The writing stye was very casual, breezy and funny, and I really vibed with it. It was very satisfying how both of them meant different things to Olive, but how she still loved them both equally deeply. Anh was the tough-love, driven and encouraging friend, while Malcom was the emotional support, shoulder to cry on type of friend. Her relationship with each of them was unique and different, but so nuanced and fleshed out that they felt true and very realistic.

And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.Īfter the massive success this book has had since it was released, and the countless reviews that have been written about it, I don’t think there’s much, or anything really, to say-or write-that hasn’t already been said.Īnother aspect I really liked and enjoyed was the depiction of Olive’s friendship with Anh and Malcom. Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive’s career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding… six-pack abs. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford’s reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor-and well-known ass. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.

Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. candidate, Olive Smith doesn’t believe in lasting romantic relationships-but her best friend does, and that’s what got her into this situation.

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