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A review by saylaurmoon
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
5.0
↠ 5 stars ⭐︎
This book was so wonderfully nerdy and adorable! My heart was so full while reading this.
Olive is a third-year biology Ph.D. candidate at Standford. Olive loves her best friend, Anh, dearly and wants nothing more than for her to be happy and prove she’s moved on from her last relationship so she can date her crush guilt-free. But scientists require proof, and Olive decides to provide it by kissing the first man she sees… who just so happens to be the infamous Dr. Adam Carlsen, the professor known to be the most unapproachable and critical in the department. After the news spreads like wildfire, and to Olive’s surprise, Adam offers to help keep her charade going by being her fake boyfriend. As they start spending more and more time together, she starts to learn there’s more to Adam than his antagonistic and unapproachable reputation, and what starts as a fake relationship starts to bloom into something she never could have hypothesized.
Aw, I loved this book sooo much! It was humorous, nerdy, and romantic. I adored the chemistry Olive and Adam shared from the very beginning. And the one sex scene we got was HELLA steamy! Worth the wait and the perfect culmination of the mutual love and palpable chemistry between the two of them.
I absolutely loved Olive! She was witty, intelligent, and relatably awkward with a heart of pure gold. The lengths to which she went to see her friend happy were endless and heart-warming. And she was absolutely hilarious. I thoroughly enjoyed her sense of humor and commentary. I loved seeing her (and Anh!) being total badass scientists making significant discoveries as women in STEM and learning about the frustrations and insecurities that come along with it.
Adam is the no-bullshit, harsh, and unapproachable professor, but when we learn about his reasoning behind it, it showcases how truly passionate he is about science and his students. Despite his steely and sullen personality, Olive brings out a softness in him. The ways in which he showed Olive he genuinely cared about her were precious. He was always encouraging her and truly believed in her and the work she was doing. He was her #1 fan all along!
OMG AND
All of the side characters were also thoroughly enjoyable! I felt they all added something to the story. There was never a character where I questioned their relevance to the storyline. Oh, but
The hype around this book is entirely valid! It’s an exceptional story that warms your heart with love and friendship and makes you giggle along the way. The science references appealed to my science-loving brain, but it also was never too much that it may confuse anyone not familiar with the subject! An all-around great grumpy-meets-sunshine love story and I highly recommend it.
This book was so wonderfully nerdy and adorable! My heart was so full while reading this.
Olive is a third-year biology Ph.D. candidate at Standford. Olive loves her best friend, Anh, dearly and wants nothing more than for her to be happy and prove she’s moved on from her last relationship so she can date her crush guilt-free. But scientists require proof, and Olive decides to provide it by kissing the first man she sees… who just so happens to be the infamous Dr. Adam Carlsen, the professor known to be the most unapproachable and critical in the department. After the news spreads like wildfire, and to Olive’s surprise, Adam offers to help keep her charade going by being her fake boyfriend. As they start spending more and more time together, she starts to learn there’s more to Adam than his antagonistic and unapproachable reputation, and what starts as a fake relationship starts to bloom into something she never could have hypothesized.
Aw, I loved this book sooo much! It was humorous, nerdy, and romantic. I adored the chemistry Olive and Adam shared from the very beginning. And the one sex scene we got was HELLA steamy! Worth the wait and the perfect culmination of the mutual love and palpable chemistry between the two of them.
“And she… she loved him even more for it. For looking at her like she was the beginning and end of his every thought.”
I absolutely loved Olive! She was witty, intelligent, and relatably awkward with a heart of pure gold. The lengths to which she went to see her friend happy were endless and heart-warming. And she was absolutely hilarious. I thoroughly enjoyed her sense of humor and commentary. I loved seeing her (and Anh!) being total badass scientists making significant discoveries as women in STEM and learning about the frustrations and insecurities that come along with it.
Adam is the no-bullshit, harsh, and unapproachable professor, but when we learn about his reasoning behind it, it showcases how truly passionate he is about science and his students. Despite his steely and sullen personality, Olive brings out a softness in him. The ways in which he showed Olive he genuinely cared about her were precious. He was always encouraging her and truly believed in her and the work she was doing. He was her #1 fan all along!
“I wish you could see yourself the way I see you.”
OMG AND
Spoiler
the fact that he was The Guy in the bathroom when she was debating if grad school was even worth it. MY HEART. WAS EXPLODING. The sweetest meet-cute, honestly.All of the side characters were also thoroughly enjoyable! I felt they all added something to the story. There was never a character where I questioned their relevance to the storyline. Oh, but
Spoiler
fuck Tom. Forever. I was SO HAPPY about Adam's reaction toward the recording.The hype around this book is entirely valid! It’s an exceptional story that warms your heart with love and friendship and makes you giggle along the way. The science references appealed to my science-loving brain, but it also was never too much that it may confuse anyone not familiar with the subject! An all-around great grumpy-meets-sunshine love story and I highly recommend it.