| Title | : | Loathe to Love You (The STEMinist Novellas, #1-3) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1408726777 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781408726778 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 370 |
| Publication | : | First published February 2, 2023 |
Under One Roof
An environmental engineer discovers that scientists should never cohabitate when she finds herself stuck with the roommate from hell—a detestable big-oil lawyer who won't leave the thermostat alone.
Stuck with You
A civil engineer and her nemesis take their rivalry—and love—to the next level when they get stuck in a New York elevator.
Below Zero
A NASA aerospace engineer's frozen heart melts as she lies injured and stranded at a remote Arctic research station and the only person willing to undertake the dangerous rescue mission is her longtime rival.
Loathe to Love You (The STEMinist Novellas, #1-3) Reviews
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tired of living in a world where i don't have new ali hazelwood to read
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i love these 3 novellas
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I hated these books 🧍♀️ love that for me
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I have reviewed each of the individual novellas in this collection already, so I won't go into those specifics here. Instead, I will take the opportunity to elucidate on what I notice from the author, Ali Hazelwood, across her works up to this point (September, 2022): what I think is working, what I find challenging, and what I hope to see.
WHAT WORKS:
1) Though it's entirely possible that Hazelwood will run out of STEM contexts for her protagonists to exist in (she HAS already used NASA twice), I think the choice to keep her characters in that space is completely fine. It's a perfectly respectable niche to fill, and so long as the variety is still there in spite of the STEM basis, it will be fine if she stays in that space. I'm okay with authors having a place where they like to live as writers as long as it doesn't render them or their work boring.
2) I also think her decision to be unapologetic in her use of tropes is absolutely fine. I also get why some people are not big fans of this, but I consider it part of the charm of her work, and I think she does a solid job of using them with care and thought without being TOO heavy-handed.
3) I also think she is a largely effective sex-scene writer; there is enough variety and diversity of experience in her works where things stay pretty interesting, and the scenes are usually pretty sincere in their awkwardness without taking away from the stuff we like about a good sex scene in a book. There are some similarities that might get a bit predictable (particularly in regards to the love interests'.... anatomies), but those are arguably all over the romance genre in general, so it feels unfair to fault Hazelwood for them when she is kind of going with what's expected of her. I mean, wouldn't it be a letdown otherwise?
WHAT'S CHALLENGING:
1) To one degree or another, all of her works up to this point (both novels and all three novellas) feature over-the-top communication problems. Even the least guilty of them feels a bit excessive, and it would be nice if the issues moved away from that and moved into something real and tangible. This is especially frustrating when the setup for these challenges is often right there in plain sight in the work, but she skips over them in favor of just having the characters think/talk past each other all of the time. This might be because the more obvious conflicts would present some deep, possibly kind of heavy moral and ethical dilemmas, and I get that, but it would be worth it. After all, most books feature SOMETHING problematic, right?
2) Although I have been pretty forgiving about this aspect up to this point, even I will admit that if her next published work features an oh-so-teeny-girl with oh-so-teeny boobs, all of which the love interests are just oh-so-obsessed with, it will be a bit disheartening. I don't want to diminish that for many smaller women, having small breasts can be a genuine insecurity and I do think it's fine to show that there are guys who are into that, but beyond that, thin is otherwise the beauty standard, and it could get a bit disheartening for readers to rarely see themselves - and by extension, see an appreciation for their body types - in your work. I totally empathize with the dilemma inherent in trying to write from the POV of a marginalized experience/identity you may not have, but that could be a space where consulting with collaborators or friends, or simply looking to works that have featured this kind of thing, could be really helpful.
3) Her "villains," when they exist (moreso in the novels than in the novellas) are easy to spot and are a bit over the top in their villainy, especially in these worlds that are otherwise pretty grounded in reality. I know I shouldn't automatically know he's a villain when I read, "he had blonde hair and blue eyes," but so far, I do, and most readers probably do as well. Not only is this blonde-hair-blue-eyed man slander (lol), but it takes the mystery away right away, which is just too bad. Even regardless of them being easy to spot, they just consistently lack nuance, which is just boring.
WHAT I HOPE TO SEE:
1) A new STEM setting - I am confident this will come, but it's worth mentioning just in case.
