Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood – 368 pages
ARC from Berkley and Netgalley for an honest review
Book Blurb:
The many lives of theoretical physicist 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.
Honestly, it’s a pretty sweet gig—until her carefully constructed Elsie-verse comes crashing down. Because Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and broody older brother of her favorite client, turns out to be the cold-hearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentor’s career and undermined the reputation of theorists everywhere. And that same Jack who now sits on the hiring committee at MIT, right between Elsie and her dream job.
Elsie is prepared for an all-out war of scholarly sabotage but…those long, penetrating looks? Not having to be anything other than her true self when she’s with him? Will falling into an experimentalist’s orbit finally tempt her to put her most guarded theories on love into practice?
My Review: 4 stars
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood was probably my favorite of her books since her release of The Love Hypothesis in 2021. She’s written three books and a novella since then, that’s mighty impressive. Big news is that she’s switching genres and her new novel will be filled with werewolf and vampire vibes.
This book most impressed me because not only was it a science-based romance, but it also feature a main character (MC) with Type 1 Diabetes! I’ve been at T1D for almost forty years (man that makes me feel OLD), and it’s this book that most accurately portrayed life as a T1D. Thank you Ali for showing some T1D love.
I also learned a lot about physics and the differences between experimental and theoretical physicists. You all know I love learning new things and I felt a little smarter when I finished reading it. Of course, the heart of the book is a romance and the tension between Jack and Elsie was on point. Her love of Twilight made me chuckle as I can relate. I love when the movie comes on unexpectedly.
Don’t miss this one if you’re looking for smart people, enemies to lovers romance with a hint of spice.
Quotes I liked:
Physics is like sex: it may yield practical results, but often that’s not why we do it.”
“I’d give everyone the me they wanted, needed, craved, and in exchange they’d care about me.”
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