LOVE ON THE BRAIN/ Ali Hazelwood

Run, don’t walk, if you’ve not already snagged your copy of LOVE ON THE BRAIN// Ali Hazelwood that just came out this week! Packed with loveable characters (incl. strong women in STEM 🙌🏻) it’s just a totally cute + addictive read.

I loved the banter and dynamics between the two main characters- enemies to lovers trope is just a favourite of mine! It was executed f-l-a-w-l-e-s-s-l-y 🤩 for fans of THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS you won’t be disappointed (this one packs more heat too 🔥) 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Oh to be smothered by love in the wondrous world of science where I do not understand a single thing, but I don’t care at all because it’s romance.

Don’t know what I just wrote either, roll with it.

Ugh honestly, what fun this book was. I was instantly sucked in, as I am with Ali Hazelwood romances, and just flying through these beautiful pages.

The writing is whipsmart and just absolutely transports you to Houston, Texas. Which, side note, absolutely LOVED this setting, even more than Stanford. We love visiting NASA. Anyways, I 100% was envisioning myself in these labs and these locations, and it was the best.

Not only that but being in Bee’s mind was just a marvellous time and I absolutely adored her narrative point of view. Like obsessed level adored, it was a magnificent time and she’s so quippy and humourous and embodies my favourite type of heroine.

As expected, the discussions on women in STEM were top-notch and I may be wrong, but I believe even more powerful than before. Bee discusses walking into a room dominated by men in her academic sphere and also having to seek male validation in order for her opinion to matter and it was just everything. Women are just *insert heart eyes*

Bee has a wonderful sister, which was such a heartwarming dynamic. And she had work friends, her research assistant was brilliantly funny. And, of course, as I mentioned, adore Bee. Mostly her journey of self-growth, which was maybe my favourite part about this book and what made me connect with her so much. I just loved watching her overcome her fears and finally open herself up, especially to Levi *smirks* Bee gets a huge hug from me!!!!

The romance was DOING!!! THINGS!!! FOR!!! ME!!! My complaint with The Love Hypothesis was that I found Adam underdeveloped as a character and this book definitely did not follow the same path. Levi is an absolute darling and I adored him to bits. Didn’t know I had a thing for any Levi’s until I laid eyes on this book. Their chemistry was brilliant and I also loved how Ms Ali Hazelwood had them anonymously texting on the side because we all know I’m a sucker for You’ve Got Mail retellings. We love a good anonymous online but enemies irl, and a pinch of pining. So yeah, Levi and Bee were adorable and need to be protected at all costs. K that’s it

Whilst I found my excitement dwindling at about 70%, the ending picked up REAL fast and I mean, she deserves a round of applause for shooting me into Mars. Ha, get it? I need to be stopped. Can you tell I’m shocked by the ending!!!

Overall, this sophomore adult romance is exploding with romantic chemistry and flying off the walls with humour. If you’re looking for a whizz of an enemies to lovers to charm you with its wit and hit the nail on its head with commentary on women in STEM, this book has it all and I highly recommend <3<3<3

I adored Bee and Levi in this story. This follows the story of Bee and Levi who both think they know what they want but also don’t at the same time. An enemy to lover troupe is always good and Ali Hazelwood just knows exactly how to perfect that troupe every time.
I loved the fact cats actually play a big part of this story but in the background. There was a slight mystery in this book which I really wasn’t expecting.
There was a twist in this book that I guessed quite early on, I’m not sure if we were supposed to figure it out quickly or not but I did. I would have liked there to be a little more mystery with this.
There was one character I absolutely despised and I know we were meant to hate him, and I really did. How could someone behave like that? He made me so angry. Don’t want to say too much as I do not want to spoil it for anyone. But you’ll hate him too guaranteed!
This was just such a sweet, quirky, sexy read. The smut level was exactly what I expected from Ali and wasn’t disappointed.

Love on the Brain is a humorous contemporary romance in which a scientist is sent to work on a project with her arch-enemy, someone she really doesn’t wish to cross paths with again. This book is impossible to put down. It is such a compelling read and I was fully invested in the two main characters. I liked the little snippets of info about Marie Curie and the little side story featuring Félicette, which carries right through to the end and completely melted my heart. The plot is engaging, the characters are relatable and I adored the email messages to and fro between Marie and Schmac.

