Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
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.
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 – 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. But Levi made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad school – archenemies work best employed in their own galaxies far, far away.
But when her equipment starts to go missing and the staff ignore her, Bee could swear she sees Levi softening into an ally, backing her plays, seconding her ideas… devouring her with those eyes. 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 didn’t expect to like this one so much.
There is a lot of science talk in this book. Especially about Marie Curie. If you don’t like science, you probably won’t enjoy this one. Bee and Levi are both likeable characters. I adored Bee’s assistant. I loved the focus of STEM for women and how they’re treated. There were a couple steamy scenes, but not as graphic as a lot of other books I’ve read. I probably would have liked a bit more. Overall it was just a super fun read for me.
I gave this book 4 1/2 stars.
Have you read this? Is it on your TBR?
