Ali hazelwood cane write a book with a grocery list and I'll read it. this book is just so whole some. I Love every single character, and I am obsessed with every single of them. Ali has a way to talk about STEM without me feeling crazy or ignorant.

Ali Hazelwood’s science-y romances have long had my heart, and this one was a great addition to the series.
Is it just me or are these books getting progressively hotter? Love on the Brain starts off with more sex than historically seen in the series, as our couple initially cross paths in a hot one night stand. Bee is vehemently against long term relationships, attachment, or even having sex with the same person more than once. Despite their chemistry, she’s even more against seeing more of Levi when it’s revealed he’s part of the group purchasing her company. Bee is fiercely loyal and close with the company’s founder. She’s not about to cross enemy lines just for a hot guy.
But there’s more to the buy out — and to Levi — than meets the eye.
As always, this entry into the series features solid female friendships, fascinating science and subsequent science fangirling by our characters, and some really lovely pining on the part of our hero and heroine.
I appreciated the thoughtful approach to deal with themes of food insecurity, poverty, toxic familial relationship, and loss. It’s always heartening to see a realistic take on characters who have/are having experiences with poverty, especially given that more readers than not will have had similar experiences.
The corporate intrigue was another element I thought felt came across well — the book really captures the uncertainty and fear that comes with a merger or buyout. I personally love stories that dive into the fraught moments of political or corporate upheaval, but like Bee have little to no understanding of the laws surrounding the purchase of a company.
There’s a third act betrayal (not on Levi’s behalf) that is clearly hurtling towards us from the first chapter. I was not as satisfied with the consequences as I’d like, but perhaps these characters are kinder than me and don’t crave their enemy’s blood on their teeth. Different strokes for different folks.
My one complaint is this — Hazelwood only seems to know how to write stories about slim, petite women as her heroines and hulking-yet-gentle muscle bound heroes. I know I’m not the only reader discontent with the homogeneity of her main characters — plenty of folks on Reddit have also noted this pattern. Like those Redditors, I suspect this attachment to tiny woman/massive man derives from Hazelwood’s Star Wars fanfic background — which, I get it, I am also trash for Reylo. I wish she’d introduce more diversity into her main characters, at the very least body diversity. It’s 2024 and we’re past the stereotypical bodice-ripper couples. Give me a fat heroine or a hero who isn’t 6’8”. Seeing what she’s done with other sensitive topics, I would hope she would bring the same compassion to portraying a plus size character.
Regardless, these books are my catnip and Hazelwood handles the tropes we love so well. I can’t wait for the next addition to the series.

I think I have to admit defeat: I *want* to like Hazelwood. There's a lot of potential in her plots and character dynamics! And I want to support nerdy/geeky/science gals who got their start writing fanfiction. But this is the second book of hers I've tried, and I just do not care for her writing style. There's too much telling rather than showing, the character voices were pretty immature and unlikable, and the plot developments were just Too Much for me (and this is someone who ADORES gonzo plots/silliness!). I can understand why she's popular, on a logical and detached level, but she's just not my cup of tea.

I am such an Ali Hazelwood fan. This book was no different. I absolutely love the character she brings to the page and she's quickly become an automatic buy for me.

This is late, but I read this one and enjoyed it the most out of all this author's books. I feel like the women could be smarter and more mindful in general, and the romance could be more...romantic!? But the scenes were pretty great!

Even if this was not my favorite Ali book, I did have a good time reading it, probably my issue was the miscommunication trope, I tend not to enjoy much that trope

I was really excited to read this book because I really enjoyed The Love Hypothesis. Unfortunately, this was just an okay read for me. I do enjoy that Ali Hazelwood has her female main characters working in a stem position. However, she compares the size difference between the female and male main characters way too often. I also found Bee's character to be immature at times.

Overall, it was entertaining but not my favourite.

This delivered a lot of what I like about Ali Hazelwood's books, but it wasn't my favorite story by far. Still, an enjoyable read!

Started reading this and it was so predictable. It was obvious what was going to happen from the first chapter. I was annoyed by the main character. Miscommunication/lack of communication is my least favorite trope and I wish authors would find another way to up their page count instead of using this.

I just love everything about Ali Hazelwood’s characters and the stories she creates. They just give me the best feeling ever!

The book was solidly okay. The plot was extremely transparent and there was no real mystery to it. I wasn’t a fan of Bee, who refused to just shush up and listen and kept cutting off Levi when he tried to speak.

So excited to see more books about women in STEM :-)

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley for the ARC.

A great STEM romance by Ali Hazelwood. You can definitely see that it was Reylo-inspired, and I like seeing fanfic authors become traditionally published.

Love on the Brain is one of Ali Hazelwood's weakest books but still a cute read. To me this book had a very repetitive beginning with way too much miscommunication. When you find out how much Levi is protecting Bee when her equipment is missing the story really picks up. Their romance is adorable once it gets off the ground.

SO SO GOOD OMG LIKE LOVE HYPOTHESIS IN ALL THE BEST WAYS ALI HAZELWOOD NEVER MISSES

I read this book in literally one sitting and was just giggling and kicking my feet the whole time because the way Ali Hazelwood writes her fmc is too good - I'm always like how did she get into my brain???

5/5 stars go read this right now!!!!!!

Just as good, if not better than The Love Hypothesis!! The characters jump off the page and the romantic tension is strong.

I just love the women in STEM theme to Ali’s books, and the important issues they deal with that are woven into the story.

If you’re craving enemies to lovers, workplace romance and forced proximity tropes, come on down!!

I will and must continue to read everything Ali Hazelwood writes. Highly recommended.

Everyone loves Ali. The way she turned STEM into romance novels is brilliant. I love that all of her books are about smart women in science.

Another one of Ali Hazelwood's books I loved. It was a cute and short read. It was quite quirky and the characters were both lovable but I did feel there were a few "unrealistic" parts to their "love story". However though, I did enjoy it and I know a lot of people will. I've recommended it quite a few times already.

I unfortunately had to DNF this book.
I just wasn't vibing with the writing, plot, or characters.
I know a lot of readers love this author and her previous books, but I couldn't relate and that's perfectly fine.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Remember reading is subjective.

Ali Hazelwoods are always a good read. While I didn’t enjoy this book as much as the love hypothesis I still found it a fun and fast read. There were many eye roll inducing moments which took a star away from my rating

This was a cute little romcom. Not bad at all. My only problem is that it feels like I’ve read it before since I’ve read every other book by this author and they’re all the same. Teeny tiny petite woman in STEM has a big fancy scientist job and there’s also a giant muscular grumpy grump scientist man who has secretly loved her all along for years from the moment he saw her and she, with all her amazing smart braincells, cannot see that he doesn’t actually hate her. And then she always slips in a slightly bewildering moment during the sex scenes that takes me out of it completely and has me doing the blinking white guy meme face.