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Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

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nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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juliaaaaaa's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

the "im so tiny" and "oh hes so big" is making me sick, i just imagined she was 5'9 because she was giving tall vibes idk.
the plot was soo predictable, i knew from the start levi was whatever username on twitter and that guy was shady.
the sex scenes were weird, like ajsja "open your mouth" and "good girl" boy what the hell...

i enjoyed the love hipothesis wayy more.

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readwithde's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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isotope_s's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Okay, so there are similarities. But I would call them romance tropes. Hazelwood’s characters are all kind of the same, but there’s a lot of authors who do that. I think the dynamic between Bee and Levi is different enough that I don’t mind, but I do think it was kind of like reading fanfic in an AU for Olive and Adam.

I think this one is executed slightly better the writing is tighter and you can tell she’s improved writing wise, though there’s kind of a pacing issue. Some people will call it instalove and I would agree with them mostly on that. We needed more time with Levi and Bee actually together—and the

”tension” with Guy was so hidden until it was revealed that it didn’t feel like actual conflict. I kept expecting there to be another leak after they were at the conference or something and more direct hints at his malignant, they were too subtle for me—though I can see they were there. The issue with her Twitter account kind of just goes away, I think it would have been better to leave that part off entirely; Hazelwood could have had her sister have a personal emergency and she can’t fly to her or she’s injured or something easier to wrap up, but would still stress Bee out<\spoiler>. Overall, despite the similarities I still think it was good; it has Hazelwood’s signature whit—so if you didn’t like the last one, this one is probably not for you.

Also the only similarities between the sex scenes in this book and the other is that he’s really big, he says “you can take it”, and she gives him a blowjob, which are such a romance trope in sex scenes it’s not really fair to say “her sex scenes are all the same”

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jencolumb0's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

The Hating Game, if it was well-written and not riddled with toxicity.

I love Hazelwood’s whip-smart, no-hold-barred take on the patriarchy and STEM, which she manages to achieve with thoroughly three-dimensional characters, emotional intelligence, intrigue, and heat. Even with the harsher elements of the real word that were involved, it was still a well-paced, fun, hot read that made me think AND feel warm & fuzzy.

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thatswhatshanread's review

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funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

First and foremost: Ali Hazelwood knows cute and quirky to a very tall, dark and handsome T. “Love on the Brain” was science + cuteness, encapsulated. You don’t have to know anything about neuroscience or space to understand the workplace romance fleshed out amongst these pages. It’s quite endearing, if a little repetitive. As many have pointed out, the plot and characters are very similar to Ali’s first steminist romcom and one of my personal favorites of all time, “The Love Hypothesis”. Forgive me for comparing them, but it absolutely happened!! I had no control over it!!

I love Levi, and I love Adam. But Olive >>> Bee for sure. Moving on.

For a neuroscientist working on a NASA-funded project, Dr. Bee Königswasser is quite the oblivious Damsel in Distress™ when it comes to her supposed grad school nemesis, Dr. Levi Ward. She is Tiny and Clumsy and Alternative Hair. He is Massive and Closed Off and Beautiful Green Eyes. Levi avoided her in grad school at all costs because He Hated Her So Much And There Is No Other Explanation.

It’s your typical enemies-to-lovers romance, but I appreciated that the “enemies” part didn’t fester long. We all know the “enemies” trope is never that accurate considering at least one party is secretly in love the entire time. In this case, it’s glaringly obvious to everyone except our stubborn MC.

I enjoyed this novel, but it didn’t give me all of the swooning and butterflies that TLH gave me. Which, understandably, is hard to achieve. Still, I think it has long been a dream of mine to score a NASA scientist who named his cat Schrödinger.

Extra points for the extra steam in this one, though 🔥

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avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I've loved everything else I've read by her, but this was just not that good. It had me cringing in parts and not for the usual romance reasons. It didn't have enough depth into certain issues, and others were just trite and WAY too cliche. It was still hilarious at parts and mostly enjoyable. Also, I think she just tried to do too much with this one book.

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