The relationship between each character and their individual friends is beautiful. The banter and incredible one-liners in this story are perfection. Cancer is a near and dear topic to me (my mum died of cancer and i am currently fighting cancer) so I was gut punched during several scenes that this was discussed. But science! Meanwhile juggling their fake-relationship and not at all (!!!) catching feelings. Both Olive and Adam are navigating the challenges and obstacles of academia in their own unique ways - research, funding deficits, grants.

He agrees to a mutually beneficial fake dating relationship with Olive after the whole kissing-incident. Adam is the resident grump/beast - instilling fear into graduate students (but all in the name of scientific excellence, of course). which is how she ends up kissing Dr Adam Carlson. She adores her friends and will do anything for them. She's grieving the loss of her mother to pancreatic cancer (which is fueling her research into easier/cheaper screening methods). Hands down my favorite female narrator (not an intentional nod to Mariana Zapata but I'll leave it there to honor the slow burn queen 😂) Olive is the best kind of mess. Then a few days later I inhaled the audiobook. I devoured the book in one day (in-between family gatherings and kids). And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope. 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. When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman's carefully calculated theories on love into chaos.Īs a third-year PhD candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships-but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. The Instant New York Times Best Seller and TikTok Sensation! Now see Adam pine for Olive in a special bonus chapter!

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