I am one of the few that never read Hazelwood’s other books. But when I read the description for this one, I had to get it.

I’m so glad I did. This one is such a delightful read. It’s full of great banter, chemistry between the characters (pun intended 😄) and simply a great deviation from what I’ve read in the past. I loved Hazelwood’s writing style and the flow of her work.

I highly recommend d grabbing a copy of this one. I think it will be one that keeps your heart happy. Happy reading!

Thank you to Berkley Romance for an advance readers copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I really liked Th Love Hypothesis and was hoping to love this one just as much. Sadly, I did not. It was still somewhat enjoyable, but it was also predictable and a bit immature. If I had to read one more time how big Levi was and how tiny Bee was, I might just lose it. If was too much.

I’m all for women in STEM and am glad that there are more romances featuring this, but if you aren’t in it or know Science, this one was a little tough to read. I found myself skimming those sections. Plus, you will know more about Marie Curie than you ever thought possible.

There are more sexy scenes in this book if you are looking for more steam. But, there is one very cringey line said by Levi towards the end of the book that just didn’t fit his character. It was an “eewwww” moment for me when I read it.

Though I didn’t enjoy it as much as I had hoped, it won’t stop me from reading more from this author.

I don't know how to begin to express how much I loved LOVE ON THE BRAIN by Ali Hazelwood.

A brilliant, pierced, confident, nerdy, tattooed, vegan, adorable main character? Ahhh, my kryptonite!

Every word, every scene is just so freaking perfect. There's a "creepy" death obsessed friend. A modern day take on You've Got Mail. A cat that no one else sees. And of course the most perfect romantic couple in the history of romantic coupling.

I'm not cool enough to add a random keyboard smash here but if I was, this is where it would go: ss;jdfjh;asdfkasjkdf

Did I mention that I love this book?

Love on the brain is one of my most anticipated reads this year and all I can say is that it was all worth the wait. This book exceeded all my expectations. I am extremely fortunate to have a copy of the e-ARC, and it is fantastic. The level of enjoyment I felt while reading this is beyond words. I was completely engrossed in it from the first line, and it was a page-turner. The characters were delightful and I instantly fell in love with them. Moreover, it talked about important topics and issues such as gender inequality and toxic masculinity. The romance here was about two academic rivals, Bee and Levi. Bee is a badass neuroscientist with a lovely and fun personality, I loved her character so much. Levi, on the other hand is your typical broody and grumpy love interest which turns out to be a softie. I couldn’t wait to meet him and he was just amazing and swoon-worthy. I totally fell in love with him from the beginning. The story started when Bee got the chance to work on her dream project but the catch is she had to co-lead the project with her arch nemesis during grad school, Levi . They weren’t in contact with each other for so long thus having a few misunderstandings about themselves. They struggled to adjust with working together because of that until they were able to clear such misunderstandings, I loved how the romance between them progressed naturally from being enemies to friends and then lovers. The chemistry between them was perfect and the angst ... wow. I actually loved it more than The Love Hypothesis XD.. Read it y'áll! It's totally worth it!
Huge thanks to PRH International for sending me an ARC of this book.

I absolutely loved this book. I devoured The Love Hypothesis, but I enjoyed this one even more. The characters were lovable and well developed, and the spicy scenes were perfect.

I am a big fan of Ali Hazelwood's The Love Hypothesis, so it's no surprise I was extremely keen to find out if Love on the Brain would deliver the same fast paced romantic-romp-in-the-science-lab feels. And it did!

My biggest takeaway about this book is both a pro and a con, and I think whether Love on the Brain hits right will depend on reader expectations. I wanted *more* like The Love Hypothesis - and I got it. Love on the Brain scratches the same itch, with similar characters, relationship dynamics, and sometimes even similar dialogue and scenes. It's the same, but more intense and with even more heightened emotions. That's exactly what I was craving, and there's a reason I read it in big gulps.

At the same time, there's a specific formula at play here, and anyone expecting a very different contemporary scientific romance from Hazelwood's last novel may be disappointed.

