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The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
3.0
As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships - but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation.
Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.
That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor, and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support.
Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.
3/5 stars
I have heard the wild hype about this book, and I decided to finally take the time to dive in.
To be genuinely honest, I did not enjoy this book at all in the beginning. It was too cutesy, a bit cringy, and kind of slow for me to handle.
Nevertheless, I pushed through, and was pleasantly surprised that by the end of the novel, I did somewhat enjoy this book.
I liked the main characters, and their romance was adorable. The two complimented each other beautifully, and I enjoyed how this book's plot wasn't just based around their romance - there were other plot aspects as well.
A major critique I had was that this story felt childish to me. I'm not sure how different 'fun and cute' is from 'childish' in terms of my taste of books, but the beginning was predictable and just plain cringy for me.
I appreciated how the ending developed, but I truthfully wouldn't read this again.
Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.
That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor, and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support.
Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.
3/5 stars
I have heard the wild hype about this book, and I decided to finally take the time to dive in.
To be genuinely honest, I did not enjoy this book at all in the beginning. It was too cutesy, a bit cringy, and kind of slow for me to handle.
Nevertheless, I pushed through, and was pleasantly surprised that by the end of the novel, I did somewhat enjoy this book.
I liked the main characters, and their romance was adorable. The two complimented each other beautifully, and I enjoyed how this book's plot wasn't just based around their romance - there were other plot aspects as well.
A major critique I had was that this story felt childish to me. I'm not sure how different 'fun and cute' is from 'childish' in terms of my taste of books, but the beginning was predictable and just plain cringy for me.
I appreciated how the ending developed, but I truthfully wouldn't read this again.