The Love Hypothesis
A TikTok sensation and must-read STEM romance
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4,4 • 44 classificações
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- 5,49 €
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With an exclusive new bonus chapter... from Adam's POV
Based on the available information and the data hitherto collected, my hypothesis is that the further I stay away from love, the better off I will be.
'Contemporary romance's unicorn: the elusive marriage of deeply brainy and delightfully escapist.' Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners
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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 on her way to a happily ever after was always going to be tough, scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting woman, 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 he agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire and Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support (and his unyielding abs), their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion.
Olive soon discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.
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'
Ali Hazelwood's latest novel, Love on the Brain is out now.
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Hazelwood debuts with a charming, offbeat rom-com pairing a somewhat awkward doctoral candidate with a hotshot young professor. Olive Smith, a third-year PhD student in biology at Stanford University, doubts that happily ever after exists, while her bestie, Anh, is a hopeless romantic. But Olive briefly dated Anh's current crush, Jeremy, and now Anh's refusing to act on her feelings because of "girl code." In an attempt to prove she's over Jeremy and alleviate Anh's guilt, Olive impulsively kisses famously irascible professor Adam Carlsen and convinces him to "fake-date" her. But as attraction and chemistry grow, their relationship becomes more than pretense. Things further evolve after Olive is harassed and belittled at a professional conference and Adam provides a supportive shoulder. But can their relationship hold up in the real world? With whip-smart and endearing characters, snappy prose, and a quirky take on a favorite trope, Hazelwood convincingly navigates the fraught shoals of academia. The delightful supporting characters, especially Adam's colleague Holden Rodriquez and Olive's friends Malcolm and Anh, add flavor—and readers will love seeing the villain of the story dispatched in appropriate fashion. This smart, sexy contemporary should delight a wide swath of romance lovers.
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Comforting.
Comforting is the best word to describe this rom-com. Maybe there is no BIG PLOT-TWIST, but that is what makes me love this book. Is comforting to read, to see Olive catching feeling without noticing it. To already know that Adam was the bathroom guy and that he was already in love with her since the start of the mess. To know that everything was going to be fine but still feel so nervous reading all of their lack of communication (especially from Olive’s side). I 100% recommend this book to anyone who likes romance, is such a enjoyable experience.
I need to mention the fact that Olive is such a relatable character, her struggles are real and common things, and I’m happy that not all of them were love related, but also about her work and past.
To finish, the representation is on point. No stereotypes at all, Malcom is now one of my favorite bisexual characters and Olive experience with sex indicating that she is on te asexual spectrum is perfect.
I absolutely adore this book in every single way.
But I do have to talk about something. During the sexual and physical interactions between Olive and Adam, something that really bothered me was how Adam was always complimenting her “delicate” and “small” traits. How small she was comparing to him. I’m just sad that all romance books picture the girl as tiny, skinny, delicate… always pictured as perfect to fit the beauty standards. That is the only criticism that I have. Besides that, love the book. 💙