A review by tallangryplanet
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

5.0

Beware spoilers in this review!! I mention tropes and some plot details. 

This book has it all: fake dating, a Very Protective Moment, secret yearning, thinking your love is one-sided... I loved it!!!! It reads like a rom-com and I love how aware the characters are of that, it adds an extra level of fun to the story. Maybe it's because I've encountered a string of not-for-me books lately so I'm easy to please or because I was just really in the mood for something funny and romantic, but this book hit all the right spots for me. 

I was a bit intimidated by the fact that it's set in STEM academia, but that did not turn out to be an issue at all. Sure, some of the terms were totally alien to me, but it didn't really make a difference and I didn't even need to search them up to make sense of the story. Olive's student struggle is absolutely relatable even if the rest of her life isn't, and I love how real she and her friends felt. Their dialogues were super funny, as were Olive's thoughts, and there wasn't an excess of description to take me out of the story. The progression of the main couple's relationship was also *chef's kiss*, and even though I didn't even need to think to figure out who Adam was pining after all that time, it was still delicious to read the reveal. I wasn't even bothered by the third act breakup!! (Probably because it lasted like a chapter lol).

I spent all of my Friday sprawled out in bed, covered in blankets, squealing and laughing and mildly sobbing while reading this book. I cannot recommend it enough if you're in the mood for some lighthearted romance.