2) Diversity among protagonists - She has included diverse characters in supporting roles, and there is some demisexual and bisexual representation in her main romances, which is pretty good (there is also an argument that Liam from "Under One Roof" is neurodivergent, but that is speculation more than anything, which I don't think counts) . That said, it would be great to see body diversity or racial/ethnic diversity in the main love story, either with the love interest or the protagonist (or both). I feel this would alleviate some of the angst that some of her readers (including myself) are starting to feel as they navigate the love/sex scenes in her work.
3) A conflict that doesn't rely on unrealistic levels of miscommunication - There needs to be a real conflict. Not, "he's going to think that I think that he thinks that I think that they told him that," just isn't going to work for much longer (I was hyperbolic there but the point still stands). There are all sorts of reasons that people who are in love can't be together. There are things in life that are fundamentally incompatible with a new romance that could serve as the basis for a real, true-blue conflict. That would be a nice change.
4) "When did you know?" - Though in my other reviews I haven't mentioned this, I think it would be great to get away from the "guy being in love with the girl at first sight" thing for a novel or two. Sure, he can be interested in or attracted to her, but it's not ALWAYS love at first sight. In fact, it usually isn't. It would be really beautiful, I think, to tell a story about two people mutually falling in love at the same time and in the same way. Hell, maybe SHE can fall in love with HIM first. Again, just to ground this in reality a little bit more while still making us swoon.
5) Better, more complicated "villains" or antagonists - Maybe he's a family man with a problematic attitude, not a cad who assaults the protagonist the second he's alone with her. Maybe he's an ambitious career-man who doesn't realize that promoting the love interest means taking him away from the protagonist, and is trying to convince him he'd be better off. Maybe it's something else entirely, or maybe he doesn't exist at all. If there even needs to be a "bad guy," let it be one who presents a more complicated dynamic or conflict rather than a weird random toxic thing that happens that brings the love interests together.
FINAL THOUGHTS:
I have been kind of obsessed with "The Love Hypothesis" for what I believe is good reason, and I have been able to find joy in the Ali-verse ever since, even in the works I was less thrilled with by the end. However, I do think there will come a point where some of her habits get old, and she'll need to switch it up in some or all of the above ways. The talent is there, so I hope she can get to that place at some point! -
Okay. Okay. After hearing Things about Hazelwood 's novel, these novellas came up on Libby and since I needed something easy to listen to while packing and then unpacking my whole apartment, I picked them up. And I wasn't disappointed, really, but outright appaled by how useless these stories are. After reading some reviews for "the love hypothesis", it's become clear that apparently this is Hazelwood's whole shtick: tiny fragile women who are intellectually smart but emotionally absolutely incompetent, fall for big, fit, brooding men with big arms and big dicks. They misunderstand each other, have a life-changung AITA-moment, and then they have sex without a condom, discover that sex can be pleasurable, which they haven't been able to find out before, and live happily ever after. I would have maybe been able to overlook this condom thing once, but all of these tiny girls and their well endowed boyfriends discuss using one and decide against it. Have they never heard of STIs? Straight people, I guess.
Apart from that, all three novellas are absolutely forgettable. -
—4.5—
Yes, Ali Hazelwood books have flaws, yes they’re very formulaic and repetitive, yes they’re utter fluffy nonsense. But they’re MY fluffy nonsense ❤️
————about the book————
So for the extent of this review, I will be referring to the novellas by alliteration :)
Age: NA/A
Genres: contemporary romance
Cliffhanger: no
Writing: 8/10
Quotes: 7/10
World building: n/a
Characters: 9/10 (especially Liam and Mara)
Romance: 8/10
My rating: 9/10
‼️spoilers below‼️
———my feelings———
UOR: my favourite!!!!!!! Liam and Mara are ALMOST as adorable as Adam and Olive!! The CHEMISTRY BETWEEN THEM AHHH
SWY: my squashy little heart is melting again. Erik and Sadie are so cutttte!!!!
BZ: probably my least favourite, but still good! I didn’t enjoy the story as much and some of it felt a little rushed, even for a novella.
