Daydream

Hannah Grace
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The third in the New York Times bestselling Maple Hills series follows fan-favorite Henry and a bookish fellow student who come up with a plan to help them both overcome their respective challenges in a difficult year.

When his procrastination lands him in a difficult class with his least favorite professor, Henry Turner knows he’s going to have to work extra hard to survive his junior year of college. And now with his new title of captain for the hockey team—which he didn’t even want—Henry absolutely cannot fail. Enter Halle Jacobs, a fellow junior who finds herself befriended by Henry when he accidentally crashes her book club.

Halle may not have the romantic pursuits of her favorite fictional leads, but she’s an academic superstar, and as soon as she hears about Henry’s problems with his class reading material, she offers to help. Too bad being a private tutor isn’t exactly ideal given her own studies, job, book club, and the novel she’s trying to write. But new experiences are the key to beating her writer’s block, and Henry’s promising to be the one to give them to her.

They just need to stick to their rule book.

Oh, and not fall in love.

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She is his private tutor.....👀😏🤌
THE COVER!? AND HER Cardigan!!?
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This book was really cute! Henry and Halle are such sweet characters and have such a healthy and heartwarming relationship. Buttt I wanted to feel more towards the romance and towards the book in general. I do think a lot of people will like this book if you enjoy a feel-good romance with relatable characters and not much conflict with the relationship. But for me I wanted more angst or passion or tension or conflict or something.

I will say! The characters did have conflict in their personal lives and I really enjoyed those plot lines. I found Halle and her people-pleasing very relatable. And Henry is neurodivergent which impacts his life in so many ways from his relationships to his schooling. I really enjoyed reading and learning about Henry.

Overall though I liked Icebreaker and Wildfire a lot more. Very cute and sweet romance though!

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update (14/11/23): THE COVER OMG. they both are nerds + hes poc AND shes a plus size fmc?? im so excited for this tho im currently in a major book slump and havent even read wildfire yet 😭😭

edit (01/11/23): its giving shy x shy and friends to lovers I LOVE THE BLURB SM.

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1 MORE DAY BITCHES!! 🤭
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The release date is 27th August!!!
(Petition to remove Goodreads placeholder dates because the way I had been expecting this to come out in June and had actually planned my tbr 😔)
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After a little bit of searching I found some
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incoming hot take 😳 but … these books are just ok for me 🙈 (runs and hides…)

I think if I had to rank them, it would be
1. Wildfire ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. Daydream⭐️⭐️⭐️.75
3. Icebreaker ⭐️⭐️⭐️

I think I need to also explain that I am a HUGE hockey romance fan (hello Elle Kennedy, Helena Hunting …) and since Elle’s books are also set in college, it’s not that - I just keep waiting for the OBSESSION I see from others kick in.

I do love that these books focus on some much needed representation and Hannah Grace does this very well. The dual narration on this one was also very well done - I think I’ll probably keep listening to this series in the future but I won’t be going out of my way to get my hands on them

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3.5/5 ⭐️
WHAT I needed. After being in the biggest book slump this book brought me out. I genuinely love the friendships development between Halle and Henry.

Definitely my favorite out of the wholes series.
Henry 🧎🏾‍♀️🧎🏾‍♀️🧎🏾‍♀️🧎🏾‍♀️

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I was so excited to receive this ARC! After reading Icebreaker and Wildfire, I could not wait to get my hands on Henry’s book! In my opinion, each book in this series just gets better. While reading Daydream, I saw myself in a little bit of Henry and a whole lot of Halle, and absolutely loved the representation of these characters. Loved it!

He’s a hockey playing artist who struggles with being captain, “spirals” even when he doesn’t want to, and procrastinates to the point of destruction.

She’s an oldest daughter who does everything for others but nothing for herself, loves books and wants to be an author, and has very little experience with relationships (both platonic and romantic).

But somehow, they seem to understand each other when others can’t and bring out the best in each other. Throw in the “found family” of this hockey team friend group, a cat named Joy, and a few Taylor Swift references… what more could you ask for?

My ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Great example of a parentified child who takes on too much to care for others at her own expense and a person with ADHD that learns differently than others, becomes over stimulated at times, and sometimes just needs a break from people to cope.

I have enjoyed this series and this one is about Henry and Halle. Henry is the captain of the hockey team and is feeling the pressure of being the role model. Halle, is a student that is extremely over extended in life and goes to college at Maple Hill as well. They meet through a mutual friend and Halle decides to help Henry with a class he is struggling.

