The Love Hypothesis

By:

Ali Hazelwood

Spice Scale

Number of books

1 Published

KU

❌

Audiobook

✅

Series Status

Complete

Interconnected

N/A

Overall Rating

Coming Soon

The Love Hypothesis follows Olive Smith, a third-year PhD candidate in biology at Stanford who doesn't believe in lasting romance but kisses intimidating professor Adam Carlsen on impulse to convince her best friend she's moved on from an ex. Adam unexpectedly agrees to fake-date her to help with her ruse and his own academic pressures, leading to a slow-burn arrangement filled with lab mishaps, conference drama, and unexpected chemistry that challenges Olive's skepticism about love and vulnerability. Amid research rivalries and personal insecurities, their pretense blurs into genuine connection, exploring trust, ambition, and the science of attraction in academia without key resolutions.

Jamie’s review

Ali Hazelwood is my favorite romcom author. This is one of her earliest (maybe first?) books and although it's not as well written as her newer stuff, I still really enjoyed it.

I'm usually laughing my ass off while reading her books, she writes the BEST banter and humor. I did laugh reading this one, but not as much.

If you like a fake dating trope, this is a good one. Olive is a PhD student at Stanford and ends up fake dating Dr. Carlsen, a professor with a brutal reputation. Hazelwood must have a thing for Stanford, Deep End was also set there.

It was cute and cheesy, but I would recommend other books of hers before this one.

Ali Hazelwood is my favorite romcom author. This is one of her earliest (maybe first?) books and although it's not as well written as her newer stuff, I still really enjoyed it.

I'm usually laughing my ass off while reading her books, she writes the BEST banter and humor. I did laugh reading this one, but not as much.

It was cute and cheesy, but I would recommend other books of hers before this one.