Ali Hazelwood hit her stride with this one. Elsie is a likable and relatable character and Jack is both tall and able to articulate his feelings, so basically a total dreamboat.

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Personally, reading a Ali Hazelwood is comfort reading. I know what to expect, she sings to my inner PhD soul. Her authors note does mention this is her most academic heavy book and maybe it’s why it worked so well for me. We follow Elsie though her struggles with juggling 3 adjunct positions across different parts of the city, while living with a chronic disease and not having access to a Heath insurance. The lack of money drives her to work as a fake relationship date too.

Consistent with Ali’s trademark, you get a STEM heroine and a STEM hero. He’s an obsessed cinnamon roll disguised as a grumpy professor in a competition lab.

This might be my new favorite book, and I hope we get a story of her roommate Cece and her billionaire?

If you loved Ali’s previous book, just run to preorder this one. It’s a warm blanket of science puns, academia struggles, women in STEM supportive of each other and finding love.
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Love, Theoretically X Ali Hazlewood
Pub Date June 13, 2023 >>> Swipe for Synopsis
Alright Guys 😙😙😙 Y’all know that in the past Ms. Hazelwood’s books have fallen a bit short for me, and that I will be brutally honest… I loved this book😲. Ok now that thats out of the way let’s talk about why. I was nervous this was going to be The Love Hypothesis 3.0 but I asked and Ms. Hazlewood delivered. Elsie is hands down the most relatable of Hazlewoods FMC and her growth (professional, romantic and personal) was chefs kiss. Also y’all know how much miscommunication grinds my gears but THEIRS WAS HANDLED SO WELL I doubt I’ll ever say that again.
Lets talk about JACK F’ING SMITH-TURNER 🥵 Listen I was screaming into my pillow and kicking my feet. Adam and Levi truly have nothing on this man🤫.
💬” In my weird fantasies, Elsie, you allow me to keep an eye on you. And when I really let go, I imagine you let me take care of your too.”
💬” You could be my entire world if you let me.”
💬” I do have a thing for consent.” YALL KNOW THAT GETS ME EVERYTIME
💬”What do you like when having sex? What do you want? What are your needs? How do I make you 🤫?”
If I couldn’t convince y’all with those I don’t know what else I could do!🙆🏾‍♀️
Once the spice started it didn’t stop coming…literally.
This one also felt more real in terms of the STEM aspects. We got to see Elsie navigate job interviews, challenging advisors (I know a bit about that one🙄), “challenging” students, and academic rivalries. TLH and LOTB to me felt like regular books just set in research labs with sprinkles of words I couldn’t pronounce.
✨Read This If you Like✨
👱🏽‍♂️He Falls First
😡 Rivals to Lovers
👩‍❤️‍👨 Fake Dating (kinda)
🌶ABSOLUTE OPEN DOOR SPICE
🧪Women in STEM (😜slay)
If you were like me and not sure if Hazelwood’s writing is for you I’m begging you to give this one a chance. If you hate it I’ll give you 3 cents for your time 🙃
ALI Sweetie, this is your bag!!! Please Stay in It!!!
@berkleyromance @peguinrandomhouse @berkleyromance PUHLEASE send me a physical ARC besties thanks !!!😏
Thanks to @Netgalley and the publishers for an eARC in exchange for an honest review
Love, Theoretically X @alihazlewood
Pub Date June 13, 2023

This started off slow for me, but as usual with Ali Hazelwood books I got sucked in and couldn't put it down until I was finished.

The many lives of Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, she’s an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading labs and teaching thermodynamics in the hopes of landing tenure. By other day, Elsie makes up for her non-existent paycheck by offering her services as a fake girlfriend, tapping into her expertly honed people-pleasing skills to embody whichever version of herself the client needs.

But then she discovers that Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and arrogant older brother of her favorite client, is a cold-hearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentor’s career and undermined the reputation of theorists everywhere. And on top of that, he’s the same Jack Smith who rules over the physics department at MIT, standing right between Elsie and her dream job.

I was torn towards the middle of the book when things don't quite work out for Elsie, even though there is a good explanation why. I wanted her with Jack because as you read, you learn there is more to him than meets the eye.
But what I really loved was the fact that Elsie found her voice and love with Jack as a bonus.