I really enjoyed their friendship and this was a slow burn. I enjoyed seeing Halle blossoming but was frustrated with her being a doormat. Henry's character was neurodivergent and I appreciate how this was a big factor in the story.

There is a lot going on in the story and it sort of distracted me and I wanted the story to move along. Overall, I think if you enjoy the series, you will like this one.

Thank you @atriabooks for a copy of this book.

OK Maple Hills series! Hannah Grace knows what she’s doing with these hockey romance series. We finally get a book for Henry, our fan favorite. In Daydream ,Henry is paired up with Hallie who is adorable and intelligent and everything that is delightful. But she has her own issues which Henry and a backbone will help her overcome. I really like a tutor x jock trope so I was here for it. And I really like a friendship becoming a romance so all in all, I very much enjoyed this book!

Thank you #Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Henry Turner finds himself in a difficult class and captain of his hockey team, and he only has one goal - do not fail. Halle Jacobs, romance reader and wannabe author, hears about Henry's academic problems, after he crashes her book club, and wants to help. However, adding tutoring the hot hockey player to her never-ending list of things to do, is not ideal when she should be writing her novel for a competition. Henry decides to help Halle get over her writer's block and gives her "new experiences" to write about.

I got so excited about baby Henry's book and Hannah Grace did not disappoint! This is definitely my new favorite book in the series. After reading the dedication and the letter from the author, I could tell this book would be as emotional as it was sweet. While I loved the open, honest communication and hard discussions between several characters, I felt by the end of the book it was a little too much dialogue. I found myself skimming through a lot of it by the end of the book.

Overall, I give this book 4 stars and can't wait for my hard copy to come in!

I was so excited to see that Hannah Grace had continued the “Maple Hills” story! This book has the characters that you came to love in previous books, but they aren’t the main characters. For this book we get to learn more about Henry and Halle. The dynamic of their friendship is so believable and authentic from the start. I caught myself laughing and giggling through the entire book. As we know, Henry is a very blunt and straightforward person. Halle is an oldest daughter people-pleaser. Together they find an easy friendship that naturally develops into more. I liked the conflict in this book, too. It didn’t make me mad like other romances tend to do. If you liked the other two books in this series you will ABSOLUTELY love this one, too. The best part? You technically don’t HAVE to read any of the books in order or together. They can stand on their own if that’s what you’d prefer, but I personally love the entire series and can’t wait to see what’s next! (Forgot to mention- yes, it’s spicy)

Daydream is the third book of the Maple Hills series of interconnected standalones. I couldn’t wait to get my hands on Henry’s story and it didn’t disappoint! Henry and Halle were both so relatable and I found myself fully immersed in their story. This book made me feel so much! I can even describe how I feel about it. Henry is everything you could want in a book boyfriend and his forehead kisses made me melt! I can’t wait to get a physical copy so I can reread it and annotate it! Definitely a top read for me!

I really enjoyed this book! The relationship between Halle and Henry was so well paced. The journey both characters took together was so loving, considerate, and passionate. I also loved how both Halle and Henry not only developed a love for each other but also learned how to love themselves. They matured in self love and romantic love. Plus as a librarian I loved that the main protagonist was a book worm and storyteller.

Hannah Grace has truly outdone herself with Daydream! The newest addition to the Maple Hills series is everything you could ask for in a new adult romance—sweet, sexy, and endlessly fun.

The world Grace has created feels like a warm, cozy blanket you’ll never want to leave, and the characters are so lovable and funny that you’ll get wonderfully wrapped up in their stories.

Henry and Halle have my heart, truly. 💜 And every other character is just… chef’s kiss — so, so good. Bonus: If you love a great found family trope, this book is 110% for you!

Get excited because Daydream drops on August 27th, and trust me, you won’t want to miss it. Whether you’re a die-hard fan of the previous Maple Hills titles (Icebreaker and Wildfire) or just discovering Hannah Grace’s sweet fictional universe, this book is a must-read. Mark your calendars, grab a copy when it releases, and get ready for all the feels!

I don’t know who I love more- Henry or Halle! To be fair I’ve loved Henry longer but Halle is just the sweetest human being and she deserves all the things. I know what it feels like to need to do and be all for everyone. I love how Henry is with her. Each of their make-ups are so endearing and I truly love this story! It might be my favorite of the series!

Henry Turner, a struggling junior and new ice hockey captain, gets help from Halle Jacobs, an academic standout who’s juggling her own challenges. As they spend more time together, they try to stick to the rules they’ve set and not fall in love.