Bee is a neuroscientist working with NASA on a new project called BLINK. She’s super intelligent, quirky and completely loveable as a character. Her quick wit had me chuckling to myself. Levi is a really tall guy, with an incredible physique, dark hair and gorgeous green eyes, there is nothing not to like here. His dedication to Bee is incredible and he seems to know exactly what she is thinking and when she’s going to faint! I loved them as a couple, the slow burn romance is brilliantly executed and the chemistry and tension created by the author is superb.

Steamy, romantic and captivating this is a must read for all contemporary romance readers. I cant wait to see what this author comes up with next.

Thank you so much to the publisher for the eARC and latterly a physical copy to review.

This was a light and quick read in the romcom genre with a quirky narrator called Bee who was quite endearing but also fiercely intelligent.
I read “The Love Hypothesis”after a friend recommended it and it was a fun read set in the science world featuring an extremely clever scientist who misinterprets her feelings for her supervisor who also has hidden feelings for her. “Love on the Brain” is about an extremely intelligent scientist who misinterprets a scientific collaborator’s feelings for her. The rudeness he normally exhibits in her company just hides his true feelings ! Do you see the similarities? This author knows when she’s onto a winning format!
When neuroscientist Bee is offered a dream collaborative position at NASA she is very excited until she realises that Levi, an old nemesis from grad school days will be her partner on the project. He has always been rude to her and shown extreme dislike which seems to continue after her arrival at NASA.
The author likes to write about romances between strong handsome and clever men and petite, quirky and intelligent women. Needless to say Bee and Levi fall into this category.
I used to work in a public library 35 years ago and this book reminded me of the Mills and Boon romances that used to be so popular with some of our elderly clientele. However “Love On The Brain” was a lot more explicit with some quite intense sex scenes! Definitely not for the faint hearted! The cartoonish cover makes the book look quite tame but it’s certainly not that!
However it was an enjoyable and light read and a real change from some of the more serious books I have been reading recently.
I’m not sure if I am in the target audience being of slightly more mature years but I think it will be very popular with twenty something readers and those who enjoyed Ali Hazelwood’s TIK TOK sensation first book.
Definitely a fun read and many thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for my advance copy.

Bee has landed a dream job with NASA, but with one catch; her grad school nemesis is to be her co-lead. He's never hidden his dislike of her, so why when everything is going wrong does he feel like her only ally?

3.5⭐️

So this book has presented a really strange question for me, I am still unsure did I enjoy it, or did I enjoy disliking it? In that I don't think a single one of my annotations was positive, and yet, I do think I enjoyed it all the same. It has its issues, no doubt, but it was a quick, fun read. So, bear with me while I try to parse through these conflicting feelings.
I don't think it was as painfully similar to The Love Hypothesis as I was expecting going in. I mean, the characters were, for sure (if Hazelwoods fixation on big-tall-hulking man with small-tiny-helpless woman wasn't clear before it sure is now, and add in a proclivity to fainting for good measure), but the plot did feel different enough that I was compelled to finish it.
Speaking of the characters though, I find it truly hard to believe Bee wasn't being intentionally obtuse for the majority of this book. I can understand misreading social interactions and catastrophising in assuming people dislike you, but this was next level. That, and her insistence on informing Levi how much he clearly dislikes her at every possible opportunity (and despite his denial), it just felt so forced. Don't even get me started on all the "arch nemesis" and the constant ™ naming of things, she didn't even feel like a real person half the time. And on that note, Rocío felt like a charicature of a person, and almost all of her and Bee's interactions felt unnatural.
I think there was missed potential here, because the circumstances of their relationship felt much more plausible than that of The Love Hypothesis, but the misunderstandings and lack of communication were so drawn out (and continued even when they had admitted their feelings), it ended up feeling less realistic.

All that said, I still found it fun. It was a quick little romp of escapism, which I suppose is what a romcom should be.

Thank you NetGalley and Little Brown Book Group UK for my e-arc of this title, recieved in exchange for an honest review.