Another thing I want to point out is that I love the setting of this book. It's awesome to see women in STEM highlighted. And I feel like the politics, backbreaking work, and hustle of STEM fields is pretty accurately conveyed in Love on the Brain. Young researchers and scientists just never know if they're going to get a break, and how do you balance the demanding career and uncertain living situations with maintaining friendships and relationships? I think this topic is what continues to fuel this series and make the characters and stories so interesting.

Man, ohhh man. I LOVED this👆🏻book!

Bee is a badass neuroscientist who is chosen by NASA as a lead investigator of BLINK, one of their most prestigious neuroengineering projects. She could not be happier - until she finds out she will be co leading the project with her old grad school nemesis.

Just like any classic rom com, this one was cheesy and predictable and made me swoony uncontrollably. I loved every minute of it. I’m a sucker for quirky heroines, hilarious secondary characters and protective heroes who clearly fall first.

There are definitely a lot of similarities between this book and TLH. Did I mind? Not one fluffing bit. I am of the mindset that romances will always have similarities to one another.

Bee is just as quirky & clueless as Olive was. There were several moments where I wanted nothing more than to shake that woman silly for not seeing what I could clearly see. Levi is so similar to Adam in how he has been secretly pinning for Bee all while ignoring her in the name of survival. Miscommunication was also a big theme throughout the first half of the book, but this was a situation where the good far outweighed the bad.

One big difference between The Love Hypothesis & Love on the Brain is the SPICE! LOTB has THREE open door scenes that completely blew me away. Idk if it was because I wasn’t expecting them in comparison to TLH, but I found the spice here to be top tier. The connection I felt between the two MCs was pure perfection. Side note, this one had one of the most delicious he goes down on her scenes I’ve read in a long time. Well done, Ali! 👏🏻👏🏻

Thank you to Berkley Romance & Netgalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

This book and I fought with each other. I wanted to much to love it. I love the cover. I love Levi. I did not like all of the science. I did not love all of the Marie Curie history. I loved their romance. I loved the tension. I even liked NASA and brains in space. But Bee and her stubbornness and ALL of the lack of communication in this story frustrated me through the whole book.

It turned at 50% when the romance ramped up, but WHEW was it work to get there. If you loved Love Hypothesis so much, you are going to love this one. The romance and especially Levi were both fantastic. The side characters were a delight. I loved them. The cats were adorable. I just felt so distracted (and a little bored) by the science and the Curie and her hard headed communication issues.

I adored The Love Hypothesis and was excited to read the next in the series. Unfortunately, Love on the Brain did not live up to my expectations.

Let’s start with the good: I do like that the series features super-smart female scientists. I thought Bee had a pretty interesting back story, and I generally like the grump/sunshine trope.

Now for the bad: I felt like the plot was VERY similar to The Love Hypothesis. I know romance novels follow a pattern but this book didn’t seem to change it up very much. I did not care for the descriptions of the characters (Levi’s ahem, *member* being way too big for Bee elicited a huge eye roll). I felt like Levi’s treatment of Bee because he had a crush on her was weird, and Bee and Levi just did not seem to connect well, and their relationship was ultimately unbelievable. The weird part at the end with Bee being held at gunpoint seemed jammed in and weird in what up until this point had been a fairly fluffy romance.

All in all, this book just did not work for me. I struggled to connect with the characters and ultimately felt like they just did not work together. I’ll be interested to see if other readers who also loved the first book in the series feel the same.

I was really excited about this one, but when I first started reading it I began to fear that this was basically The Love Hypothesis in a different font…

That ridiculous notion flew out the window quickly, as this was all its own! First of all, Ali brings quite a bit more steam in this one which I was NOT mad at! This was just, all around, such a great read that (in my opinion) should garner just as much hype as it’s predecessor.

This book focused a lot more on feminism and women’s rights in such a male dominated science (and just the work force in general). I loved the Marie Curie stanning, too.

Bee and her work made me so happy. And her work relationship with Rocío, her research assistant, was a constant source of laughter from me. The hatred between Bee and Levi that you just know will result in such angsty release was impeccable, also.

There was not a single thing about this book that I didn’t love.

If you loved The Love Hypothesis, you will love this one too.. maybe even more!

I absolutely loved this book. The MCs were so much fun to read about, and I adored the male MC. Levi and Bee were such a treat!

