Love on the Brain
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- Author：Ali Hazelwood
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Reviews
Priscila
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Como não correr para ler o próximo livro da autora de A Hipótese do Amor？ Eu não sei vocês， mas eu não só corri， como consegui ler antes do lançamento através de uma cópia antecipada cedida pela editora Penguin Random House， a quem agradeço imensamene， em troca dessa resenha honesta。Bee é uma neurocientista renomada que trabalha para um babaca。 Quando lhe é oferecido uma oportunidade de trabalhar em um projeto na NASA， nada parece mais tentador， até que Bee dscobre que terá que co-liderar o prej Como não correr para ler o próximo livro da autora de A Hipótese do Amor？ Eu não sei vocês， mas eu não só corri， como consegui ler antes do lançamento através de uma cópia antecipada cedida pela editora Penguin Random House， a quem agradeço imensamene， em troca dessa resenha honesta。Bee é uma neurocientista renomada que trabalha para um babaca。 Quando lhe é oferecido uma oportunidade de trabalhar em um projeto na NASA， nada parece mais tentador， até que Bee dscobre que terá que co-liderar o prejeto com Levi Ward， um ex-colega que é engenheiro e que deixou claro em diversas ocasiões que não a suporta。 A questão é bem fácil: o que Marie Curie faria？ Nesse caso a resposta seria trabalhar com o máximo empenho paa provar a todos que ela é uma neurocientista foda。 Acontece que Levi nunca odiou Bee， o que ele sente por ela é muito diferente， mas uma série de acontecimentos deram essa impressão e enquanto Levi tenta mostrar a Bee que não é tão ruim assim， tem alguém tentando sabotar o projeto deles。Como lidar com essa autora que juntou apenas tudo que eu mais amo em um livro mais uma vez？ Ciência， enemies to lovers， o boy se apaixona primeiro e STAR WARS？ Eu tô completamente rendida！！！ Bee tem um problema com oermanência， que se originou em sua infância depois da morte dos pais e culminou no péssimo relacionamento que teve com Tim。 Eu nem preciso dizer que ela é completamente apaixonada por ciência e isso a mantem muito ocupada。 Quando ela começa a conviver com Levi as coisas vão se distanciando do que ela esperava， no começo eu realmente achei que ele fosse um babaca， mas o pobi só era atrapalhado mesmo。E como eu falei， Levi tem um grande problema de comunicação， as vezes parece que ele pensa uma coisa que faz perfeito sentido só na cabeça dele e vai lá e dá tudo errado e isso proporciona gargalhadas do começo ao fim da leitura。Claro que temos cenas mais hots entre os dois e vou te contar que esse nerd cientista tem um fogo。 Quando eles começam a se pegar meu deus que cenas maravilhosas。Para além do romance a autora abordou assuntos importantes como várias situações de machismo na academia， que eu confeso já passei por algumas， e olha que nem sou da área consderada mais masculina。 A autora abordou isso através de um perfil que a personagem tem no twitter e foi muito legal ver como ela construiu esse assunto para além do romance entre Bee e Levi。love On The Brain vai ser lançado nos EUA dia 23 e já teve seus direitos comprados por uma editora brasileira， obrigada Editora Arqueiro！ 。。。more
Amy （TheSouthernGirlReads）
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Thank you to Libro。fm for my review audio title。 All opinions are my own。Hmmmmm。 Where do I start？ I adored The Love Hypothesis。 This one。 It let me down if we are being honest。 I just didn't connect like I wanted to。 Couple problematic things for me。I did not feel like the chemistry even existed until about 65% in。 That is too long for me to want to see these characters together。The chemistry was okay。 I did not feel the love。Overall。 I just felt like it was okay。 I didn't put it down， so that' Thank you to Libro。fm for my review audio title。 All opinions are my own。Hmmmmm。 Where do I start？ I adored The Love Hypothesis。 This one。 It let me down if we are being honest。 I just didn't connect like I wanted to。 Couple problematic things for me。I did not feel like the chemistry even existed until about 65% in。 That is too long for me to want to see these characters together。The chemistry was okay。 I did not feel the love。Overall。 I just felt like it was okay。 I didn't put it down， so that's a plus。 It just didn't work for me。 。。。more
Lindsay
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3。5？ Still waffling on a rating。
Thomas
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Entire first 110 pages of this book: Bee: Why do you hate me？Levi: I don't hate you。Bee: You don't have to pretend。 I'm so qUiRkY and cOlOrFuL and you hAtE me。 Levi: I don't hate you。Bee: I get that you hate me but can we try to work together anyways？ Levi: I don't hate you。 Bee: Oh nooo you hate meEeEeEeEtfityefaluyrjfga;hriwglh;iwrugfhil Entire first 110 pages of this book: Bee: Why do you hate me？Levi: I don't hate you。Bee: You don't have to pretend。 I'm so qUiRkY and cOlOrFuL and you hAtE me。 Levi: I don't hate you。Bee: I get that you hate me but can we try to work together anyways？ Levi: I don't hate you。 Bee: Oh nooo you hate meEeEeEeEtfityefaluyrjfga;hriwglh;iwrugfhil 。。。more
Kista
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Review to come
i_hype_romance Andrea Jenelle
