Love,
Ali
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Publishing has very weird, very long timelines, which means that I’m writing the acknowledgments for my second book in October 2021, right after the publication of my first, and my heart is very full. Every good thing that has happened after the release of The Love Hypothesis I owe to my team at Berkley: Sarah Blumenstock, the best editor in the multiverse （who lets me add sex scenes till the very last minute!）; Jess Brock, my fantastic publicist; Bridget O’Toole, my incredible marketer; and, of course, my most beloved agent, Thao Le, who brought me to them. Let’s be real: publishing is terrifying. But the constant support, hard work, and talent of these four women made it slightly less so. Plus, through them, I got to work with the best publisher in the world. Basically: to every single person at Berkley and at SDLA who helped with my books in any capacity, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU. I’m sorry I always turn in stuff at 11:58 p.m. on deadline days. I’m sorry I ask the same questions forty times. I’m sorry I keep abusing the caps lock. I swear I’m trying to be better!! Special thanks to Penguin Creative （in particular Dana Mendelson） and to Lilith, the cover artist of my wildest dreams. And, of course, thank you to Jessica Clare, Elizabeth Everett, Christina Lauren, and Mariana Zapata for blurbing my first book （asking for blurbs is pants-crappingly scary, guys） and for the constant encouragement.
Love on the Brain wouldn’t be what it is without the feedback of the brilliant Claire, Julie Soto, Lindsey Merril, Kat, Stephanie, Jordan, and, of course, Sharon Ibbotson, my very first editor. Kate Goldbeck, Sarah Hawley, Celia, Rebecca, and Victoria were amazing and let me vent to them during the writing process. The Grems, the Edge Chat, TM, the Family Chat, and the Berkletes have been crucial to my survival, and I am forever grateful to have these amazing people in my life.
And, of course, a million thanks to all the readers, booktokers, bookstagrammers, bloggers, journalists, reviewers, and fellow Reylos who supported my first book and showed enthusiasm for my second: sophomore book terrors are definitely a thing （or maybe they aren’t and it’s just me!?） and I spend a few hours every day worrying that people will hate mine, but everyone’s excitement has been helping so, sooo much.
And last but very much not least: thanks to Lucy, for being the father I didn’t know I needed, and to Jen, for holding my hand during the highs and the lows. Everybody needs a Jen, but mine is taken.
（Oh, and thanks to Stefan, I guess. But only a little.）