I love books where the guy falls first and spends part of the book pinning for the girl, while she is oblivious. This book delivered that perfectly. It also did a great job showing the development of their relationship from dislike to like to love. It was believable, I was rooting for the main couple the entire time, and I found the hero very swoony.

Also, this is set against the backdrop of academia and, as someone who works in academia even if it's in a completely different field, I could relate to a lot of what was happening in this book and that was fun.