I loved The Love Hypothesis, so I had really high hopes here. Unfortunately it underwhelmed. It was a little long, a little repetitive, and a little far fetched. Still a cute story, still enjoyed it, just not a new favorite at all.

This was cute but not as good as Ali’s first book. It was hard to stay interested in the plot. I did enjoy the romance though. I do love that Ali stays in the science realm because that is also a passion of mine. Overall I liked it.

This was romance with a splash of mystery and action! This was a super fun read! Thank you to the publisher and to NetGalley for the opportunity to read in exchange for a review!

Love on the Brain is another romance novel in Ali Hazelwood's STEMinist series. While Bea and Levi were both interesting characters, thematically this book seemed like a retread of The Love Hypothesis to its discredit. Things that were supposed to be major twists were foreshadowed with blinking lights and blaring alarms so Bea's inability to see these things made her seem less intelligent than she is supposed to be. The insistence of Hazelwood to use the "hEs So BiG aNd ShEs So SmAlL" trope really came to be obnoxious in this book.

I love a good enemies to lovers, but this book was made even better by the banter and nerdy fun throughout the story. I didn’t go in looking for any kind of life-altering revelation, but really just wanted fun. I devoured it so quickly and loved every second. Bee and Levi were both stubborn and brought the angst that every good enemies to lovers rom-com needs.

Another fun STEMinist romance that made me coo like a damn cozy infant. There’s nothing else I can say about Hazelwood’s books other than they’re so extremely soft and delicate. They have depth and beautiful characters, but I always feel warm.

I was unable to finish this novel before the publication date. My library owns two copies and it is used for displays and reader's advisory.

Ali Hazelwood has hit it out of the park again! I enjoyed this book just as much as her first one. The S.T.E.M. aspect is something I love to read and support in books and in life with my programs at the library. NASA is also one of those places I have always wanted to visit and one day I will!

Bee & Levi's relationship has its ups and downs. There, of course, where moments where I want to kick both of them for the miscommunication between them. That being said, the "miscommunication' trope is one of my least favorite tropes that I read; however, this book was written well enough that I didn't have a massive problem with it.

I can't wait to read more in Ali's world.

My hypothesis: I will always love an Ali Hazelwood book. There’s something about the combination of characters, friendships and relationships, and the writing style that gets me every time. Plus, there’s always an academia element and I always love that. The writing has only grown stronger the more novels I read from Hazelwood, and I cannot wait to get to the next book!

I loved this book even more than The Love Hypothesis. The plot was much less contrived and I loved the witty banter between the characters. I really enjoyed the story from beginning to end.

This has been the best Ali Hazelwood book I have read so far! The love story and chemistry between Bee and Levi is believable and steamy. I loved that a cat obsession and vegan lifestyle was included. Hazelwood's writing is addictive and this story is full of love, heartache, and laughter. A true rom-com that has set the precedent for this year's romance reading.

I was one of the many people who adored The Love Hypothesis, so I was really looking forward to diving into this one. Even though the fact that it took me months to finally get to might say otherwise 🙈

This book had big shoes to fill, and unfortunately it didn’t quite get there for me. I still loved the aspects of women in science kicking ass, but other parts just annoyed me.

Was anyone else aware that Bee and Levi were sworn enemies? It almost got to the point where I made it a drinking game whenever she mentioned it, but I probably would have died, so it’s a good idea I didn’t.

I would say *spoiler ahead* but it’s a romcom and it was so clear that the dude had a thing for her from early on, so I feel like I can talk about it. HOW DID SHE NOT CATCH ON? Seriously. His love was oozing from the pages and she’s all, “we’re sworn enemies to the death!” constantly. It drove me batty. If you can’t tell. Which was unfortunate because it took away from a book that was otherwise pretty good!

Levi though. He’s a keeper and I adored his character.

I will most definitely still read Ali’s books because I think she’s a great author. Bee just needed to open her eyes a little bit more.

Thank you to @netgalley and @berkleypub for the arc in exchange for my review 💜

Just as cute and sexy as her first book! More romance should be this good.


Thank you, NetGalley for a chance to read this early.

