Love Theoretically
From the Bestselling Author of the Love Hypothesis
Readers rate it 4.1 (771 on Hardcover)
389 pages · Released 2023 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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Love Theoretically parent’s guide: what’s inside
Violence
LGBTQ+ themes
Scary or mature
What it offers
Educational value
A note for parents
Love Theoretically is a contemporary adult romance featuring a smart, witty protagonist navigating career ambitions and unexpected attraction. While the romance includes sexual content and some mild profanity typical of adult fiction, the story emphasizes authenticity, self-worth, and choosing genuine connection over people-pleasing. The book is firmly adult-oriented and not appropriate for younger teens, though older teens interested in romance may find the character development and humor appealing.
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From the publisher
The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, she’s an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading labs and teaching thermodynamics in the hopes of landing tenure. By other day, Elsie makes up for her non-existent paycheck by offering her services as a fake girlfriend, t... The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, she’s an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading labs and teaching thermodynamics in the hopes of landing tenure. By other day, Elsie makes up for her non-existent paycheck by offering her services as a fake girlfriend, tapping into her expertly honed people pleasing skills to embody whichever version of herself the client needs. Honestly, it’s a pretty sweet gig—until her carefully constructed Elsie-verse comes crashing down. Because Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and broody older brother of her favorite client, turns out to be the cold-hearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentor’s career and undermined the reputation of theorists everywhere. And that same Jack who now sits on the hiring committee at MIT, right between Elsie and her dream job. Elsie is prepared for an all-out war of scholarly sabotage but…those long, penetrating looks? Not having to be anything other than her true self when she’s with him? Will falling into an experimentalist’s orbit finally tempt her to put her most guarded theories on love into practice?
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- nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2023-07-02
- New York Times bestseller
- Love & Romance
- Loveable Characters
- Strong Character Development
- Character driven
- Not Diverse Characters
- Diverse Characters
- A mix driven
- Weak Character Development
- Unloveable Characters
- Female MC
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ISBN 9781408725795 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited