A typical Ali Hazelwood read that had a bit more umph than Love on the Brain but still struggled to match the novelty of The Love Hypothesis. in that it was some hits and misses. Better than the second book, not as good as the first one.

Absolutely amazing book. That good I read it in 24 hrs!! Fun, sexy and clever. Really interesting characters, with a fantastic story line.

Yet another great book from Ali Hazelwood, The story focuses on Elsie as she struggles to find a job in which she can complete her research. It highlights the different academic debates around physics. The enemies to lovers troupe fits perfectly and made it a compelling read. I loved both characters and was rooting for them from the start. A great read.

Rating: 4.5/5
Thank you to the publishers (Little Brown Books) for giving me an e-arc of this book to read in exchange for an honest review.

So I say this EVERY TIME I read a new Ali Hazelwood book, but I mean it this time (👀), this one is my fave!
I love, love, LOVED this one and legit felt like I’d read the whole story line at like 40% and I was so excited to have more to read!!

Prepare the snacks and get comfy guys and gals - this is a don't look up and only stop for pee breaks kinda book. As someone who studied physics, where my class was literally 95% guys, the book focus a lot on Elsie’s career and her struggles as a woman in stem was needed. The more we normalise it the better! Elsie’s side hustle was was well written and added an element of fun to the plot, but it didn’t seem too unrealistic and cliche as it often does. Jack and Elsie were so cute enemies to lovers is always my weakness I just cant resist some bullying banter 😤 Plus we get an Olive and Adam cameo to complete the AH universe 🫶🏻. Don't think anyone need encouraging for such a highly anticipated book, but in case you do - you know what to do

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Did I read this book in less than 24hrs? Yes, yes I did! I loved this romcom! It actually made me laugh out loud and fall in love with the characters! I loved how I resonated with the FMC and her development throughout the book was absolutely amazing and so beautifully written! I’ve read many books this year already, but this is definitely top three!
Thank you so much to NatGalley and Little Brown Book group for granting me access to this book arc! I am so pumped! (I think I could actually read it again right now!)

I honestly cannot wait to get my hands on a hard copy - that is what I’m looking forward to most this year!!

I am incredibly lucky that I got to read this book ahead of its release in June. I was so excited when @netgalley approved me for this book.

Having read Love Hypothesis and Love on the Brain and enjoying them both I was excited for this one and it did not disappoint. It's her best yet and I can't wait to have a physical copy. I loved, loved, loved Elsie and Jack and feel this book started with a bang where her previous ones were more of slow burners.

The story follows Elsie who is struggling to make ends meet in a job she absolutely hates. She is a theoretical scientist but seems stuck teaching and doing jobs she just doesn't enjoy. When she goes through the interview process for her dream job she knows she needs to knock it out the park. There's just one problem - Jack! The man who published an article expressing his dislike for theorists and has made their careers very difficult.

I feel this book has the successful parts of both her previous books but turned it up a notch in this book. And the result is delightful. I really enjoyed this book. The characters are so likeable and feel Elsie definately goes on a journey of self discovery and there's something so relatable about her. It's a fab read. I can't wait for it to join the other Ali Hazlewood books on my shelf.

One of my favourite reads this year!

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Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood- book review 📚 (ARC)

Another heartwarming read from Ali Hazelwood!

Star rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Genre: Romance/Romcom
Series: N/A
Tropes: rivals to lovers, grumpy-sunshine
POV: From the perspective of Elsie - First Person
Characters: F/M Romance
Plot: Elsie is an adjunct professor by day and a fake-dater by night! Life can be tricky, She wants to further her career but wants to please her mentor, she can't afford life insurance for her life threatening illness and to top it off, she gets complicated feelings for her clients brother. Elsie heads down the path of self-discovery and finds a few surprises along the way!
Writing: Another great story in the world of STEM involving a strong but slightly insecure FMC and a seriously misunderstood MC. The chemistry between the two main love interests was great and there was just enough tension to keep you from putting the book down. It was an easy and enjoyable read with lots of humour/Witty banter and the side characters were fabulous! I loved George and Cece!
As a mother of a little boy with type one diabetes I was so so happy that this was represented in the story. It's great to see authors writing about real world issues and incorporating these into their novels.
Trigger warnings/Adult themes: gaslighting , death of a parent (off-page).
My thoughts and views: this story was highly addictive! It was a really enjoyable and feel good read and is probably my favourite of Ali's novels. The journey of Elsie's growth and self-discovery was perfect. I found there to be quite a bit of science talk, probably more than her other STEM stories which I found a little difficult to get my head round but I didn't let this put me off. I also wish I knew more about Jack and Greg and their background so here's hoping for a sequel! Oh before I forget.... That little cameo that she slipped in there was 👌🏽👌🏽
A really great romance, thank you NetGalley for the opportunity of being able to read and review!
Recommend: if you're after a feel good love story, this is one for you!

