This is definitely VERY different from Ali Hazelwood’s usual books and I am not the right target audience (I knew the book was smutty but did not expect it to happen every few pages…even if it was the protaganists’ coping mechanism or what not) It was a good book in terms of the plot and I was really into the characters and their backgrounds. The experiment was interesting too and I loved that the FMC was not how she commonly writes them to be. Also if there was a dude that could embody being ‘downbad’, Eli would take the crown happily bcz wow there was no hiding from the first moment we are introduced to him. AND HE DOES NOT FALTER FROM THAT FEATURE AT ANY POINT IN THE BOOK 😭✋ how fun. im rating it a bit low only cuz im not into smut and this book is rlly centred around it (that is on me) but apart from that, the plot makes it a good read.