She’s smart, determined, resilient, and she’s also hilarious. I also just found her overall personality delightful. As we’ve established, Olive is such a lovely friend who would clearly do anything to help a friend find happiness. I honestly can’t even get over how much I adored both Olive and Adam. Not exactly who Olive had in mind, to say the least, but to her utter shock, once she explains to Adam why she did what she did, he agrees to fake-date her so that Anh and Jeremy can get together. There’s just one problem – the guy she kisses is none other than Adam Carlsen, a rock star of a professor who also happens to have a reputation for being an ass and making his students cry. The next time she sees Anh, Olive panics, grabs the first guy she sees and plants a kiss on him. Olive decides to also be a great friend and let Anh think she is head over heels in love with a new guy so that Anh will go for it with Jeremy. Olive thinks that’s sweet and is grateful to have such a loyal friend but she also knows that Anh and Jeremy would actually be perfect together. Anh and this guy have major chemistry but Anh doesn’t want to hurt Olive by dating him. Olive has just learned that her best friend, Anh, is attracted to Jeremy, a guy Olive used to date. The story follows Olive Smith, a third-year Ph.D. It checked so many boxes for me (a STEM heroine, the fake dating trope, hilarious banter, and so much more) and it just had me grinning from ear to ear pretty much the entire time I was reading. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood is quite possibly the sweetest, most adorable romance novel I’ve ever read. Published by Berkley Books on September 14, 2021Īmazon | Barnes & Noble | The Book DepositoryįTC Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley.

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