"there is no universe in which I'm going to let you go."

Well Love, Theoretically just instantly climbed to the top of my list for Ali Hazelwood novels. I devoured this book in a matter of hours and have no regrets. I love watching Elsie work on her self esteem and confidence as she battled with Jack day by day. Jack being a somewhat flawed prince charming who waits patiently as she becomes the best version of herself. For me this was just perfect and I will absolutely reread.

Also can Cece have her own book please?

Recently graduated with her PhD, physicist Elsie is finding it difficult to make ends meet as an adjunct professor, so she has an unusual side hustle as a girlfriend-for-hire. Her favourite client has a handsome brother who is suspicious of her, but it's a surprise to them both when she encounters him again in her real career!

Love, Theoretically explores the sometimes grim realities of an academic career as a young woman, life with type I diabetes, a demanding family, and a poorly paid job. The enemies-to-lovers plot line is very satisfying with plenty of steamy scenes.

My favourite Ali Hazelwood book so far! The plot was amazing and I really enjoyed the theoretical physics background. It was the perfect combination of romance and plot while promoting women in STEM. I loved all the characters and I wish I could read more of their story. I can't wait to read whats's next!

OMG, Hazelwood gets better and better. I absolutely adored Love, Theoretically.

Elsie was a fantastic mc, I loved her whole vibe and how passionate she was about the things she cared about. Whilst this book was still heavy on the science side of things, it didn't feel as science heavy as the previous books, which as a plus for me - it was just different enough, and that was a plus for me.

Loved Jack, and Greg too! Fantastic read.

Elsie is in Academia which means she has little to no money, to supplement her income she is going to fake dates that are arranged through an app. Her latest fake boyfriend is someone she could see be friends with, the same can't be said for his brother, Jack.

While she gets an interview for a new position she must go through a few hoops in order to get the chance one of which is a dinner with the whole committee. What comes as a suprise to her is that she meets Jonathan, a physicist who had make a joke of her field years ago, and not only that but turns out that Jonathan is actually Jack.

Jack is equally puzzled to meet Elsie, the librarian and his brother girlfriend being introduced as a physicist who wants to get a position to his job.

If you liked TLH and LOTB you will enjoy this one as well, it follows the same formula (see what I did there?) as the previous books with elements of both.

The banter and humor are both amazing, it couldn't be better and I really enjoyed reading this book!


* I received an ARC and this is my honest opinion.

Whilst I agree that this authors book all follow a similar plot and the male main characters are all very similar, I still enjoyed this book for what it is. It’s an easy, enjoyable read about a woman in stem and a swoon worthy guy.

Love, Theoretically is the third rom-com novel by Ali Hazelwood. In keeping with her first two, this one is also set in the world of STEM, and focuses on the experiences of women who work in male-dominated industries.

I did not write a SINGLE note while reading this novel, which tells me two things:

1) I flew through it
2) It was an uncomplicated, easy read

By day, Elsie Hannaway works as an adjunct professor, stuck between taking her mentor's advice and wanting to move ahead in her career. By evening, she's a girlfriend for hire - she accompanies men to events as their date (all above board). It's an arrangement that works well for her and helps pay the bills - but disaster strikes when Elsie discovers that the older brother of her favourite client is a fairly influential figure in her day life - Jack Smith is the one who wrote a paper years ago that discredited theorists everywhere and put Elsie's mentor and future career at risk.

You do not, thankfully, need to be a scientist to work out what's going to happen here, it's much the same as her other two books - but it's an enjoyable romp all the same. Very readable, very rom-com-y (imagine if Gwen from The Amazing Spider-Man were a character in While You Were Sleeping, that kinda thing).

There was a LOT of science terminology here, I glossed over it because it didn't really make a difference to my enjoyment of the story, and the writing style is very much quick-millennial-banter, which any good Buffy fan still enjoys.

