I’ve got to say this isn’t my favorite of the STEMinist novellas. I liked the first one then I can’t decide which one I liked the least between the second and third ones. I do like a big, bear of a man that’s like not ripped and chiseled but still strong. And I definitely love a bearded ginger but there was just something missing in Hannah and Ian’s story. 

I liked that Hannah and Ian have this hot first encounter and there’s good chemistry between them, but I don’t feel like they interact much. I’m not a fan of instalove or miscommunication tropes, and though this miscommunication isn’t as bad or cliche as most, it’s still there. I like Hannah, she’s a little mean and I like that. I love she’s bisexual and completely comfortable with her sexuality and is sex positive. She knows what she likes until Ian comes along and throws all that out the window. I get her feelings of not being lovable (trust) and I think she’s great. I wish there was more time to make her a more well rounded character. She’s smart and funny, stubborn, sarcastic, and she takes charge. And I get why the conflict between her and Ian happened as a woman in STEM or any male dominated field. She’s by far got the most interesting job of the three novella women. 

I didn’t like that Hannah was just casually in a crevasse without any real explanation though you can connect the dots. And what happened with the Dr. Merel? Maybe novellas aren’t Hazelwood’s forte. That’s fine. These were fun books and I rated them according to their genre and book type. Also, the sec scene was too short for me! I didn’t find it directly hot that Ian was comparing her body to Martian topography, but I did find it hot that he knew she’d find it hot. 

I do wish Hazelwood had more diversity in her books. I love the sexuality diversity with the demisexual, ace, and bisexual representation, but I’d like to see more than just the same hot white guys and women copy and pasted. 

The novellas are a little repetitive but they’re also supposed to be quick one shots that give us really popular tropes: forced proximity, miscommunication, enemies to lovers, and instalove. So I can’t fault Hazelwood in not developing a whole love story in 100 pages. I do hope Love on the Brain is way better and lives up to The Love Hypothesis hype. But for cute, wholesome, hot novellas, these scratched the itch for me.