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I have been dying to read this book since I finished The Love Hypothesis last year。 It was everything I wanted wrapped up in a sexy lab coat and a man who can accomplish a fireman's carry without even breaking a sweat。 Levi was Marie's nemesis and the bane of her existence in grad school。 He looked at her like she was a roach crawling across his shoe， or the fifty day old decaying banana peel lying in the middle of the sidewalk。 She never understood his animosity， she just figured she had an int I have been dying to read this book since I finished The Love Hypothesis last year。 It was everything I wanted wrapped up in a sexy lab coat and a man who can accomplish a fireman's carry without even breaking a sweat。 Levi was Marie's nemesis and the bane of her existence in grad school。 He looked at her like she was a roach crawling across his shoe， or the fifty day old decaying banana peel lying in the middle of the sidewalk。 She never understood his animosity， she just figured she had an intrinsic quality that triggered his loathing。 Grad school is in the past， and Marie is laboring in a sea of research mediocrity。 She doesn't think she'll ever be able to flex her intellectual muscles because she's under the thumb of a cis-het bureaucrat who has made it abundantly clear he doesn't condone the idea of women in the field of scientific research。 When an opportunity arises to collaborate with NASA on a project that is in her chosen area of expertise， it's a golden window of opportunity。 Marie is full of hope and optimism。 And then she finds out who her co-collaborator will be。 It's her undeclared arch-nemesis。 The man who makes her squirm in discomfort， drool over biceps that don't belong on a nerd， and want to embrace her flight instinct。 He avoids her at every turn， converses with her in monosyllabic responses with an impatient undertone， and doesn't give her the equipment she needs to do her job。What Marie doesn't know about the way Levi truly feels could sink the Titanic with its weight。 He's a man who has been pining for years。 This was a wonderful steminist romance with a strong friend base， a fierce heroine， a loyal hero， and steam and longing that will melt your socks。 （And your underwear）。 Deserving of all the hype and well worth the wait！！！！A huge thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more
Carole Tossman
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This was a good balance of fun and heat。 Even though I found certain aspects of the story completely unsurprising， I was thoroughly entertained throughout。 Bee is feisty and funny and Levi is swoon-worthy， which is not a term I ever use。 Thank you to Netgalley for the e-arc。
Pierre Jennaoui （pierrereads）
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4。5*Holy shit did this book blow my mind to pieces and I thanked it for doing so！I'll be the first to admit that The Love Hypothesis was genuinely not good， at least for me and if you loved it then good for you sis no tea no shade I'm happy for you！Now that the legal part of this review is over， let's get back to it lol。As I was saying， I really didn't like her first book and I've heard some really negative things about her novellas so naturally， I was hesitant to actually spend money and get he 4。5*Holy shit did this book blow my mind to pieces and I thanked it for doing so！I'll be the first to admit that The Love Hypothesis was genuinely not good， at least for me and if you loved it then good for you sis no tea no shade I'm happy for you！Now that the legal part of this review is over， let's get back to it lol。As I was saying， I really didn't like her first book and I've heard some really negative things about her novellas so naturally， I was hesitant to actually spend money and get her sophomore title。In comes Penguin Random House International， to whom I owe my thanks for sending me the e-ARC of Love On The Brain！！I thought they had saved me the money I'd have spent on this book， but as you can clearly see from the rating I gave it that I loved the shit out of this book and will proceed to pay for my preorder！I'm not going to do an extremely long review overanalyzing a romance book but I will do a loved and didn't love section！Kicking things off with the things I absolutely ADORED about this book:。 Bee was an absolutely wonderful main character！ Fun as fuck， relatable， genuinely unique personality and looks wise compared to the regular main characters in romance， hilarious with a truly wonderful sense of humor， she just had all the elements you're looking for in a main character of a romance novel and for that I am most appreciative！。 Levi on the other hand。。。 Was absolutely fucking MARVELOUS！ A GLORIOUS love interest that gave me everything I could've possibly needed and then some。 Socially awkward， with some mental health issues that he's worked through in therapy like a grown ass man who knows what's up， incredibly caring， a dashing hero that is always there for our main girl Bee whenever， and however （wink wink） she needs him。 I loved him。。 I also loved Bee and Levi as a couple， simply because they shared a lot of things in common， from them both being vegan to pop culture shit， idk they just clicked and I loved them together。Thei chemistry was explosive， and you could just FEEL the love Levi has for Bee， even though she spends the majority of the book being a blind ass bitch and not noticing that。。 I loved how this book did the thing that The Gravity of Us tried but failed to do。 It gave us a book where the main plot is the romance， with NASA and space and the science shit as the background setting， which is why this book was so successful in my humble opinion， meanwhile the other one did the reverse， basically。。 The chapter titles。。 The side characters were hella enjoyable， both the assholes who Bee works with/for and the wonderfully fun side characters like Rocio who is a BREAKOUT star of the book！ I absolutely loved Rocio with all her quirks and the shit she says to make you feel uneasy， in a way？ Also， her sapphic relationship was very fun as well。。 This book was so fucking romantic？！？！？！？！ Like what？！ There were monologues here that were so romantic that I literally swooned and got teary eyed over them， especially the one where Schmac is telling Marie about his girl。。 （SPOILER！！！！！） I fucking loved the hidden identity trope here， since it was used extremely well and only added another level of drama and romance to the story since we clearly know right from the start who the fuck Schmac is。。 The use of Twitter and other social media shit felt very well-done， organic and not at all forced like it usually does。。 The sex scenes were FILTHY！ FUCKING FILTHY and I LOVED them！Bravo， Ms Ali Hazelwood。。 I shockingly liked how the third act conflict worked out， since it felt genuine and came from a place of insecurity and hopelesness。。 The last 10% of this book。。。 A THRILLER TWIST？！？！？！？！ Holy fucking shit， it's like she thought she hadn't done enough and decided to throw us a thriller moment and it was GLORIOUS！Now， I shall take a deep breath， because that was a lot， before talking about the things I didn't like about this book:。 Unfortunately， it feels like Ali Hazelwood has a giant men with tiny women fetish because， and I0ve been told it's a thing in the 3 novellas as well， she just does that trope， if we can even call it a trope， in every single book of hers and it's getting real boring real fast。I can understand that big men exist， I'm 6'6 so I get it， but when his dick is so big that it doesn't fit her vagaygay nor her mouth without needing to resort to some contortionist shit， you know it's a problem。Or when， and this is a line from the book， his hand is so big that it spans HER ENTIRE RIBCAGE， it's definitely a problem because what in the actual fuck？I sincerely hope she'll knock it off with that shit in the future because it's not good。。 I didn't like how Bee was very much too blind to see that Levi is actually into her， even after he explained every single awkward encounter they've ever had。Like before that， I could understand it because he always came across as an asshole， but even after explaining it all to her she kept acting like he hates her and doesn't want her。Wake up sis， you're a doctor and you're definitely smart enough to get it。That's basically it！I adored this book with all my heart and I strongly， strongly recommend it to y'all！ 。。。more
Mica
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" I can give you nice。 I can give you better than nice。 I can give you everything。" He smiles at me， full of hope。 "You don't even have to admit to yourself that you love me ， Bee。 God knows I love you enough for the both of us。 But I need you to stay。 I need you to stick around。 Not in Houston， if you don't want to。 I'll follow you ， if you ask me to。" I just going to leave this here 😭😭😭😭😭😭I read this book in one sitting， and let me tell you this， ALI DID IT AGAIN！！ You are ready for Levi Ward " I can give you nice。 I can give you better than nice。 I can give you everything。" He smiles at me， full of hope。 "You don't even have to admit to yourself that you love me ， Bee。 God knows I love you enough for the both of us。 But I need you to stay。 I need you to stick around。 Not in Houston， if you don't want to。 I'll follow you ， if you ask me to。" I just going to leave this here 😭😭😭😭😭😭I read this book in one sitting， and let me tell you this， ALI DID IT AGAIN！！ You are ready for Levi Ward。 Full review soon after I collect myself 🤭 。。。more
Kat
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A huge thank you to the publisher for an ARC！*Note: this is an HONEST SPOILER FREE REVIEW* “I want to buy her flowers， food， books。 I want to hold her hand， and I want to lock her in my bedroom。 She’s everything I ever wanted and I want to inject her into my veins and also to never see her again。 There’s nothing like her and these feelings， they are fucking intolerable。 They were half-asleep while she was gone， but now she’s here and…I don’t know what to do…There’s nothing I can do。”My rating A huge thank you to the publisher for an ARC！*Note: this is an HONEST SPOILER FREE REVIEW* “I want to buy her flowers， food， books。 I want to hold her hand， and I want to lock her in my bedroom。 She’s everything I ever wanted and I want to inject her into my veins and also to never see her again。 There’s nothing like her and these feelings， they are fucking intolerable。 They were half-asleep while she was gone， but now she’s here and…I don’t know what to do…There’s nothing I can do。”My rating: 4。5/5 ⭐️Let’s start off with a classic ‘oh， my， god’ and squeal。 Because *oh my gosh* this book， but also more specifically， Levi freaking Ward。 Love you Adam Carlsen， but Levi’s my baby daddy now。If I counted how many times I screamed into my pillow while reading Love on the Brain by our lovely Ali Hazelwood， you would think I’m crazy。 I wish I had the proper words to articulate all my feelings right now。 I mean women in STEM （heck yeah！！！）， a 6’4 softie （thank you， Ali， for giving an exact measurement）， nemeses/enemies to lovers （but let’s be real， we all know he was in love by day one）， workplace romance， cat lovers， humor + banter， a super relatable main character， LGBTQIA+ rep， and spicy spice – what’s not to love？First， I want to take a second to talk about Bee。 Her vibrance， resilience， passion， humor， and awesome sense of style （love the piercings and pink/purple hair）。 Bee has undoubtedly gone through a lot， but somehow she always persevered and pushed for her goals in neuroscience， no matter how crumpled she felt inside。 