The Love Hypothesis

I ate this up.
I'm so late to the party,but I ate this right up. Ironicly,I was reading this instead of editing my dissertation. Thank you,Ms. Hazelwood!
If I want to be honest,it's a 4.5 ⭐ read. Nowhere near perfect,but after fangirling so hard and staying up embarrassingly late to finish it how could I give less than 5?!
I'm a Ph.D. student myself,in chemsitry,so the setting felt comfortably familiar. And I got a real boost of justice from the ending as a woman in STEM. I loved the characters,major and minor,although I gotta admit that I haven't actually seen the latest parts of the Star Wars franchise which I know they're based on. At first I was a bit skeptical,still,I could connect and let myself be charmed easily. Loved the conversations between Olive and Adam,the gradual built of affection and trust,loved the pacing. There was always something happening. Right from the prologue to the bonus chapter. That,and the tropes on top of tropes reminded me a lot of fanfiction which I've read my fair share of,but maybe that's why I liked it so much. I'm rarely giggling and kicking my feet over a printed book. True,there were a few slightly cringey/unrealistic moments,but I can look over them in favor of the rest. I'm sold.