I know this is crazy, but somehow I read every other Ali Hazelwood book published before Aug 2024, BEFORE reading The Love Hypothesis. I am not sure how I missed the 1st book but I did and I am SO HAPPY I went back for it. I am a Reylo fan-fic fan and I will not apologize for it. Something about the dark hair-ed grump being head over heels for his girl just does it for me every time.

I really enjoyed this book. Olive has my whole heart. I love a girl in STEM, fighting the good fight against the patriarchy. and while I don't love that women often struggle to understand their worth and be proud of their abilities, it is something I heavily relate to so I can't fault the book for it.

Adam is a big grump who is just very serious about science. Even when being told this, he kind of doubles down, which I really enjoyed. I think he showed the "grumpy" of the grumpy x sunshine trope doesn't automatically mean the man has to be a big tough alpha a**hole.

Things I didn't really like... Olive's friends. Specifically Anh, she was weird and pushy. I am thankful she is already in love, because I would not want to read her book.