𝑨𝑹𝑪 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝑯𝒚𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝑨𝒍𝒊 𝑯𝒂𝒛𝒆𝒍𝒘𝒐𝒐𝒅 (𝒅𝒆𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓)

-Reviewed by Biologistreadsromance-

If you want to know what it's like to live a life of a poor PhD student (e.g. looking for seminars with free food, tattered old cheap clothes or free T-shirts from companies' conference booths etc.), read this book! I can attest to the authenticity of that academic life that is so well portrayed here. It's like it's telling MY own life story, except I've never met any "tall, broody, sullen hunk with genius IQ" professor who hates everyone but me! 😩😭

👩🏻‍🔬 Olive Smith is a Stanford biology PhD student, passionate for her research work and loyal to her friends, so much so that she invents an elaborate fake-dating scheme so her best friend could date her ex without feeling guilty. Enter Adam Carlsen, a superstar young professor in the department who terrifies every students and postdocs with his blunt and brutal critiques and high scientific standards...

🧑🏻‍🔬 I LOVE Adam! He's a big nerdy grump with a squishy heart and a soft spot for Olive. He's supportive and protective of her, has a dry sense of humor that is so unexpected and charming. 🥰 I love Olive's journey of opening her heart to feel and to love. This book portrays some harsh realities in the academic world that I can feel related to. Yet the passion for scientific discoveries and the reasons why we do what we do despite those challenges are admirable.

You'll get fake dating shenanigans, oops there's only one hotel room 🙊, hilarious best-friends ride-or-die gang, slow burn, and a PINING hero! I only wish it were written with a dual PoV so I could see what's going on in Adam's head, considering he's not a man with many words!

Overall, it's a great story that's hard to put down. It made me laugh out loud, shed some tears, and then swoon hard... I'd totally recommend this book if you're looking for a rom-com with nerdy characters.

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*Special thanks to Berkley for gifting me this book via Edelweiss+ in exchange for an honest review.*

✨ Release date: 09/14/2021.✨