Author: Ali Hazelwood
Publication Date: 14 September 2021
Publisher: Berkley
Page Count: 384
Reading Method: Digital ARC [thank you to the publisher!]
Dates Read: August 28 – 29
Synopsis:
As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn’t believe in lasting romantic relationships–but her best friend does, and that’s what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.
That man 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.
Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.
Review:
By now you have likely seen the hype surrounding The Love Hypothesis and I am here to say that every little bit of hype is 100% deserved. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS BOOK.
Olive and Adam. Olive needs someone to fake date so she can convince her best friend she is okay with her dating her kinda-ex. Adam, a super hot (but major asshole) professor, just so happens to be in Olive’s path when she goes looking for someone to kiss. The two enter into a fake-dating relationship, but you guessed it, it ends up being more than either of them bargained for.
Y’all. The slowburn is immaculate. The characters? Swoon-worthy. The steam? Hot damn. If you have any hesitations about this book, scootch them right out of your mind and pick this up asap.
Okay, now that I got that out of my system…let’s get to the actual review portion. I know we are supposed to be in love with Adam, but I think I might also be massively in love with Olive. She is so funny and a great friend, she’s brilliant and dedicated to her research, with great passion and determination. Like, Adam is hot as heck and dreamy, with just the perfect amount of jerk to make me fall completely head over heels…but Olive really steals the show. Watching the relationship sloooowly develop between these two is the best kind of torture.
That ending!!! I was cheering so hard. If you have a couple hours to kill, I cannot recommend this book enough! It was one of my top reads in August and one of the best books I’ve read all year.
