{"id":171712,"date":"2023-06-14T15:49:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T05:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/?p=171712"},"modified":"2023-09-14T16:06:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T06:06:25","slug":"review-love-theoretically-by-ali-hazelwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2023\/06\/14\/review-love-theoretically-by-ali-hazelwood\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Look at this cover… perfection!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When I say I would read Ali Hazelwood’s shopping lists, science essays or even just a reminder post-it note, I mean it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a big Ali Hazelwood fan – I just can’t help myself. Firstly, she loves Reylo (Rey + Ben Solo for the uneducated), and secondly, she writes incredible romance stories, filled with sizzling smut, women in science and hot tension. I clamour to Miss Hazelwood’s new releases like a moth to a flame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okay, enough Hazelwood love, let’s get down to business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I adored Love Theoretically<\/a><\/em><\/strong> as soon as I saw the cover (the tattoo? I was done for), but when I read it, I knew it was going on my Ali Hazelwood shelf of fame. Love Hypothesis is God-tier to me, but this almost takes the cake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enter our opinionated, diabetic, gorgeous female protagonist, Elsie. She is working hard as an adjunct theoretical physics professor (yes I also had to google it!), and trying to break into higher positions so she can afford health insurance and maybe take a day off every now and again. To supplement her income and afford her insulin, she works for a company that provides a fake dating service, which suits her unique talent of being able to change her entire personality to suit the needs and wants of the people around her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enter Jack, Elsie’s latest fake boyfriend’s brother (as well as her academic arch-nemesis and person who may stop her from getting her dream job). He’s tall, sensitive, built like a fridge and has tattoos….. swoon. He also 100% sees through her facade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She thinks he is cold-hearted, cruel and calculating, but turns out he is a big softie who has a big…. feeling for Elsie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This sets the scene for the fantastic enemies-to-lovers drama trope we all know and love, and Hazelwood executes it flawlessly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you love women in STEM, sizzling smut, cute romance and academic rivals, this is perfect for you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If this review wasn’t enough for you, please continue to hear me chatter about it on this episode of our podcast, Tell Me What To Read<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When I say I would read Ali Hazelwood’s shopping lists, science essays or even just a reminder post-it note, I mean it. I am a big Ali Hazelwood fan – I just can’t help myself. Firstly, she loves Reylo (Rey + Ben Solo for the uneducated), and secondly, she writes incredible romance stories, filled with sizzling smut, women in science and hot tension. I clamour to Miss Hazelwood’s new releases like a moth to a flame. Okay, enough Hazelwood love, let’s get down to business. I adored Love Theoretically as soon as I saw the cover (the tattoo? I was done for), but when I read it, I knew it was going on my Ali Hazelwood shelf of fame. Love Hypothesis is God-tier to me, but this almost takes the cake. Enter our opinionated, diabetic, gorgeous female protagonist, Elsie. She is working hard as an adjunct theoretical physics professor (yes I also had to google it!), and trying to break into higher positions so she can afford health insurance and maybe take a day off every now and again. To supplement her income and afford her insulin, she works for a company that provides a fake dating service, which suits…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":171781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[6678,1],"tags":[14117,15032,8535,13135,15463,15300,15552],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Blog-Banner-22.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171712"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171712"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174571,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171712\/revisions\/174571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}