I admire her for that。 Also， she’s not a morning person （I’m not either） so heck yeah。 Before I become a raging simp and lose sight of everything unrelated to Levi， I should probably say this first。 As you all have probably guessed， per usual Ali addresses some important， and much needed to be discussed， topics throughout this story。 Not only does she carry on her discussion about the importance of women in STEM and the inequality they face， she writes about the severity of loss， betrayal， illness， family dynamics， toxicity， misogyny， and the importance of therapy。 All things that should be talked about more often in books （especially romance/rom coms） and society today。 Everything writes itself nicely into the plot and the characters。 Okay， now cue all the drooling emojis。 When I tell you my heart goes soft for Levi every time I merely think about him *sobs*。 God， that boy could crush my dreams and aspirations with those green eyes of his and I’d still be madly in love。 What does that say about me？ I don’t know， but probably something along the lines of I’m totally not wrong。 We love men written by women who are kind， patient， hard working， dedicated， working on themselves， and willing to play the long game for the long haul。 The way he has always been painfully in love with Bee makes my heart melt。 Not going to lie， just thinking about it makes me want to cry。 I can’t remember the last time I read about a hero this painfully soft for his heroine *sobs intensify*。 And before I finally end this essay （whoopsies）， I have a confession…I am not a huge fan of “pop culture/modern day” references in books。 I’m sorry， they make me cringe…a lot。 So， did I absolutely hate TikTok being mentioned throughout the book？ …yes x100。 Did I cringe at a fair amount of the writing？ …maybe。 But， Levi and Bee made it all worth it :DWith that being said， I can’t talk about much more without spilling all the beans， but I definitely encourage everyone to give this book a try when it’s released。 Like I better see you booking it to your local bookstore。 I hope all of you find something inspiring and encouraging from this story。booktok: katsxlibrarybookstagram: day_dreamer394 。。。more
Sandra （bookishoxygen）
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Yay！ Love on the Brain， another book by Ali Hazelwood。Love on the Brain is about Bee， a neuroscientist who gets the chance to work at NASA and lead a team that will create a helmet for astronauts， which is awesome！ She’s really hoping it will help her career-wise too and very enthousiastic about it。 But then。。 she finds out she wont be leading alone， she’ll be co-leaders with Levi Ward。 Her grad school archnemesis。 😏I had a great time reading Love on the Brain （LOTB）。 I would say LOTB is quite s Yay！ Love on the Brain， another book by Ali Hazelwood。Love on the Brain is about Bee， a neuroscientist who gets the chance to work at NASA and lead a team that will create a helmet for astronauts， which is awesome！ She’s really hoping it will help her career-wise too and very enthousiastic about it。 But then。。 she finds out she wont be leading alone， she’ll be co-leaders with Levi Ward。 Her grad school archnemesis。 😏I had a great time reading Love on the Brain （LOTB）。 I would say LOTB is quite similar to The Love Hypothesis but that didn’t bother me at all。 I absolutely enjoyed the NASA-work setting with a neuroscientist and even though I was rubbish at science in high school and have since never tried to learn science-related stuff I thoroughly enjoyed the little facts and （neuro）science related work stuff Bee has to do。 I also love how LOTB， like Love Hypothesis， was interwoven with situations females and other marginalized groups struggle with in the science world。 Bee is quite awkward， funny and a bit childlike at times。 I wouldn’t say I loved her but she was definitely likable。 Bree does become a little repetitive as the story progresses and I feel she got stuck / in the “I should be alone”-phase way too long。Levi， the MMC， on the other hand is 100% book crush worthy！ I love a good broody， leader-like and protective MMC。 I did think he was an a-hole in the beginning 🤣， but I promise you it will get better。 A WHOLE lot better。 😏The only downsides to LOTB for me were the side characters， I didn’t care for them （especially Rocío， all her murder， dark and sarcsm stuff was quite annoying） and they felt flat。 Plus the ending felt rushed。 A lot happened in the last 30 or so pages and there was one cartoon like event that had me cringe a bit。But don’t let that scare you。 LOTB was a solid 4 stars and it has big reread value！ 。。。more
Christi | christireadsalot
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I read The Love Hypothesis last year before it blew up and got a lot of hype， and I thought it was an easy-to-get-into read that I liked， but didn’t love。 I went on to try the author’s STEMinist novellas and liked some of those better （some hits， some misses）。 Then I was sent an ARC from the publisher of Love on the Brain and read that。 I think the shorter novellas were kind of the perfect amount of what I wanted from this author。 If you loved and enjoyed The Love Hypothesis， this book will prob I read The Love Hypothesis last year before it blew up and got a lot of hype， and I thought it was an easy-to-get-into read that I liked， but didn’t love。 I went on to try the author’s STEMinist novellas and liked some of those better （some hits， some misses）。 Then I was sent an ARC from the publisher of Love on the Brain and read that。 I think the shorter novellas were kind of the perfect amount of what I wanted from this author。 