———Characters ———
Mara: I love her. Probably my second favourite Ali Hazelwood protagonist ever. My little ginger eco engineer ❤️
Liam: I may have mentioned that I love him. Well, I LOVE HIM HE IS THE SWEETEST. MY HEART AHHH
Sadie: I feel like Sadie is the smol but ferocious trope down to a T. LOVE HER.
Erik: ahhhhhhhhh why is everyone so adorable??? ERIK MY SWEET VIKING FEED SADIE ALL THE CROISSANTSSSS
Hannah: I like how she’s more different to the others, but I felt like you needed more time with her to understand her properly.
Ian: the barely ginger 😂. Yes he was very cute and kind, but again, the story felt a little rushed.
————Quotes————
“We leave the room from opposite doors. I wonder whether he’s aware that we almost smiled at each other.”
AHHHHHHH
“Please don’t build an atomic bomb.”
“Don’t tell me what to do.”
“Oh my God. What is wrong with me? This poor man just gave me his croissant.”
“This is no first kiss. This is a fucking masterpiece.”
————Songs————
The difference by Daya
Breathing by Anne-Marie
Hopeless by Áine Deane
———Random extra thoughts———
I swear to god, Helena needs her own story I love her so much.
AND I FOUND THE GINGER THING HILARIOUS (barely ginger 😂)
Thanks for reading ❤️ -
“ali hazelwood writes the same books but in different formats” ok???? and i will eat it up everytime
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Te amo mucho pero mucho, Ali Hazelwood. Esta es una promesa pública y es decirte que cualquier libro que vayas a escribir yo lo voy a leer, así sea un manual de como limpiarte a la hora del ir al baño. Porque estoy segura que aun así lo voy a amar.
Bendito y alabado sea este libro. Son tres historias cortas que están contadas todas en un mismo libro y UUH LA LA... Vaya joya de historias, todas y cada una de ellas, si tuviera que escoger una favorita sería:
1. Under one roof
2. Below Zero
3. Stuck with you
Pero, todas fueron más de 4 estrellas... en pocas palabras todas las amé pero si tuve mis favoritas y cada una por motivos diferentes.
Tienen que leerlas para saber lo que se siente amar tanto una historia y déjenme les digo. ¿El bonus del final? 11/10 increíble lo amé demasiado, me hizo querer volver a vivir y lo volví a amar por completo. Gracias Ali, por recordarme que leer es volverte loca por una historia. -
I loved parts of all three of the short Novellas combined in this book. But there were also a few places that had me shaking my head thinking maybe I’m missing something. Overall a fun story with Dreamy guys and stemmy banter. 3.5 rolled to 4STARS
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This collection features three best friends and the men they love to hate – but not really. All of the stories are smart and witty with the level of nerdiness and quirks shining high. They were unique in many ways but similar in many ways as well, especially since the ladies are all friends.
One of the things that did bug me was the similarities between a few of the women. They are showcased as being so odd and insecure that they cannot make a decision without their besties involved in all aspects of their life. These are women who have braved the toughest schools, jobs, etc., yet need support because they are sheltered from life and members of the opposite sex. Sigh… really?
Hazelwood also relied on similarities in features of both the guys, big and burly in all aspects, the ladies are tiny and waif-like. Probably not reality but okay.
What I did enjoy was the steam factor. Hazelwood is great at upping the heat level and the build-up. Plus she excels at the uniqueness of the stories. While characterization might be a bit similar, the actual stories are quite different and I loved that.
Overall, I enjoyed the collection of stories in Loathe to Love You. My favorite was the final story. Be prepared for high levels of quirks and insecurities that may grate on your senses. But hang out for the wit, STEMmy banter, dreamy guys, and sweet romance.
