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jennyslibrary's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book!!
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It had me on a chokehold the entire time, love blooming on all the pages. Finally a book with a good anxiety disorder representation! The quotes and writing was beautiful, will definitely be picking this up again to browse for ideas for my own book, and also to fall back into the pleasure of meeting the characters again. You grow to love them all, with their different personalities and traits. Harper and Dans love is out of this world, with Judy (Harpers giant cat) adding to the cuteness of it all. Recommend a thousand times! And the love between Alex (Danās roommate), and Thuās (one of Harpers bests friends) love story, it sweetens the plot even more / This book was funny, sad, tense, and extremely romantic. Every page had me drooling for a love like theirs, and with a happy ending/ I will definitely be reading a brush with love again.
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It had me on a chokehold the entire time, love blooming on all the pages. Finally a book with a good anxiety disorder representation! The quotes and writing was beautiful, will definitely be picking this up again to browse for ideas for my own book, and also to fall back into the pleasure of meeting the characters again. You grow to love them all, with their different personalities and traits. Harper and Dans love is out of this world, with Judy (Harpers giant cat) adding to the cuteness of it all. Recommend a thousand times! And
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Car accident
savvy999's review against another edition
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
The description of anxiety here is deft and complicated, and the understanding of grief is compelling, but the reliance on repetitious cohesion and separation made the tension feel somewhat truncated. Did I guess the endingā yes, did it make it less satisfying to read it at the endā not really, I was still glad to see these two end up together! it felt pretty well earned.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent
Minor: Xenophobia
readwithvirginia's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
This was fantastic! Harper is a high achieving, driven dental student who literally runs into Dan one day in the school building and quickly canāt seem to think of anything besides him. Harper realizes that Dan is more of a distraction than she wants right now so she friendzones him - but he is in it for the long game here (let me tell you it was worth it).
Harper shows a realistic representation of someone who lives with anxiety. Her character has gone through a lot. She has wonderful friends who stand by her through everything she is going through. I would recommend looking up content warnings before reading this book.
Overall it is a wonderful story with two really relatable and lovable characters with a sweet love story. Also they really made me want to brush my teeth more š and Alex and Thu Iām keeping an eye out for yāall story because I can tell itās going to be amazing
Harper shows a realistic representation of someone who lives with anxiety. Her character has gone through a lot. She has wonderful friends who stand by her through everything she is going through. I would recommend looking up content warnings before reading this book.
Overall it is a wonderful story with two really relatable and lovable characters with a sweet love story. Also they really made me want to brush my teeth more š and Alex and Thu Iām keeping an eye out for yāall story because I can tell itās going to be amazing
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Car accident
vikidoki's review against another edition
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
IF ANYONE DARES TO SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT THIS BOOK I WILL UNFRIEND YOU IMMEDIATELY
mazey eddings, not only is your Instagram account hilarious but your writing style is absolutely brilliant. I canāt even begin to express why I am so amazed by this book starting with how it incorporates so many topics so respectfully and naturally. but plan to read an amazing story with realistic representation of topics like mental health, feminism, abusive relationships, death itās all in there and I love it. I admire how mazey connected mental health and ableism and how you can manage it. the description of anxiety made me feel seen (as a person that has anxiety) and itās executed in a way that seriously stunned me. I love the characters. I love Dan (even though he has a slightly weird name), I love Harper, I love everybody in this book. mazey eddings manages it to write alluring and lovable characters that you just wanna hug.
What I particularly enjoyed was for example how dan realized itās not healthy for him to stay if harper was just playing with him and I love that harper realized that it was the best step to take. I really enjoyed how the storyline between parents and the main character made you get so much more inside to the character itself and how parents affect the relationship that you have to yourself . i adore dan and harper together, I adore their random grocery runs and I absolutely adore how dan always notices the anxiety that harper feels. get me a dan right now please and thank you.
I just have to say I am eternally grateful for this book. itās an amazing book for women in STEM and I see absolutely no flaw in this book (but maybe itās just a post haze from just finishing the book but yolo)
I DEEPLY RECOMMEND READING THIS BOOK xoxo love u
p.s.: i think i was definitly high with good-book-weed
mazey eddings, not only is your Instagram account hilarious but your writing style is absolutely brilliant. I canāt even begin to express why I am so amazed by this book starting with how it incorporates so many topics so respectfully and naturally. but plan to read an amazing story with realistic representation of topics like mental health, feminism, abusive relationships, death itās all in there and I love it. I admire how mazey connected mental health and ableism and how you can manage it. the description of anxiety made me feel seen (as a person that has anxiety) and itās executed in a way that seriously stunned me. I love the characters. I love Dan (even though he has a slightly weird name), I love Harper, I love everybody in this book. mazey eddings manages it to write alluring and lovable characters that you just wanna hug.
