Reviews with content warning for Toxic friendship - Love on the Brain

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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sillih28's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted relaxing tense slow-paced

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

4.0

My opinion is very split when it comes to this book! I read this after Love Hypothesis so i was very very excited for another book from this author as i loved her work in the other book! And this book didn't disappoint.. at first.

I really liked the start with the whole enemies in real life best friends online trope, i thought it was so sweet and Levi immediately made an impression on me (he's so hot!!)

While Bee wasn't my favourite character, she wasn't completely unlikeable; I really liked her bond with her sister Reike and she has been through quite a lot so i sympathise with her.

Up to the point where they got together I loved the book! It made so much sense how it all happened. But then when Bee kept on denying her feeling and Levis feelings, god was i getting bored.

Its always same old same old, and then shit when down and i don't know, maybe I'm just a sucker for the happy-go-lucky books but it was genuinely so hard for me to push through all the complications (even though it was only like 20 pages)

But if you aren't like me about that and small issues don't matter to you, you will definitely love this book! Especially if you liked Love Hypothesis!!

Props to this author, i cant wait to read her next books <3

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edensreadingcorner's review against another edition

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funny tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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reverieparacosm's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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

3.0

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sami_leigh's review against another edition

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funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective 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

4.75

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.75/5

🌶️🌶️.5/5

‘There’s someone in my corner. A guy who loves Star Wars, and is too tall for space, and will take care of a kitten for half his life.’

🧠 First Person POV

🧠 Enemies to lovers

🧠 Forced Proximity

🧠 Workplace romance

🧠 Misunderstanding

🧠 Online identities

🧠 Women in STEM 🙌🏻

🧠 Feminism

🧠 BANTER! 🔥

🧠 He falls first

🧠 Well established - and quirky! - secondary characters (Rocío. She’s such a weirdo. I equally adore and fear her.) 🖤

🧠 Growth for our MC 👌🏻

🧠 Cat lovers 🐱

⚠️ Childhood trauma, death of a parent, gun violence, fainting disorder, seizures, emotional abuse, infidelity, gaslighting and toxic relationships.

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thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

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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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adventurous emotional funny inspiring 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? No

5.0

i LOVED this book. i loved how nerdy it was and how i was able to understand every reference. in every possible way, this is almost a perfect book.

also, i 🫶 levi ward

definitely reread material ✅

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