If you loved and enjoyed The Love Hypothesis， this book will probably work for you。 I know TLH was first a fanfic， but I guess I didn’t realize that all of her other books/novellas would seem to be the same done over and over again。 I do wish we got different types of characters， different plots， different setup。 If you are the reader who loves the things she writes， then you’ll probably love this book。Bee has a Ph。D。 in neuroscience and finds out she’ll be co-lead investigator of BLINK， one of NASA’s most prestigious neuroengineering research projects。 But she has to share the lead with Levi， her nemesis since grad school。 During her free time she also runs one of the most popular and controversial accounts on Academic Twitter， that she started years ago with the struggles of being a woman in STEM。 There are parts of this book I enjoyed more than TLH and some I liked less。 The things that didn’t work for me: I wasn’t a fan of the entire work setup （honestly it kind of bored me）， the side characters/friends at work I wasn’t invested in， wish we had dual POV， and of course the miscommunication and how long it was drawn out （I just wanted them to stop talking over one another and realize sooner）。 It drove me nuts how long it was drawn out， how silly it was， and how easily it could have been resolved。The relationship between Bee and Levi， I did like！ I liked that while this story is told in POV from Bee only， we do sort of get a workaround of getting Levi’s thoughts since they have an online friendship together （although neither realizes they’re chatting together until the end） and he talks about Bee to Bee without realizing it。 I liked around the 50% mark when they start spending time together and realize they have things in common: sci-fi movies， cats， science， being vegan。 Levi I enjoyed more than Bee， I just wish we did see more of his dialogue or his POV would have helped。 Thank you to the publisher （Berkley） for an e-ARC via NetGalley。 All thoughts in this review are my own。 Love on the Brain is out August 23， 2022。 。。。more
Natalie （booknerdalie）
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Bee is a badass neuroscientist and STRONG women in STEM advocate， and she just got her dream job — a collaboration with NASA to engineer astronaut helmets。 However， securing the position was actually the easy part。 Now， she's forced to work with a sworn enemy from grad school， a creepy/rude boss breathing down her neck even from across the country， and mysterious things happening to her lab。 Let me start with: what a fun ride！ OK， I loved Bee's particular brand of quirky （to an extent） and the s Bee is a badass neuroscientist and STRONG women in STEM advocate， and she just got her dream job — a collaboration with NASA to engineer astronaut helmets。 However， securing the position was actually the easy part。 Now， she's forced to work with a sworn enemy from grad school， a creepy/rude boss breathing down her neck even from across the country， and mysterious things happening to her lab。 Let me start with: what a fun ride！ OK， I loved Bee's particular brand of quirky （to an extent） and the sexual tensions and miscommunications （to an extent） but I think my biggest issue with Ali Hazelwood's writing is it just goes a little *too* far。 Really pushing that line from funny and cute to "omg ok we get it。" And I FULLY recognize this is TOTALLY a me thing。 This "too much" thing is totally subjective， so absolutely take that into account。Some really fun banter and great characters and backstories — also really fab plot twist that intrigued me！ Also the :fire emoji: scenes （plural！！！！） were wayyyy better than the last book。 。。。more
Abbey
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In school you're either a maths person or an English person。Numbers， formulas， data: Not my thing。 Literature， culture， history: Much more my style。 For this reason and this reason only， I turned my nose up at Ali Hazelwood's novels， assuming that STEM theme would eat me alive。 I have never been more wrong。 Who would have thought that I would have been sat in my bedroom on a Saturday night， curling my toes and squealing at a love story about a neuroscientist and an engineer who bond over their n In school you're either a maths person or an English person。Numbers， formulas， data: Not my thing。 Literature， culture， history: Much more my style。 For this reason and this reason only， I turned my nose up at Ali Hazelwood's novels， assuming that STEM theme would eat me alive。 I have never been more wrong。 Who would have thought that I would have been sat in my bedroom on a Saturday night， curling my toes and squealing at a love story about a neuroscientist and an engineer who bond over their nerdiness？ Not me。 Ever。 But here I am。 I'm charmed。 By Bee's endearing， but also kind of stalkery， obsession with Marie Curie。 By Levi's broody persona that would crack at the sight of Bee's minor discomfort。 I'm charmed。This book， along with 'The Love Hypothesis' are by far my two favourite reads of the year。 I will now spend the next three months chasing the same high that Ali Hazelwood provided me through this absolute masterpiece。 WOOOOOO。 。。。more
Olivia
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4。5 stars on this one - I liked this more than the Love Hypothesis and thought it was super engaging， charming， funny & sexy。 It was （mostly） super predictable （with one twist I didn’t see coming！） but I was totally okay with knowing exactly where this book was going from the first chapter and I was in it for the whole ride。 Definitely recommend - just had a couple hangups that are personal dislikes， but did not stop me from enjoying。
Tessa
