I loved this book and thought it was a fantastic second book after a hugely successful first.

I really enjoyed how the strong female aspects of navigating a male dominated work environment continued in a new story that still felt completely different from the last.

There were twists that made you feel smarter than the two scientific leads, and ones you didn’t see coming.

A very enjoyable read!

Thank you NetGalley and Little Brown Book Group for the ARC.

Ali Hazelwood is excellent at writing enemies to lovers in a workplace environment and this story is just as steamy as “The Love Hypothesis”. Don’t do what I did and try read it on the bus because you’ll be wanting to open all the windows to cool down!

Now, I ADORED “The Love Hypothesis” and was super excited for this one. However "Love on the Brain" seemed a bit bland in comparison and lacked substance to me. It didn’t feel like much was happening and then suddenly everything went far too quickly at the end. Levi is a copy paste of Adam, not going to lie. The tall and short dynamic is present once again. It just felt very same-y to her previous book. The side characters also felt slightly one-dimensional.

Overall, I still enjoyed the story but it felt a little OTT. It seemed like the author was trying to make it as good as TLH and put too much into this one.

It’s official. Ali Hazelwood is my queen of romcom. I thought it would be difficult to love a book as much as I love The Love Hypothesis. But I do this new book😍🥰

Ok, Adam lifting a car in The Love Hypothesis remains the most hilarious moment in my history with romcom novels to this day😂 But this book is just as charmingly ridiculous and hilarious. Oh, how I love the banters in Hazelwood’s books!! If you loved the LH, this book will not disappoint you!

The first half is very similar to the LH in terms of setting and characters. But I think this book starts going its own way from the second half which I think adds more depth to the story than the LH.

👉What’s similar to the LH:

STEM academia setting
Grumpy x Sunshine trope
Humourous banters
Chariming ridiculousness

👉What’s different from the LH:

No fake dating
Characters with more complex background
More depth in the relationship development

This book made me smile, laugh and cry. It gave me such a wholesome reading experience. It made me really happy. 🥰

I highly recommend it even to people who didn’t enjoy The LH!

(I’ll post reviews on social medeia closer to the release as the publisher requested)

Steamy, smart, and featuring strong female leads, Ali Hazelwood does not disappoint with her second novel! Meet Bee Königswasser, successful neuroscientist inspired by the one and only Marie Curie, leading the way in the STEM field. Cue her devastatingly sexy university arch nemesis and engineering extraordinaire, Levi Ward, who she is now collaborating with after being selected to lead NASAs new neuroengineering project. What could go wrong?

From day one, Bee finds herself meeting roadblocks, from delayed equipment to missing emails, which are putting her career and future as co-leader on the project in jeopardy. But is it possible that sworn enemy Levi is actually an ally?

I give this book four stars. It was entertaining, steamy, and had many relatable moments. Bee was the perfect quirky, smart female scientist needed to tell this story. There were some predictable plot elements that kept this book from being a solid 5 stars for me but it was close!