future has never seemed very kind to
The future has never seemed very kind to
Charlotte Finch, so she’s counting on the
present. She’s not impressed by the strange
boy at the donut shop—until she learns he’s a
student at Brighton where her sister has just
taken a job as the English teacher. With her
encouragement, Charlie orchestrates the
most effective prank campaign in Brighton
history. But, in doing so, he puts his own
future in jeopardy.
By the time he learns she's ill—and that the
pranks were a way to distract Ms. Finch from
Charlotte’s illness—Charlotte’s gravitational
pull is too great to overcome. Soon he must
choose between the familiar formulas he’s
always relied on or the girl he’s falling for (at
far more than 32 feet per second squared).
Shannon Lee Alexander is a wife and mother
(of two kids and one yellow terrier named
Harriet Potter). She is passionate about
coffee, books, and cancer research. Math
makes her break out in a sweat. Love and
Other Unknown Variables is her debut novel.
She currently lives in Indianapolis with her
family.
Love and other variables is a great coming of age and love
story. It has such pureness about it I fell straight into the book.
You will meet Charlie Hanson. He has laid out his ENITRE
future. He is a math lover and yes is very much a nerd in the book. He’s smart
just not with women. Its funny seeing some of the aftermath after trying to get
a girl. Charlie finds out he has a heart and his future he planned looks bleak
for the first time ever.
He meets Charlotte Finch who takes him on a ride. She is carefree
and a great artist. He also finds out that she is his teacher’s sister. The
teacher is a whole other thing where the kids try to prank her to make her
leave. Now Charlotte is sick but never tells Charlie. He finds out a completely
different way and his reaction broke my heart.
I highly recommend this book. It has everything you need
including an old lady who gives cryptic advice. It is truly an amazing journey
watching Charlotte even though she knows her outcome.
I am giving this book 4.5 hearts.
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