All she wants is forgiveness, and all he wants is revenge . . .From the New York Times Bestselling Author Penny ReidOne week. Private cabin. Famous physicist. Still an unrepentant slacker (but now also very, very angry). What’s the worst that could happen? Mona’s meticulously planned allotment of relaxation is thrown into chaos by the unscheduled appearance of her older brother’s band of friends, … unscheduled appearance of her older brother’s band of friends, including the one person she’d hoped to never face again. Abram still makes her feel entirely too much, which is one of the reasons she disappeared after their one week together. But now, trapped on a mountain of snow and things unspoken, Mona will have to find a way to coexist with Abram, chaos and all.
Laws of Physics parts 1 (MOTION) & 2 (SPACE) end with a cliffhanger.
Part 1 (MOTION) will be released February 11, 2019 (ends on a cliffhanger)
Part 2 (SPACE) will be released March 11, 2019 (ends on a cliffhanger)
Part 3 (TIME) will be released April 15, 2019
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She’s his best friend’s sister and he’s out for revenge
She only wants his forgiveness.
Will he take what he wants? Or give in?
WARNING: Massive cliffhanger!
Oh this little book had some hard times in it. Emotional moments that poked and poked, till my chest was sore. Ms. Reid creates this characters you can’t help but love and want the best for but I enjoy their painful path too.
Starting book 3 now
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It’s been two years since the end of the last book. Two years since Mona and her twin sister played their little switcheroo. And it’s been two years worth of unresolved feelings. Mona is still very much in love with Abram, while Abram is filled with resentment and anger over the game that was played on him. When these two are snowed in at an isolated cabin, will they clear the air? Will their feelings come to the fore? And will they finally just admit how much they truly love one another???
He wore a small smile on his lips and in his eyes, and I snapped my mouth shut, swallowing the thirst. But there was so much thirst. So much. So. Much. I was in very real danger of choking on my thirst. – Mona
Girl, I feel you!
Abram… thank you, thank you, thank you, Penny Reid, for giving him a voice in this book!! I was so happy to get his take on things. I wanted to learn more about his heart because I was already in love with it and, like Mona, I was wondering how that could happen in just a week worth of knowing him. This man is so sweet. So so so so sweet. I loved how he really saw Mona and how he knew how to interact with her. Yes, she’s a genius. Yes, more than likely, she’s the smartest person in the room. But he never let that distract him. She was a person and really, she was his person, and he wasn’t going to let the inequality of their intellect stop him. Beautiful man and you WILL fall in love with him too.
His gorgeousness felt like an attack. I felt personally attacked. He wasn’t Hallmark handsome, he was Turkish TV show handsome. – Mona
What can I say about Mona? She’s absolutely stunning, inside and out. She knows her strengths and builds on them, but she also admits her weaknesses and tries to do better. She learns from her mistakes. She is a people pleaser and for once I’d like to see her please herself. If there’s a heroine out there that deserves happiness and love and everything great that comes with it, it would be the lovely Mona. I loved her internal thoughts and her logic. I want Mona to be my friend.
Just read the book. This series is definite must-read material. But then again, anything Mz. Reid writes is.
5 “my Lisa” “Do not burn” Kisses
Ruined…officially, completely, totally and irrevocably ruined. That is what Penny Reid has done to me. Every time I think one of her books cannot blow my mind any more than the previous one, she has to go and out do herself. It’s almost a challenge at this point. I tried (and failed) to prepare myself for Space…I mean, after Motion , I knew Mona and Abram were going to have a field day with my heart but sssssssssseriously! I don’t even know why I bother anymore. My brain…heart…soul are all on pause for the next month until Time releases. Expecting me to function at this point is just asking WAAAAAY too much. So…now that I’ve gone on that little rant, if you have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about and who Mona and Abram are and why they need motion, time and space….we have so many things to address. Motion, Space and Time are a part of the Laws of Physics trilogy – a series that M-U-S-T be read in order…I cannot stress this enough! If you read them out of order, you ruin everything and trust me…you do not want to do that because these books are epic!!!
Mona DaVinci…I thought I loved Mona in Motion, what I’m feeling right now is a whole other level of love – she blew my freaking mind. The angst and longing and all of the tightly packed emotions she held inside of her just made me want to wrap her up in a the biggest hug I can imagine and never let go. Mona is so much more than people give her credit for…she’s brilliant and complex and capable of anything and everything. But she doesn’t wear her heart on her sleeve, she doesn’t allow the world to see her weaknesses, she can talk to someone about physics for hours on end, but so few people truly know her…and that makes me tear up just thinking about it. I don’t know if I can properly articulate how much I loved seeing her emotional growth throughout Space…it blew me away in the best ways possible.
