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The Love Hypothesis

The Love Hypothesis

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  • Create Date：2021-09-05 10:51:04
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  • Author：Ali Hazelwood
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Summary

When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction， it throws one woman's carefully calculated theories on love into chaos。

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。

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Reviews

Sydney ，

this book had me going insane， it is perfect

Jordyn Royal ，

5 FREAKING STARS！！！！！ This was so good and it was so cute！ Seriously one of my new favorite books， I'm so obsessed！ Olive and Adam's relationship was amazing， and I mean come on， who DOESN'T love a good fake dating trope？！ AND CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE SPICE？！ I honestly went into this book thinking it wasn't going to be spicy and more fade to black BUT BOY WAS I WRONG。 Thai is one book I will never stop raving about 🤍 5 FREAKING STARS！！！！！ This was so good and it was so cute！ Seriously one of my new favorite books， I'm so obsessed！ Olive and Adam's relationship was amazing， and I mean come on， who DOESN'T love a good fake dating trope？！ AND CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE SPICE？！ I honestly went into this book thinking it wasn't going to be spicy and more fade to black BUT BOY WAS I WRONG。 Thai is one book I will never stop raving about 🤍 。。。more

Eva B。 ，

Excited for this one， but also lowkey nervous since this is the first published fanfic book that I’m reading where I’m in the fandom it’s based on O。O

Haley ，

I LOVED THIS BOOK！！ If you liked The Hating Game， you will LOVE this story。 I just wish it could have been longer！

❀ Rose ❀ ，

No because I’ve literally been seeing this everywhere and now you’re telling me that it’s not even out yet and that I have to wait another ten days to be able to read it？ HOW IS THAT FAIR

chan ☆ ，

for a book about science there was some dubious physics at play （see: hero fitting heroine’s entire boob in mouth）this was cute though。 heroine did irritate me at times but i’m a curmudgeon when it comes to quirky heroines。 she did stand up for herself in the end though and despite the aforementioned whole boob snafu， the sex was 🔥

Caroline ，

Cute as a button - love a nerdy couple， love a brooding intellectual， love the fake couple tropeRead it in one sitting *chefs kiss*

mina reads™️ ，

3。5 starsSo cute。 Perfect for grumpy x sunshine trope enthusiasts

Shiv ，

I’ve tried so many popular romance authors - Christina Lauren， Talia Hibbert， Casey McQuiston， etc。 I was convinced reading romance just wasn’t for me。 Decided to give this one a try in my book of the month club box since it was so highly rated and I devoured it in less than a day。 So fun and not cringey at all！

Angelina ，

Full of nerdy cuteness！

Lynn ，

4。5 STARSOlive Smith has devoted everything to attaining a biology Ph。D at Stanford not for the academic glory， such as it is or is not， but because of a life alternating event that she wants to find a method for early diagnosis。 Olive has a hard time living in the cut throat world of those striving to attain the golden ticket。 Olive has two friends who are very important to her and when one of them， Anh， needs a boost to date Olive’s former boyfriend， Olive takes one for the team and ambush kis 4。5 STARSOlive Smith has devoted everything to attaining a biology Ph。D at Stanford not for the academic glory， such as it is or is not， but because of a life alternating event that she wants to find a method for early diagnosis。 Olive has a hard time living in the cut throat world of those striving to attain the golden ticket。 Olive has two friends who are very important to her and when one of them， Anh， needs a boost to date Olive’s former boyfriend， Olive takes one for the team and ambush kisses none other than wunderkind Dr。 Adam Carlsen， a man whom many students fear and even hate。 Olive can’t believe she put her academic career on the line with that crazy outburst。 She is even more surprised when Adam agrees to go along with the subterfuge to be her fake boyfriend。 Olive is amazed at how her lowly 3rd year grad student cred takes a big leap when the gossip machine hits campus。 She finds much of the attention cringeworthy but is determined to keep up the ploy。 It is no big surprise when late along in this very slow burn romance， fiction becomes more like fact。 Adam Carlsen is something of a dark， broody enigma to Olive and his students as well。 He seems oddly taken with Olive’s quirky sense of humor， non-sequiturs， and abysmal taste in nauseating， at least to him， Starbucks faux coffee drinks。 Adam has time and energy only for his work， but as Olive begins to get hints that there is more to him that all work and no play， she sees in him emotions that no one else has because of his prickly exterior。 When Olive’s career looks to be in jeopardy， Adam steps up offering a support than amazes Olive especially since she has trouble with honesty around him when it comes to her true feelings。 Although their whole relationship is based on a lie， initially， Olive’s continual prevarications about her feelings for Adam drag the story at times。 Anyone familiar with graduates studies will know that grad students are treated like mushrooms: they live in caves and are fed…unpleasant things。 Ms。 Hazelwood has done a fine job of exemplifying that life in the rarefied air， male dominated world of teaching and research at a well renown school。 The combination of women’s fiction， rom-com， and STEM works very well in this engaging， enjoyable， and for the most part， well written book。 。。。more

