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izzyf16's review against another edition
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Gun violence
abbypeekreads's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
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? Yes
5.0
After reading and loving The Love Hypothesis, I had such high hopes for Love on the Brain. And I'm so happy to report that this book was everything I wanted it to be and more! From women-in-STEM to cinnamon roll cat dads to all of the You've Got Mail vibes, there's so much to love about Ali Hazelwood's sophomore release.
Alright, so this book has some of my favorite characters ever written. I want Bee to be my bff, she was so fun and feisty and relatable, and she had the best insults and comebacks. Then there's Levi, our sweet cinnamon roll cat dad in all his pining glory who I loved getting to know. And even the side characters were all incredibly well-developed and kept the story fun and interesting! Everyone was just so easy to root for.
The backstories of our MCs felt so real and a bit heart wrenching, but it made the conflict between Bee and Levi very realistic. I loved the subplots as much as the romance and found them super interesting and engaging. I'm not a STEM woman at all but learning about all the neuroscience and the Marie Curie fun facts was seriously so fun for me. Not to mention the You've Got Mail vibes were *chef's kiss.*
And can we talk about that ending!! It was so wild, I totally did not see it playing out that way.
Whatever you thought of The Love Hypothesis, this book is definitely worth checking out! It was such a fun and heartwarming read, so much so that it felt like getting one big hug the entire time I was reading it (and those are my favorite kinds of books). I'm already looking forward to Hazelwood's next book.
Alright, so this book has some of my favorite characters ever written. I want Bee to be my bff, she was so fun and feisty and relatable, and she had the best insults and comebacks. Then there's Levi, our sweet cinnamon roll cat dad in all his pining glory who I loved getting to know. And even the side characters were all incredibly well-developed and kept the story fun and interesting! Everyone was just so easy to root for.
The backstories of our MCs felt so real and a bit heart wrenching, but it made the conflict between Bee and Levi very realistic. I loved the subplots as much as the romance and found them super interesting and engaging. I'm not a STEM woman at all but learning about all the neuroscience and the Marie Curie fun facts was seriously so fun for me. Not to mention the You've Got Mail vibes were *chef's kiss.*
And can we talk about that ending!! It was so wild, I totally did not see it playing out that way.
Whatever you thought of The Love Hypothesis, this book is definitely worth checking out! It was such a fun and heartwarming read, so much so that it felt like getting one big hug the entire time I was reading it (and those are my favorite kinds of books). I'm already looking forward to Hazelwood's next book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity and Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent and Emotional abuse
readundancies's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-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
3.0
Love on the Brain is Ali Hazelwood’s sophomore contemporary romance and I hate to say it, but it feels very sophomorey. As in, by no means is it a poor sophomore novel, it just didn’t have the same magic as her debut.
There were a lot of plot choices that just didn’t work for me in combination when it came to Levi’s backstory. It was very drama heavy and unbelievable in a way I struggled to appreciate. I also found the friendships to be lacking emotional depth in this one compared to debut. Even the sisterhood presented had a lot left to be desired for me, it just wasn’t giving me enough. And everything about Levi’s family was garbage, and I was not a fan of how it was dismissed rather nonchalantly once all his family members were introduced.
The banter was cute, but then Hazelwood does great things with dialogue. It’s just the plot and characters didn’t make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside which is what I wanted because I wanted the romance to capture me the way The Love Hypothesis did.
And then the ending happened. Which did not do the story any favours from my viewpoint because oh how tired am I of reading about gun violence as plot points in contemporary romance.
So yeah, the story wasn’t anything to write home about but it wasn’t a bad one either. I think I just had expectations that were never going to be met.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Violence
katebrownreads's review against another edition
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content
Moderate: Mental illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity
ankonyx's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-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
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Death of parent
cbrew's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexism, Infidelity, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Car accident and Animal death
30something_reads's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
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? Yes
4.0
4 ⭐
After reading all of the author's works, it is very clear that Ms Hazelwood has a type:
✅ tall, strapping, strong man
✅ intimidatingly intelligent
✅ scary-handsome
✅ not the best at communicating (but he's working on it)
✅ will commit violence for love
✅ a total himbo for the leading lady
And I love all of these things so you can just sign me up for whatever comes next, thanks.