Since LOTB came out just a few days ago I thought it would be the perfect time to share my review! I’d read her first book, The Love Hypothesis, before this and really enjoyed that one, so I had some pretty high expectations for this one, and it didn’t disappoint. Neuroscientist Bee is brought onto a new NASA project, BLINK, and finds herself having to co-lead the project with her old ‘nemesis’, Levi Ward.

Like with TLH, I loved the steminist/science element to the book and thought it really complimented the romance side of it. Bee is so likeable and witty and I thought the Twitter account she has, What Would Marie Curie Do, was a great element to see another side of her personality. I’ll admit it was quite obvious who her Twitter friend was, but the interactions were fun to read nonetheless.

I have to be honest, as much as I loved dreamy sweet brooding Levi, he is pretty much a carbon copy of Adam in TLH, and quirky genius Bee can draw a lot of similarities from Olive, and the storyline and the romance as a whole is pretty much a direct replica when you look at it high level. Both are workplace ‘enemies’ to lovers with a major miscommunication against a science backdrop. Obviously, if you love those tropes then you can just eat it up and enjoy it, but if you’re looking for something completely different to TLH then you might be disappointed. I think for me at least, I would happily read a hundred of these books where each has a different science focus, because then I can go into them expecting a certain kind of storyline and just enjoying the romance/drama for what it is.

I think if there wasn’t such a strong science element to it I might’ve gotten a little bored, just because it’s so similar to TLH, and I’ll admit sometimes the miscommunications and the ‘surely he doesn’t actually have real feelings for me’ approach could get a littleeee tedious. But I did really enjoy Bee and Levi’s storyline overall so I’m not complaining too much haha.

Dieses Buch ist alles was man sich für einen gemütlichen Tag auf der Couch wünschen kann. Ich habe dieses Buch in einer Sitzung durch gelesen. Weil man Bee und Levi einfach lieben muss.

A trademark Hazelwood romance with themes of Women in STEM employing the popular trope of enemies to lovers.

Thanks NetGalley & Little, Brown Book Group UK, Spher for the ARC in exchange of an honest review!

I really adored The Love Hypothesis & my excitement at getting approved for this one was over the moon. But unfortunately, I have to say my bubble of delight got deflated with its successor.

Synopsis -

Bee Königswasser is a Marie Curie fanatic. When NASA offers her the lead position in their latest neuroengineering project she is elated. But the only problem is that her archenemies from grad school – the tall, dark & handsome Levi Ward, is her co-lead. Bee has to find a way to manage the hostility with Levi, as well as some of the most challenging aspects of the project. Will Bee make an ally out of him?

Review -

What I liked –

💓The academia theme & the author’s intention of emphasizing the general attitude towards women in such settings.

💓Levi’s characterization- the way he dealt with Bee & managed the enemy vibes.

💓Bee’s sense of humour & particularly her secret online identity that did a great deal of good to the world of academia.

💓The mystery angle towards the end that managed to salvage the book.

What I disliked -

The first half of the book was quite dull & slow.

🧠Bee’s obsessions with Madam Curie & thoughts of her fantasies thanks to her overactive imagination after a point.

🧠I failed to connect with Bee– her constant self-doubt & self -deprecation were quite annoying.

🧠Eye-roll & cringeworthy situations that were highly predictable & clichéd.

🧠Failed execution of enemies to lovers trope.

🧠Missing chemistry between the MCs.

Overall, I’d say my expectations from this were high for this book, but sadly I didn’t see them getting met.

However, I can see why it would still appeal to rom-com fans who enjoy the trope.

This is a fun and quirky science romance read.
I will say that the similarities to the love hypothesis is endless. There were times I was getting a little bit of déjà vu.
I love bee very much but her character does play into "I'm not like most girls" type for me. There were also times in the book I was very frusted with bee. Especially when she kept insisting they hated each other or that they were nemesis.

Where do I start with Levi. I do like him, I'll start with that. Infact I do love him even though I have some questions about his character development.

The miscommunication trope bugs the he'll out of me and I do think in this book it went on for too long. But I can also see why.

Over all I really enjoyed this book and I would recommend it to friends.

