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A review by devsday
Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood
4.0
I lovedddd this book, and I could not put it down. I love that Ali strayed from her usual formula to give us something different, while still incorporating a woman in STEM as our FMC. It was nice to have a happy/golden retriever MMC as opposed to the usual grumpy brooding one. I also loved that this was dual POV!
This is definitely Ali’s steamiest book yet, but it worked for me because I felt like each interaction helped us understand both of them better as people, and their connection. I also really enjoyed that Ali dove deeper into some more serious topics, as both of them had some childhood trauma that impacted them as adults— and was crucial to the story.
There were only a few things that didn’t work for me— Rue’s relationship with her brother felt weird. What he wanted seemed really fair, and she kept blowing him off instead of trying to find a solution but then saying he was at fault. I also felt like the side characters in this book were quite weak compared to her other books. I felt like Rue has such a cool bestie, and had the opportunity for her to play a bigger role in the book— and she didn’t! Same with Eli’s sister.
Still loved this one, and think so many are going to love too!
This is definitely Ali’s steamiest book yet, but it worked for me because I felt like each interaction helped us understand both of them better as people, and their connection. I also really enjoyed that Ali dove deeper into some more serious topics, as both of them had some childhood trauma that impacted them as adults— and was crucial to the story.
There were only a few things that didn’t work for me— Rue’s relationship with her brother felt weird. What he wanted seemed really fair, and she kept blowing him off instead of trying to find a solution but then saying he was at fault. I also felt like the side characters in this book were quite weak compared to her other books. I felt like Rue has such a cool bestie, and had the opportunity for her to play a bigger role in the book— and she didn’t! Same with Eli’s sister.
Still loved this one, and think so many are going to love too!