Love, Theoretically
Love, Theoretically - Ali Hazelwood
my review : ✮✮✮✮
Ali Hazelwood once again delivers a sexy, fun, and smart romance brimming with excellent banter and toe-curling steam.
This story follows Elsie, a brilliant scientist, yet given her current adjunct professor title, she is struggling to keep her head above water. For extra cash, she works for Faux, a service connecting dudes who need fake girlfriends to charm their boss or get their mom off their backs with women who need cash. Elsie’s long-term plan is to get a tenured job, and when one opens at MIT, she pours all she can into preparing for her interview. However, when she walks into the first day of a week-long interview, she realizes her professional nemesis is:
1. On the hiring committee
2. The tall, handsome, brooding brother of her fake boyfriend
… so she freaks out. And they fall in love. Heheheh that is not a spoiler; it’s a ROMANCE WRITTEN BY ALI HAZLEWOOD.
I basically panted my way through this book. It is very obvious the dude has been pining for Elsie since the moment he met her but waiting for him to ADMIT IT and ACT ON IT is the stuff of dreams. This has all the lovey things Ali is known for: swoon-worthy dialogue, laugh-out-loud humor, dreamy leading men, and badass women in STEM. I wouldn’t consider this a B.R.A.D., but there is some scrumptious tension and steam!
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again; yes, Ali’s books are all similar, but I DON’T CARE. We like what we like! Please, Ali, keep cranking out STEM romance novels featuring large men & dainty women & undeniable feelings that everyone but the heroine seems to understand. They are like catnip to me! Am I the only one who wants more time with the characters once they’re together? This is not a rhetorical question. Please let me know!
Ali continues to be one of my favorite romance authors. She’s an auto-preorder for me. If you’re new to her, you can start with this one!
Ali calls this book her most “academic” yet, and while I can attest there’s much more scientific jargon in this book, she does a great job of simplifying the complex! There are a few references I don’t get but overall, the STEM element adds such a refreshing backdrop to this story.
you’ll love this book if you love:
Enemies to lovers
Romance with a bit of steam
my favorite quote:
“In my fantasies, you allow me to keep an eye on you.” I felt his lips at my temple. “And when I really let go, I imagine that you let me take care of you, too.”
