Love on the Brain

Neuroscientist Bee Königswasser is given the opportunity to work on a huge project with NASA. The only problem is that she’ll be working with the cold and rude engineer Levi Ward. They’ve been adversaries since grad school, and when Bee’s equipment doesn’t arrive, she suspects Levi of sabotaging her. Things aren’t as they appear, however, and she begins to think that Levi might not hate her as much as she thought. Hazelwood’s sophomore novel (after The Love Hypothesis) is entertaining, but it is so similar as to be interchangeable with her first. Narrator Brooke Bloomingdale does an excellent job with characterizations and ensures that each character is distinguishable. Unfortunately, even she can’t make up for the book’s faults. The miscommunications that most grown adults would avoid are constant, and stereotyped descriptions wear thin. Again and again, listeners will hear about tiny, quirky Bee, while Levi is described as a gigantic tree of a man.