* copy received for review consideration
* Full review -
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Ali Hazelwood ist meine neue Romance Queen! Alle ihre Bücher habe ich bisher in kürzester Zeit weggesuchtet (ich weiß auch nicht, woher ich die Zeit nehme) und geliebt! Ich hab mich überraschen lassen, wie gut das hier mit den drei Geschichten funktioniert und siehe da: Es hat hervorragend geklappt. Trotz der Kürze jeder Geschichte (um die 160 Seiten) konnte ich jede von den drei Freundinnen greifen und habe die Liebesgeschichte gefühlt. Ich liebe die Frauen, die Ali Hazelwood kreiert. Sie sind alle drei Wissenschaftlerinnen, unglaublich klug und intelligent, witzig, stark und stehen für sich ein. Wir brauchen mehr von diesen Frauen, gerne aus der Wissenschaft. Und die Männer sind sowieso immer eine 10/10. Die Sexytime ist Ali typisch immer etwas drüber, aber wer bin ich schon, dass ich mich darüber beschwere? Ich habe mich hervorragend amüsiert und mochte die drei Freundinnen sehr gern. Falls ihr die Geschichten auch lesen wollt, empfehle ich die Reihenfolge einzuhalten, da sie aufeinander aufbauen 😊
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In „die Unannehmlichkeiten von Liebe“ von Ali Hazelwood geht es um drei Freundinnen, die jede auf ihren eigenen, völlig unterschiedlichen, Weg ihre Liebe und ihren Partner fürs Leben finden. Ich hab alle drei Novellen sehr genossen. Bin mal wieder nur durch die Seiten geflogen, und hab die humorvolle Art und Weise, die Ali Hazelwoods Bücher so an sich haben, sehr geliebt. Perfekt, um einfach abzuschalten, und beim Lesen einige Male lachen zu können. Gleichzeitig fand ich es aber auch emotional total berührend. Auch wenn jede Geschichte nur ein Drittel dieses Buches ausgemacht hat hatte ich total schnell den emotionalen Zugang zu den Protagonistinnen und habe alles komplett mitfühlen können. Auch das Bonus Kapitel hat es für mich zum Ende nochmal perfekter gemacht und alles abgerundet. Einfach eine Rund um schöne Leseerfahrung, und ein weiterer Beweis dafür; warum ich die Bücher der Autorin so liebe. Klare und riesengroße Leseempfehlung!
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Under One Roof: Liam and Mara inherit the same house, and neither is willing to budge on dividing it so they end up living together. Opposites loath each other Liam’s employed by big oil, and Mara’s an environmentalist, but there’s more to that story. Their bickering over little things like who stole the creamer made me laugh. Of course, as they get to know each other they find out their assumptions may not have been correct and there’s more than a spark of attraction. Sexy dreaming, and lots of wanting from afar. This was a slow-burn-to-scorcher kind of romance. 4 Stars
Stuck with You: Sadie spent a day with Erik, and they had an immediate connection that ended in a steamy, lust filled night that she thought would lead into something profound and lasting. However, the next day Sadie hears things about Erik and her heart crashes. Fast forward three weeks and it’s her worst nightmare: she’s stuck in the elevator with him.
I was a little disappointed with the way Sadie jumped to conclusions after hearing what her boss said and didn’t even check with Erik to get his side of the story. A lot of heartache could’ve been avoided. I did love their initial meetup and the immediate, intense attraction between them. This is a romance, so I knew they’d eventually get everything sorted. 3.5 Stars
Below Zero: Five years ago, Hannah and Ian had an immediate connection, enamored with each both physically and professionally. They spend an afternoon debugging code, with the attraction between them brewing, which leads to a hot and lusty encounter! Hannah won’t agree to anything but a physical relationship, so they go their separate ways. I had to shake my head at Hannah.
They meet again when Hannah gets her dream job at NASA where Ian works, but it’s not smooth sailing as Hannah thinks that Ian has sabotaged her project. However, it’s Ian who comes for her when she’s trapped in an icy crevasse, waiting for death.
Loved this steamy second chance romance! Ian had my heart from the beginning and I could understand why Hannah had her walls up. 4 Stars
I enjoyed all three of the STEMinist novellas! I listened to them last year when they were released as audios only but did a re-read when they came out in this new bundled book, Loathe to Love You, and I think I liked them even more the second time around. They had just right amount of spice, very hot stuff, but not too much, and they were a lot of fun! I thought for the short number of pages the characters were well developed and I was invested in each of their HEAs. There’s even an extra bonus chapter at the end, a nice epilogue for all three couples.