Cassie ，

4。5So much fun in the tropiest， angstiest way

Sarah ，

I'm only adding this to my TBR because the cover looks like some kind of AU Reylo story and I am here for it。 I'm only adding this to my TBR because the cover looks like some kind of AU Reylo story and I am here for it。 。。。more

Bailee ，

Fun romance read AND personalized medicine？ Sign me up！！

Renata Martínez Cuesta ，

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pauline ，

It is IMPOSSIBLE and downright HORRIBLE for this book to get anything under a 5 star rating 💀ITS SOOOO FUCKING GOOD and I’m in such a hangover now i literally do not know what to do with myself。Start to finish HOLY SHIT。 You’re hook line and sinker baby。Not one dry page here。Adam is one of the MOST WHOLESOME CHARACTERS IVE EVER READ Jesus Christ I’m so in love with this man。 And OLIVE？！？ My dedication to these two is downright unhealthy。I’ll ride hard for this book forever。 It goes down as one o It is IMPOSSIBLE and downright HORRIBLE for this book to get anything under a 5 star rating 💀ITS SOOOO FUCKING GOOD and I’m in such a hangover now i literally do not know what to do with myself。Start to finish HOLY SHIT。 You’re hook line and sinker baby。Not one dry page here。Adam is one of the MOST WHOLESOME CHARACTERS IVE EVER READ Jesus Christ I’m so in love with this man。 And OLIVE？！？ My dedication to these two is downright unhealthy。I’ll ride hard for this book forever。 It goes down as one of my top reads this year。SOOOO MANY GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS BOOK。The banter。The SPICE。 Wait on chapter 16 JUST WAIT ON IT！！！The friendships。ADAM BEING SCARED OF NEEDLES。Olive wrangling out an ice cream sandwich from him。HIM LETTING HER！！WOMEN。 IN。 SCIENCE。I was a weeee bit scared that the science talk would confuse me because science is definitely not my strongest subject but easy peasy。I’m just obsessed。 Rightfully so。This book is phenomenal and I REALLY REALLY need an Adam POV。 That epilogue was amazing。 The layout of the book is amazing。I’m thrilled about this。 Holy crap。 What else can I say to convince you…。 absolutely top notch。 。。。more

Kamery Solomon ，

I read this in one sitting！ It was EXACTLY the sweet， rom-com， adorable read I needed right now。 Loved the science aspect， found the characters adorable and appropriately obtuse to their true feelings， and the banter was phenomenal。 Highly recommend if you're looking for something that will give you a dopey grin that will last after you've finished reading 😊 I read this in one sitting！ It was EXACTLY the sweet， rom-com， adorable read I needed right now。 Loved the science aspect， found the characters adorable and appropriately obtuse to their true feelings， and the banter was phenomenal。 Highly recommend if you're looking for something that will give you a dopey grin that will last after you've finished reading 😊 。。。more

Camille ，

My favorite trope executed almost perfectly

Tiffany McCrary ，

Okay I loved this。 Start with a woman in STEM， add a fake dating trope with a sexy grumpy guy and you’re already well on the way to magic。 But this also adds delightful side characters， laugh out loud dialogue， and some steamy sexual tension。 There’s definitely some borderline power dynamics， but I do think the author tries to address them to avoid this getting into a creepy teacher student situation。

☕️Kimberly ，

Loved it。 Full RTC

Ashley Mayerich ，

Adorable romcom！ I love that a PhD in Neuroscience wrote this as well！ Stayed up past my bedtime time to read this in one evening。

