A review by ellaellaellaetc
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

3.0

  girls. I'm so late to the party but this hit lowkey. this is THEE tiktok fake dating book (rewritten reylo fanfic) about phd student olive and supervisor (NOT HER SUPERVISOR!!) adam. now you really have to meet this book where it's at if you want to enjoy this. I really love it's silly goofy tone and ended up liking this book quite a bit but by no stretch of the imagination would I call this good. I am so behind on my reviews that I have since read two more ali hazelwood books (tlh was her debut) and I can definitely say that she has definitely improved with time. I think she has this really charming writing style that just puts a smile on your face but that couldn't make up for the fact that there were too many moments in this that were just manufactured cringe and general unrealistic levels of craziness that I could not get behind😭😭 there's a level of disbelief you just have to roll with when reading most genre fiction but homegirl hazelwood takes it to a new level😭😭 I won't get into the specifics because there are so many really articulate reviews that explain the strangeness of the portrayal of academia and every character just acting so illogically so I will just say this: I didn't really think that this was bad, but the main strength of this book (the lighthearted tone and humour) is something you can get from so many other romance books so I would recommend either reading one of hazelwood's later novels if you still want that STEM aspect or read another romance author with a silly goofy sense of humour (should I make a top romance books list similar to how j made a top 100 books of the 21st century list????). anyway. 3 stars. if you haven't read it by now I wouldn't bother picking it up tbh.