Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Love on the Brain

         


Title: Love on the Brain
Author: Ali Hazelwood
Published: Berkley, August 23, 2022
Pages: 363
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project—a literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academia—Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward.
 
Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. And sure, he caught her in his powerfully corded arms like a romance novel hero when she accidentally damseled in distress on her first day in the lab. But Levi made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad school—archenemies work best employed in their own galaxies far, far away.
 
Now, her equipment is missing, the staff is ignoring her, and Bee finds her floundering career in somewhat of a pickle. Perhaps it’s her occipital cortex playing tricks on her, but Bee could swear she can see Levi softening into an ally, backing her plays, seconding her ideas…devouring her with those eyes. And the possibilities have all her neurons firing. But when it comes time to actually make a move and put her heart on the line, there’s only one question that matters: What will Bee Königswasser do?

I tell you what. Ali Hazelwood is a very talented woman. The science is cool, the men are huge and loyal to a fault, the women are hot headed and infuriating. And the books are not easy to put down!!

That's not entirely fair. The women are also tiny and birdlike and adorable and quirky. They're also brilliant and funny and very likable. EXCEPT when they downright refuse to acknowledge what's right in front of them. 

Specifically, Bee is a very cool, very smart and jumps to more conclusions than me when I'm reading a book and trying to figure out all of the little twists and turns. For a woman of science, she disregards way too much evidence. She won't let a single person finish a sentence and it makes me so MAD. 

And yet. I love this book. It's a conundrum. But here we are. And I am impatiently waiting for the next release.

Ratings
Stars: 4/5
Spice: 3/5

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