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The Love Hypothesis

By: Ali Hazelwood
Narrated by: Callie Dalton, Teddy Hamilton
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Publisher's Summary

With an exclusive new bonus chapter...from Adam's POV

Based on the available information and the data hitherto collected, my hypothesis is that the further I stay away from love, the better off I will be.

When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman's carefully calculated theories on love into chaos.

As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive on her way to a happily ever after was always going to be tough, scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting woman, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.

That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when he agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire and Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support (and his unyielding abs), their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion.

Olive soon discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.

Ali Hazelwood's latest novel, Love on the Brain is out now.

©2021 Ali Hazelwood (P)2021 Hachette Audio UK

Critic Reviews

"Contemporary romance's unicorn: the elusive marriage of deeply brainy and delightfully escapist." (Christina Lauren, New York Times best-selling author of The Unhoneymooners)

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A MUST READ

The best book I've read in a long time! Would highly recommend! Made me laugh out loud and cheer for the characters.

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Worth all the hype!

This was so good! I found myself audibly laughing at some things that Olive and Adam would say to each other. Oh, it was cute and funny. They both gave me serious Jude and Cardin vibes which I'm glad for because I love that trope.

Olive is asexual. Why isn't this talked about more?

As someone in the academic world I was reading, Tom's manipulation of Olive made me mad. Trust me when I say that I'm happy I wasn't reading this in public because the tear came flowing.

How do people not like this book because, step aside, I'm getting on the hype train!

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Storyline storyline storyline

Ok so cons first - 1. Open ur eyes girl 2. Narrator pronounces W’s weird at times 3. Timeline at start was hard to follow 4. I wish there was more of a moment when they talked about the start (first meet)

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I LOVED the storyline! For someone who is not an academic it was the perfect amount of information without distracting from the romance. Friend characters were cute af and love that they didnt do the classic “6 foot 4, brown hair” boring intros but would give you clues so the person builds in your mind as the book goes on. I looooooved the romance omg it gave me butterflies! I get that idk how she couldnt tell he didnt like her especially after the conference lol like what, BUT I kinda love that because I am HERE for the slow burn. Loved that they visited the same places so my small brain didnt have to catch up and constantly create new places but could focus on characters. The raunchy stuff 😏😏 was even romantic & also lowkey more accurate then I’ve seen other books do them.

All in all - worth the credit 💰

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Amazing!

Great story! Lovely love story. The bonus chapter was amazing that it would be amazing if Adam has his own POV story. Plus Teddy is amazing

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Loved it

I really enjoyed this story. It may have been predictable, but really, what story isn’t these days. It was a light, humorous and easy to listen to story. I had no issues either the narration either, I thought the voices were fine (listening speed 1.1).
I’ll listen to more books from this author.

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Loved the story

Loved the female narration but the male narration for Adam at the end literally made me cringe.

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A well crafted rom-com

I enjoyed my time with this book, it was sweet and humourous and the academia setting and culture actually feels believable and natural thanks to the author's IRL background in it. There isn't too much over-the-top drama and the writing quality was solid,
For those of you that want to know what the spice level: the book is fairly slow burn and while when it does get to the spicey parts it is an open door there's not a lot of it, but what was there was great - sweet but sexy.
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The narration was good, nothing super notable about it. if you like the narrator's voice from the sample I don't think there's anything in the book that will be a nasty surprise or ick performance-wise.

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Loved it.

Loved it. Easy read. Nice love story. Just what I needed. Would recommend if you’re looking for a light read.

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  • 24-09-2023

A little bit raunchy

Started slow but was really good. One of those ‘butterflies in the stomach’ book. Easy to listen to, not complex, just feel good and quite spicy once they really got together. Liked it so much I bought the next one.

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Hypothesis: This Book is Magic

In all honesty, I do not have the vocabulary to do justice to my thoughts and feelings about this book. It is a heartwarming story that brought much joy to my day. A wonderful, un-put-downable novel that five glow in the dark stars cannot do justice to.

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