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Thank you so much to PHR International and NetGalley for the free e-ARC in exchange for an honest review！ 5/5 stars For fans of The Spanish Love Deception， You've Got Mail， and The Love Hypothesis， Ali Hazelwood delivers the most charming， engaging and steamy book of late summer。If there's one thing I love about Ali Hazelwood's books is that she found a good formula for a book （sunshine girl and sultry boy， when he falls first and she's oblivious）， and she RAN WITH IT。 She writes about smart wom Thank you so much to PHR International and NetGalley for the free e-ARC in exchange for an honest review！ 5/5 stars For fans of The Spanish Love Deception， You've Got Mail， and The Love Hypothesis， Ali Hazelwood delivers the most charming， engaging and steamy book of late summer。If there's one thing I love about Ali Hazelwood's books is that she found a good formula for a book （sunshine girl and sultry boy， when he falls first and she's oblivious）， and she RAN WITH IT。 She writes about smart women and kind men， and we all need books like that sometimes。I will say， the plot twists are SO predictable。 Honestly， even the final one。 Every secondary character has a very basic， two-dimensional personality。 It is cheesy， incredibly filthy at times， and you might cringe once orr twice。 Did this make me hate book？ No， it made me love it！All Ali Hazelwood's leading gents remind me of Adam Driver's Kylo Ren/Ben Solo。 There are TONS of Reylo references throuhout the book。 Only a true fan could catch even the most tame ones。 That "Join me？" one took me back to my fangirling-over-a-space-couple phase。 Bee was such a charismatic main character。 I never came across a character who faints as much as me。 She was such a delight， and brought such a funny main voice to the narrative。 A truly amazing book。 She did it again！ 。。。more
☕️Kimberly
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3。5 Full RTC
i_hype_romance Andrea Jenelle
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I loved this one more than TLH。 Blog feature and full review to come on release day。
Bushra
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Ok so I’ve read a lot of reviews saying that this book was really similar to The Love Hypothesis and tbh I didn’t feel the same？I actually felt that Love on the Brain was better than TLH in many ways， especially the tall/huge-short/tiny height trope （if there is one 😂） because it wasn’t mentioned as much in this one as it was in TLH。Story wise， I really enjoyed it a lot！ I felt that there was more substance in this one compared to TLH。 There were lots of predictable things happening but I love t Ok so I’ve read a lot of reviews saying that this book was really similar to The Love Hypothesis and tbh I didn’t feel the same？I actually felt that Love on the Brain was better than TLH in many ways， especially the tall/huge-short/tiny height trope （if there is one 😂） because it wasn’t mentioned as much in this one as it was in TLH。Story wise， I really enjoyed it a lot！ I felt that there was more substance in this one compared to TLH。 There were lots of predictable things happening but I love that because I like anticipating how it’ll play out， especially in RomComs！If we talk about humour， I’d say LotB was less funny compared to TLH but I still really loved whatever fun stuff we got！！Romance: It was super cute and I absolutely love both Levi and Bee！ 🫶🏻🥰Side characters were GEMS！ Adored every one （except that GUY） of them！！！FINAL RATING: 4。75 ⭐️ {Even without comparing it to The Love Hypothesis， I’d still love it quite a lot and it’d be part of my recommendations ☺️} 。。。more
Marissa
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Ali Hazelwood has done it again with yet another amazing and funny book。 I loved Bee cause she was not shy about who she was or how she became that way as well。 And Levi our shy， moody boy。 I love how he seemed genuinely confused by Bee like 90% of the time but still 100% in love with her。 The world of engineering and neuroengineering was so interesting to read about as well。 I love how Ali writes and all of story have strong， STEM females and are funny！
Mandy Williams
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This was a fun， light-hearted romp that I found to be very entertaining。 It's definitely a contemporary romance that I would read again， so that is a big endorsement from me。 I will say that I thoroughly enjoyed the fast wit that was employed， as I felt that it was very well done。 Occasionally I would find myself thinking， "Nobody talks like this 24/7。" And honestly， this book had memorable and quirky characters， which is great。。。but it also was a bit overdone to me。 I can safely compare this bo This was a fun， light-hearted romp that I found to be very entertaining。 It's definitely a contemporary romance that I would read again， so that is a big endorsement from me。 I will say that I thoroughly enjoyed the fast wit that was employed， as I felt that it was very well done。 Occasionally I would find myself thinking， "Nobody talks like this 24/7。" And honestly， this book had memorable and quirky characters， which is great。。。but it also was a bit overdone to me。 I can safely compare this book to the third Transformers movie - Transformers: Dark of the Moon。 Time to display the nerdy side here， folks。 So the movies are known for having quirky characters。 But that third movie， wow， it took eccentric characters to the next level。 If it is overdone， it becomes completely unrealistic， and I felt like that happened in this novel's case a bit。 Now， I really liked the characters。 I really did。 