Preet’s Rating    

Ali Hazelwood's highly anticipated sophomore novel Love on the Brain is one of my favorite reads this year. I love the designation of STEM-inist romance, and it is as the name suggests, featuring women in science and technology overcoming personal and professional obstacles while also finding love. Bee is wonderful and while I didn't like how many roadblocks were put in her path, I loved her attitude of "What Would Marie Curie Do". I also love her unwillingness to back down. Her chemistry with Levi her co-lead on this project for NASA is delightful, even if he is her sworn enemy. And Levi, even though he doesn't have a point of view, was the cinnamon alpha hero of my dreams. Who doesn't love a smart man?! 

Love on the Brain is a treat, hitting the right balance between heavy elements and themes, and left me turning page after page, wanting to get to the end, but also not wanting to finish the book. There were a couple of unexpected surprises, that I hope you will enjoy as much as I did! 

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesis--with explosive results.

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?