The Love Hypothesis
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 The Love Hypothesis has sold over 750,000 copies worldwide.[1] | |
| Author | Ali Hazelwood |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | @lilith_saur [2] |
| Language | English |
| Series | STEMinist Novels |
| Genre | Romance |
| Publisher | Berkley Books |
Publication date | September 14, 2021 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 376 pages |
| ISBN | 9780593336823 |
| Followed by | Love on the Brain |
The Love Hypothesis is a romance novel by Ali Hazelwood, published September 14, 2021 by Berkley Books. Originally published online in 2018 as Head Over Feet, a Star Wars fan fiction work about the "Reylo" ship between Rey and Kylo Ren, the novel follows a Ph.D. candidate and a professor at Stanford University who pretend to be in a relationship.[3]
Originally published online in 2018 as Head over Feet, a Star Wars fan fiction work about the "Reylo" ship between Rey and Kylo Ren,[4][5] the main characters were renamed Olive and Adam (the latter after Adam Driver) on the novel's physical publication, with all explicit Star Wars references cut, and the characters on the novel's cover illustration designed after Driver and Daisy Ridley.[6][7]
Synopsis
The Love Hypothesis follows the main character Olive at Stanford University as she pretends to date a biology professor, Adam, to convince her friend Anh that her dating life is going well. Olive and Adam try to convince everyone around them they are in love. While convincing everyone, they forget that their feelings are supposed to be fake.[3]
Characters
- Olive Smith – A third-year biology PhD student at Stanford University who researches pancreatic cancer, the disease her mother died from. She fakes a relationship with Dr. Adam Carlsen to convince Anh she is over her ex-boyfriend, Jeremy. She is based on Rey. Olive is 26 in the story.
- Dr. Adam Carlsen – A young professor who is described by his students as harsh and hypercritical. The university froze his research funds because they are worried that he is thinking of leaving to a different university. Adam agreed to fake a relationship with Olive to make the science department believe he plans to stay at Stanford. He is based on Ben Solo and named after his actor, Adam Driver. Adam is 34 in the story.
- Anh Pham – Olive's best friend, pushes Olive to try new things with Adam without knowing their relationship is fake. Likes Jeremy, Olive's ex-boyfriend. She is based on Rose Tico.
- Malcolm – Olive's roommate, who ends up dating Dr. Rodriguez. He is based on Finn.
- Dr. Tom Benton – An associate professor at Harvard University and Adam's friend. He offers Olive a spot at his lab when hearing about her research, but later threatens and sexually harasses Olive and steals her research. In the end, he is fired from Harvard.
- Dr. Aysegul Aslan – Olive’s, supportive, PhD advisor who mentors her in her academic pursuits.
- Dr. Holden Rodriguez – Adam's friend, who ends up dating Malcolm. He is based on Poe Dameron.
- Jeremy Langley – Olive's ex-boyfriend. He is based on Armitage Hux.