Dare I say it? I'm going to say it... I may love this even more than The Love Hypothesis, and I absolutely LOVED LOVED that book! Ali Hazelwood is an autobuy author for me, no question anymore.
I thought the writing was fantastic, so much witty dialogue in this and the banter was top notch. I love Bee and Levi, such loveable characters with realistic baggage, so that when it impacts their behaviour and relationship, it is believable. There is a lot of forced proximity goodness since they have to work together. So if you love that trope, this one is a must read. The plot was interesting and the author again highlights the many inequalities and prejudices that women face in the STEM field. Setting it in NASA was inspired and I actually liked reading all the science/tech stuff, personally felt the author struck a nice balance between that plot and the romance story arc. A fun, enemies to work colleagues to lovers romance full of banter and loveable, quirky characters. Such a feel good read, highly recommend to romance lovers new or old to the genre.

Omg guysss! it’s finally out today!!!! I had so much fun reading this book, i can’t wait to read all of your reviews!
I had the chance to receive an eARC of the book a few months ago and just adored it, thank you Netgalley and Little Brown Book. here’s my little review.

First of all, it’s useless to say i’ve had way too much fun reading this book, like i literally found myself, grinning, punching the air, screaming and wanting to be buried way too often.

I'm not gonna lie, i was hooked from the very beginning. like seriously, from chapter 2 it was so obvious how Levi felt about her, like come on Bee! He couldn’t meet your eyes ? Found excuses not to come when you were presenting? HE TALKED TO TIM ? COME ON BEE! Levi despised you ? My arse.
I loved how she kept telling us all the things he used to do that he supposedly did because he despised her…

@WhatWouldMarieCurieDo was such an interesting part of the book, i loved everything about it. And the whole Marie/Shmac relationship was so funny and interesting, i just loved how they talked for so long and were so supportive over each other. All the updates.. love it.

No thoughts, just “It’s nice to know that Shmac is always a click away, especially now that I'm flying into the Wardass’s unwelcoming lap.” -please someone just tell them already.
And omg, Shmac messages ? I was literally dying.

I really loved Bee a lot, she was so funny, and so, so, so intelligent. I just loved how she was fighting for what she wanted!
Also… “(Seriously: why are men)” please. just why.

OMG! that one Pride and Prejudice quote got me smiling so hard! I thought it was really funny! can’t wait for you guys to find it too!

The whole “I’m asking you to trust me” moment. PLEASE

i love them i love them i love them

There were so many moments I just loved, like, omg, i loved this book!

The way their relationship kept evolving, i don’t even know how to explain it but enemies-to-project-partners-to-lovers… stop!!! <3

We will not discuss, not even for a second, the “Where are you?” and don’t even think about the “I’ve got you. Don’t worry”. Nope.

Also, please, when checking my notes, i realized that at some points in the book i wrote about Levi that “He was so written by a woman”... i mean, obviously! He was so supportive of her, like he was just perfect! come on! i love him.

Once again, Ali Hazelwood won me over with her books and perfect characters, i literally have nothing wrong to say about this book! I really hope (and know) you’ll enjoy it as much as I did. I’m now going to go buy my own physical copy! Book’s out today!!! Have fun! It’s a 5 stars for me <3

At this point, it’s fair to say that I really love Ali Hazelwood’s writing. Unfortunately, out of all her books, I didn’t enjoy this one as much as I thought I would. The HP reference in the first chapter was not it. At times I felt like Bee (our MC) was trying too hard to be quirkyTM, and there were some cringe moments. My main gripe with this book is the miscommunication trope. I understand that humans are not good communicators, but damn. The miscommunication in this book reaches comical levels at one point.

That being said, I did enjoy the romance and I read this book in two days. I loved the banter between the characters, and I loved the supporting characters. Hazelwood writes interesting characters and gives them a chance to grow. Levi (our LI) was fine, I liked that he could recognise where he went wrong, and that he actually went to therapy for his communication issues (we love a man with character growth).

Once again, the whole Bee is so tiny weenie tiny compared to the giant hulk of a man Levi thing really annoyed me. I get that Hazelwood is going for that aesthetic, but as a plus-size person reading it just put me off. There’s this hint of infantilisation going on and I don’t like it.

I know I’m complaining a lot about a book I gave four stars, but bear with me. Another thing I don’t like: the comparison of the smut scenes in this book to the smut in The Love Hypothesis.