Minna ，

Thank you to NetGalley， Berkley， and Ms。 Hazelwood for the opportunity to read and review an ARC of this title。 An honest review was requested but not required。Here's the deal:-I'm not a Reylo person。 So I really could care less about Kylo Ren and Rey supposedly making out in lab coats on the cover or whatever people think is happening there。 （Don't tell anyone but Adam Driver is not， repeat， not， my cup of tea。 ！ ）-The premise is， ok， it's a little ridiculous。 The original meet-cute？ The second Thank you to NetGalley， Berkley， and Ms。 Hazelwood for the opportunity to read and review an ARC of this title。 An honest review was requested but not required。Here's the deal:-I'm not a Reylo person。 So I really could care less about Kylo Ren and Rey supposedly making out in lab coats on the cover or whatever people think is happening there。 （Don't tell anyone but Adam Driver is not， repeat， not， my cup of tea。 ！ ）-The premise is， ok， it's a little ridiculous。 The original meet-cute？ The second （and extremely-over-the-top） meet-cute？ Yeah。 Uh-huh *rolls eyes*-The constant internal and eternal word-vomit coming from Olive， yes， I said it， the girl needs to take some deep breaths and meditate once in a while。-The miscommunications。 Abundant ones。 。。。 all of these things SHOULD HAVE conspired to create a book I read， rolled my eyes at now and then， and forgotten。 and yet。 AND YET。Instead， this: I didn't care。 I didn't care about the meet-cutes， I ignored Olive's blathering， I skipped past the lies and omissions and misunderstandings， because this book was AMAZING。 Amazing。 Olive is a twenty-something Canadian grad student （I think？） working in cancer research， with a truly unique study based on original work for which she's trying to find a better-equipped and funded lab。 In the course of a series of fairly silly miscommunications and dumb decisions， she ends up "fake dating" （I love that this trope is completely poked and prodded and ridiculed by Olive， who repeatedly teases Adam for not watching RomComs or knowing anything about it） Dr。 Adam Carlsen， a notoriously hard-assed Professor who is famous department-wide for being difficult， antagonistic， impossible to please， and irascible。 Watching Olive soften Adam， and Adam imbue Olive with confidence， was absolutely charming。 And it's abundantly clear that the author is VERY familiar with the world she's writing about。 I'm not that hip to the world of academia so I can't vouch for veracity but it seemed eminently believable to me。 Don't misplace the multichannel pipette！ lol。 Anyways。 The chemistry between Olive and Adam was palpable from the beginning， and by the conference， it was so steamy I was absolutely glued to my seat in suspense。 They were so freaking charming together I felt my grinchy little heart growing at least two sizes。 And， whoa， that scene in the hotel was so hot my contact lenses fogged up， LOL。It's not a perfect story， especially if you can't overcome the preposterousness of the beginning， but it was perfect for ME。 I've got a feeling I'll be revisiting Adam and Olive again soon。 To be honest I'll probably purchase a copy for my overcrowded book shelf， which should tell you something 。。。and I'll be on the lookout for anything Ms。 Hazelwood writes from now on。 。。。more

Jenna Lee ，

When he’s a smart doctor and threatens to kill someone for you 🥺

Melissa ，

Absolutely loved everything about this book。 I was captivated from page 1。 The writing in this book was phenomenal in my opinion。 It was witty， funny， sexy and made my heart flutter。 I laughed so much reading the banter between Olive and Adam。 Adam is the perfect broody and mysterious love interest with a heart of gold。 This is a fake dating trope that also involves sharing one bed 。。 hello？！ can it get any more perfect？ I loved the women in STEM representation and the ACE rep in this book。

Jessica Moro ，

I smiled from ear to ear reading this book。 Plenty of lols too。 Working in academia I understood a lot of their frustrations and I loved how the departments were described。 Olive and Adam were an unlikely pairing but I loved the slow burn ， the banter， the slight smiles SWOON。 It was such a fun read from start to finish and one of the best books I’ve read all year。

