Written by: Ali Hazelwood
Goodreads Avg. Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.15
My Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice Rating: 🌶🌶🌶
There were only a few steamy and spicy scenes that have a bit of detail.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Please note for the spice guide that the page numbers are based on the paperback copy as seen in the pictures. Page numbers may vary between copies.
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My Review:
Olive is a 3rd year Ph. D. candidate and she doesn't believe in love. Her best friend Anh is a hopeless romantic and she thinks all of Olive's problems would be solved if she just started dating. To appease her friend, Olive tells her she is going on a date but actually goes to the lab to work on her project. But when Anh shows up at the lab, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees to try and cover up her lie.
The person she has decided to kiss is the hotshot professor, Adam, who is known for being the rudest person at the university. But Adam has a need for a relationship right now, too. So they decide to keep up the charade and fake date each other .
This is one of the most hyped books on BookTok since the OG BookTok days and I've heard such mixed things since. I didn't know what to expect going into it but I truly loved this book so much.
I love the setting of a university science department and how we follow Olive in her research in the lab but it's not in too much of the story to make it boring. I love me a good fake dating trope and Ali Hazelwood does it so good. The fact that she could make me fall in love with this man who starts as the most insufferable person ever proves that she is a brilliant writer.
Spice Guide
(Drop-down contains exactly where to skip—down to the sentence—and any important information missed. It may include spoilers)
Heavy Spice Scene — Chapter 16, Page 261
Heavy Steamy Scene — Chapter 17, Page 279
Steamy Scene — Chapter 18, Page 304
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