The Dating Experiment (The Experiment #2)

This was a hoot. Emma Hart has once again given us a funny, entertaining, and yet sexy romance. Dom is too funny. He is also sweet and caring. Even though he cant keep track of his keys and only agrees to this three dates for Chloe was because it was Chloe who wanted it. He didnt feel he was worthy of her even though he has loved her for forever. Dom didnt pretend to be anything but himself. He loved to push Chloes buttons and see her flustered. He loved to see the passion she had come out.

Chloe had loved Dom for just as long as he did her. she was passionate and sweet. Her temper was short and yet she was also filled with compassion and kindness. As she fights her feelings for Dom and goes on dates we see her try to find someone else. Only Dom is still around driving her batty. she is confused and trying to go on. Dom is trying to do what he feels is right for Chloe but is scared of what will happen as well. He doesnt want to lose her.

I love the banter between these two. They drive one another nuts and yet the attraction is what drives their banter and actions. When Dom lets her know his feelings, I felt for him Chloe didnt exactly react the way he hoped. But we do get some great real moments where Dom shows his vulnerable side. We see Chloe try to figure things out but also deny things because she loves him but doesnt think that it would be enough for them because of how they are towards one another. It takes her a bit to figure things out but when she does we get to smile and laugh at how swoonworthy Dom is with his affirmations at the end. He is profound and sweet.

The story is fun, endearing and just entertaining. We dont get angst but just fun sexy times and laugh out loud moments. Characters to love and smile at as they finally find their way to one another.

3.5 stars
I had high expectations for this story, I literally couldn’t wait to get my hands on it after reading The Hook Up Experiment, I was super excited and I knew there would be a lot of bickering between Chloe and Dom and an explosive chemistry. I was definitely right about that but I didn’t love it as much as I thought I would and that’s mainly because I couldn’t quite understand some of Chloe’s dramas. Don’t get me wrong, I liked this romance, I just didn’t love it as much as I thought I would.
Chloe and Dom have been working together for a long time, Chloe has been in love with Dom forever (and I do mean forever!) but she knows they would be a disaster if they got together, especially because she would probably kill him as soon as he lost his keys, which happens quite often. Anyway, they have different personalities and Chloe needs to get over Dom and find someone suitable for her: reliable, steady, not related to her best friend, etc. It’s not easy to be in love with your best friend’s brother aka your business partner who is also the exact opposite of what you’re looking for in a relationship.
Dom is constantly forgetting and losing things, he is definitely, like Chloe calls him once, a num-nuts. He knows Chloe since he was a child, he has been in love with her for years but he knows she hates him and he doesn’t have a chance with her. But he can’t help wanting her fiercely. He thinks he needs to see her move on with her life with another man to be able to forget her. He just wasn’t expecting that he would be the one to choose her soulmate.
I really liked Dom, his sense of humor and hisforgetfulness made me laugh several times, the fact that he was hot and smart didn’t hurt either. I did struggle to understand Chloe sometimes, she was constantly jumping between hot and cold angry, she was almost acting like a teen. I also think that, maybe, I just needed more of Dom and Chloe in a relationship together and a little less of build up.
Overall, The Dating Experiment is a sweet, funny, enjoyable, fast paced romance with lots of banter and sexual tension. I really liked the epilogue, it was also awesome to reconnect with the gang (I know I’ve said this before but I absolutely love Peyton, she’s definitely my favorite character!).

Sad to say this wasn’t my favorite Emma Hart book. I was excited to read a best friend’s brother forbidden love kind of book but this one didn’t really work for me. Chloe and Dom could not be more opposite in their lives if they tried. Chloe is pretty rigid in her beliefs that she is organized, etc. Dom loses his keys at least once per week and faces Chloe’s wrath about something almost daily. Chloe came across as a shrew in this book and I found myself not really liking her at all. She acted like a petulant toddler because she didn’t believe Dom returned her feelings of love. Instead of communicating with him, she lashed out and started fights with him at almost every interaction they had. Dom also had feelings for Chloe but he hid them and didn’t act upon them because he thought Chloe hated him (and I had to agree her treatment of him did lead one to believe that). Peyton knew how they both felt and did nothing to encourage either one to open up to the other. I did not particularly care for that and found that to be quite selfish and hurtful of Peyton. In the end, communication could have stopped both Dom and Chloe from years of hurt and anger. The whole pretense of Chloe needing to wrap her mind around a possibility of having something with Dom really fell short for me. When Dom put his feelings out there for her, I really did expect better from Chloe and found her reasoning disappointing. I was so over being in Chloe’s head by the end it was painful.

Another good book by Emma Hart

At first it was taking its ever loving sweet @ss time for Dom and Chloe to move to the point that fireworks went off and they admitted they liked each other or for them to kill each other. As they spend most of their time fighting over Dom losing things and Chloe’s need to nitpick everything he does.

Then it happens In that Chloe can’t take it, not being able to have Dominic for herself so she challenges him to find her a date in which to get over him and vice versa but this only causes more friction as they don’t like seeing each other with somebody else. This causes them to once again argue over Dom’s Mystery woman, the one Woman who Dom loves but can’t have (her), although Chloe has no idea and tries to force Dom to tell his dream girl the truth (that she’s the one). Causing Dom to give in and agree, which is a shock moment for Chloe when he kisses her and she responds by running away.

Chloe confused by these overwhelming feeling cause the relationship between them to become strained but witg good advice given by her best friends and partners. Dom and Chloe are able to push through and make a go of being together whilst still trying to kill each other (once they find good insurance that is).

This was a good book even though it took me a little while to really get into it, I personally wanted it to be more fast paced and lots of fireworks where they admitted their feelings and everything exploded between them but it was an enjoyable read.

5 Stars

I loved Chloe and Doms story!!

Chloe has been in love with Dom for years, the issue is he is her best friends brother and doesnt feel the same, also they argue like all the time and co-own a business. She knows she needs to get over him so asks him to set her up on a date, but she doesnt expect him to ask the same in return.

Dom has loved Chloe for the last 10 years but thinks she hates him. He believes he isnt good enough for her so when she asks him to find her a date he agrees but it kills him inside.

When things dont go well on Doms date and he informs Chloe he doesnt want to be set up on another as he always compares them to his ideal women Chloe sets out to find out who that is, what she doesnt expect is for Dom to kiss her.

Things get complicated from there, but Dom is determined to prove to Chloe that they should give this a try. The question is can he convince her and both of them get what they have wanted forever?

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