A copy was kindly provided by Berkley in exchange for an honest review. -
J’ai trop aimé ! Trois amies, trois nouvelles, trois romances incroyables, trois nouveaux bookboyfriends absolument parfaits. La construction était originale, les perso attachants et si je ne suis habituellement pas fan des nouvelles (le format est souvent trop court pour que je m’attache), bah l’ai j’ai trouvé que c’était juste ce qu’il fallait… je suis donc définitivement fan d’Ali Hazelwood 🫶
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I’m not entirely surprised that I enjoyed this book. The Love Hypothesis was (somewhat shamefully) one of my favourite reads of 2022 so I was pretty excited when I picked this one up. Sometimes a girl just needs a break from a lengthy slow-burn, and this was 3 quick, easy read romances in one.
I enjoyed all the characters however a bit of variation of the men would have been nice? Hazelwood consistently writes her love interests to be ‘massive’ and ‘broody’, and they’re all just genuinely nice guys who never do anything wrong.
It was cute and definitely got me out of a reading slump. Lumping all 3 novellas together is definitely a nice touch; I think the only benefit of buying them individually is that they’d look nice on my shelf.
If you loved the Love Hypothesis then you’ll definitely like this. It was just a bit too cut & paste for me to justify being 5 stars; the lack of difference between the love interests and the spicy scenes is too much of a let down to make it a 4 star read. I don’t think this is something I’d pick up again but still enjoyed it nonetheless. -
Drei Freundinnen, allesamt Naturwissenschaftlerinnen, erleben ihre turbulenten Liebesgeschichten: Mara erbt die Hälfte eines Hauses, bekommt dafür aber auch noch einen unausstehlichen Mitbewohner; Sadie steckt zusammen mit ihrem hinterlistigen Ex in einem Aufzug fest und Hannah braucht in einer gefährlichen Situation ausgerechnet die Hilfe von jemandem, dem sie schon lange nicht mehr vertraut.
Mir haben alle Geschichten ungefähr gleich gut gefallen. Mein Favorit wäre "Below Zero" mit Hannah und Ian, sie ist noch etwas taffer als die anderen beiden Protagonistinnen und ich mochte ihre Entschlossenheit, wenn es um ihre Arbeit und Ziele geht. Man merkt auch sofort, wie die beiden auf einer Wellenlänge sind, aber Hannah hat kein Interesse an einem festen Freund. Als sie sich Jahre später wiedersehen, kommt es doch schon bald zu Komplikationen.
Man kann Ähnlichkeiten zu "Die theoretische Unwahrscheinlichkeit von Liebe" und "Das irrationale Vorkommnis der Liebe" erkennen: Natürlich geht es wieder um Protagonistinnen aus dem naturwissenschaftlichen Bereich und ich mag die STEMinists sehr gerne, denn das macht die Handlung immer noch etwas interessanter. Man sieht auch unterschiedlich viel von ihrer Arbeit, Maras Geschichte spielt meistens in ihrem Zuhause, Sadie steckt eben im Aufzug, aber bei Hannah ist man aktiver dabei, da sie Ian auch bei der Arbeit kennenlernt.
Die Beziehungen haben auch Parallelen. Es sind alles mehr oder weniger kurze Enemies-to-Lovers-Liebesgeschichten, zumindest bei Mara und Liam, bei den anderen beiden Paaren gibt es noch eine romantische Vergangenheit, aber in der Gegenwart sind Sadie und Hannah nicht besonders gut auf ihre jeweiligen Love-Interests zu sprechen. Auch wenn man die Chemie zwischen ihnen stimmt, gibt es immer wieder Missverständnisse und Kommunikationsprobleme, die ihre Liebesbeziehungen verkomplizieren. Insgesamt sind die drei Geschichten schon ein wenig vorhersehbar und man wartet darauf, dass die Paare es schaffen, sich auszusprechen. Aber trotzdem sind sie süß und unterhaltsam, eine gelungene Kombination aus Drama, Humor und Romantik.
Zusätzlich zu den drei Novellen enthält die Gesamtausgabe zusätzlich einen Epilog mit kurzen Einblicken aus der Sicht der drei männlichen Protagonisten. -
Under One Roof 💕
☆☆☆☆
Mara is an environmental engineer who has just inherited half the property of a house to Washington DC. The other half of the house is instead occupied by lawyer Liam. The two, forced to live together, will often clash but when Mara starts to find out what lies behind the cold lawyer mask it will be much harder to hate Liam and easier to fall in love with him.