‘Sometimes reality feels like a dream. Something happens, and it makes you question everything you know to be true, everything you take for granted about the world, about yourself. When that happens, your surroundings and interactions become likewise warped, like you’re watching those around you through a magnifying glass, or in high saturation color, and you can’t stop. You can’t make the world normal again, you know too much.’
Abram (Harris) Fletcher – you can change his name but he’s still the same amazing man that I fell in love with. Gaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh…the things this man made me feel – even when I didn’t particularly like what he was doing or thinking or saying, I still loved him. Cause I got him!!! I understood what he was feeling and why, and it didn’t magically make everything better, but it helped. Getting into his POV was like the best gift ever…I love it there, I think I might build a summer home and vacation there regularly. It can be broody and fickle sometimes, but such is the way of an artist. Speaking of…Abram and his poems, be still my freaking heart. Falling in love with a musician…*sigh* what can I say, it’s impossible to say no to a man with that kind of talent. And with Abram’s lyrics, it’s like getting a direct ticket to his heart.
‘I didn’t want to smile at her threat, but I couldn’t help myself. “You’re overthinking this.”
“Yeah, probably. But that doesn’t make it any less true. Why don’t you hate me? After everything I’ve done, you should hate me. I hate that you don’t hate me.”
Swallowing several versions of the truth, I settled on, “You’re very difficult to hate.”’
Oh…my…angsty-loving stars – these two tore my heart to shreds and pieced it back together bit by bit. I loved them…I loved them even when I didn’t like what was happening…I loved them without question. I cannot even with this level of angst…we were reaching astronomical proportions and I’m sitting here with tears in my eyes and my heart in shreds and all I could think was mooooooooore! And they always gave me exactly what I didn’t know I needed. Nothing about Mona and Abram is predictable or ordinary…there is no way to know what is going to happen next, they’re the furthest thing from formulaic and I grew to crave that so badly. Everything about them makes perfect sense…and I love them so much it hurts.
“Can I listen to your heart?”
I started, blinked, confused. “What?”
“Can I listen to your heartbeat? Obviously, it’s fine to say no. It’s incredibly fine. In fact, I expect you to say no. But, since I’ve already confessed to plasma levels of being hot for you, and still in love with you, I figured I might as well make it a trifecta of selfishness and mortification—a trifecta squared? An exponential trifecta? A tripod of shame? I don’t know, fill in the blank—and just ask for what I really want.”
I cannot imagine the day that I’m not obsessed over Penny Reid’s words. Even contemplating that thought sounds ridiculous…because it’s impossible. That’s like saying 1+1= octopus or something equally bizarre. She is by far and away one of my favorite authors ever…I live for her books because they continually blow me away with how quickly she can captivate my mind with her amazing characters and these overwhelmingly powerful emotions that just grip me and never let go. I was honestly a little afraid to read the Laws of Physics series because the Elements of Chemistry series completely floored me with how much it consumed me and it looks like we’re 2-0 because Mona and Abram are having the same effect that Kaitlyn and Martin did. Speaking of Parker and Sandeke…can I just gush about how much I loved their little cameo’s in Space…like *heart eyes emoji* it just made me super-extra giddy and I loved that Martin and Mona have their little physics chat and just everything that Kaitlyn was involved with was the best thing ever…I just couldn’t get enough! (I said this in my review of Motion, it’s not necessary to read the Elements of Chemistry Series in order to understand the Laws of Physics, but they are amazing books and when little crossover moments happen it makes this extra super amazing!)
‘I don’t know what I expected, but when our eyes locked, his were an odd combination of kind and covetous. “Then will you let me know you?”
I pressed my lips together to keep my chin from wobbling. “Why? To what purpose?”
The question seemed to amuse him. “I need someone to listen to my heart.” His face inched closer. “And it only wants to beat for you.”’