This book had witty banter and was just so enjoyable. I found myself laughing out loud so many times. It took gave me everything I love about a romance (relatable characters, enemies to lovers, fun romance) and turned it in to a book I just didn’t want to put down. I wanted to reread it as soon as I finished it!

I loved The Love Hypothesis. For a while, it was my top favorite romance, but Love on the Brain might have just taken its place. I loved every second of this book, and the ending was just so much better than TLH.

I feel like there are some predictable parts in the book, but I don’t think it took away from the overall story. I just personally really enjoyed this one. I could go on forever about this book!

Overall, if you like a fun quirky romance that will make you feel good, and laugh out loud - this is for you.

Ali Hazelwood is quickly becoming a new favorite! Love on the Brain is JUST AS good as its predecessor, The Love Hypothesis. I loved all the "You've Got Mail" vibes, and I really enjoy Hazelwood's writing style. Bee and Levi will make you smile! Thanks, Netgalley, for my arc.

I adored Hazelwood's Love Hypothesis, so I was over the moon excited to read this one. Verdict? It was ok. The chemistry between Bee and Levi fell a little flat for me and the miscommunication trope was waaaaay overused. Just talk to each other already! Goodness, they are both supposed to be top ranking scientists in their fields and they act like junior high kids who can't maintain adult dialogue. All that said, while I didn't love it as much as Hypothesis, it still had the rockstar feminist vibe that kept me reading into the night. I love a strong women in STEM novel and Hazelwood delivers on that.

Was this predictable? Yes. Was it in a the best ways? Also, yes! I was worried it was going to be a carbon copy of Hazelwood's The Love Hypothesis, and in some ways it was, but on another level it was SO MUCH more.

I devoured this within a matter of hours. I couldnt pace myself at all.

Bee had a nomad childhood and wants some stability. She is being uprooted from her stable job to co lead on a project with a former nemesis.

This was so good. I loved it so hard!!!!

Thank you Berkley for the advanced readers copy of the phenom!

I can’t believe I got lucky enough to get an ARC. Some of my friends are grumpy about it. 😂

Bee Königswasser is a Marie Curie lovin scientist chosen for her dream project at NASA. Just one problem, she was chosen along side her college Nemesis™️ Levi Ward. Levi is a cinnamon roll scientist who finds himself unable to talk to Bee.

Bee also has a secret identity. She has a famous Twitter. WhatwouldMarieCurie do. When her goth assistant Rocio fails the GRE (again) Marie puts out the question to the Twitterverse is the standardized test really needed?!? Rocio, along with another coworker Kaylee take on the testing company.
Bees parents died when her and her twin sister were young and they were passed from relative to relative, which is why Bee wants roots. Due to some miscommunication (Ofcourse!) Bee thinks Levi hates her. Levi thinks she’s married.
When they finally come together? Shew wee. The romance is off the chart.
The book is smart and funny and it gave me so much joy to read. The reason for 4 stars is Bee is this amazing awesome genius human but she can’t realize Levi doesn’t hate her. Quite the opposite. I dunno it just seemed a bit strange to me. Maybe that was the point?
All in all another fabulous novel from Ali Hazelwood. I have enjoyed her work so far and can’t wait to read the next one!

I absolutely adored this book! While I think I still prefer the Love Hypothesis, Love on the Brain was an absolute delight. I regretted every time I had to put it down and wanted it to last even longer when I finished. I have some minor complaints, mainly that I though Bee was in denial about her feelings for too long/we should've gotten more of her and Levi together pre-third act conflict and that some things felt VERY obvious/it was dubious that someone with a PhD in neuroscience didn't figure it out earlier but I really had too good of a time to let those things hold back my love for this.

Love on the Brain was a cute read that followed a lot of the same tropes as Ali Hazelwood's debut novel, The Love Hypothesis; slow-burn romance, not really enemies to lovers, miscommunication and missed signals, a seemingly dark brooding hero who very obviously adored the heroine, and a beautiful, quirky, super smart but completely unaware heroine.

I liked Bee and Levi, but for being scientists working for NASA, they were pretty clueless about their obvious attraction/feelings for one another.

