A review by yvo_about_books
Love on the Brain, by Ali Hazelwood

2.0

 Finished reading: February 7th 2023


“The real villain is love: an unstable isotope, constantly undergoing spontaneous nuclear decay. And it will forever go unpunished.”

WARNING: unpopular opinion ahead!!

I guess I got a two-for-one unpopular opinion deal this week... Sigh. I've decided to just leave this author be in the future. Don't get me wrong, I did love The Love Hypothesis, but I'm starting to think it might just be a one-hit wonder. I absolutely hated the one STEM novella I tried, and sadly this book wasn't much better. I did like the fact that there was more science this time around, and I loved the NASA setting and the whole BLINK project. I even liked the random Marie Curie facts, and some of the banter was good. BUT. There were also too many things I just couldn't get past. I mean, what's up with the author's obsession with pairing up tiny women with huge men? And what did we do wrong to deserve having to deal with her repeating this a kazillion times?!?! I've lost count of the times Bee was referred to as tiny and everything about Levi as huge... It was getting so annoying that I was close to throwing my kindle against the wall. And then I'm not even talking about the absolutely cringeworthy smut... 'You'll get used to it.' *shudders* Someone please pour bleach in my eyes! Of course I'm never a fan of sexy scenes in the first place, but somehow this book was particularly torturous for me. I also felt that the story was way too similar to The Love Hypothesis in general, and the enemy-to-lover vibe just wasn't there for me. I mean, it's basically Levi saying just one sentence to Bee to clear everything up (although Bee is so stubborn and immature she probably still doesn't 'get' it). And while I did like the whole secret Twitter angle, it was SO obvious who she was really talking with... And the reveal who was behind the problems with the project came as no surprise either. I guess it's obvious Love On The Brain and me REALLY didn't get along, and I've come to the conclusion that this author clearly isn't for me after all. 
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