The premise behind the whole mortal enemy thing going on between Bee and Levi was ridiculous at times though。 I get that it was a huge part of the plot， but the "misunderstandings" were just annoying。 Nobody is going to continually react in the manner that Levi and particularly Bee do。。。and I am riddled with social anxiety。 It was just over-the-top， but hey， this is a fluffy and happy read。 I mean， sure， it induced a few eye rolls from me， but it wasn't enough to overpower the read on the whole。 I really liked the scientific background of this book， and honestly， now I kind of want to read The Love Hypothesis now， not gonna lie。 *adds that to my TBR list if it isn't already there*I will say this。 The sex scenes in this were great。 And not in the sense that they were so romantic or perfect。。。no， it was great because it was real。 And it was hot。 Just saying。 If you are into contemporary romance with sex scenes。。。I think this was the best I have read in recent memory。 But if you aren't a fan of rather explicit content in your contemporary romances。。。hmm， this one might not be for you。 Just a warning。 I personally thought the scenes were realistic and well done。 But everyone has different tastes regarding that。All in all， I give this novel a solid 4 stars。。。maybe 4。5。 I highly recommend it for fans of modern contemporary romance。 Thank you to Berkley Publishing Group and Goodreads for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more
Nat
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The feelings reading this: 😪👉🏽👌🏽🌶😩🥺🫶🏽🤌🏽
Laura （Bookie_mama_bear）
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Funny， warm， squishy， spicy & full of female power。 Absolutely loved it！
ElphaReads
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Thank you NetGalley for providing me with an eARC of this novel！Whenever I need a pick me up， Ali Hazelwood is pretty sure to deliver。 I like her contemporary romance novels that combine steamy romance with geeky layering， and the comfortable familiarity of a likable scientist heroine falling for someone she never expected is still enjoyable to me。 Therefore， I enjoyed my time with LOVE ON THE BRAIN， her newest STEM romance between two scientists。 It's going to be hard to top Olive and Adam， but Thank you NetGalley for providing me with an eARC of this novel！Whenever I need a pick me up， Ali Hazelwood is pretty sure to deliver。 I like her contemporary romance novels that combine steamy romance with geeky layering， and the comfortable familiarity of a likable scientist heroine falling for someone she never expected is still enjoyable to me。 Therefore， I enjoyed my time with LOVE ON THE BRAIN， her newest STEM romance between two scientists。 It's going to be hard to top Olive and Adam， but Bee and Levi have their own charms that made me like them and root for them。 True， I had to suspend my disbelief on some of the details， and true， a twist at the climax was a little farfetched and out of left field， upending the tone， but I'm really here for the cuteness and the fluff， and this one delivers that along with some pretty sexy moments。I enjoyed LOVE ON THE BRAIN。 Can't wait to see what's next。 。。。more
Alyssa Reads and Reads
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Love on the Brain is Ali Hazelwood’s long awaited follow up to The Love Hypothesis。 If you like scientists in love， quips， enemies to lovers， and years of pining， this book delivers。 Bee is a neuroscientist who works at NIH and is thrilled to be selected to co-lead an elite NASA project。 After all， work is her life and since she broke off her engagement， she doesn’t have anyone that will miss her while she relocates to Houston。 The catch is that her co-leader is Levi， her grad school nemesis。 Bu Love on the Brain is Ali Hazelwood’s long awaited follow up to The Love Hypothesis。 If you like scientists in love， quips， enemies to lovers， and years of pining， this book delivers。 Bee is a neuroscientist who works at NIH and is thrilled to be selected to co-lead an elite NASA project。 After all， work is her life and since she broke off her engagement， she doesn’t have anyone that will miss her while she relocates to Houston。 The catch is that her co-leader is Levi， her grad school nemesis。 But since they are both brilliant and committed to the project， it should be fine， right？ As Bee works more closely with Levi， he gradually upends everything she thought about their relationship。 This book includes enemies to lovers and lots of pining， which are huge pluses。 It also does a great job detailing the obstacles women in STEM face on a daily basis， even when they are just as qualified， or more so， than their male colleagues。 And， the snarky comments and banter are spot on。 There are a few plot points/mysteries that are painfully obvious from the beginning， but that didn’t hamper my enjoyment of the book。 What did bother me a bit was that Bee seems almost purposely obtuse sometimes。 While the reader could write it off as her being “book smart not people smart，” that doesn’t feel quite right。 She misses a few overt clues again and again。 Of course if she picked up on these details right away， the book’s conflict would be vastly different， so ultimately I’d say it’s fine。 Overall， this book was a thoroughly enjoyable romance with cool insights into the lives of women in STEM。 While The Love Hypothesis is still my favorite Ali Hazelwood book， Love on the Brain is worth reading。 I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book。 All thoughts and opinions are my own。 。。。more
Alannah Ní Fhailbhe