Stuck with You 🌿
☆☆☆☆.5
Sadie is a civilian engineer who finds herself trapped inside an elevator stuck in a building in New York and unfortunately inside the elevator there is also the man who broke her heart, namely the blond and muscular Erik. And during this disastrous reunion everything will happen, even what Sadie thought it was impossible.
P.S. with this novella I have rediscovered my love for miscommunication trope!
Below Zero ❄️
☆☆☆☆.25
Hannah is an aerospace engineer who finds herself in danger at a lost NASA research station Struck by a blizzard.
Just when she is sure that no one will come to save her, she finds herself face to face with lan, which was a lot of things for Hannah but certainly not a hero. Why did lan come to save her? And why does his presence seem so dangerous to Hannah’s heart as much as the impending blizzard?
Bonus Chapter
The bonus chapter takes up the story of the three couples some time later andWe see all of our three bookboyfriends struggling with couple life... I loved it! -
Auf dieses Buch habe ich mich schon so gefreut, da Ali hazelwood letztes Jahr einen Platz in meinem Nerdherz gefunden hat. Es besteht aus drei Geschichten, die weiblichen Protagonisten sind beste Freunde und jedem trifft die Liebe. Es waren alle wieder toll und voller Humor, aber dennoch hat mich die erste Geschichte über Mara und Liam am meisten von sich überzeugen können. Doch auch Hannahs und Sadies Liebesgeschichten sind einfach was besonderes. Wenn man die anderen beiden Bücher geliebt hat, wird es hier nicht anders sein. Ich freue mich schon auf weitere Bücher von Ali.
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I don't know why I keep reading Ali Hazelwood books hoping that they'll be good. They're lackluster with repetitive bland enemies-to-lovers/miscommunication trope plots and tree related descriptors of the male characters... I keep hoping she'll mix it up, but nope lol
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4,5⭐️ Ich habe „Loathe to Love you“ unfassbar gerne gelesen! Da es sich um drei Novellen handelt, hatte ich zunächst befürchtet, dass die einzelnen Stories nicht breit genug ausgearbeitet sein würden, aber ich wurde definitiv eines Besseren belehrt! Ali Hazelwood arbeitet mehrfach mit verschiedenen Zeitebenen, damit die einzelnen Novellen sehr viel Tiefe bekommen und ich letztendlich auch richtig mitgefiebert habe. Das Beste sind die Gefühle, die die Novellen in mir ausgelöst haben, denn sie machen einfach so, so glücklich. Genau so, wie ich es aus ihren beiden Romanen kannte, habe ich auch hier während des Lesens meistens einfach nur gelächelt, teilweise sogar gekichert und war jedes einzelne Mal traurig, wenn eine der Novellen ihr Ende gefunden hat. „Below Zero“ (3,5 Sterne) empfand ich als „okay“, doch „Stuck With You“ (5 Sterne) und „Under One Roof“ (5+ Sterne) haben mir extrem gut gefallen! „Under One Roof“ bleibt dabei meine Herzensnovelle - ich würde sie sogar fast auf eine Ebene mit „The Love Hypothesis“ stellen!🥹🤍
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Alle 3 Paare und alle Geschichten waren einfach der Wahnsinn! Ich liebe die Bücher von Ali 🥰😍
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highlight of the entire experience: reading the boyfriend's point of view because dear gods if i had to listen to another chapter of tiny quirky disney-loving athletic girls miscommunicate with their huge boyfriends, i would have had a mental breakdown.
i stand by the fact that you could take any line from any single dialogue from any of ali hazelwood's books and it would be difficult to say which book it was from.
none of these books live up to the love hypothesis, and i think i've read enough of hazelwood's books to come to the conclusion that nothing ever will.
ranking:
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under one roof
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stuck with you
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below zero
miss hazelwood, you've disappointed me. greatly.
tbr review
"...an anthology of connected STEMinist rom-coms following the stories of three best friends who learn that when it comes to love and science, opposites attract and rivals make you burn..."
you had me at 'rom-com', and then again at 'love and science' and then AGAIN at 'opposites attract and rivals'.
