Month: July 2023

Love, Theoretically | Ali Hazelwood

Posted 07/13/2023 by Hilarye in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Love, Theoretically | Ali HazelwoodLove, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Star Rating: 4 Stars
Spice Level: 4 Flames
Published by Berkley on 06/13/2023
Genres: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Romance, Romantic Comedy
Format: Kindle (400 pages)
Source: Purchased
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Rival physicists collide in a vortex of academic feuds and fake dating shenanigans in this delightfully STEMinist romcom from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis and Love on the Brain.

The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, she’s an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading labs and teaching thermodynamics in the hopes of landing tenure. By other day, Elsie makes up for her non-existent paycheck by offering her services as a fake girlfriend, tapping into her expertly honed people-pleasing skills to embody whichever version of herself the client needs.

Honestly, it’s a pretty sweet gig—until her carefully constructed Elsie-verse comes crashing down. Because Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and arrogant older brother of her favorite client, turns out to be the cold-hearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentor’s career and undermined the reputation of theorists everywhere. And he’s the same Jack Smith who rules over the physics department at MIT, standing right between Elsie and her dream job.

Elsie is prepared for an all-out war of scholarly sabotage but…those long, penetrating looks? Not having to be anything other than her true self when she’s with him? Will falling into an experimentalist’s orbit finally tempt her to put her most guarded theories on love into practice?



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Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros

Posted 07/06/2023 by Hilarye in Book Reviews / 0 Comments
Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros
Star Rating: 5 Stars
Spice Level: 4 Flames
All-Time Favorite
Series: Empyrean #1
Published by Red Tower Books on 5/2/2023
Format: Kindle (498 pages)
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Hands down one of the best books I’ve read this year. Snarky dragons, unique magical abilities, lovable side characters, and on top of all that, a badass FMC with a disability, and a MMC that literally wields shadows. Sign me up. Violet & Xaden are perfect. Dain is the worst, and OMG Liam, sweet Liam. (Sigh) I will forever be scarred by the battle of Athebyne. ❤️ The cliffhanger ending left me reeling, and I can’t wait for book 2.