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Another fab book by Ali Hazelwood。 Not as much back and forth banter as the love hypothesis which i kinda missed， like i wish there was more twitter exchanges but sure！ but i did love their developing relationship。 I loved Penny interacting with Bee and trying to make her faint lol。 I loved the classic going away to a conference together。 Just lovely warm feelings as I read it in the space of a night。 I loved the Curie links too。 That girl was really always fainting but Levi was always there！！！ Another fab book by Ali Hazelwood。 Not as much back and forth banter as the love hypothesis which i kinda missed， like i wish there was more twitter exchanges but sure！ but i did love their developing relationship。 I loved Penny interacting with Bee and trying to make her faint lol。 I loved the classic going away to a conference together。 Just lovely warm feelings as I read it in the space of a night。 I loved the Curie links too。 That girl was really always fainting but Levi was always there！！！ I loved Levi’s messages about the mystery girl on twitter。 The GUN scene was all a bit random but sure it got us our happy ending。 。。。more
Linda
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Oh boy！ This one was just as good （hot） as The Love Hypothesis。 Ali Hazelwood may use some common tropes like they hate each other and then they love intensely， but it all works in this fun romance novel。 Am I alone in visualizing Adam Driver as the main male character？ Off to take a cold shower …
BookMadLibrarian
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So Ali Hazelwood has now become one of my auto-buy authors！ Love on the Brain follows Bee， a brilliant neuroscientist with an obsession for all things Marie Curie and cats。 She’s given the job of her dreams， to work on a ground-breaking helmet design for astronauts in NASA。 The only catch is that she has to co-lead with her college nemesis， Levi， who seems to have detested her from the minute he met Bee。 They end up spending a lot of time together and Bee soon realises they have more in common t So Ali Hazelwood has now become one of my auto-buy authors！ Love on the Brain follows Bee， a brilliant neuroscientist with an obsession for all things Marie Curie and cats。 She’s given the job of her dreams， to work on a ground-breaking helmet design for astronauts in NASA。 The only catch is that she has to co-lead with her college nemesis， Levi， who seems to have detested her from the minute he met Bee。 They end up spending a lot of time together and Bee soon realises they have more in common than she ever thought possible。I absolutely adored and devoured this book！ Talk about a page-turner！ I’m late to the Hazelwood fan club but now I get why everyone has been talking about her books。There are so many gems in this story- a brilliant female protagonist in STEM （check）， a number of female characters who aren’t afraid to fight their corner in the male-dominated world of science （check）， wit， sass， and humour （Bee serves it by the truckload！）， and a miscommunication trope that leads to an enemies to lovers slow-burn romance （check check check！）With a tall， dark and handsome genius male protagonist like Levi， we all want to be Bee！ Plenty of spice but also a story that you become so invested in。 I loved the sub-plot of the @whatwouldmariedo Twitter handle run anonymously by Bee。 The struggles of women in academia is highlighted here and something that happens all too frequently。Headstrong characters and fierce personalities， romance and humour- Love On The Brain has it all！Thanks NetGalley and publishers for the arc。 This review will be published in August 。。。more
Bethany Ainsworth
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Sooooo I bloody loved this book！ Dare I say even more than The Love Hypothesis？ （Thank you Netgalley for the eARC）Bee is just one of my favourite characters and so is her sister and so is her RA。 ALL the female characters are just *chefs kiss*。 Bee is so complex and witty that you just can’t help but love her and want the absolute best for her… which by the way is Levi。 Levi Levi Levi。 Can we just cut the crap and get married already？ Great， thanks。 Levi is now top of my list for favourite ficti Sooooo I bloody loved this book！ Dare I say even more than The Love Hypothesis？ （Thank you Netgalley for the eARC）Bee is just one of my favourite characters and so is her sister and so is her RA。 ALL the female characters are just *chefs kiss*。 Bee is so complex and witty that you just can’t help but love her and want the absolute best for her… which by the way is Levi。 Levi Levi Levi。 Can we just cut the crap and get married already？ Great， thanks。 Levi is now top of my list for favourite fictional （cry） men。 He’s so thoughtful it hurts， he’s so caring I want to cry， he’s so goddam sexy I melt。 HE DESERVES THE WHOLE UNIVERSE （stomps foot）。 The plot is everything I would want and more from a rom-com， intrigue， conversations on real topics that need to be talked about and put into more books， a big plot twist， crime， comedy （I laughed out loud so many times reading this） and spice。 Guys the spice in this is PHENOMENAL。 PHENOMENAL。 Levi you have ruined sex for me forever because it will not be with you *sigh*I didn’t love the whole “I don’t want to get attached because I’ll just get hurt” outlook Bee had but I do understand why she felt that way and it broke my heart。 Anywho， if you love romance， top tier spice， strong female leads， cats， sarcastic sidekicks， lgbt rep， an hilarious free loving twin， enemies to lovers， forced proximity and a hero who is beyond perfect then READ。 THIS。 BOOK。 。。。more
Lynn
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