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Having read great things about Ali Hazelwood’s debut, The Love Hypothesis, and her sophomore novel, Love on the Brain, I couldn’t resist the lure of Love to Loathe You, a collection of three novella’s, which have previously been published separately. Each novella works as a standalone, however they are linked in that they each feature one of three best friends, Mara, Sadie and Hannah, who are in regular contact across all of the story’s .
In Under One Roof, Mara, an environmental engineer who has just landed her dream job at the Environmental Protective Agency, inherits half ownership in a Washington DC house from her late mentor, and learns she’ll be sharing it with her mentor’s great nephew, a lawyer for an oil company. Liam isn’t pleased to be sharing his space with a stranger, and the two try to stay out of each other’s way, but their forced proximity soon breaks down the walls between them. Probably my favourite of the three novellas, I particularly enjoyed the well-paced build up of romantic tension between Mara and Liam.
Miscommunication is at the root of the conflict between civil engineer Sadie, and Erik, a partner in a large rival firm, in Stuck With You. The couple meet at a nearby cafe and enjoy a long night together, leaving Sadie excited for future possibilities, until she is told Erik’s firm has poached the important client she had high hopes of signing. Three weeks later the two are trapped in an elevator together and Sadie is ready to tell him exactly what she thinks of him. I liked the dual timeline structure of this story, and the respect Erik showed for Sadie, though I think a steamy elevator scene would have been the icing on the cake.
Below Zero is a second-chance romance featuring Hannah, an ambitious aerospace engineer, and Ian, her boss at NASA. When Hannah learns that her proposed project has been rejected by Ian, despite widespread support from her colleagues, Hannah suspects Ian’s motive is revenge, but when she is left stranded in a crevasse in the Arctic it’s Ian who rescues her, despite the dangers. By sheer coincidence, Bonnie Tyler’s song ‘Holding Out for a Hero’ started playing as I was reading this, and it’s the perfect anthem for this novella (especially the last verse). Hannah, whose cynicism hides her poor self esteem, is the prickliest of the three friends, and I couldn’t help but root for her to take a chance.
Though each novella has its own epilogue, the Bonus Chapter included in Love to Loathe You, which contains a few pages from each of the men’s point of view at a future date, is just that, a charming bonus that I appreciated.
Witty, fun and heated (the sex is reasonably explicit), Love to Loathe You proved to be an excellent escapist read for me, Hazelwood has a new fan. -
The STEMinist Novellas Series is worth every penny!! These were adorable and steamy and perfect. I forgot I marked this as To Read because I wanted the print book from Goodreads. I’m sad I did not win but reading these short stories was everything! Highly recommend them.
1.) Under One Roof
I should start dating again. Should I start dating again? Yeah. I should. Except that . . . men. No, thank you.
Mara and Liam are ridiculously cute and I loved every second of this short story. I usually don’t like novelas. Too short. Not enough story. This was perfect!!!
I can’t wait to read Sadie and Hannah’s stories. This was the perfect summer read.
2.) Stuck With You
I have horrible, amazing, superstition-unsupportive BFFs.
I love these friends and I loved Sadie and Erik. These novelas are super cute and I love them so much. They feel like a whole story not just a piece. They are done so well. They are funny, cute, and perfect summer reading. Also hot. Phew. So good!
3.) Below Zero
Caring what others think is a lot of work, and—with a handful of exceptions—I’m not a huge fan of work.
I loved Hannah Arroyo!! I also loved Ian Floyd but Hannah has my whole heart. Y’all she is a hard nut to crack. She grew up with a family that for the most part despised her. I still don’t understand why. She’s so funny and sarcastic and passionate. She loves with everything she has to give. Like seriously, I don’t understand. However this does create very drastic issues in adult relationships. She is emotionally unavailable because she fears being abandoned later. She knows she isn’t worth it. This was so sad. I’m so glad Ian was there and didn’t tell her but showers her she was worthy.
I would read all the stories of these two. Actually of the whole gang. I want a short story of the night the guys spent together. What shenanigans they got up to. I bet they cried. Not even joking, they had to prove so much to get the girl they’re probably traumatized. And fear them together. Gah!! I’d devour that story.