Jess ，

I'll admit I went into this book with a slightly defeated attitude （I've been in a slump， you see）。 Much to my delight， however， the defeat promptly disappeared when I dove into this book。 I devoured it。 I loved every second。 This book started SO quickly and didn't let up at all。 First of all， I love a fake dating trope， and this one was done so well。 Adam and Olive's relationship progressed so well， and was full of delightfully awkward situations， witty banter， excellent tension， and a decent a I'll admit I went into this book with a slightly defeated attitude （I've been in a slump， you see）。 Much to my delight， however， the defeat promptly disappeared when I dove into this book。 I devoured it。 I loved every second。 This book started SO quickly and didn't let up at all。 First of all， I love a fake dating trope， and this one was done so well。 Adam and Olive's relationship progressed so well， and was full of delightfully awkward situations， witty banter， excellent tension， and a decent amount of plot outside of the main relationship。 I loved the academia setting and how it affected the course of our couple's relationship。 I think Hazelwood used the setting to their advantage and was able to address some real issues that come along with higher education - especially for women in STEM fields。Special shout out to Pumpkin spice。 Whether it was a PSL or weird Pumpkin bubble tea， the fall fave flavour was integral and it think did a great job of guiding Adam and Olive's relationship。 It was always there for them， through highs and lows。 A true friend。 And I just so happen to have read this book only days after Starbucks has brought PSL's out for the season -- I couldn't have planned this better。I giggled （Olive's awareness of the romance tropes she was currently living were *chef's kiss*）， I almost cried （because emotional stress and conflict makes me cry， even when it's fictional -- thanks mental health）， and I honestly didn't want it to end。 I can't wait to see what this author has next！*ARC courtesy of Berkley via Edelweiss 。。。more

Ashleigh ，

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood was such a delightful read。 I really loved Olive， the main character， as I felt that she was very relatable and likeable。 I could see people in their early twenties seeing themselves in her。 The plot of the novel was very well thought out and I really liked that the author hit upon the challenges that women face not in just STEM， but in the workplace as well。 I thought that the friendships between the characters felt authentic， and that the main relationship The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood was such a delightful read。 I really loved Olive， the main character， as I felt that she was very relatable and likeable。 I could see people in their early twenties seeing themselves in her。 The plot of the novel was very well thought out and I really liked that the author hit upon the challenges that women face not in just STEM， but in the workplace as well。 I thought that the friendships between the characters felt authentic， and that the main relationship was done in a way that was slightly unpredictable compared to the trope that it was based upon。 All in all， I think that this is a novel that people of all genders could enjoy！ 。。。more

katherine ，

I cant wait to read this。 it’s exactly what i pray for in my future yassss

Christy ，

Well that was perfect

Lilly Schmaltz ，

Olive is a third-year PhD candidate。 Her passion is science and she has no interest in relationships。 To ensure her best friend stops worrying about Olive’s non-existent love life， Olive kisses the first man she sees right when her best friend walks by。 Who is that man？ Only the famous and arrogant Dr。 Carlsen。 Surprisingly， the known lab tyrant agrees to fake date Olive and even support her when a science conference goes awry。 Can Olive continue the charade without actually falling in love？ As Olive is a third-year PhD candidate。 Her passion is science and she has no interest in relationships。 To ensure her best friend stops worrying about Olive’s non-existent love life， Olive kisses the first man she sees right when her best friend walks by。 Who is that man？ Only the famous and arrogant Dr。 Carlsen。 Surprisingly， the known lab tyrant agrees to fake date Olive and even support her when a science conference goes awry。 Can Olive continue the charade without actually falling in love？ As a graduate student in science， I was really excited about this book。 I definitely enjoyed seeing the dynamics of grad school on the page。 It was a nice change of pace having some snarky comments about the hell of academia and the long， unforgiving hours of working as a PhD student。 The fake-dating trope was done well and I liked the progression of Olive and Dr。 Carlsen’s relationship。 At times， it did feel a bit unrealistic。 The characters joke about this being a Title IX issue and in reality， it probably would be。 Even so， the plot worked and had me rooting for their relationship。 To me， this is the sign of a successful romance。 The side characters and the antagonist were also written well。 It was the climax of the story and plot twist that had me not enjoying the story as much。 There was some development leading up to what would jeopardize Olive and Dr。 Carlsen’s relationship， but it all happened very quickly and without much warning。 The resolution to it all worked out， but Olive was a bit frustrating as she grappled with what to do。 Overall， I really enjoyed this fake-dating romance。 It was a new spin on the concept that I haven’t seen before and very relevant to my current life as a graduate student。 I enjoyed the conversations about women and POC in STEM too and hope this will start some necessary conversations！ 。。。more

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