Okay, complete honesty – I admitted that after Penny’s warnings, I was very afraid of the cliffhanger in Motion…but it wasn’t as bad as I thought. Now…Space, I knew had a cliffhanger…but I thought oh…Motion’s wasn’t that bad – I can handle it. I dunno what the hell I was smoking at the time because I am useless until April. I cannot be expected to move on with life until I read the rest of Abram and Mona…expecting me to be a functioning member of society after that ending is just cruel and unusual punishment. I’m being slightly overdramatic but I felt the same way after Heat (the second book in the Elements of Chemistry Series) so maybe it’s just a trend? Either way…I will sit in my cage of uselessness and embrace my book hangover until Time in my hands and life can resume. #ObsessedWithTheLawsOfPhysics #AhabForever
Space by Penny Reid is the second book in her three-part Laws of Physics series. The continuation of the story of Mona and Abram and all the feels in between hate and lust and love!
A couple of years have passed for Mona since the week she spent pretending to be her sister and getting her heart broken as a result. Her once-strained relationship with her twin, Lisa, and her ex-best friend Gabby has come a long way and she is happy about that but still sad over how things played out at the end of that week she will never forget. Heading for a vacation with her best friend Allyn to her parents “huge estate compound mansion lodge” in Aspen she arrives expecting a quiet week snowed in as usual but arrives to find her brother Leo and his band friends are also there for a visit. One friend in particular knocks her for a loop – Abram!
Good Grief! The emotion and angst that this second book literally wrenched out of my soul is overwhelming. I am well and truly whelmed. Second chance romance trope is my fave and this continuation of Mona and Abrams tale fell right into that. Misunderstandings abound, blame is placed, apologies are given. Honesty is shouted into existence and all the feels are felt. I am so anxiously awaiting the final book, Time! Wow!
Ending on a cliffhanger this book is not for anyone looking for a steamy romance with immediate gratification. This is a slow burn filled with obstacles, inner-monologues, internal battles waging for what is right and what is fair and learning they aren’t always the same. This is a deeply involved story that slowly builds the characters, the background story, and the emotions of the characters as it goes. It pulls you in deeper and deeper with each sentence. I have loved every Penny Reid book I have read so far and, big surprise, this is no different. If you don’t enjoy cliffhangers then you may want to wait until all three books are released but you still, absolutely, should read this. Enjoy!
This is part two in Law of Physics series….and as such you need to read book 1 there is a whole lotta back story going on and to fully enjoy it you need the whole story!
Set two years after their initial meeting Mona and Abram are reunited…Mona thinks it’s by chance…what follows it a wonderful story.
I know ( and hope ) you have all read Penny’s books before? She is the queen of writing kookie endearing female leads and Mona is one of her best! I love that she is a wonderful blend of controlled and uncontrolled emotional mess….this book was a total pleasure to read and I just didn’t want it to end.
I literally tore my heart in two reading this book, it was a wonderful blend of not so sour and a whole lot of sweet..the miscommunication and misunderstanding was both heart breaking and hilarious and I cannot wait to read the next instalment.
*** ARC Received for Honest Review ***
5 Stars
Gah! This series is so stinking good!!! I am utterly in love with Mona and Abram. Space picks up where Motion left off and then quickly moves forward in time. You are kept captivated by the relationship and connection between Mona and Abram.
This is the kind of series that you buy in every format available, stalk Penny at every book signing you can find to get them all signed, and then hoard your books on a desert island or your apocalypse bunker and read over and over again. I can’t even explain how much I love where Space went with Mona and Abram. I CANNOT WAIT for Time. I am so getting every copy and finding Penny not only get them signed, but to say thank you for giving me an all time favorite read! (Review by Terri “Jane”)
As always, I am really enjoying Penny Reid’s writing. This second book in this trilogy, 5th book in the Hypothesis series, was full of tension and angst and once again ends on a cliffhanger so be prepared.
After leaving Abram in Chicago when Lisa showed up at the house, Mona never got closure with Abram. She pines, she carries around a letter she wrote but never mailed. Two and a half years later she finally decides that she needs to put her feelings for him behind her and move on and heads out on a week’s vacation to Aspen where she bask in solitude. Unfortunately she arrives to find a house full (21 people!) of her brother’s friends, Abram among them. And Abram is angry, and he knows the truth about that week.
The book takes place over only a couple of days and it is a whirlwind of emotions. Reid does a great job sucking the reader in so you feel you are right there, experiencing it all and becoming totally invested in what happens. The ending is a bit abrupt and there’s a scene that seems foreboding that I wanted more explanation from. Luckily, I can dive right into the next book.
