LOVE ON THE BRAIN - Ali Hazelwood

5 stars

Yes, I loved it just as much as the first one. Happiness is an Ali Hazelwood book.

Characters: ★★★★★
Humor: ★★★★★
Romance/Steam: ★★★★★

Love on the Brain comes out on August 23!

There is no better way to start this review than by using what the book's description starts with:

Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do?

And with that, that's almost all you need to know about Love on the Brain, with the added information that this is an exquisite enemies-to-lovers romance with a dose of lighthearted angst—and absolutely jam-packed with bonkers humor.

Bee and Levi are ENEMIES. This is known. In grad school, Levi made it extremely clear that he couldn't stand the sight of Bee and made it his mission to avoid her at all possible costs. Bee never really understood how she came to acquire an arch nemesis, but she rolled with it and life moved on. They both graduated and Bee thought she'd never see Levi again.

But of course, life has a funny way of dealing with your expectations.

When the opportunity of the lifetime lands in Bee's lap—working for NASA as their lead neuroscientist for a cool project—Bee is over the moon! This is it! Her dream, coming true! What could go wrong!

Well, Levi is listed as the engineering co-lead to the project. That is definitely a wrinkle.

Can these two scientists become more than nemesis?

Y'ALL. I thought The Love Hypothesis was in danger of being a one-hit wonder. It was too funny, too lovable, and too tailored to that perfect blend of steamy romance and plot. It was perfect—and how often do we get multiple perfects in a row with an author? It was the perfect storm of all of my favorite things and I thought to myself "there's now way that Ali Hazelwood can match herself with the next book."

Well, I'm eating my hat today. Hazelwood matched her energy with this one and then some--Love on the Brain was everything I wanted it to be and yet also, somehow, still fresh. How she managed to take a similar STEM-based setup and bring new feelings, scenarios, and characters to the table baffles my mind, but I digress. This was 10/10, my sweet cinnamon roll, the peanut butter to The Love Hypothesis' jelly, the answer to our Science! hetero romance dreams.

Read it, love it, and then come back here and rant to me about it because I would love that.

Bring on the next one, Ali!!

Thank you to Berkley for my copy in exchange for an honest review.