Love on the Brain
Book Feature - Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
HBL Note: You’ve likely heard of feminist romance, but have you heard of STEMinist romance? It might be my new favorite sub-genre. Ali Hazelwood took the book world by storm with her debut novel The Love Hypothesis, which was an instant New York Times bestseller. She draws on her experience as a neuroscience professor to bring that cutthroat world to life in her novels (ever since leaving academia full-time I’ve thought it would make a great setting for a novel or reality tv show) - there is nothing quite like “the agony and the ecstasy” of academia (as Ali put it.)
“With her sophomore novel, Ali Hazelwood proves that she is the perfect writer to show that science is sexy as hell, and that love can ‘STEM’ from the most unlikely places. She’s my newest must-buy author.” —Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here (Click here for my list of Best Jodi Picoult Books)
Book Feature - Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
Book Feature - Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
From the publisher:
Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project—a literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academia—Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward.
Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. And sure, he caught her in his powerfully corded arms like a romance novel hero when she accidentally damseled in distress on her first day in the lab. But Levi made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad school—archenemies work best employed in their own galaxies far, far away.
Now, her equipment is missing, the staff is ignoring her, and Bee finds her floundering career in somewhat of a pickle. Perhaps it’s her occipital cortex playing tricks on her, but Bee could swear she can see Levi softening into an ally, backing her plays, seconding her ideas…devouring her with those eyes. And the possibilities have all her neurons firing. But when it comes time to actually make a move and put her heart on the line, there’s only one question that matters: What will Bee Königswasser do?
