Olive is a third-year Ph.D. candidate who decides to fake date Dr. Adam Carlsen, who she ends up falling in love with. Yep, this is a fake dating tripe book. Olive wants to ensure her friend Anh that she has no interest in Jeremy, her ex-boyfriend, and Anh's crush. Anh doesn't believe it and she leaves Olive with no choice but to take drastic measures. She ends up kissing the first man she sees in the hall.

This man is Adam Carlsen, the grumpy professor who has a reputation for being "antagonistic and unapproachable". As she is trying to convince her friend Anh, she enters into a fake date arrangement with Adam, who also seeks to benefit from this fake relationship.

I felt like the book had a slow start, but it kept getting better. I'm not into professor/student romances, but this one was an exception. It had a great mishmash between juicy misunderstandings, hurt/love/comfort, a nice guy who acts grumpy, etc.

4.25 ⭐