I just have to say I am eternally grateful for this book. itās an amazing book for women in STEM and I see absolutely no flaw in this book (but maybe itās just a post haze from just finishing the book but yolo)
I DEEPLY RECOMMEND READING THIS BOOK xoxo love u
p.s.: i think i was definitly high with good-book-weed
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent
Moderate: Ableism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Car accident
Minor: Misogyny and Alcohol
now_booking's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
This was an absolutely adorable romance featuring two lovely but somewhat broken characters finding each other and kind of piecing each other back together. It skews new adult-ish and a little wanting more maturity, even though the characters are in their mid-20. This could be because theyāre students but I think itās also because of the way theyāre written and the sort of coming of age conflicts they face in the story. Despite the heavy mental health themes, itās more light and bubbly than it is dark and hopeless.
The premise is that Harper is a high-achieving final year dental student struggling with an intense anxiety disorder, PTSD and a fear of failure who meets Dan, a former financial sector guru turned dental student bearing the crushing weight of expectation to carry on the family dental business. Sparks fly immediately and āDental Danā is all in till their unresolved issues get in the way of their happiness.
I think this was written with a lot of understanding and empathy for people with anxiety disorder. It dealt with themes of parental death and grief and anxiety and pressure really well and I think those parts of the book were dealt with the best. I really enjoyed the secondary characters (Thu, Indira, Lizzy, even Alex) but I felt like more could have been made of them to make a richer, more balanced story. Everytime they were on the page, they shone but I think sometimes they disappeared a lot. I also felt that for being so nosy, they kind of didnāt speak up to Harper in ways they could have before things got really bad. I couldnāt tell if this was because they didnāt know how bad her mental health was or if it was that they didnāt want to rock the boat, but there was some dissonance with how intrusive they otherwise were as a trait of their friendship. I think Alex could have been better utilized as a friend for Dan, giving him someone else to talk to and to develop as a character within his complex relationship with his mother rather than just Harper and internal monologues. I also think it would have been good to see that relationship in person especially since she wasnāt live particularly far away so that we could make our own judgements.
One thing I really liked about Harper and Dan was that they were (eventually) good commmunicators and the development of the friendship and transition to lovers was a delight to read. For an Instlove-based plot, their coupledom was very believable. Iām glad I read this and would read something else from this author.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publishers.
The premise is that Harper is a high-achieving final year dental student struggling with an intense anxiety disorder, PTSD and a fear of failure who meets Dan, a former financial sector guru turned dental student bearing the crushing weight of expectation to carry on the family dental business. Sparks fly immediately and āDental Danā is all in till their unresolved issues get in the way of their happiness.
I think this was written with a lot of understanding and empathy for people with anxiety disorder. It dealt with themes of parental death and grief and anxiety and pressure really well and I think those parts of the book were dealt with the best. I really enjoyed the secondary characters (Thu, Indira, Lizzy, even Alex) but I felt like more could have been made of them to make a richer, more balanced story. Everytime they were on the page, they shone but I think sometimes they disappeared a lot. I also felt that for being so nosy, they kind of didnāt speak up to Harper in ways they could have before things got really bad. I couldnāt tell if this was because they didnāt know how bad her mental health was or if it was that they didnāt want to rock the boat, but there was some dissonance with how intrusive they otherwise were as a trait of their friendship. I think Alex could have been better utilized as a friend for Dan, giving him someone else to talk to and to develop as a character within his complex relationship with his mother rather than just Harper and internal monologues. I also think it would have been good to see that relationship in person especially since she wasnāt live particularly far away so that we could make our own judgements.
One thing I really liked about Harper and Dan was that they were (eventually) good commmunicators and the development of the friendship and transition to lovers was a delight to read. For an Instlove-based plot, their coupledom was very believable. Iām glad I read this and would read something else from this author.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publishers.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Classism
Moderate: Ableism and Abandonment
Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting
hannahkiwi's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Medical content
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Car accident
crystaleigha's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book was painful in the best way.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Car accident
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Emotional abuse
mspecht's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Car accident
Moderate: Medical content and Death of parent
bookswithca's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
kayaks's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
āI know Iām a mess. I know ā¦ I know Iām not easy to loveā¦ā
āHarper, loving you is the easiest thing Iāll ever do.ā
this book was so sweet it gave me cavities. listen, if the characters of this book were allowed to make dental related puns so can i.
a brush with love was absolutely adorable and hilarious but it also was quite heavy at timesābut i didnāt mind it. there was always a good balance between the heavy and the light. there were some issues i had (such as the pacing and certain things/choices characters made) but once again my love for the characters and book as a whole outweighed the bad. and i loved this book. it filled me with so much serotonin and genuinely made me laugh out loud (actually laugh and not just where you suck in a huge gust of air and exhale it).
also, this whole book felt very ali hazelwood like. thatās not a critique. itās a compliment. i cannot wait to read the sequel and see what kind of ridiculous situations that will transpired. and i canāt wait to catch up with dan, harper, judy the cat, alex, thu, indira, lizzie (and her mysterious love interest), and the rest of the characters. except the giles brothers. they better not make a reappearance.
āHarper, have you ever had the overwhelming urge to rip out your reproductive tract and use the fallopian tubes to choke the stupidity out of men? Because thatās where Iām at.ā
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexism, Medical content, and Car accident