Olive Smith is a third-year PhD candidate and like everyone else in her program she knows who Dr. Adam Carlsen is and keeps away. Except for that one time when Olive panics and accidentally ends up kissing him - whoops!

Olive imagines that Carlsen will immediately put up a fuss and demand she explain what’s going on. Instead he goes along with her charade of pretending to be Olive’s boyfriend. This fake relationship will end up being in both of their interests...but slowly the lines between what is fake and what is real end up blurring. Will they be able to end this “relationship” when their deadline comes up?

I honestly cannot put into words how much I absolutely LOVED The Love Hypothesis. The banter, the chemistry, the humor - it was all doled out in the perfect proportions to make for such a wonderful book!

I will say that being a female in the STEM field - I related to Olive a lot. But even without the science background The Love Hypothesis was filled with warmth and relatable characters. I was rooting for Adam and Olive to get together and loved every moment of their journey together.