The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
I picked this up because it kept coming up in CBR14 reviews. After researching it a little bit, it seems that it is hugely popular. I was intrigued to find out what made it more than the average romcom-type romance. Plus I was very curious to find out whatever it has to do with ReyLo. Olive, a struggling biology grad student, kisses a random guy in her lab, her intent being to show her best friend that she has completely moved on from her ex […]
Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood
For a short novel, a shorter review…but also this is probably the one that broke me. WHAT on earth is going on in this novel? Having read the original short story that inspired it, I would assume that an editor would do some casual research (or less-than-casual research, given that I assume these books have done very well for themselves) and create a situation that holds up to some scrutiny. Instead we are left with some laughably ridiculous romance set ups, even for Romancelandia where […]
Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood
After finding Ali Hazelwood through a recent book club book, I’ve been reading her trio of romantic STEM novellas. Below Zero (2022) is the second novella that I’ve read, and it has what I’ve come to expect from Hazelwood. There’s a smart science-y woman, a hunky hero, friendship, a misunderstanding, and in the end: a happily ever after. This one I listened to on Audiobook. Hannah has always known that she wants to work at NASA, and that knowledge has motivated her to succeed through a lot of schooling–even […]
Stuck With You by Ali Hazelwood
After reading The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood for book club, I decided I should read some more books by her. I discovered that she has written a trio of romantic novellas involving women in STEM. I picked up Stuck With You (2022) for a quick read. I finished this one night when I was sick and couldn’t stop coughing. It was a nice distraction, but I could have skipped the sickness. Sadie (also the name of our new puppy, which felt a little weird as I was […]
Stuck with You by Ali Hazelwood
I liked this novella a tad more than I liked the prior one in the series, Under One Roof, both of which are well-retooled prior stories. As before, the three main characters (including the one from the next novella) are friends and women in STEM, hence the term STEMinist. Which, to reiterate, I don’t love but I also don’t hate. If I had to clarify why this novella worked for me more than the prior one, I would say that it doesn’t mince words as to […]
Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood
Hazelwood continues to do the thing, which is to reframe her popular prior fiction into a series focused on the lives of female STEM students/graduates (jury is still out on the portmanteau “STEMinist.” I do not hate it the way others do, but I do not love it. I think I am torn as to whether it is another Girlboss or a clever form of branding). This is a very short novella, with almost 15% of length nonetheless authors notes and the like. There are […]
