{"id":27660,"date":"2021-09-28T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=27660"},"modified":"2022-10-16T04:24:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T04:24:00","slug":"review-the-love-hypothesis-by-ali-hazelwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/28\/review-the-love-hypothesis-by-ali-hazelwood\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f  The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-27660\" data-postid=\"27660\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-27660 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_bbbcac8 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_49667e8 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7036296 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/the-love-hypothesis-ali-hazelwood.jpg?resize=333%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-29200\" title=\"the-love-hypothesis-ali-hazelwood\" alt=\"the-love-hypothesis-ali-hazelwood\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/the-love-hypothesis-ali-hazelwood.jpg?w=333&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/the-love-hypothesis-ali-hazelwood.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/the-love-hypothesis-ali-hazelwood.jpg?resize=400%2C600&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a1982ef customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman&#8217;s carefully calculated theories on love into chaos.<\/strong><\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn&#8217;t believe in lasting romantic relationships&#8211;but her best friend does, and that&#8217;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.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor&#8211;and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford&#8217;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&#8217;s career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding&#8230;six-pack abs.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">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.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_23787e9 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2d1ea91  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25879 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-top-pick-banner-1.png?resize=296%2C72\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> Sep 14, 2021<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $9.99<\/p><hr \/><p><br \/><br \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Olive<\/strong> is committed to trying to convince her friend that romance is an illusion. Her entire life she has been by herself. She is an orphan who buried herself in her books. Now as a biologist, she focuses on her research projects.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Olive recently breaks up with her boyfriend and her friend thinks she is still hung up over him. She just doesn\u2019t buy into the whole love thing. Being the brainy scientist that she is, she has to prove everyone wrong so she kisses Adam in the hallway in front of everyone.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Adam<\/strong> is shocked but he goes along with it. He will pretend to have something going on with Olive. He needs funding for his own research and this seems beneficial to him. The only hiccup is that neither party expects to really like each other.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You ever just decide to pick up a book on a whim to find out it is a real gem? Well, that is what happed with The Love Hypothesis. I fell for the nerdy romance hard. However, there is just one thing that took away from the story\u2026the repetitive misunderstandings. Yes, it did provide for angst but too many can become boring.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite that, I really enjoyed this book. The chemistry between Adam and Olive is really off the charts. The whole nerdy talk which didn\u2019t deter me and sexual tension kept me interested all throughout the story. The sex scenes were smoking hot.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The secondary characters added a buffer for when Olive and Adam started to bicker too much. Olive shows her growth as she stood up for herself. Being a woman in the science field is not an easy task. Adam finally let his walls down and he is not such a jerk face. He is the perfect man for Olive.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The humor, writing style and fast pace of the story all makes for the perfect rom-com. 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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.<br \/><br \/>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.<br \/><br \/>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.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-top-pick-banner-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> Sep 14, 2021<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $9.99<\/p><hr \/><p><br \/><br \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Olive<\/strong> is committed to trying to convince her friend that romance is an illusion. Her entire life she has been by herself. She is an orphan who buried herself in her books. Now as a biologist, she focuses on her research projects.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Olive recently breaks up with her boyfriend and her friend thinks she is still hung up over him. She just doesn\u2019t buy into the whole love thing. Being the brainy scientist that she is, she has to prove everyone wrong so she kisses Adam in the hallway in front of everyone.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Adam<\/strong> is shocked but he goes along with it. He will pretend to have something going on with Olive. He needs funding for his own research and this seems beneficial to him. The only hiccup is that neither party expects to really like each other.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You ever just decide to pick up a book on a whim to find out it is a real gem? Well, that is what happed with The Love Hypothesis. I fell for the nerdy romance hard. However, there is just one thing that took away from the story\u2026the repetitive misunderstandings. Yes, it did provide for angst but too many can become boring.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite that, I really enjoyed this book. The chemistry between Adam and Olive is really off the charts. The whole nerdy talk which didn\u2019t deter me and sexual tension kept me interested all throughout the story. The sex scenes were smoking hot.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The secondary characters added a buffer for when Olive and Adam started to bicker too much. Olive shows her growth as she stood up for herself. Being a woman in the science field is not an easy task. Adam finally let his walls down and he is not such a jerk face. He is the perfect man for Olive.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The humor, writing style and fast pace of the story all makes for the perfect rom-com. 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