Love on the Brain was the slowest of slow burns, and even after they got together, they weren't really together because Bee just couldn't imagine Levi wanted something serious. The same Levi who has been crushing on her since Grad school.

The HEA was cute of course, but I felt their love story would have been served better with a little less slow burn and a bit more communication.

Como não correr para ler o próximo livro da autora de A Hipótese do Amor? Eu não sei vocês, mas eu não só corri, como consegui ler antes do lançamento através de uma cópia antecipada cedida pela editora Penguin Random House, a quem agradeço imensamene, em troca dessa resenha honesta.



Bee é uma neurocientista renomada que trabalha para um babaca. Quando lhe é oferecido uma oportunidade de trabalhar em um projeto na NASA, nada parece mais tentador, até que Bee dscobre que terá que co-liderar o prejeto com Levi Ward, um ex-colega que é engenheiro e que deixou claro em diversas ocasiões que não a suporta. A questão é bem fácil: o que Marie Curie faria? Nesse caso a resposta seria trabalhar com o máximo empenho paa provar a todos que ela é uma neurocientista foda. Acontece que Levi nunca odiou Bee, o que ele sente por ela é muito diferente, mas uma série de acontecimentos deram essa impressão e enquanto Levi tenta mostrar a Bee que não é tão ruim assim, tem alguém tentando sabotar o projeto deles.



Como lidar com essa autora que juntou apenas tudo que eu mais amo em um livro mais uma vez? Ciência, enemies to lovers, o boy se apaixona primeiro e STAR WARS? Eu tô completamente rendida!!!



Bee tem um problema com oermanência, que se originou em sua infância depois da morte dos pais e culminou no péssimo relacionamento que teve com Tim. Eu nem preciso dizer que ela é completamente apaixonada por ciência e isso a mantem muito ocupada. Quando ela começa a conviver com Levi as coisas vão se distanciando do que ela esperava, no começo eu realmente achei que ele fosse um babaca, mas o pobi só era atrapalhado mesmo.



E como eu falei, Levi tem um grande problema de comunicação, as vezes parece que ele pensa uma coisa que faz perfeito sentido só na cabeça dele e vai lá e dá tudo errado e isso proporciona gargalhadas do começo ao fim da leitura.



Claro que temos cenas mais hots entre os dois e vou te contar que esse nerd cientista tem um fogo. Quando eles começam a se pegar meu deus que cenas maravilhosas.



Para além do romance a autora abordou assuntos importantes como várias situações de machismo na academia, que eu confeso já passei por algumas, e olha que nem sou da área consderada mais masculina. A autora abordou isso através de um perfil que a personagem tem no twitter e foi muito legal ver como ela construiu esse assunto para além do romance entre Bee e Levi.



love On The Brain vai ser lançado nos EUA dia 23 e já teve seus direitos comprados por uma editora brasileira, obrigada Editora Arqueiro!

As always, Ali Hazelwood got me dizzy from swooning.
Delicious and angsty, a grumpy and sunshine trope that speaks to the softest part of my soul with sprinkled witty humor and banter like cherry on top.

It's sweet, warm, and made my face hurt from smiling. It's the kind of read that's so darn adorable, it will make your day pinker and brighter.

I thought The Love Hypothesis was hard to top but with Love on The Brain, this author continues the successful strike of cuteness.

Bee is a badass neuroscientist and STRONG women in STEM advocate, and she just got her dream job — a collaboration with NASA to engineer astronaut helmets. However, securing the position was actually the easy part. Now, she's forced to work with a sworn enemy from grad school, a creepy/rude boss breathing down her neck even from across the country, and mysterious things happening to her lab.

Let me start with: what a fun ride! OK, I loved Bee's particular brand of quirky (to an extent) and the sexual tensions and miscommunications (to an extent) but I think my biggest issue with Ali Hazelwood's writing is it just goes a little *too* far. Really pushing that line from funny and cute to "omg ok we get it." And I FULLY recognize this is TOTALLY a me thing. This "too much" thing is totally subjective, so absolutely take that into account.

Some really fun banter and great characters and backstories — also really fab plot twist that intrigued me! Also the :fire emoji: scenes (plural!!!!) were wayyyy better than the last book.