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A review by spellbindingtomes
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
funny
informative
lighthearted
relaxing
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
4.5
๐๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ. ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐ธ๐ฆ'๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐'๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฐ.
This was my first Ali Hazelwood book and it did not disappoint! I could not put this book down. I went into this blind and instantly got hooked from the start. Academic rivals to lovers is becoming my new favorite trope.
I surprisingly found Elsie relatable. Her desperate need for a better job gave me so many flashbacks to my job searching days and just how soul crushing receiving job rejections could be after pouring your all into an interview. I wasn't a fan of when she was being dismissive of Jack's feelings in the beginning. She made a lot of assumptions about him and it was a bit frustrating. But given her past I totally understood where she was coming from and her character development at the end was really well done.
I absolutely LOVED Jack. He was hyperaware of Elsie, so attuned to her feelings and personality. He was caring and thoughtful. He saw the 'real' Elsie, along with her full potential and believed in her and fully supported her. But most of all, he was totally willing to watch the Twilight series with Elsie ๐
I was a little intimidated at first because of the STEM aspect but this turned out to be a very easy read and relatable. I highly recommend for a fun romance in an academia setting!
โ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ.โ
โ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต.โ
โ๏ธacademic rivals to lovers
โ๏ธwomen in STEM
โ๏ธhe falls first
โ๏ธacademia
โ๏ธTwilight
This was my first Ali Hazelwood book and it did not disappoint! I could not put this book down. I went into this blind and instantly got hooked from the start. Academic rivals to lovers is becoming my new favorite trope.
I surprisingly found Elsie relatable. Her desperate need for a better job gave me so many flashbacks to my job searching days and just how soul crushing receiving job rejections could be after pouring your all into an interview. I wasn't a fan of when she was being dismissive of Jack's feelings in the beginning. She made a lot of assumptions about him and it was a bit frustrating. But given her past I totally understood where she was coming from and her character development at the end was really well done.
I absolutely LOVED Jack. He was hyperaware of Elsie, so attuned to her feelings and personality. He was caring and thoughtful. He saw the 'real' Elsie, along with her full potential and believed in her and fully supported her. But most of all, he was totally willing to watch the Twilight series with Elsie ๐
I was a little intimidated at first because of the STEM aspect but this turned out to be a very easy read and relatable. I highly recommend for a fun romance in an academia setting!
โ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ.โ
โ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต.โ
โ๏ธacademic rivals to lovers
โ๏ธwomen in STEM
โ๏ธhe falls first
โ๏ธacademia
โ๏ธTwilight
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent