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A review by booksaftercafecito
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
5.0
This may be one of my top 5 reads of the year, and we’re only halfway through.
The slightly mysterious (yet completely obvious) way the story was introduced had me captivated from the start. I love the non-invasive intelligence woven throughout the story. It made me feel like I was learning new things without being overbearing to the focus of the relationship unfolding.
I have come to realize that the fake dating trope is an absolute favorite of mine. As is the brooding male love interest, who plays stoic and unattached, but secretly has it bad for our FMC. Adam fits this role perfectly.
Olive is inspiring with her reasons for her specific scientific research, without letting it become a source of pity, but only a fueling of her fire.
The only issue I had with this book was the amount of times Olive repeated the terms “fake dating”, “fake girlfriend” and “fake boyfriend”. This tends to be a commonality in a lot of books with fake dating tropes, it seems. But it gets a bit repetitive and irritating to me. There has to be a way to address the situation and particular agreement without those constant specific phrases being reused over and over.
I greatly appreciated where in the storyline the major, path changing conflict was introduced, and how quickly it was resolved without any extreme miscommunication. Overall, an absolute 5 star read.
The slightly mysterious (yet completely obvious) way the story was introduced had me captivated from the start. I love the non-invasive intelligence woven throughout the story. It made me feel like I was learning new things without being overbearing to the focus of the relationship unfolding.
I have come to realize that the fake dating trope is an absolute favorite of mine. As is the brooding male love interest, who plays stoic and unattached, but secretly has it bad for our FMC. Adam fits this role perfectly.
Olive is inspiring with her reasons for her specific scientific research, without letting it become a source of pity, but only a fueling of her fire.
The only issue I had with this book was the amount of times Olive repeated the terms “fake dating”, “fake girlfriend” and “fake boyfriend”. This tends to be a commonality in a lot of books with fake dating tropes, it seems. But it gets a bit repetitive and irritating to me. There has to be a way to address the situation and particular agreement without those constant specific phrases being reused over and over.
I greatly appreciated where in the storyline the major, path changing conflict was introduced, and how quickly it was resolved without any extreme miscommunication. Overall, an absolute 5 star read.