I could write essays on the demisexual/asexual rep in The Love Hypothesis, but I don’t want to do all that emotional labour. Here’s the thing: the characters in Love on the Brain are allo, the characters in The Love Hypothesis are a-spec. DO NOT COMPARE THE TWO. Not every romcom needs erotica levels of spice, let other people enjoy things.

I could probably say more, but I don’t think I have the vocabulary to do that. Should you read Love on the Brain? Yes. It’s fun, heartwarming, and a good time.

After reading The Love Hypothesis, Ali Hazelwood has become my favorite author. I love her witty and addictive writing style (I would probably read her grocery list if she publishes it!) and she creates amazing characters and plots. So when she announced her next novel, Love on the Brain, I couldn’t wait to read it and I was delighted when Little, Brown accepted my NetGalley request (thank you so so much, btw!!!). I started reading it right away, even though I thought that no one could surpass Olive and Adam and their story… and I loved it!!!

Enter Bee and Levi. They first met in grad school, but Levi seemed to dislike Bee right from the beginning, leaving a room when she entered, looking the other way when she talked in class, and refusing to collaborate with her on a project. Years later, Bee is offered her dream job leading a neuroengineering project at NASA, but the problem is that her co-leader is none other than Levi. She has no choice but to work with her enemy, after all that’s what her idol Marie Curie would do. But is Levi the arch-enemy she’s always considered him to be? And who is trying to sabotage their project?

I LOVED BEE AND LEVI!!! I adored them, and not only because Empire Strikes Back is their favorite movie. They are smart, funny, relatable, cat lover, nerdy, and just incredible and adorable characters. Bee had a difficult childhood as she and her twin sister Reike were raised by different relatives in different countries following the death of their parents. And while now Reike travels around the world, Bee wants stability and security. She is a fan of Marie Curie (I enjoyed all the references to her life) and she created an anonymous Twitter account, @WhatWouldMarieDo, where women in STEM can vent their frustration on the way they are treated by their male counterparts.

With a few similarities to The Love Hypothesis – grumpy vs sunshine, enemies-to-lovers, protagonists who misunderstand each other, women in STEM – Love on the Brain is another brilliant, unique, witty, and addictive novel by Ali Hazelwood, whose novels always leave me in a huge reading slump that it takes me a while to overcome!

Obviously I read a lot about Ali Hazelwood and ‘The Love Hypothesis’ in these last few months. So when I got the opportunity to read and review her new book ‘Love on the Brain’, I knew I couldn’t pass up this chance. I loved the book description and that cover, so my expectations where really high. But let me tell you.. Ali got herself a new fan.

In ‘Love on the Brain’ we meet Bee Königswasser. Bee is a quirky neuro scientist, and everything I would want in a friend. She loves cats, loves Star Wars and is Vegan. Yep, my kind of person for sure. But next to being a great scientist, Bee has never been lucky in the love department. The man in Bee’s life just seem to be all wrong. So when Bee finds out the co-leader of her new project is none other than Levi Ward, her nemesis, she desperately tries to stay positive.
Levi has always seemed to dislike Bee from the moment they met years ago. But he will stay professional about it.. right?!

‘Love on the Brain’ was an incredible read from the moment I started. This book was really funny, entertaining, romantic, sexy and just everything you could want in a read. I just loved everything about this read. The writing is definitely great, Ali had a way of keeping me hooked right from the start. And getting to know these characters was so much fun.

Bee had a lot of prejudice about Levi. And Levi sure didn’t do anything to make Bee think otherwise. There where so many misunderstandings, which could get frustrating to read, but the author made sure it stayed fun and entertaining. The romance was a slow burn one, and kept me hooked. I loved the chemistry and the buildup. And the world setting of the lab, wasn’t boring at all. Not that I expected it to be, but I guess people could think that.

‘Love on the Brain’ is definitely going on my favorite list for this year. It was great from start to finish and I simple loved everything out it. I’m definitely getting my hands on ‘The Love Hypothesis’ as well!

Thanks so much @littlebrownbookgroup_uk for sending me an eARC! ✨

Marie Curie super fan and Neurologist Bee Königswasser and her ghost loving research assistant are off to NASA to work on the project of a lifetime. Bee couldn’t be happier until she realises she’ll have to co-lead the project with her grad school arch nemesis Levi Ward.

