The Love Hypothesis
The Instant New York Times Best Seller and TikTok Sensation! As seen on The View! A BuzzFeed Best Summer Read of 2021 When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman's carefully calculated theories on love into chaos. As a third-year PhD candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships—but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees. That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor—and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding...six-pack abs. Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combusti
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Stanford biology PhD candidate Olive Smith needs her best friend to think she has moved on, so she kisses the first man she sees in a campus hallway. He turns out to be Adam Carlsen, a famously hard professor in her department, and the two strike a deal to fake-date through the semester.
Yes. The Love Hypothesis contains explicit on-page romance scenes, around 4 out of 5 on the spice scale. Ali Hazelwood is known for STEM-set romances with significant on-page intimacy.
Yes. The Love Hypothesis contains explicit on-page romance scenes, around 4 out of 5 on the spice scale. Ali Hazelwood is known for STEM-set romances with significant on-page intimacy.
Yes, originally. The Love Hypothesis was originally a Star Wars Reylo (Rey/Kylo Ren) fan fiction before being substantially rewritten and published as an original novel. Ali Hazelwood has acknowledged the origin in interviews.
The Love Hypothesis was written by Ali Hazelwood, published in 2021 by Berkley Books.
The Love Hypothesis is 398 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Love Hypothesis takes most readers 6 to 9 hours to finish.
The Love Hypothesis is a standalone novel by Ali Hazelwood, not part of a series.
The Love Hypothesis is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