Overall Love on the Brain was super sweet with funny banter, great side characters, and was just a bit spicier than TLH. 😚🤌🏻
Ali Hazelwood definitely has her style locked in. And I think at this point, we know what we're going to be getting into (and that it will just continue to get better as she continues). Her voice is either going to work for you or it won't.
After reading all of the author's works, it is very clear that Ms Hazelwood has a type:
✅ tall, strapping, strong man
✅ intimidatingly intelligent
✅ scary-handsome
✅ not the best at communicating (but he's working on it)
✅ will commit violence for love
✅ a total himbo for the leading lady
And I love all of these things so you can just sign me up for whatever comes next, thanks.
Overall Love on the Brain was super sweet with funny banter, great side characters, and was just a bit spicier than TLH. 😚🤌🏻
Ali Hazelwood definitely has her style locked in. And I think at this point, we know what we're going to be getting into (and that it will just continue to get better as she continues). Her voice is either going to work for you or it won't.
Content Warnings
Minor: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Death of parent
dianaschmidty's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Death, Infidelity, Sexism, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Excrement, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Violence
somebooksomewhere's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
This book releases 23 August 2022 in Canada.
I like Neapolitan ice cream. I love mint chip, but Neapolitan is very good too and sometimes I even prefer it. Which is largely how I feel about Love on the Brain compared to The Love Hypothesis.
In LotB, neuroscientist Dr Bee Konigswasser has been selected to help research and develop a type of anti-brain fog helmet for NASA. She's absolutely ecstatic about getting out from under her creepy boss' thumb and working on such a monumental project, until she finds out who her co-lead is: Dr Levi Ward(ass). Levi was finishing his PhD in the same lab that Bee was starting hers, and despite Bee's efforts to be an absolutely delightful human thank you very much, Dr Ward(ass) immediately formed the No Bees Allowed club. But whatever, she can avoid him and his vile personality. Or not.
Ward(ha!)ing herself against Levi's evil, Bee begins her work, only to find she's been brain-blocked by the higher ups. She reluctantly teams up with Levi to get her own half of the project underway, when revelations occur and sparks fly. After all, they say that there's a very fine line between love and hate. Maybe only as fine as a single neural pathway.
LotB has a lot of similar tropes to TLH: grumpy+sunshine, miscommunication (so much miscommunication), men being generally awkward and also sometimes terrible (why are men??), quirky side characters, etc etc. In some ways, it felt almost too alike. But you know what, I don't care. It's my Neapolitan ice cream. Good, reliable, enough going on to keep me interested.
Thanks to the publisher for providing me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I like Neapolitan ice cream. I love mint chip, but Neapolitan is very good too and sometimes I even prefer it. Which is largely how I feel about Love on the Brain compared to The Love Hypothesis.
In LotB, neuroscientist Dr Bee Konigswasser has been selected to help research and develop a type of anti-brain fog helmet for NASA. She's absolutely ecstatic about getting out from under her creepy boss' thumb and working on such a monumental project, until she finds out who her co-lead is: Dr Levi Ward(ass). Levi was finishing his PhD in the same lab that Bee was starting hers, and despite Bee's efforts to be an absolutely delightful human thank you very much, Dr Ward(ass) immediately formed the No Bees Allowed club. But whatever, she can avoid him and his vile personality. Or not.
Ward(ha!)ing herself against Levi's evil, Bee begins her work, only to find she's been brain-blocked by the higher ups. She reluctantly teams up with Levi to get her own half of the project underway, when revelations occur and sparks fly. After all, they say that there's a very fine line between love and hate. Maybe only as fine as a single neural pathway.
LotB has a lot of similar tropes to TLH: grumpy+sunshine, miscommunication (so much miscommunication), men being generally awkward and also sometimes terrible (why are men??), quirky side characters, etc etc. In some ways, it felt almost too alike. But you know what, I don't care. It's my Neapolitan ice cream. Good, reliable, enough going on to keep me interested.
Thanks to the publisher for providing me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, and Kidnapping
purplepenning's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.5
This was everything I wished The Love Hypothesis had been. Great from start to finish. Full review likely to come closer to pub date .
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
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