Review by katiecoconut21 - The Love Hypothesis

katiecoconut21 's review for:

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

4.0

emotional funny hopeful 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: No

If this is the genre of contemporary romance, then I have been missing out!

The Love Hypothesis is a beautiful romance story between Grumpy and Sunshine...or Adam and Olive. The whole premise is that of fake-dating thanks to Olive's lying problem (of course, her lies are well-intentioned...for the most part).

This book features a diverse and lovable cast (

Olive's demisexuality, mm relationship

), with a romance relationship you can't help but root for. As for tropes, which we all know and love: fake dating,

he falls first

, Grumpy and Sunshine, age gap (Olive is 26 and Adam is 34), "there's only one bed." Then we have Ahn, who loves to force some PDA!

I truly loved this book, and the only critique I had was that Olive

lying about being in love with someone else to Adam, so that Adam wouldn't know she was actually crushing on him

felt a bit misplaced. When I finished that particular chapter, I felt that it was rather unnecessary and only existed to spur further drama. In my opinion, the story could have continued on trajectory without that particular event, and I found it a bit jarring from an otherwise enjoyable reading experience.

Throughout the book, I kept thinking about how I would love to hear Adam's perspective, and the bonus chapter definitely offered some insight, so I would recommend getting the edition that has the bonus chapter!

Overall, if you want to get into contemporary romance, read Ali Hazelwood's The Love Hypothesis. I certainly will continue exploring the genre, and read her other books!

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