Bee was an awesome FMC and the whole book was from her POV. I liked that there were Marie Curie facts/ramblings at the start of each chapter, similar to the hypothesis starting off every chapter of The Love Hypothesis (TLH), these kept the tone similar to TLH while being different enough that Bee definitely had her own voice and was by no means a copy of Olive.

Levi was a dreamy love interest. He actively encouraged his stubborn engineering team to listen to Bee which, while this shouldn’t have been necessary, is sadly the world we live in right now. I really enjoyed the terms the author had Bee using for the different sexist situations she was facing as a woman in STEM though and I’ll leave you to discover them yourself. 😂
Levi wasn’t afraid to show how into Bee he was once some misunderstandings had been cleared up and I found this refreshing.

Love on the Brain had me laughing out loud with all the quirky characters and socially awkward chaos. I also really enjoyed the element of mystery brought in by Bee trying to get to the bottom of everything that kept going wrong stalling the project. There was also a lot of talk about the difficulty grad school applicants face. Overall this was such a joy to read!

Read for:
Women in STEM 🧠
Workplace romance ❤️
An FF relationship between side characters 🏳️‍🌈
A mystery cat 🐱
Corporate espionage 🧐
You’ve got Mail vibes 📱

Rating: 5/5🌟
Steam Level: 4/5🔥 Levi was a dark horse! There were a lot more open door scenes in Love on the Brain than TLH.
#LoveOnTheBrain #NetGalley

💭 ᴍʏ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛꜱ:
This was definitely a cute story. I adored Levi, but I really disliked Bee. She obviously didn't want to see what was really happening in front of her and it just wasn't doing it for me. It was a bit of a slow burn and maybe after The Love Hypothesis I set the bar too high. It is definitely a cute story that I know a lot of people will love, but it fell a bit short for me.
⭐️⭐️⭐️

🤓 ʀᴇᴀᴅ ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪᴋᴇ:
Haters to Lovers
NASA

ꜱʏɴᴏᴘꜱɪꜱ:
𝘉𝘦𝘦 𝘒ö𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘦: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦 𝘥𝘰? 𝘐𝘧 𝘕𝘈𝘚𝘈 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 - 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 - 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘋𝘶𝘩. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰-𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘪 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘥.

𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘪 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘪 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 - 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘳, 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺.

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘉𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘪 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴... 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Stayed up half the night getting through this. Another in a series of academia romances, laden with good drama, great tropes and a cracking plot. I absolutely loved it, a proper escape from absolutely everything for a few hours.

A resounding success and follow up to the smash hit The Love Hypothesis, this is another slice of hopeless romantic joy from Ali Hazelwood that I am expecting to be top of the request list from my students once we return from summer break.

Sooooo I bloody loved this book! Dare I say even more than The Love Hypothesis? (Thank you Netgalley for the eARC)

Bee is just one of my favourite characters and so is her sister and so is her RA. ALL the female characters are just *chefs kiss*. Bee is so complex and witty that you just can’t help but love her and want the absolute best for her… which by the way is Levi.

Levi Levi Levi. Can we just cut the crap and get married already? Great, thanks.
Levi is now top of my list for favourite fictional (cry) men. He’s so thoughtful it hurts, he’s so caring I want to cry, he’s so goddam sexy I melt. HE DESERVES THE WHOLE UNIVERSE (stomps foot).

The plot is everything I would want and more from a rom-com, intrigue, conversations on real topics that need to be talked about and put into more books, a big plot twist, crime, comedy (I laughed out loud so many times reading this) and spice. Guys the spice in this is PHENOMENAL. PHENOMENAL. Levi you have ruined sex for me forever because it will not be with you *sigh*

I didn’t love the whole “I don’t want to get attached because I’ll just get hurt” outlook Bee had but I do understand why she felt that way and it broke my heart.

Anywho, if you love romance, top tier spice, strong female leads, cats, sarcastic sidekicks, lgbt rep, an hilarious free loving twin, enemies to lovers, forced proximity and a hero who is beyond perfect then READ. THIS. BOOK.