So helpful and reassuring - I read bits to my husband too. It was a timely, supportive and spot-on read.

How important is sleep? Its everything, so why do we put so much pressure on ourselves to sleep in the same bed as our partner who is snoring, fidgeting, tossing and turning - when all we want is to get some deep sleep? I really enjoyed this book. It takes a deeper look at how your partners sleep hygiene and habits can really affect you, but also breaking the stigma surrounding sleeping separately.

Such an interesting book! As someone who has never been a good sleeper, this book had useful, practical tips and actions steps to improve your sleep. She explores the importance of sleep, the concept of sleeping with or apart from your partner, sleep disorders (minimally), among many other topics. I’ve already relayed some information to my mom, who struggles to sleep, and my husband and I are reevaluating our nighttime routine. Sleep is so important and I think this is a very important book.

Disclaimer: I'm probably not the target audience for this book. Yes, I'm married and share a bed with my husband, however, I am an EXCELLENT sleeper. Stressed? I can sleep. Anxious? Sure, I'll nap. So, sleeping isn't a problem for me, but I was interested to learn new data surrounding couples' sleeping habits.

Troxel writes in a way that kept me wanting to read more. For nonfiction, this was a fast read. I loved how each chapter tackled a different aspect of sleep as it relates to your romantic relationship. Each chapter also ended with a Shared Sleep Action Plan. Plans included discussion questions, activities, and/or quizzes that couples complete together. It's one thing to read about data, it's another thing to actively work through the data. The action plans were super solution oriented and I think readers who are struggling with sleep will appreciate that.

My favorite quote was "more than anything, this book was designed to help you and your partner open the conversation about a significant and important part of your life"...SLEEP! This book did that for me.

I am giving this book three stars because I really enjoyed it. I think a reader with young children, a sleep disorder, etc. would really benefit from reading this book and might rate it higher than me.

Thank you, NetGalley and Hachette Books for the free copy in exchange for my honest review. The review will be posted on my instagram account as well: @reeder_reads

This is very informative and where I would refer a friend, who is dealing with problems regarding sleeping with their partner. Troxel speaks of this topic without judgment and makes it easier to broach this conversation with your partner. Along with how to help smooth things out in the interim. Because as Troxel talks about when people aren't sleeping well it is easy to take that out on our partners.

This book covers so much, and I feel like I can't begin to express what Troxel speaks of because they do so in such a great way where the book is better than any summary.

Well, this is awkward.. I started reading this book whilst in a three-year relationship, but then we broke up due to deep-rooted issues. Needless to say, the rest of this book meant for couples sleeping together was painful to read, so I skimmed it.

Despite my circumstance, Sharing the Covers is truly an exceptional book meant to help couples overcome various problems in bed. And I don't (only) mean sex - there are the never-ending issues of taking too much space, the covers, turning on the lights, temperature, going to sleep and waking up at different times, sickness and snoring. I didn't think about it much while sharing a bed with my partner, but Wendy Troxel drew my attention to just how badly some of these issues made me feel - and as we subconsciously know, bad sleep means we don't treat other people as well as we should.

Doctor Troxel doesn't only illuminate the problems, but also offers tangible solutions to each of them is separate chapters. This is really unique - I don't think there are any similar books on the market, and yet couples' bed problems are so prevalent.

*Thank you to the Publisher for a free advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.