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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
Liked this! I look forward to a potential civil engineering romance. Title: “Constructing Love”. Staying ready.
Side note qualms: I did not like how unrealistically clueless she was. She actually annoyed me a lot with the insecurity. Why did she act like diabetes was an eleventh toe.
Side note qualms: I did not like how unrealistically clueless she was. She actually annoyed me a lot with the insecurity. Why did she act like diabetes was an eleventh toe.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
highly related to elsie in an uncomfortable way, and need a jack in my life (i found him already 🤍). just wish the plot wasn't the same repetitive story
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Am I having an Ali Hazelwood era now???
I'm not a huge fan of modern romance so this isn't a book I would have picked up myself. However, I was enticed into it by my good friend who after reading the first ten or so pages looked over at me and said "the main character in this is you" with such confidence that my curiosity was piqued. I often have trouble relating to the main characters in books. Despite that, I do still enjoy a lot of what I read. Sometimes I even get a new perspective out of it.
Love, Theoretically scratched an itch I didn't realize I had. My friend was 100% right. I related to Elsie more than I've related to any other character in any series I've read (although I do have to admit I was reading her name as Elise for at least 100 pages before I realized my mistake). She struggles with self-esteem and feels like she needs to be the version of herself that people want her to be in order to deserve their love. She's a chronic workaholic, a yes man, and constantly puts herself and her needs second. And best of all she sees nothing wrong with that because why wouldn't she want to make people happy by giving them what they want? Yeah. She's got a lot to work through.
It's not until Jack Smith, the gorgeous older brother of the guy she's fake dating - and the man who almost completely destroyed her field of physics walks into the scene and refuses to let her be anything besides herself that she finds the strength to show the world who she really is. The banter, the academic lovers to rivals, and bullying as a love language - Ali Hazelwood really knows how to write a fun romance! This was the first of her books I've read but I'll consider reading her other books after my experience with this one.
Also of note in this book was the portrayal of chronic illness. It's not something I see frequently, and though I'm in good health myself I am always happy to see the portrayal of a wide range of different characters with different problems and struggles of their own.
Overall a really fun read. I got through it in a single sitting and I wouldn't change a thing about it. This will probably be the book I measure all other modern romance up to for a good long while.
Love, Theoretically scratched an itch I didn't realize I had. My friend was 100% right. I related to Elsie more than I've related to any other character in any series I've read (although I do have to admit I was reading her name as Elise for at least 100 pages before I realized my mistake). She struggles with self-esteem and feels like she needs to be the version of herself that people want her to be in order to deserve their love. She's a chronic workaholic, a yes man, and constantly puts herself and her needs second. And best of all she sees nothing wrong with that because why wouldn't she want to make people happy by giving them what they want? Yeah. She's got a lot to work through.
It's not until Jack Smith, the gorgeous older brother of the guy she's fake dating - and the man who almost completely destroyed her field of physics walks into the scene and refuses to let her be anything besides herself that she finds the strength to show the world who she really is. The banter, the academic lovers to rivals, and bullying as a love language - Ali Hazelwood really knows how to write a fun romance! This was the first of her books I've read but I'll consider reading her other books after my experience with this one.
Also of note in this book was the portrayal of chronic illness. It's not something I see frequently, and though I'm in good health myself I am always happy to see the portrayal of a wide range of different characters with different problems and struggles of their own.
Overall a really fun read. I got through it in a single sitting and I wouldn't change a thing about it. This will probably be the book I measure all other modern romance up to for a good long while.
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Really enjoyed this and the writing as always. Not to mention the smut. And the good twists!! Equally as good as the other stem related stories.
My only irk with Hazelwood after the STEM trio is the trope of men who have been weirdly distant with a woman because they have randomly fallen in love with them, and that it takes ages for the woman to be convinced of it after
My only irk with Hazelwood after the STEM trio is the trope of men who have been weirdly distant with a woman because they have randomly fallen in love with them, and that it takes ages for the woman to be convinced of it after