This was the first time I read a book with this style writing.
It sort of gave me Bridgerton vibes (which I love.) but this book does expose scandals, betrayal and mistrust in modern day relationships.in away that made it fun to read even if I disagreed with the characters actions.

This book combined so many of the things I love about getting lost in a story. The complex relationship, a college campus, professors, students, married life, and much more. I think Adrian writes in an excellent way and I like how she crafted this title. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

Really enjoyed this fresh, modern take on marriage and relationships. Each character was well developed and fleshed out and were able to be interwoven within Simone and Ehtan's marriage flawlessly. I rooted for every character because they felt organic, and the writing style really helped to prop them up.

rating — 3.25 out of 5 stars.

there is something to be said about the narrative structure of this book — when i saw that it was being presented as the narrator’s MFA thesis, i came in with certain expectations. at different points, i feel like this structure alternatively helped and hindered it, but this also seems to be the point! which is honestly messing with my head a little. ultimately, though, i don’t think it worked for me as much as i wanted it to — i see how it’s been used, but i wanted the POV problem to be a little less meta (if only so we could spend less time with ethan. men!)

on another note, i feel so vindicated — i picked this up without any lgbtqia+ tag to guide me, and cheered realizing it actually was. i smelled lesbianism afoot! that’s not really important, but i did enjoy that aspect a lot. i think i was hoping for the plot to go a slightly different way than it did, but that’s probably on me — i am not typically a reader of the “fraught marriage” literary genre, but i was seduced (ha!) by the promise of some gay shit. this wasn’t a bad book, but i don’t think it was as much For Me as i wanted it to be. and that happens!

interesting story about a couple and their flirting and having affairs with those that they work with or committee. Interesting that they both end up cheating with people and there is issue with a story ( thesis) and how much of it is true.

It is only early February, but this might be my favorite book of the year?

Emily Adrian's Seduction Theory is a delightful tangle of perspectives on marriage, power, academia, ambition, and betrayal. Presented as an MFA thesis, this tells the story of two married English professors and what happens when their lives calamitously intersect with both the department secretary and our graduate student narrator.

The resulting novel is hilarious and, honestly, one of the freshest and most biting things I have read in a long while. Single sentences crackle to life and I basically would have ended up highlighting the whole book if I didn't stop myself. This is something I look forward to reading again soon and then forcing into the hands of anyone I can so that we can discuss it.

Can't recommend this one more!

A delicious read characters that come alive a book of marriage ofbetrayal told through a students masters thesis .Will be recommending this novel .

I just finished a great women’s fiction book. Seduction Theory by Emily Adrian was an amazing book. I loved it!

Oh, this was delicious.

The shifting perspectives, all within the confines of a grad student's MFA thesis, serve as a brilliant tool to unfold this winding story about the (un)raveling of a marriage. The book had me hooked instantly, and after ripping through it left me gasping at the end, jolting at the stuttered finale. I loved this one, and very much look forward to Adrian's next.

Simone was not only an admired professor at Edwards University but also a celebrated writer, known for both her brilliant lectures and her captivating beauty. Her life, seemingly perfect, was riddled with complexities that only a few could see.
Her husband, Ethan—a Tag-a-long adjunct professor whose once-famous novel still echoed in literary circles—was utterly devoted to Simone. His love bordered on worship, yet cracks began to appear when the department’s administrative assistant started showing an interest in him.

Meanwhile, Simone started to develop an unexpectedly close relationship with one of her advisees. This young protégé, flattered by Simone's attention, began to see their interactions as something more profound than simple mentorship. Inspired by the unfolding events, the advisee quietly began to document their encounters, crafting a narrative that offered an intimate look at the shifting dynamics between teacher, mentor, and student.

Intrigue, love, possession - this is a fantastic story that I would love to see in film.
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At first, I wasn't sure of the conceit of this book - it's presented as an MFA student's thesis, but is really a novel about a marriage. For probably the first half, a little voice in my head was saying, "This feels real and true and is laugh-out-loud funny in parts and I love it, but wouldn't this have been just as good -- if not better? -- if that narrator's voice didn't keep intruding? But THEN something suddenly clicked and there is a scene where the narrator is being told in a workshop that the story suffers from a POV problem, which is very meta, and I realized that actually it didn't suffer from a POV problem at all, and this additional layer of this somewhat intrusive POV IS the voice that makes the novel. Magic! The ending is so satisfying. This novel reminded me a lot of Rufi Thorpe's work, and she's one of my favourites, so this was a slam dunk for me. I read it in a single day and immediately ordered the author's other two adult books, and I'll probably read her YA, too. Slam. Dunk. I'll be recommending this all over the interwebs, if the socials still exist by then, when it comes out. Read if you need an escape from your own life for a while, which, given everything that's happening, you probably do. I know I did. Thank you, Emily Adrian! Quirky-litfic forever!