The spicy scenes are as always, mortifying to me, but everything's consensual and well-communicated. The chemistry is good (there's a science joke here somewhere that I wish I was clever enough to make) and the musings on how young graduates are treated were insightful.

If you liked one or both of her other books, you'll like this too. Thank you to @littlebrownbookgroup_uk for the ARC via @netgalley.

Likes:
⚛️ Easy to read, sassy FMC
⚛️ Diabetes Rep
⚛️ STEM Romance
⚛️ Enemies-to-Lovers, Grumpy x sunshine trope
⚛️ A guest appearance that stole the show for me!
⚛️ Great character growth, NO miscommunication trope
⚛️ The smut was oo-lala 🌶

Dislikes:
🥴 It wasn't THAT different than the other STEM novels written by the author.
🥴 It definitely has a slow start, but then grows on you.
🥴 I wanted more backstory for Jack!

Thanks to Netgalley and Little Brown Group, UK for an ARC in exchange of an honest review!

𝕱𝖎𝖓𝖆𝖑 𝖁𝖊𝖗𝖉𝖎𝖈𝖙: Pick this up if you're looking for a light, breezy Rom-Com with some serious topics and some smut :)

~ thank you to the publisher Little Brown Book Group and NetGalley for the advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review ~

Tropes: academic rivals to lovers, boy obsessed, fake dating, friends brother, slow burn
Rep: diabetes, ace

☆☆☆☆.5/5

Rent was due, the eviction notice was on the door, the debt collectors said there was only one day left and the hedgehog (sorry hedgizabeth bennet) was on life support - there was ONE chance and whew, did Ali Hazelwood deliver on Love, Theoretically.

Now, I’m not going to lie, love theoretically follows the ‘Ali’ formula. You know the one I’m talking about… the struggling STEM woman meets grumpy but very sexy STEM man who she believed hated her but in fact *gasp* is not the case. You know what you’re getting into. All that being said, if I had to rank all off Ali’s book then this is number one, the head honcho, numero uno, it does not get better - my absolute favourite of them all. Honestly, I can’t remember enjoying a read so much! And there was more than enough differences in the later stages of the book to make this feel like it’s own story (as opposed to a 100% love hypothesis 3.0 read). Since first reading this arc and writing this review, I’ve reread this twice more and it just gets better and better. Ali really found her stride with this one.

Love, Theoretically follows Elsie Hannaway, theoretical physicist part-time fake girlfriend and full-time people pleaser. Elsie works as an adjunct professor under the tutelage of her mentor, being subject to ridiculous (but honestly hilarious) emails from her students for an even more ridiculous (pathetically low that is) pay. The lack of health insurance and being diabetic means Elsie has to pay for her insulin out of her own pocket, and so to make ends meet she starts working for Faux (which allows Elsie to live out all her people-pleasing tendencies to her heart contents) on the side.

It’s through Faux she meets her favourite client Greg, who just so happens to have a hot older brother. You guessed it, Jack.
It’s during one of these fake dates with Greg that Elsie is first introduced to Jack and is left with the impression he could not stand her. So imagine her surprise (see also: horror) when in order to get her dream job at MIT, she has to impress Jack. Did I mention Jack is an experimental physicist? And there’s an ongoing rivalry between the Theorist and Experimentalist, exacerbated by the paper Jack previously published that all but declared open warfare between the two professions? Oh and Jack is the reason for the breakdown in her mentor’s career? No? Well…

I adored Elsie, her inner monologue was so refreshing. She was so just so sweet (but when the sass would come out of her, I cackled). I wasn’t always the biggest fan of how her insecurities were handled, but I was always cheering on the sides for her to overcome them.

Jonathan Smith-Turner (Jack) - my notes from the PROLOGUE literally say ‘feeling all the things for Jack already’ which honestly? Set the tone for the entire read but I digress. By the end of it I was weeping in despair that Jack wasn’t real. He was just so loving and attentive and if I can find a way to get that speech in Chapter 11 tattooed on my forehead, I WILL.
It was honestly so fascinating seeing the way Elsie would change/adapt her personality to fit whoever she was talking to, and even more fascinating to see the way Jack saw right through her (respectfully) bs and was not afraid to call her out on it. And he was so hot on communication, knew what he wanted and was not afraid to voice it. Men written by women, the standard!

