The love hypothesis (Backlight Ed., 2022) is a novel new adult written by Ali Hazelwood, a scientist who has known how to combine her profession with writing, something to which she also dedicates herself professionally. In this novel science is mixed with love and through lies the protagonists will reach conclusions that will or will not refute their hypotheses.
It has all the ingredients of the genre: love, comedy, explicit sex scenes and a story that engages and brings superfans of this type of rom-com to ecstasy born with the outbreak of new adult. The love hypothesis was born as fanfiction inspired by characters from The Wars.
The love hypothesis
loving science
Can a fake relationship become a real love affair? What happens between Olive Smith and Adam Carlsen begins with a false pact, in which Olive pretends to simulate a relationship with Adam. Seems like a childish thing that can't end very well, but Olive is determined to show her friend Ahn that she is over her old relationship. and he wants to give Ahn a free hand so he can try something with his ex. It all seems a bit complicated at first, but the situation turns bizarre when Adam agrees to enter that game.
The characters are immersed in the field of science and research: Olive is a doctoral student and Adam is a young, but famous scientist. Although another thing is certain, and that is that doctor adam is also a jerk and somewhat conceited. Olive didn't choose it that way, she needed to prove to her friend that her old relationship had gotten over her, so she offered Ahn a demo with the first man that came her way.
The point is that the false courtship that began capriciously and could be said to be childish little by little is becoming deeper. The law of attraction is proven, and Olive's feelings become the subject of study. for her not being able to contain herself when she's around Adam. Stanford University is a bit more fun now.
What a hypothesis!
The love hypothesis is a novel that takes as its starting point the false relationship, that "we are not together, but we seem to be", or "I don't love you, but it bothers me not to be with you", etc., something that is quite popular among readers of the genre.
It is a book with funny and witty, attractive and intelligent characters that sometimes do not know where they have left their heads. But in the end, even though Olive and Adam lose her to love, it's interesting how Hazelwood constantly redirects the argument from the romantic theme to scientific research. Let's not forget that Olive Smith takes her job very seriously and has career aspirations that are very important to her.
On the other hand, it is also curious how the characters carry their love affair. Although they start as a game little by little they reveal a relationship that is far from being unequal or harmful. There is a lot of fun and empathy, as well as respect, and the intimacy they share is agreed upon as well.. Because the sexual scenes are explicit in the line of the new adult; This, in addition to working very well in the student-teacher relationship genre, is another reason why you should read the book if you like these stories. It will not be entirely the same as the others, because Hazelwood puts the scientific in the spotlight.
In addition to the university and teaching environment, and the love theme that is key in the book, there are other issues that also appear, such as sexual harassment and abuse of power. Pertinent, perhaps, because of the contemporary context, and because the media are in charge of giving them a voice.
Conclusions
The story, as well as the relationship of the characters, can be entertaining, although there are also different opinions about the book. Of course, The love hypothesis It has triumphed from social networks to its publication as the book is known today. It is a funny and crazy story of two people who love each other madly even though they try their best to hide it.. Something that deserves to be highlighted in the book and its author is the differentiation of the context and theme: the laboratory, as well as the head of two scientific geniuses who do not know how to control their hearts or their emotions. Hazelwood knows what she's doing when she's writing on terrain she knows all too well.
About the author
Ali Hazelwood was born in Italy, although she has also lived for a time in Germany and Japan. She is currently established in the United States where she arrived for her doctorate and where she is teaching. Her activity at the university and in the laboratory is equally combined with literary creation through romantic worlds for characters, who are regularly female and develop work in the fields of science and technology. She is a lover of science fiction, fantasy and cats.
The tremendous success of The love hypothesis led her to continue in this world of the novel with other titles that the publisher Against light is being commissioned to publish in Spanish. for now you can already enjoy the chemistry of love y The theory of love.