Love on the Brain
Star Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

This follows the story of Bee who is a female in the STEM field and is obsessed with anything Marie Curie (LOL). She is offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work with NASA co-leading a neuroengineering project. However, what happens when she learns that her co-lead is her old [extremely attractive and tall] grad school archenemy, Levi. Should she accept this opportunity? Of course she will.

Overall thoughts: I think I loved this one even more than The Love Hypothesis. I was quickly hooked by it to the point that I read it all in a day. I thought it was well written and it had just the right amount of spice. Bee’s character was a little annoying to the point of making me roll my eyes at times. How someone so smart could be so oblivious baffled me. Besides her pink hair, tattoos, and a cringy obsession with Marie Curie there wasn't anything too memorable of her character. However, I did enjoy Levi’s character and I thought Rocio [Bee’s assistant] was hilarious. In the end I was fully invested in their relationship and the plot was able to keep me hooked. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a light, fun, enjoyable read, and I would definitely recommend it.

LOVE ON THE BRAIN is a novel in Ali Hazelwood 's STEM-inist Romance Series, which I value especially for their strong Empowered female characters, Scientists, whose devotion to Science is insurmountable, but who consistently face scientific establishments whose mindset is firmly 19th century. Author Ali Hazelwood weaves in comic touches, character tension, budding romances, plus explicit erotica and language.

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood is the author's sophomore book after the mega-hit The Love Hypothesis. Readers everywhere went nuts after her first book that showed women in the sciences, medical and engineering fields.
Way to go! She's done it again with an fierce enemies to lovers (hot and steamy) romance that readers will adore!

Didn’t like this one as much as her other one. Not really sure why. Maybe it was they the story moved too fast.

I really enjoyed this book by Ali Hazelwood! I thought it was a cute follow up book from The Love Hypothesis! It had all the stuff I love in a romcom! I enjoyed the enemies to lovers trope, and I still appreciate the science-y aspect to her books. Overall, enjoyed the book and recommend!

I went into this book really hoping to enjoy it at least and I was immediately disappointed.

There are a few Harry Potter mentions early on in this book and I found it so disappointing to see this in a book published in 2022. The mentions felt unnecessary as well.

As a Latina, I personally did not enjoy seeing La Llorona be reduced to "famed feminist ghost." And the fact that this appeared to be Rocio's personality trait as well really bothered me. I would have preferred if the well known myth of La Llorona had been left alone if it was going to be disrespected like this and having the Latinx rep with Rocio also felt disappointing because she wasn't well written either. This really ruined the book for me because I found it just disrespectful to my community.

That aside, the story itself was written poorly and was just so cringe. The parts that were supposed to be "sexy" ended up only giving me secondhand embarrassment. The characters themselves felt like copies of the author's other characters in previous books. It just was not an enjoyable book unfortunately.

I loved <i>Love on the Brain</i> just as much as I loved <i>The Love Hypothesis</i>. <i>Love on the Brain</i> follows Bee Königswasser, a neuroscientist who gets an offer to work with NASA on a project that could take her career to the next level. Bee is over the moon about the project but quickly finds out that she will be co-leading the project with Levi Ward, a fellow scientist who hated Bee in graduate school. Bee gets to Houston with the hopes of the project taking importance over old and confusing feelings, but the project does start off on a rocky start and Bee is forced to confront Levi, but things are not what Bee has assumed.

Ali Hazelwood just has a way of writing romance that just works for me. Yes, <i>Love on the Brain</i> is full of tropes that seem to make it into many of Hazelwood's books BUT THEY WORK. The writing is funny, smart and fun. Bee, Levi, and most side characters are such likable and complex people. As someone who doesn't necessarily seek out books with science themes front and center, <i>Love on the Brain</i> surprised me in how much I liked the science facts and plot Hazelwood writes alongside the romance.

<i>Love on the Brain</i> is a fun and heartfelt enemies-to-lovers romance that is easy to read. If you have read and liked <i>The Love Hypothesis</i> and The STEMinist Novellas, you can't go wrong with <i>Love on the Brain.</i> Ali Hazelwood can do no wrong in my eyes and she is definitely one of my favorite romance authors.