{"id":30298,"date":"2023-06-13T08:36:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T12:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=30298"},"modified":"2023-06-13T08:37:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T12:37:15","slug":"review-love-theoretically-by-ali-hazelwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/13\/review-love-theoretically-by-ali-hazelwood\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-30298\" data-postid=\"30298\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-30298 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_zij8333 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-narrow tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_2pe1333 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_tgj3333 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\/2023\/06\/love-theoretically-ali-hazelwood.jpeg?resize=333%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-30299\" title=\"love-theoretically-ali-hazelwood\" alt=\"love-theoretically-ali-hazelwood\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/love-theoretically-ali-hazelwood.jpeg?w=333&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/love-theoretically-ali-hazelwood.jpeg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/love-theoretically-ali-hazelwood.jpeg?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_9111333 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, she\u2019s an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading labs and teaching thermodynamics in the hopes of landing tenure. By\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">other<\/span>\u00a0day, Elsie makes up for her non-existent paycheck by offering her services as a fake girlfriend, tapping into her expertly honed people-pleasing skills to embody whichever version of herself the client needs.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Honestly, it\u2019s a pretty sweet gig\u2014until her carefully constructed Elsie-verse comes crashing down. Because Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and arrogant older brother of her favorite client, turns out to be the cold-hearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentor\u2019s career and undermined the reputation of theorists everywhere. And he\u2019s the same Jack Smith who rules over the physics department at MIT, standing right between Elsie and her dream job.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Elsie is prepared for an all-out war of scholarly sabotage but\u2026those long, penetrating looks? Not having to be anything other than her true self when she\u2019s with him? Will falling into an experimentalist\u2019s orbit finally tempt her to put her most guarded theories on love into practice?<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_gud7333 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_hmx9333  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-16467 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3_5-hearts-1.jpg?resize=146%2C44&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jun 13, 2023<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Scorching<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $10.99<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Elsie<\/strong> has struggled a bit in life. She is pursuing her dream job at MIT&#8217;s physics department. In the meantime, she is working as an adjunct professor and a fake dater to pay the bills. I found the whole fake dater to be rather interesting. She is an all-around good girl, except she is just too much of a people pleaser.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">With her sights on the dream job, she narrows in on <strong>Jack<\/strong>, the head of the physics department. He destroyed her mentor\u2019s career and is the brother of her favorite client. How is she supposed to go up against him? He has the ability to grant or dash away her dreams. Elsie is determined not to go out without a fight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Jack did not know Elsie was working at MIT. He has no plans on giving her the position but the more time he spends around her, the more he realizes that who he thought she was, in the beginning, a complete fa\u00e7ade. In fact, he is enjoying getting to know the real Elsie.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">I came into thinking it may be a miss. I\u2019m not going to lie. I have had a few misses by the author, but she did manage to lure me right in this time. I\u2019m so glad to have read this enemies-to-lovers STEM romance. The two characters rub each other wrong but have such strong chemistry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Jack comes around way longer quicker than Elsie as she held onto resentment for what transpired between him and her mentor. I really disliked the whole mentor ploy because it was a very weak attempt to create angst between them. At that point, it really didn\u2019t hold weight and made Elsie appear childish at times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overall, I recommend <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Samantha<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_hz5y333 customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3CriwtR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3p8SCb7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/love-theoretically-ali-hazelwood\/1142531371?ean=9780593336878\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/love-theoretically\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Ali_Hazelwood_Love_Theoretically?id=hI6VEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. 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By day, she\u2019s an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading labs and teaching thermodynamics in the hopes of landing tenure. By\u00a0other\u00a0day, Elsie makes up for her non-existent paycheck by offering her services as a fake girlfriend, tapping into her expertly honed people-pleasing skills to embody whichever version of herself the client needs.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Honestly, it\u2019s a pretty sweet gig\u2014until her carefully constructed Elsie-verse comes crashing down. Because Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and arrogant older brother of her favorite client, turns out to be the cold-hearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentor\u2019s career and undermined the reputation of theorists everywhere. And he\u2019s the same Jack Smith who rules over the physics department at MIT, standing right between Elsie and her dream job.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Elsie is prepared for an all-out war of scholarly sabotage but\u2026those long, penetrating looks? Not having to be anything other than her true self when she\u2019s with him? Will falling into an experimentalist\u2019s orbit finally tempt her to put her most guarded theories on love into practice?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3_5-hearts-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p> <hr \/> <p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jun 13, 2023<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Scorching<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $10.99<\/p> <hr \/> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Elsie<\/strong> has struggled a bit in life. She is pursuing her dream job at MIT's physics department. In the meantime, she is working as an adjunct professor and a fake dater to pay the bills. I found the whole fake dater to be rather interesting. She is an all-around good girl, except she is just too much of a people pleaser.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">With her sights on the dream job, she narrows in on <strong>Jack<\/strong>, the head of the physics department. He destroyed her mentor\u2019s career and is the brother of her favorite client. How is she supposed to go up against him? He has the ability to grant or dash away her dreams. Elsie is determined not to go out without a fight.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Jack did not know Elsie was working at MIT. He has no plans on giving her the position but the more time he spends around her, the more he realizes that who he thought she was, in the beginning, a complete fa\u00e7ade. In fact, he is enjoying getting to know the real Elsie.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">I came into thinking it may be a miss. I\u2019m not going to lie. I have had a few misses by the author, but she did manage to lure me right in this time. I\u2019m so glad to have read this enemies-to-lovers STEM romance. The two characters rub each other wrong but have such strong chemistry.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Jack comes around way longer quicker than Elsie as she held onto resentment for what transpired between him and her mentor. I really disliked the whole mentor ploy because it was a very weak attempt to create angst between them. At that point, it really didn\u2019t hold weight and made Elsie appear childish at times.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Overall, I recommend <\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Samantha<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3CriwtR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3p8SCb7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/love-theoretically-ali-hazelwood\/1142531371?ean=9780593336878\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/love-theoretically\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Ali_Hazelwood_Love_Theoretically?id=hI6VEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30298"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30304,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30298\/revisions\/30304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}