The Love Hypothesis

Written By Tanya Ahmed

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

Reviewed by Tanya
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A big shout out to @thebooksiveloved for posting this on TikTok and for also making me a broke bxtch lol! I Could not escape this book just like the Spanish Love Deception. I kept seeing posts upon posts about it so of course, me being a sucker for romance novels had to buy it.

I did find the two books quite similar. Fake dating, both main characters work/study at the same place, Male leads very hard and serious, hated by most but big softies on the inside. The only difference I would say is that in this book Olive didn’t hate Adam. They didn’t go from enemies to lovers.

As a 3rd year PhD student, Olive doesn’t believe in lasting romantic relationships but her best friend does and that’s why Olive ends up in this sticky situation. Convincing Anh that she is taken and on her way to a happily ever after wasn’t going to be easy. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees. That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young peng professor and well known douche. Which is why Olive is taken aback when he agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend.

This is the first book I’ve read in a while that didn’t have an overload of unnecessary sex scenes which was bloody great - the one scene wasn’t cringe or excessive. There was a lot of sexual tension between the two but neither of them made the first move so when this happened it was a “FINALLY” moment!

Overall it was an enjoyable read. If you loved the Spanish Love Deception… you’ll love this. And if anyone has any similar recommendations then please let me know in the comments below 👇

Tanya Ahmed

Soy Tanya. I’m the youngest of the group...and I don’t really know what to say except that I find these things really awkward. When Linda first came to me with this idea of an online bookclub/review page I was 100% down, although I was a little worried and felt like backing out on many occasions as I felt like my reviews were awful - I’m not good with words at all. If anyone was to ask me a year ago how I found a book, I’d reply: “good” - that’s my review done. But being part of this club with such amazing girls has really made me a lot more confident and comfortable. So I’ll forever be grateful. It’s always a laugh when we’re together, we are guaranteed to get side-tracked but our meetings are always productive and a lot of fun. This is just the beginning for us. I like reading all kinds of books from different genres but prefer romance/YA. With work being full on I like feel-good books that are light and easy. I’m currently in the middle of reading a few books lol but sticking to The Zanzibar Wife by Rebecca Rodriquez. Reading for me is a form of escapism, just getting away from the stress of real life and getting lost in book and falling in love with characters. I can’t list my top 5 or even top 10 so here are a few of my all-time favourites: The Sicilian by Mario Puzo To all the boys I’ve loved before by Jenny Han, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hoseeini, The Forty Rules of Love by Shafa Kelif Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith and Moonlight Over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan.

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