A review by thisreadingcorner
Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love a good old fashioned “I thought he despised me but really he was just an angsty anxious hall of unrequited pining” and so does Ali Hazelwood so in an absolutely predictable turn of events I loved this book.

Bee is a neuroscientist feeling stuck in her career after a catastrophic breakup began what feels like a relentless spiral downwards in her personal and professional life. Then she gets tapped to lead the work of her dreams at NASA…with a former classmate…who is actually her co-lead. Levi is my favorite kind of hero - brooding but absolutely polite and flustered the whole way through. These two are a match made in heaven and everyone knows except maybe Bee.

If you read The Love Hypothesis, expect mostly more of the same, although I do think this one is slightly better. I maintain that Olive & Adam were well work a healthy suspension of disbelief required to surpass some of their public interactions, but Bee & Levi are much more reserved publicly as their relationship evolves, and privately…Levi is everything.
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