The Love Hypothesis Review

I am deceased. The Love Hypothesis has murdered me and I will never recover. This is just going to be one rambling review of me telling you to READ THIS BOOK. Anyway, here’s my The Love Hypothesis review.

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Title: The Love Hypothesis

Author: Ali Hazelwood

Rating: 5 Stars

CAWPILE: NA

Genre: Romance

Content Warnings: Sexual assault, death of a parent (mentioned)

Format: eARC

Publisher: Berkley Books

Date Published: September 14th 2021

Goodreads Description: 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.

I received a review copy from Netgalley. All opinions are my own.

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The Love Hypothesis Review

I’m breaking away from my usual review style for this book. I have trouble CAWPILE-ing romance books. They don’t have all the elements of fantasy and my CAWPILE system is geared more towards fantasy. So I decided to just go stream of consciousness for this one. I don’t have the words to describe how much I love this book anyway.

What I Liked

The Love Hypothesis is the BEST book I’ve ever read. Honestly, just the best. I don’t know what else to tell you. Why is it so hard to write reviews for books you love?

This book just ticked all of my boxes. Student/Professor, grumpy/sunshine, FAKE DATING. I love it. A university setting is my absolute favourite setting. There’s just something about it that makes me so nostalgic.

Olive is also one of the best main characters ever. She’s demisexual, smart, funny, and carrying the crushing weight of academia on her shoulders. And Adam. Don’t even get me started on Adam. I can’t get into it, because I will go into a downward spiral because he is not real. HE IS PERFECT AND I LOVE HIM.

This review is an incoherent mess, I’m sorry. Olive and Adam’s relationship is just the best. This book has some great demi representation and I loved how the smut was handled. Overall, I just loved every minute of this.

What I Didn’t Like

There are a few things I didn’t like in this book, but I forgive Ali Hazelwood because it is otherwise a masterpiece. The characters would often talk over each other or there would be a lot of em dash use. It matches Olive’s personality though, and at some point, I did get used to it.

I also would have liked for Olive to spend a bit more time with her friends. Non-romantic relationships are important (and as a demisexual person, they are often most important) and I would have liked to see that dynamic. There was also a quote about sex that bothered me a little. I might just have read too much into it, but it seemed to imply that great sex was the be-all and end-all. But once again, that might just be my interpretation.

In conclusion, this book is amazing, please read it ASAP.

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