Love on the Brain
From the bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis
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4.2 • 376 Ratings
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
'Your world is about to be rocked.' Elena Armas, author of The Spanish Love Deception
'Hopelessly, brilliantly, wonderfully romantic. I loved it even more than The Love Hypothesis, and I didn't think that was possible' Cressida McLaughlin
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesis - with explosive results.
Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project - a literal dream come true - Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward.
Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. But Levi made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad school - archenemies work best employed in their own galaxies far, far away.
But when her equipment starts to go missing and the staff ignore her, Bee could swear she sees Levi softening into an ally, backing her plays, seconding her ideas... devouring her with those eyes. The possibilities have all her neurons firing.
But when it comes time to actually make a move and put her heart on the line, there's only one question that matters: What will Bee Königswasser do?
'Ali Hazelwood proves that science is sexy as hell, and that love can 'STEM' from the most unlikely places. She's my newest must-buy author.' Jodi Picoult
'I cannot get enough of her brand of brainy romance! Writing with an emotionally brilliant and witty pen, Hazelwood is an absolute romance powerhouse.' Christina Lauren, author of The Unhoneymooners
'Gloriously nerdy and sexy, with on-point commentary about women in STEM.' Helen Hoang, author of The Heart Principle
'Proves that STEM can be sexy!' Red
What the five star reviews are saying about The Love Hypothesis:
'Did I read this in 24 hours? Yes.'
'Funny. Snarky. Intelligent. Real.'
'If you're even slightly thinking about getting this book to read, just go a head and do it'
'Adam is just *swoon*'
'Ali Hazelwood has made herself an auto-buy author'
'It was just... perfect.'
'A heroine you will instantly fall in love with'
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Fun, adorable and steamy are fitting descriptors of author Ali Hazelwood’s style, and Love on the Brain gleefully delivers on all three. When Dr Bee Königswasser is chosen to lead a new research project at NASA, she’s blindsided by the appointment of her grad-school nemesis, Levi, as co-lead. From there, Hazelwood spins together a hilarious workplace comedy with a clever enemies-to-lovers romance. It would be a shame if Hazelwood was only known as a TikTok sensation because her writing, in just her second full-length novel, reveals her masterful control of the genre and talent for mining the STEM arena for laughs. When you’ve finished Love on the Brain, you’ll be glad that #tiktokmademereadit.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Hazelwood's charming and intelligent sophomore outing (after The Love Hypothesis) follows a pair of noted young scientists on their rocky path to love. NIH neuroscientist Bee Königswasser is thrilled when she is tapped for the position of a lifetime: leading BLINK, a program that will build performance-enhancing technology for NASA astronauts. Unfortunately, her co-lead is her graduate school nemesis, Levi Ward. As Bee, who's still nursing emotional wounds over a cheating ex-fiancé, encounters a series of obstacles in her attempts to get BLINK off the ground, she assumes Levi is stonewalling her. She takes to her popular twitter account @WhatWouldMarieDo, where she doles out advice to academics in the voice of Marie Curie, to blow off steam. She finds solace in trading quips and commiserating with the smart and witty @Shmacademics, another popular account, to whom Bee vents about working with Levi while @Shmacademics pines over a married woman. When it becomes obvious to Bee that it's not Levi blocking her requests and instead that someone else is first subtly, then overtly, working to sabotage BLINK, she and Levi must band together to save their work. The snappy prose, engaging and twisty plot, and utterly endearing characters combine to create pure romance gold. This brainy offering should win Hazelwood even more fans.
Customer Reviews
Worth the read because it’s Ali
I’ve read them all and this one, unlike all the others, was difficult for me to endure. I found nothing relatable in the main character, I actually kind of hate her. The plot points were far too obvious, there was no real mystery or intrigue. I also found it difficult to keep up with because there was so much Curie referencing and internal dialog. I persevered only because it’s an Ali Hazelwood novel. To be honest I found it more of a 2/5 stars but I’ll give it a 4 because I can understand this one was probably just not for me, I’m sure there will be other people who absolutely love it!
Love love love
This is my favourite one of Ali’s so far!!! Absolutely adore it!
So fun
Loved it, sweet, funny, endearing without being too sentimental. A lovely read