A review by fossilreads
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

The STEMinist series strikes again!

She wished she could expire on the spot. She wished she could crawl outside her body and this cafe, melt in a pool of sweat, and seep between the tiles on the floor, just vanish into thin air. But all these things were currently beyond her skill set, so she fixed a weak smile on her face and looked up at Adam.

I decided to read this after loving Love Theoretically so much, and I was not disappointed! 

I really loved the hypotheses at the beginning of the chapters, gives a sense of what to expect and builds excitement for the chapter! 

The professor/student dynamic took me a little while to warm up to, but it was done well and not creepily. (Both characters being actual adults really helped with that.)

The characters were strong and felt well-rounded to me, I liked the growth and how everyone was pushing Olive to be confident in her work (as she should!). 

I was annoyed by Anh's pushiness regarding PDA, but I'm glad they talked through it in the end. I didn't enjoy how much Olive felt she needed to hide from Anh and lie to her. I did like the friendships otherwise and loved Malcolm, for example.

I love a good fake dating trope and was once again given what I hoped for. Somehow this managed to be a slow burn and full of action simultaneously. I actually forgot this was going to be spicy, until halfway through I remembered and started waiting for it. Ali's spice did not disappoint once again!