A review by beckyyreadss
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I decided to read this book because of booktok. I was a little sceptical reading it at first just because it’s booktok and it was very overhyped. For once, booktok actually got this book right. 

This book is about Olive Smith who is a third-year Ph.D. candidate, and she doesn’t believe in lasting romantic relationship. However, her best friend does and that is how she got into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and that she is happily in love, but it’s going to take more than just saying that she’s happy on her own. Scientists always require proof. So, like any biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees. The man that she kisses 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 and even more unyielding...six-pack abs. Soon Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope. Will they be able to keep up the act? 

I didn’t expect to fall in love with this book as much as I did. But it had all my favourite things – fake dating, the grumpy-sunshine trope, contemporary romance, kick ass women who are all feminists who just want equality, the man who hates everyone but her, the over-protective man who will burn the whole world down for her and guy falls first. Just everything I loved. Adam Carlsen is just . . . perfect and complex and just eurghhhh, I love him and the friendship and relationship between him and Olive. I thought the book was a bit slow-paced at first but it got better and Olive really really needs to learn how to communicate and just needs to be honest. 

Overall, this book was so cute and swoon worthy and I want more of Adam and Olive, Anh and Jeremy and Holden and Malcolm. I would love a sequel of this book. I might have to add Ali Hazelwood to my instant-buy authors and this book has been added to my favourite books and if I could I would give it 10 stars. I cannot wait to see what Ali has in store next. 
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