Love on the Brain

By Ali Hazelwood

An Instant New York Times Bestseller A #1 LibraryReads and Indie Next Pick! 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?

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Published Aug 23, 2022

368 pages

Average rating: 7.52

662 RATINGS

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Readers say *Love on the Brain* is a delightful, witty STEM romance praised for its lovable characters, hilarious inner monologue, and authentic scien...

literarily_occupied
6/10 stars
⭐⭐⭐
lucy_uhrick
8/10 stars
Yeah like I don’t understand why this got so many negative reviews bc I ate this uppppp

The ending was sort of a let down tho so I’ll give the haters that but love u Ali my rom com queen
Mengwe Wapimewah
10/10 stars
if i could give this six stars i would. ugh what a perfect perfect book. i want to commend you for how likeable you made the two leads, especially bee, like ofc im all for the romance but that aside, i genuinely liked bee as a human being, like i would want to be her friend and hang out with her. her inner monologue was so fricken hilarious and relatable and i just adored it. i also loved how much of you (yes u mom) that i could see in the writing, [i cheated and read the author’s note which i like never do mind you, so know that i really love u], jk but no really this was such a joy to read and i already am beyond familiar with the structure of rom coms now and storytelling in general because i read so much and also listen to podcasts that analyze books 24/7 so its hard to surprise me when reading one, but girl you- sorry mom you had me gasping and closing the book and shit on the train and whew this was an exPERIENCE. I CAN’T WAIT FOR LOVE THEORETICALLY I PROMISE I WONT TAKE THREE MONTHS TO READ IT AGAIN i blame sarah j mass (u two should get lunch btw i like her stuff too)
Krista Garcia
7/10 stars
Quirky read
Paula Massholder
4/10 stars
El que menos me gustó de ali. Me tarde un montón en leerlo porque no me atrapaba, el principio y final no me gustaron y al medio si pero faltaba algo. Lo del intento de asesinato fue muy raro y ya se veía desde lejos que los malos eran o guy o kaylee.

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