“You could be my entire world, if you let me”
“I think i’m will”

I loved the slow build up to their relationship, from the antagonistic academic rivalry to tentative friends to more. Everything about them just seemed so genuine and real. I was out here giggling, squealing, kicking my feet at words on a page, which is always a good sign. The witty banter between the pair was so fun to read, the chemisty was tangible. And whew, this was more steamy than any of Ali’s previous books! Granted some of the steamy scenes felt a tad awkward but it fit with Elsie’s character.

Elise & Jack were supported by such a wonderful cast of characters - Cece, Millicent, George and Greg were particular standouts for me.
I squealed at the cameos/mentions and the pop-culture references were everything!

The closing chapters wrap up fast and I wish we got more out of the epilogue but this is me just nit-picking and wanting to hoard all of Ali’s words for myself and did not affect my overall enjoyment of the book! Holding out hope we get a bonus chapter from Jack’s POV alla the bonus content for The Love Hypothesis. I’d truly sell my should for a Jack POV chapter, book, grocery list or anything at this point - I just need MORE.

Love, Theoretically is a delightfully entertaining, fairly low-angst romantic read that like me, you will struggle not to devour in one sitting. A new favourite for sure!

Same as her other books? Yes. Did I still enjoy it? Also yes!😂

Not as fresh as The Love Hypothesis, but there was a nice surprise in this book (I won’t say it because I don’t wanna spoil it!).

So if you are a fan of Ali Haselwood, you should definitely pick this book up no matter how you felt about Love On The Brain when it comes out in July.

It was nice to see in my opinion that Hazelwood toned down the spice level with this book. Love On The Brain was too much and that was the main complaint about the book if I remember correctly. With this new book, she withheld it until like 70% into the book, so more like The Love Hypothesis. It allowd me to focus more on the characters and STEM aspects of the story.

Review will be published on the 6th of June 2023.
Thankyou for this amazing ARC. I was obsessed from the start, so obsessed I managed to read it in 24 hours. I could not put this book down even if I wanted to. From all the books Ali Hazelwood has written this is definitely my favourite. The storyline was brilliant and enemies to lovers trope, what more could you want.
Can’t wait for what else she has in store!
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Love, theoretically is the latest STEMinist novel written by Ali Hazelwood. Following the formula already used in her previous stories, the author presents us with a love story set in the university environment, adorned with deep reflections and funny moments.

Elsie is a theoretical physicist who, despite wanting to work in a laboratory to carry out her research, finds herself an underpaid professor job. To make ends meet and pay for the necessary treatment for diabetes, the girl decides to work as a fake girlfriend for an agency discovered by chance. Her two lives remain distinctly separate, until, within the commission that must judge her to assign her the job of her dreams, she finds Jack, the older brother of one of her clients, to whom she had said she was a librarian.

Elsie is the typical protagonist of Ali Hazelwood‘s books, a woman with little experience with love because she has spent most of her life devoted to study. Her passion for science is evident in the patience and backbone she employs to pursue her goals. She does not let the disease stop her and has such a family background that it is easy to identify with her.
The only thing that bored me of this character was the fact that, despite the thousand jobs, she can’t support herself, like Olive and Mara before her. In this case, I guess the problem was due to medical bills in the US, but the fact that she has to live in an old and run down flat doesn’t mean she can’t keep it clean.

Jack also follows the characteristics of the protagonists of the previous novels, but unlike Adam, for example, it is not immediately clear why he behaves in a certain way with Elsie, and some of his behaviours even make him detestable in the first part of the book. Luckily, in the second the character is more lovable, and I really liked the story of his background.

The chemistry between the main characters is evident, and their personal growth processes are amazing and inspiring. It is impossible, however, not to make a comparison with the story of Adam and Olive, which, unlike this one, kept me glued to the pages. Their cameo was very cute but too short, I would have liked to read more about the future of the protagonists of The love hypothesis.

The story develops in the university world, and once again the author manages to describe the positive and negative sides of it. Although I was already aware of many dynamics present in this sector, I was shocked to discover further flaws and travesty.

Overall, the novel is enjoyable and flowing, but, for its own good, it shouldn’t be compared to the author’s previous works. It is suitable for an adult audience tired of reading teenage romances, and who appreciate non-embarrassing mature scenes.