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Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
4.5
emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

4.5/5 stars (I did listen to the audiobook so if anything is spelled incorrectly, I apologize in advance).

General Description: Bee Konigswasser has a PhD in Neuroscience and works for the NIH. NIH and NASA are collaborating in a neurostimulation helment. However, Bee is only a co-lead and of course, her co-lead is Levi Ward: her nemesis from graduate school who apparently disliked her enough that everyone knew around them. Now on this new team, seemingly nothing has changed and Bee feels like her part of the helmet will never get off the ground and it's all because of Levi. But is it? Will Bee and Levi be able to work together? Will the helmet be completed, or will everything Bee had planned for the future fail when the project fails?

The greats:
- I thought there as a lot more depth in terms of plot: academic politics, the helmet trials overall, the side characters. I felt more invested in this book than love hypothesis.
- I liked Bee, but I can see how others may find her a bit immature in her dialogue, but I still liked her.
- I thought the progression of the relationship between Bee and Levi felt more realistic than The Love Hypothesis.
- Honestly, I was rooting for the helmet. I cared about every plot in this book.

The loss of a half star: The ending, I felt like, came out of no where. Again, a type of plot twist that is not my favorite. But that's it.

Overall: If you liked the Love Hypothesis, you'll like this. However, if you did not like the Love Hypothesis, you will not like this.