Like all of Ali Hazelwood's other books, the characters are smart, the romance is sizzling, and the story is engaging. She hasn't let me down yet. I can't wait to read more by her.

This lands near the bottom of my Ali Hazelwood ranking. I felt like there wasn’t a real emotional connection between Rue and Eli and that the romance was way too focused on physical chemistry. I don’t buy into the fact that they’re in love just because they have explosive sex. However, this was still a fun read.

Goodness! There was spice and a well though out story - all the elements that make a book an excellent read. I have loved this author since I stumbled upon her book, The Love Hypothesis. She totally creates the most fun and interesting characters that are so realistic and relatable! Totally recommend this read and the audiobook as well.

Oh Ali Hazelwood, how I love thee! Or rather, your writing!

Not in Love is a return to Hazelwood's STEM romances and I adored it! Here we have two broken people who find in each other a way to heal themselves. This isn't a story about needing someone to fix you, it's about finding someone who gives you the strength to fix yourself.

This was such a great read, the steamy bits were perfect, and everything about this story was top notch!

Ali Hazelwood seriously never misses. The characters are adorable and tender and so so well crafted that they feel like real people I know. The romance had me rooting for them to get together from page one and each flip of the page just built on that initial chemistry for some incredible payoff at the end.

It’s not my favorite Ali Hazelwood book, BUT it was still a fun read. It still has the Ali Hazelwood signature - witty humor and an adorable meet cute. She did preface the book by saying it’s more of an erotic book than rom com so she did give the readers a fair warning. Whether this book is up to the reader’s taste would highly depend on individual preferences for the smut levels, but in my books, it was awesome.

This was my first Ali Hazelwood book and I did really enjoy it. This was spicy romance that had more than just spice to it. I have mostly gotten away from romance books these days because they are super heavy on the spicy and the darkness and super light on the plot. This book however had a good blend of both spice and plot. I enjoyed the story and the witty banter between Rue and Eli. Pretty much all the characters were very likeable and well flushed out. I also enjoyed that the female character was still a strong character and yet was vulnerable enough to allow a man to help her through the difficulties she faced with someone she thought was her friend. I will definitely be reading more by this author.

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Format: E-book

3.75🌟 - it was good!

This has probably been my least favorite Ali Hazelwood book to date 🙈. There were some good parts of this one, but it was a little too insta-love for me compared to her other books! This one had a different feel to her other books, so I’m interested to see what’s next for her!

WOW

Ali delivered such a fun extremely steamy contemporary.

I adored everything about this one. I'm obsessed with Rue and Eli

I eat up everything Ali writes, but this one especially felt unique to her others because of the role reversal in terms of personalities. I think many women will read this and feel seen the way I did. Those of us who feel like we're too much, too difficult, for others to love.

Ali Hazelwood is incredibly popular with library patrons. She has written another one that will be a big hit. Her strength is in writing complex and sometimes unlikable heroes/heroines. This one will be a hit with women who have been told they are "difficult".

Whatever Ali Hazelwood puts into her books needs to be studied. It has to be illegal. How is every book a banger?

Didn't looooove some of the way poverty was discussed but over all,. I ate it up.

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Books [Berkley] for an e-book of "Not in Love" by Ali Hazelwood in exchange for an honest review. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves romcoms, spice, and modern references. While this book didn't necessarily hit for me due to personal preferences, I can understand how this is other's cup of tea. It is smut filled, list crazed, includes obsessed men, intimacy, and did I mention STEAM?? I would also consider this book to have the "insta-love" trope.

I’ve only read a few Ali Hazelwood, but I do find her stories very hard to put down. They are so much fun and I absolutely loved the relationship between Rue and Eli. There is a lot of growth over the course of the novel. I would love a short story of Minami just to see how she is as a mother! You could tell right away that there was something off about Florence and I was waiting for the shoe to drop.

I loved this non-traditional romance Ali has highlighted. While it did have her trademark settings and writing style, we got to see a different type of relationship and one where roles were reversed.

DNF but I feel justified to give a fair review. This felt so redundant and honestly, there were too many words that had me cringing. So many of the words in here feel juvenile.

If Ali writes it, I read it. I loved this book. It seemed different than her other ones. When I say I adored these characters and this entire plot, I’m not joking. I want to read it again. Ali seriously has a way to captivate her readers and I want more.

Every time I think I've found my favorite Ali Hazelwood book, I read the next one and I'm proven wrong!

This book was so different from anything she has written before and I absolutely loved it! The chemistry between Rue & Eli was off the charts! and don't even get me started on the spice! It was so hot but what I loved the most about this book was that not only was it very spicy, it dealt with some very real and raw topics. The care that was put into the different depictions of mental health struggles was palpable and I appreciate the representation.

I can't finish this review without mentioning how horrendously down bad Eli was! The man was absolutely FERAL for Rue (as he should be) and it was truly my favorite part of the book!

This book has truly convinced me that I am an Ali Hazelwood girlie.

This is my 3rd or 4th book from the author, and I am hooked. Her writing is so gripping, no matter the topic (vampires, chess, women in STEM). Not in Love was a different story that covered much heavier topics and emotion, but it was written beautifully. The book had romantic tension and strong characters, while also portraying something more raw.

I also love how much Eli was down bad for Rue. I mean, man was OBSESSEDDD.

This was very different than Hazelwood's other books. It was more erotic fiction which isn't for me but did appreciate the trauma discussions