Love at First Psych by Cara Bastone
This Psych 312 assignment just might send me off the deep end. Determining whether love at first sight really exists with Robbie Moravian as my project partner of all people?
He’s the sappiest man alive, so upbeat I could scream, and clearly rooting for happy endings at every turn. How does he not learn from experience considering our own meet-cute last semester almost got us expelled?
But we both need to pass this course to graduate. So we’re interviewing five random couples about their meet-cutes and relationships and spending all this time together. Which is certainly...educational.
Because it turns out Robbie isn’t just the charming golden boy I thought I knew. There’s some actual depth beneath all those lame dad jokes and the ‘70s-inspired thrift wardrobe (even if he does look ridiculously great in a flared collar). Next thing I know he’s walking me back to my office on the regular and finishing all my sentences and protecting me from freak storms, and...
Wait. Could Robbie be right? Can happy endings really come from unhappy beginnings? Is he about to change my entire world view?
Group projects are the worst.
Review: This was another fun short audio book from the talented Cara Bastone! It's got duet narration and a full cast, follows two college students, and is closed door. Marigold and Robbie are assigned a group project for their Psych class where they have to interview different couples about their experiences about love and to investigate the whole love at first sight phenomenon. Along the way, they learn a lot about love and get to know each other much better.
I am a huge fan of Cara Bastone's writing. She writes quirky characters with great banter and is very passionate about the quality of her audiobooks. This one was amazing on audio and was clearly written to be listened to as it is dialogue heavy and functions so well for your ears.
However, having read six other books of hers before this, this one didn't hit quite the same. Still super cute! But just not quite as enjoyable. It may have been the focus on much younger characters. Or the fact that much of the already short novel is devoted to other characters' detailing their love stories rather than focusing on Marigold and Robbie's story.
One pro of the different interviews the characters did for class is spotlight all the different types of love there are in the world. Every relationship is so different. It was fun to see the characters slowly discover what love is all about through talking to others and really contemplating what it means to love and be in love.
Stars: 3.5
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