This was a quick read, will be great for the beach or poolside this summer!

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

࿐*⁀➷ Is this my favorite Ali Hazelwood book? I... think so.

I think Jack Smith is one of the best heroes she's ever written. Do you love boy-obsessed heroes? Heroes who feel so much for the heroine that they blush so much and every touch is a boost of serotonin to their veins? And the communication in this *chef kiss* I loved every minute I spent reading this book.

I don't want to go too much into it. Because I believe that everyone should have the best possible experience reading it. Jack and Elsie are so adorable and I love them both separately and together.

Ali Hazelwood's books are always a sure fire excellent read, and Love, Theoretically is definitely her best. Highly recommended!

Oh man, I was so excited to get my hands on this advanced reader's copy from #Netgalley, and it did not disappoint! Now I can't decide which one I like best: This one or The Love Hypothesis I feel like Ali Hazelwood is becoming my modern-day Jane Austen. And I'm obsessed with Jane Austen, so...Just all the feels. Thank you so much for writing this beautiful book that sheds light on what it's like to be a female theoretical physicist. And how hard it is to make it as a single woman in the world of academics. Thank you for making the female protagonist quirky in all the right ways and the male protagonist just the perfect whole package. The academic humor gave me so much life. I wondered if I wasn't in a Ph.D. program would I find it as hilarious I did? I will be buying this book as a present for many friends in the future when it is published on June 13.

Thanks again. I can tell this is one I will read over and over.

So damn good!! This might be better than The Love Hypothesis. I read it in one sitting and I’m up way too late, but it was worth it. Great pacing, fun characters, and lots of spice.

And yes, being an adjunct really sucks.

Ali Hazelwood strikes again! The queen of spicy STEM novels hits our bookshelves with "Love, Theoretically", with all the romance and science we have grown to know and love from her.

there’s nothing quite like getting completely lost in a book, being pulled into a painstakingly crafted literary space, where characters are both relatable while also embodying what we aspire to, in a world that is fictionally false but couldn’t feel more real.

hazelwood's latest manages all of the above, and somehow more. yes, it closely mimics her debut, but it still succeeds in introducing new tropes and clever plot devices — the fake dating service to dream job interview meet-cute is absolutely everything!!! — allowing this book to stand on its own legs, while incorporating some of the tried and true ingredients that made her first book such a smashing success.

to those that will — inevitably — enjoy this read less because of some of the recurring themes, I really get it. to each their own! IMHO, I also understand why hazelwood sought to replicate some things (like shared personality traits between book MCs, for one). the love hypothesis was such a hit, beloved by romcom readers around the world, so why not look to some of the elements that made one story so well-received when dreaming up a new tale? (speaking of, the Olive and Adam cameo in this made me over-the-moon elated!!!)

final verdict? love, theoretically is a sizzling, smart, frankly unputdownable adventure. I quickly fell for Elsie and Jack while devouring this — and I’d bet I’m not the only one.

*thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an arc in exchange for an honest review.*

I know that everyone's biggest complaint about Ali Hazelwood is that every book seems to be the Love Hypothesis with different characters and job titles but here is the thing.... she could pop out 12 of these bad boys and I will eat them up every time. This book specifically though gave me Jack who is by far my favorite of the the Ali Hazelwood men and the copious amounts of healthy communication in this?? YES PLEASE.

Another excellent book by Ali Hazelwood! She marries romance and STEM so well and this might be her best attempt to date. It feels distinctly quiet when compared to her previous 2 books. Less heavy on tropes and more emphasis on everyday lives. And it suits her better than expected.

The relationship developed between Jack and Elsie was equal parts steamy and romantic. I like a hero who is absolutely obsessed with the heroine and that was definitely the case here. But it wasn't a simple infatuation with Elsie's looks... he saw through her facade and that's what sets Ali Hazelwood books apart from others. Her attention to detail is always there.

I love Ali's books. They feel like they were written with me in mind, and the moments within make me cackle like no other romance novel.

So...I still LOVED this one. But also, I guess I found it a bit draggy in the middle? And the sex scene felt like I'd read it...(counts Ali's novels and novellas on my fingers) say... five times before?