The last two years for Mona have made her go through the motions of living. Missing Abram dearly, after only one week of getting to know him, has made her realize it must be love, not infatuation. Abram has spent the last two years trying to block out his feelings and resentment for being betrayed by Mona—the first year was destructive and the second was one of withdrawal. At least he wrote some songs that are topping the charts and spearheading his music career. Feeling compelled to seek revenge of some sort, Abram showed up at Mona’s family’s ski home, as a guest of her brother, at the same time Mona was spending a week there for a break. Tensions are high as bitterness surfaces. The book was well-written. Unfortunately, the reader has to read the sequel Time to find out what happens to these two… I’m not a fan of books that aren’t standalone and that leave the reader hanging, but I’m comforted that the sequel is already out and available. I can’t bring myself to rate it a 5 because it is a cliffhanger. .
My heart breaks for Mona and everything that has happened in her life to make her who she is. Her family doesn’t understand her, nor do they try. I’m definitely more concerned with her than any romance with Abram, but I love that he’s finally starting to see the real Mona.
I have to say I had to convince myself that “Motion” would be worth it because it was one of my very favorite authors, and even if I didn’t understand the chapter titles, it lived up to expectations and I had to order “Space” as soon as I finished the preview. I also just ordered “Time” because I couldn’t put down Mona and Abram’s part 2 and I know it’s only going to get better altho there will be roller coasters of emotions to experience in their part 3 journey. “Space” was better maybe because I “knew” the characters now and I get breathless every time Mona does. Also reading Abram’s point of view really adds to the story. A rock star and a rocket scientist. Enthralling.
I could not wait and ordered my copy via iBooks.
The story first picks up where book 1 left off, only to timejump ahead. Fine in my opinion, as it means the MC’s are a bit older. Mona travels to her family’s house in Aspen for some relaxation, only to find her brother has invited a group of people including Abram.
I loved the alternating POV. We get to know how Abram felt after the exchange of Mona/Lisa and how this affected his musical career and life. Big squee for getting more Kaitlyn/Martin!
The ending was – again – at a natural moment and I can’t wait for the final book to reach my e-reader! (2019)
I loved this entire series! Penny Reid never disappoints!!
Space (Laws of Physics #2) by Penny Reid is a slow burn, second chance, new adult, romantic comedy told in first person, dual POV. It is book 5 in the Hypothesis Series, book 2 in the Laws of Physics serial trilogy and as such ends in a cliffhanger of sorts. The prologue picks up immediately where the previous book ended and the story takes place two years later.
When Mona takes her friend Allyn on vacation to her family’s Aspen home, she’s surprised to find her brother Leo there with a bunch of his band friends, including Abram. It has been two years since she’s seen or spoken with Abram, but Mona still has feelings for him. She wonders if he knows the truth that it was her and not Lisa in Chicago.
Abram is angry. When Lisa rejected him, it broke his heart and left him confused. It took him a while to figure it out, but when he realized the twins had switched places and he’d been with Mona (not Lisa) all along, he felt like a fool. When Mona arrives in Aspen, Abram wants revenge. He wants to pay her back for the pain she put him through.
Will Mona get the opportunity to explain why she traded places with Lisa? Will Abram even hear her out? Will he be able to get past the lie and forgive her? Will Mona and Abram find a way to work things out?
I loved the continuation of Mona and Abram’s story. It was fun to see Kaitlyn and Martin make an appearance. Unlike book one, which was told entirely from Mona’s point of view, this one alternated perspectives between Mona and Abram. It was really great to finally see things through Abram’s eyes. There was so much emotion in this story that it brought me to tears a few times. And the chemistry between Mona and Abram was as palpable as ever. Heartrending, angsty, humorous, romantic, and endearing – I loved every minute! Of course, I immediately started the next book when I finished this one.
Oh yes! Another great story from this author. Space carry on the story between Mona and Abram (have I told you how much I like their names?) In Motion, we’ve got to know Mona and Abram, a young female with a brilliant mind and an even great professional future ahead, and a sexy and broody musician. After they spend a week knowing each other and making their heart and thoughts dreaming of a better future, Mona leaves Abram and disappears. Being young and having a lot of insecurities at her age it’s understandable, also wanting to protect her heart from hearth breaking might be the reason she left but that won’t help stopping her to think and dream about him in the following years. Fast foreword two years after that eventful week, they get to be in close proximity again, and this time there is no escape for them to face what their true feelings are and what they want from each other. It ends again with a cliff hanger but Abram letter it’s everything that will make you want to wait for the next and final book in this amazing trilogy.
I have read all her books, and I plan to reread them. I love her flowing writing style. I forget the rest of the world exists when I am reading a Penny book!
Oh god! I HEART this book so badly!
