A review by rachaelm13
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Fun read, love women in STEM, kinda loved the mmc good boundaries are hot lol but also he felt like he was very surface level like he didn’t have much substance. Fmc was great, had layers and depth, goals etc and love when you get to see their lives outside of the romance in any romcom. He just felt like, wow 🤩 then I thought about him and was like we really don’t know much about him as a character? I don’t know. 
Also major emetophobia warning, i always forget Ali Hazelwood has some sort of throwing up fetish, its mentioned in like every chapter for the first 5 chapters like why? So unnecessary
Liked the story, female character is typical Ali Hazelwood character with some cliches and “wow I don’t know if he likes me” when babes I’m autistic and I can tell he likes you 💀 But its balanced with it not being as cliche/tropey in other ways like strong women in STEM etc. 
One spicy scene or rather one part kinda bothered me, it was REALLY consentual (LOVE) like active verbal consent, then it just kinda switched when it came to his pleasure and I was like huh? What happened to verbally saying what is going on? 
Loved the academia rep and what its like not rainbows and butterflies. 
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