I would rank this above Love on the Brain in terms of her novels, but few things in it brought me the sheer DELIGHT that The Love Hypothesis (and to a lesser extent, Below Zero) did.

I liked the greater focus on aro/ace identity in this one, and if Ali's a one trick pairing pony with a list of tropes that I can predict 90% of in advance, that's fine too. (As the husband said "I know exactly what I'm getting when I read a Bosch book, no complaints.") I just can't in good faith keep rating her five stars. This wasn't the BEST book, but it was a ME book, and I'm perfectly happy with what I got.

Another great STEM romance from Ali Hazelwood. I really enjoyed this one a lot (I possibly liked the hero and heroine best out of her books so far). The only reason it isn't 5 stars is the format of the story and characters is typical Ali Hazelwood formula (not bad, just not original either). I also did really get annoyed with everything about Elsie's brothers. I was surprised when she mentioned they were older than her since they seem to be living at home and acting like 12 year olds.

Dr. Elsie Hannaway has been an adjunct professor at a handful of Boston colleges and universities for years. She can barely afford her rent, her research has been untouched for at least two years, and has to fake date through a dating service to make ends meet. When a position opens at MIT that sounds like her dream job, she does all that she can to put her best foot forward, until she learns that Jonathan Smith-Turner is a part of the Physics Institute. The same Jonathan Smith-Turner who single-handedly dismantled Theoretical Physics, and more specifically, Elsie's mentor and his career fifteen years prior to the story taking place. Elsie harbors deep resentment for this man (and has since she was a teenager), but decides that she can manage. When she turns up for the first part of a multi-faceted interview, she is shocked to learn that Jonathan Smith-Turner is Jack, the brother of the man she's been fake-dating for months. Her interview is immediately off to a rocky start: not only is she a theoretical physicist, she's been lying (and Jack doesn't know that his brother isn't actually dating her).

This story was all-consuming for me. It follows a similar plotline to Hazelwood's other books, but I absolutely loved it, maybe more than the others. Elsie's life is three-dimensional. Her roommate Cece plays a huge part in the story and doesn't read at all like a side-character. Elsie's family, her mentor, her own health issues are all well-written and fully imagined. The romance is great. Highly recommend.

phenomenal. hazelwood at her absolute best. interesting use of fake dating with incredible enemies to lovers banters. a perfect example of a love language of quality time and caretaking. i CRAVE more of this.

Elise is an adjunct professor, a theoretical physicist, a fake girlfriend to those who need one, a people pleaser, a cheese lover, and a closet Twilight fan. Jack Smith is the brother of Elise’s current fake boyfriend, the head of the MIT physics department, an experimental physicist, and the author of an article that harmed the entire theoretical physics profession. Elise has the opportunity to interview for a tenured job at MIT that would pay her a comfortable wage, provide health insurance, and improve her quality of life tremendously. The only catch is that Jack is on the interview committee and he does not want Elise to get the job. Elise must try to win over the other committee members to get the job.
Throughout the book, Elise learns to become her true self, learns how to be loved, and stand up for herself. Jack pushes Elise to be honest with him about who she truly is and what she wants. I love how they interact with each other and I think that they are my new favorite book couple.
Ali Hazelwood is a master of enemies to lovers and STEMist romcoms. I love that the female leads in her books are all in the STEM field. I find myself learning about new things, and appreciating all the women who pave their way in the male-dominated field. Also really loved the Olive and Adam cameo in this book :). I was exactly 46% done with this book when I realized it will probably be the best book that I read all year. I will highly recommend this book to anyone who will listen to me!

Ali Hazelwood has done it again! What happens when the opposite sides of academic science collide? One hilarious and very sexy read,

Thank you for the chance to read this early! I absolutely loved this book! It had all the tension and feels I want in a romantic read. I l oved the characters and that Olive and Adam had a cameo!! This book hooked me from the start and I couldn't stop reading. I just loved everything about it and can't wait for Ali Hazelwood's next book. This one was a little heavier on the science terms but it worked!

I loved this new STEM romance from Ali Hazelwood. It was very moving, with a healthy dose of real world problems that seem to make falling in love sit on the back burner. Girl Power is a strong theme in this book, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.