“My muse. My inspiration. The desire in me to take care of her, and the hope that she’d take care of me in return hadn’t diminished.”
It’s been over two years since Mona and Abram have seen each other. In that time, Abram has figured out what had happened but not the why. When they meet again, in spite of his anger, he still wants her.
“I’d been living in limbo, in line, waiting in the silence.”
Mona has gradually and painfully moved forward with life but there’s definitely something missing. When she sees him again, it’s blindingly obvious that what’s missing is an Abram-shaped something.
One week trapped in the mountains by heavy snowfall. One week of avoiding yet searching each other out. There’s still something simmering between them but will they get closure or will they move forward?
“I need someone to listen to my heart…And it only wants to beat for you.”
I absolutely adored this second instalment. I couldn’t put it down. The tension between Abram and Mona was so pregnant with feelings and unsaid words. Mona is flustered yet brave. I loved how she took her courage in both hands to try and talk to Abram. She was adorable in her frank drunkenness, too! Abram was a mess of desire and hate. He was so broody and scowly! I loved his slow realisation about certain things, and I loved his devotion and his determination that they should move forward.
This story was tense, humorous, adorable and really emotional. It was smart and sexy and so beautifully tender in places. I just can’t wait for the final book!!
I am LOVING the evolution of Mona and Abram’s relationship. Mona did a thing that cut her deeply for a good reason and she’s lived with the consequences of her actions since. Abram might not be as smart as Mona, but he’s no slouch in the brains department either and he wants answers to the questions that have arisen from that week he and Mona/Lisa spent together.
It’s not pretty. Both of them have to face a few hard truths and juuussssst when they think they’ve caught a break and things *might* be moving in the direction they want it to move in…THINGS HAPPEN.
Unfortunately, a lot of those things are in Mona’s head. The odd circumstances of her childhood coupled with what is expected of her as such a brilliant, young mind have given her a warped perception of herself and those around her. She has more than a few mental/emotional roadblocks to resolve before she and Abram can ever really be a couple in the truest sense of the word.
Like I said, THINGS. They get in the way. In the best way, of course.
Honestly, this series is probably going to kill me of all the emotions before it’s through. I want these two to find common ground so badly and yet life and circumstances keep pulling them in opposite directions.
Hope runs strong, though. Their HEA is going to rock my socks off.
5 STARS
This is the second book in the Laws of Physics series. Keep in mind that this book along with the first both end in cliffhangers. I was super eager to read where the story goes from Motion to Space.
Space is set a little over two years after the ending of Motion. We see how both Mona and Abram moved on with their lives, despite both being heartbroken. They deal with the heartbreak in different ways and when they meet again face to face…we get a front row seat to that reunion.
This story is a slow burn that leaves you falling more in love with the characters. Below are a couple of quotes/thoughts from Mona and Abram that just brought about so many emotions.
“And I want to listen to your heart. I want it more than I want to breathe, if I’m being honest. Which I am being honest, as we’ve established.”
“I stared at her and I was afraid, because I knew. My whole life, from this point forward, I would be a fool for Mona DaVinci.”
Penny Reid has an amazing skill of writing the bonds of friendship with funny and quirky characters. A great example is Allyn, Mona’s BFF and their awesome relationship; especially when discussing the need to talk about their book feels.
“When you finish, I need to talk about it. I have feelings!” My friend did jazz hands, wiggling her fingers in the air.”
I am waiting with great anticipation for the final instalment to this series. Thank you to the author and Socialbutterfly PR for generously providing me an ARC of this book. Space by Penny Reid will join the ranks of the BIBLIO-ARISTOCRACY!!!
Oh wow what a read! Continuing physicist Mona DaVinci and musicians Abram Harris’s story will have you on the edge of your seat. Book two takes you to a time over two years later and we are met with answers and more angsty moments that have you wanting and anticipating for more.
We also get a look of the life of Mona and Abram when they were separated. Growing up and making more of themselves in their chosen careers. Before kicking off to new experiences in their life they unexpectedly meet again in Mona’s vacation home in Aspen. Mona’s plans for quiet and relaxation is thrown out the window.
Holy smokes the chemistry and connection between the two of them are still there; however, wondering if the truth is known by the other will affect the situation and whether if all was a lie is the question when it came to that unforgettable week.
There are moments that will have you cringing, aching, and of course hoping. Just when you think there is time to explore for more we are left with another cliffy that will have you breaking and questioning the future. This book series thus far was more than I had expected and I am sooo looking forward to reading more.