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Ratings: ★★★★★ (5/5)
Genre: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary Romance / Romantic Comedy / Academic Fiction

Book Review:
''The Love Hypothesis'' by Ali Hazelwood is a glorious, nerdy, and sexy contemporary romance that has taken the world by storm. The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, she's an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading labs and teaching thermodynamics. By other day, Elsie offers her services as a fake girlfriend.

Honestly, it's a pretty sweet gig—until her carefully constructed Elsie-verse comes crashing down. Because Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and arrogant older brother of her favorite client, turns out to be the coldhearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentor's career. And he's the same Jack Smith who rules over the physics department at MIT, standing right between Elsie and her dream job.

Elsie is prepared for an all-out war of scholarly sabotage, but those long, penetrating looks? Not having to be anything other than her true self when she's with him? Will falling into an experimentalist's orbit finally tempt her to put her most guarded theories on love into practice?

Hazelwood's writing is hilarious, heartwarming, and full of chemistry—both scientific and romantic. This is a must-read for fans of romantic comedies, enemies-to-lovers, and anyone who loves a strong female lead in STEM. Highly recommended!