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i read the novellas separately and did individual ratings but i brought this copy as i did not want to buy all three books separately, there is just something about women in STEM😩
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I loved the Love Hypothesis, and somewhat enjoyed Love on the Brain, but after these novellas, I’m thinking miss Hazelwood is a one hit wonder. I’m tired of the exact same characters in every single book. Nothing in this was very exciting and I was forcing myself to read it. I marked the 3 novellas separately, but just to give an overall impression on them as a whole, I’d say save your time and money. Honestly, it has possibly deterred me from reading any other books she comes out with.
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Eh these are fine and forgettable. They all follow the same formula, have similar protagonists and similar love interests and even similar misunderstandings. Every single one of these men were big, brooding and quiet. It’s fine when it’s a novel but when it’s a series of novellas, you quickly realize the author has a type.
Three smart girlfriends are adulting in the real world post grad school. They each are forced into a situation with a big brooding man who they’re convinced hates them for a variety of reasons (has to share his house with her against his will, supposedly stole a client from her, wanted a relationship and she said no) and instead of just communicating they hide their heads in the sand until circumstances change and they’re forced to talk. Great sex ensues and there’s a happily ever after.
It’s not that I don’t enjoy these stories, I just always leave a Ali Hazelwood book wanting more. I love that she writes about smart women and I even like the STEMy flirting and banter but every single one of them is deeply insecure, needs rescuing of some sort and is the sunshine to his darkness and I’m tired of the tropes. -
UMM HELLOOO why did no one tell me theres another book? why am i just hearing about this now?
ready to act cool and a cucumber while reading this rivals to lovers book in class one day
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Der Schreibstil von Ali Hazelwood war wieder charmant, humorvoll, romantisch und liebevoll. Wieder einmal top! Zudem ist es bemerkenswert wie auf den Punkt gebracht sie Kurzgeschichten schreiben kann. Sie hat sehr viel aus den Geschichten rausgeholt!
Da es sich I’m 3 Kurzgeschichten handelt, hat man nicht allzu viel über die jeweiligen Settings erfahren, aber der Charme und das, was sie rüberbringen wollte, hat sie definitiv rübergebracht.
Alle 3 Geschichten waren anders und besonders auf ihre Art. Es wurde nie langweilig und die Szenen wählte sie mit Bedacht aus. Meine liebste Geschichte war die zweite, aber die erste folgt dich darauf. Die letzte war nicht ganz mein Fall. Ich bin irgendwie nicht warm mit den Charakteren und der Geschichte an sich geworden, aber das ist okay!
Die drei Freundinnen sind mindestens so unterschiedlich wie die Geschichten an sich, aber alle sympathisch, mit Ecken und Kanten, einfach kleine Diamanten und Schätze. Habt mit ihnen allen mitgefiebert und vermisse die kleine Freundesgruppe jetzt schon.
Ein ganz tolles, facettenreiches Buch mit viel Humor und Herz! -
⭐️4 Stars⭐️
I’m a first time
Ali Hazelwood reader and I would certainly love to read more of her books!
Loathe to Love You was a super cute, lighthearted read of three short stories (novellas). I enjoyed all of them but if I had to pick a favourite it would be the first story Under One Roof.
The main female character in each of the stories feature highly intelligent and educated women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and it was wonderful to have women in these industries featured.
Mara, Sadie and Hannah are best friends that graduated together. Each story focuses on one of the friends.
UNDER ONE ROOF
Mara a scientist at the Environmental Protection Agency finds herself inheriting a house only it comes with a roommate unfortunately. I loved the dynamic in this one and the enemy to lovers troupe.
STUCK WITH YOU
Sadie is a civil engineer and is caught in a broken down elevator with a past flame. Will they sort out their past miscommunications in this forced proximity?
BELOW ZERO
Hannah is an aerospace engineer working for NASA, she finds herself injured at a remote research location in the Arctic. Alone, freezing and in trouble will anyone rescue her?
If you’re a romance fan and up for some nerdy scientists and sexual tension you’ll enjoy this collection of adorable reads.
Publication Date 10 January 2023
Publisher Hachette Australia
Thank you Tandem Collective Global for having me along on the fun readalong and thank you Hachette Australia for a review copy of the book. -
Hi the bonus chapter had me screaming !!!!!!
