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First Ali Hazelwood book I read and before starting it I was not really expecting much, since I didn’t think I’d be into it based off the summary and the cringey cover of two people KISSING (def a book cover ick for me).

I boy, was I SO wrong… Finished it in two days because I couldn’t put it down. Literally from page two I was already cackling and I couldn’t get enough of how funny all the STEM jokes and nerdy banter was.

One of my favorite quotes from the book was her advisor mentioning Olive needs to “have the confidence of a mediocre white man” when presenting. PREACH SISTER!

I was so amazed that Hazelwood had seamlessly written such witty and random bio research/academia related references into the story, only to find out that she actually has a PhD in neuroscience herself. HECK YEAH! No wonder she made this book so relatable to women in research.

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

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5.0

I don't want this book to be over

emmabheid's review against another edition

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3.0

unpopular opinion but this book kinda put me in a reading slump. it was cute, but idk it felt slow.

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

Ok, so first - all the talk about MMC Adam being excessively big and tall and huge in pretty much every way is true. So...I'm going to disregard all of that and just go ahead and love this book. Apparently I am PRO-reylo fanfic. I loved brooding, grumpy Adam. i loved his work ethic--its ok to have high expectations for your students. He is only expecting the best, even at the expense of being the most hated faculty member. Olive was chipper and the perfect compliment to Adam. And of course they are both nerdy as can be. And both of their friends were fun as well, especially (view spoiler) This was my first Ali Hazelwood read (and fittingly it was her debut book!) and I was testing the waters to find out if I wanted to read more from her, namely Bride which just released. That's going to be a yes from me. Oh, and give me ALL the Reylo fanfic! 💙

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4.0

The Love Hypothesis is the first book in the trilogy by Ali Hazelwood. The story follows a 26 year old Olive Smith who is a graduate student at Stanford.
She starts fake dating a professor in the science department to convince her best friend that she is over a guy. At first she isn’t sure how she will manage to tolerate the grumpy MMC, Adam Carlsen, but he starts to grow on Olive. The story is really cute and sweet, and all the little things Adam says or does is heartwarming.

4 out of 5 stars!

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