Love on the Brain - Ali Hazelwood

Love on the Brain

By Ali Hazelwood

  • Release Date: 2022-08-23
  • Genre: Romance
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 2,002 Ratings

Description

An Instant New York Times Bestseller

A #1 LibraryReads and Indie Next Pick!

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesis—with explosive results.


Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project—a literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academia—Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward.
 
Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. And sure, he caught her in his powerfully corded arms like a romance novel hero when she accidentally damseled in distress on her first day in the lab. But Levi made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad school—archenemies work best employed in their own galaxies far, far away.
 
Now, her equipment is missing, the staff is ignoring her, and Bee finds her floundering career in somewhat of a pickle. Perhaps it’s her occipital cortex playing tricks on her, but Bee could swear she can see Levi softening into an ally, backing her plays, seconding her ideas…devouring her with those eyes. And the possibilities have all her neurons firing. But when it comes time to actually make a move and put her heart on the line, there’s only one question that matters: What will Bee Königswasser do?

Reviews

  • Great start, weird ending

    3
    By Bianca_adlin <--- follow
    Hazelwood is one of those authors that keeps you hook on from the first page. Her writing is witty and very easy to follow - which is dangerous because it makes you want to read the book in one sitting. It happened to me. The first half of the book was great. Loved how the storyline progressed and how the characters interacted with one another. They were all very charming, specifically Levi. They were a few plots going on and they were nicely resolved, except for the ex fiancée drama. It was always on her mind, it was a big part of the main character life and it was brush away so easily. I do understand that is how life goes, sometimes it is what is. But this is a book, I really needed that drama. As for the ending, it took a curve without breaks. I was very much confused since the drama in the storyline was like a walk in the park. Regular, not out of the ordinary and simple. So, when the bad guy took out a gun I was very much confused with the intensity. It went from 0 to 100 real quick and no one could prepare me for that. Overall, great start. Good middle. Weird ending. Nice spicy scenes.
  • Good but a lot of liberal bias

    3
    By Iamstanding
    This author is a good writer. No doubt. Entertaining for sure however her liberal bias makes it less of a good read. I don’t need to know about her distain for Elon Musk or Fox News. She should stick to the story and less about how unfair she feels life is to woman in the academic fields. Life can be unfair, we just continue to plug at it and overcome hurdles. The whiny nature in the book was a turn off. I am a woman and don’t think we need to be angry about things to make a difference. Still if you can put her liberal ways aside it is a good read.
  • Funny, gripping and heartwarming

    5
    By Alpine P.
    Smart and strong women can still be vulnerable. And quirky. Loved this book. I’m considerably older than these characters and have read hundreds of romantic genres, but I could relate to this book and couldn’t put it down. More of this please!!!
  • Have you heard of editing?

    1
    By Idontgiveacrapaboutanickname
    No more Hazelwood for me, every book is the same with the lead characters changing their hair color and one quirky characteristic.
  • Good plot but slow

    3
    By Irina415
    A little hard to get through.
  • Another absolute banger

    5
    By buffwhiteaunt
    Incredible book!!! LOVED IT!!! the story? Great. The dramatic irony? Unbelievable. Ali Hazelwood I will put your children through college if you keep this up.
  • A solid read

    4
    By Person0000011111
    It’s overall not my favorite book from Ali Hazelwood but still really good. Some of the commentary was just a little too much for me, it didn’t flow 100% with the story sometimes, but still really good and made sense with the characters. Love Felicette, that kitten deserves the world.
  • Perfecto

    5
    By valentina1906
    It was beautiful Ali never disappoints . Her books are amazing her characters are so funny and as always a lot of science which I loved
  • Dreadful

    1
    By ScrabbleGame
    The writing is poor. The authoress fancies herself a jester, and the main character thinks she’s so quirky. Most importantly, it was frustrating being two steps ahead of the MC. And I knew who was the villain from the very start. Add some mystery next time, Miss Hazelwood.
  • Awesome

    5
    By Jessica Adai
    Great characters! Great story