College romances are usually hit or miss for me. I hated Icebreaker but loved Wildfire, so I decided to give Daydream a shot. My feelings about this one were mixed. Henry and Halle seemed like they would be great as friends, but I couldn’t imagine them as a couple due to their personalities. Henry came across as too egotistical—if he thinks he’s so good at everything, why was he struggling with that one class? Halle was a straight-up doormat, and it frustrated me to no end that she allowed herself to overextend and be overly accommodating to others who didn’t take her feelings into consideration. Overall, the story dragged on too long. There were too many side characters and subplots to keep track of, which disrupted the flow of the narrative compared to Wildfire. I lost interest halfway through, and by the end, the story didn’t tie together well. If the book had been 100 pages shorter and faster-paced, I might have enjoyed it more. Interestingly, I found myself more invested in the side characters than the main ones—they were the ones who helped move the story along. My new ranking in the series is Wildfire, Daydream, and Icebreaker.

WE HAVE MAPLE HILLS BACK! I am SO excited to be back at the school with our found family that we loved in Icebreaker. I really didn’t love Wildfire. Safe to say I actually disliked the book. I was really worried about this one being closer to Wildfire and not like Icebreaker, especially because Henry was my favorite in Icebreaker, but that was not the case! We are back at UCMH and back to the writing and storytelling that I loved so much in Icebreaker.

In this story we have Henry and Halle, two absolutely perfect characters. Halle is an oldest daughter, the family manager, the people pleaser, the can’t-say-no-to-anyone, the bookworm who wants to be a writer, and the one who was just dumped by her boyfriend who she didn’t really love anyways and only was with because it felt like she needed to be. Henry is everyone’s favorite. He’s loved by friends, family, and lots of women. He also is the new captain and he pressure on him is a lot, on top of taking a class with a professor whose style just doesn’t work for him. These two meet and work out a deal to help each other out - Halle helping Henry pass his class and Henry giving her experiences so she can write them into her book. They end up developing a great friendship and one thing leads to another (as always) and they fall for each other.

The slow burn, friends-to-lovers in this was SO GOOD. I absolute loved how they treated each other and understood each other. After the terrible communications and boundary settings in book 2, it was soooo good to see people who respected the other and pushed in ways that were helpful and healthy. Both of them go through such big journeys in their personal lives as well, and do it for themselves (which is SO important). I loved watching each of them in their paths of growth and becoming better humans. We also learn in an author’s note before the book that Henry essentially has undiagnosed AuDHD (please read the note as I think it provides great context for this) and seeing him work through so much of the book feeling different and not being able to express it, but having a safe space to unmask with Halle was amazing. There were plenty of moments within their relationship that I think showed respect and boundaries for his mental processing as well, and I am so appreciative that this was shown.

When we got the spice it was absolute perfection as well. I really enjoyed Hannah’s balance in this one between friendship and relationship. We saw them build such a beautiful connection as friends and then developed into something more. I really loved how she did this!

I also loved being back at UCMH and having the found family vibes return. We saw some people return from book 1, and had a few new faces as well. It was one of my favorite things with Icebreaker, so I’m so glad that feeling is back again in Daydream.

There were times that this felt a little on the long, drawn out side, and while I think everything was necessary, I do wonder if it could have been a little abbreviated. Other than that, I really enjoyed being back in Maple Hills with the gang!

Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for providing the ARC.

Another book that is just lightyears ahead of Icebreaker. However, there is one thing that I don't like about Grace's books: they are way too long.

I've found that the sweet spot for romance is about 300-350 pages. It gives the author time to develop the characters and to achieve resolution to the issue at hand. However, Grace really could stand about 100 pages from her books. By the middle, I really wanted something to happen, but there was a series of vignettes that showed Halle and Henry becoming closer. Not bad per se, but definitely longer than necessary.

I enjoyed this read so much. But the long-winded exposition really.demonstrated Grace's need for a good idiot

This book was so genuinely cute that I couldn't help finishing this book in one sitting. Every part of their relationship was adorably and so relatable, with the people pleasing Halle is constantly doing. I think Halle and Henry might actually be my favourite couple in the Maple Hill series. They obviously go through their issues separately and them together and it was so genuinely lovely getting to see them at the end of all of it overcome and become such a strong couple.

You really spend the book rooting for them because you so desperately want them to be happy. I absolutely loved it!

Thank you NetGalley for the eARC!

Thank you, NetGalley for the early version of this book. Daydream was very well written and overall a good read. I thought the way that Henry and Holly’s issues were handled was done very tastefully. It was a little bit more than the other books of the series so I was expecting a little bit more but all in all enjoyed the read

Possibly my favorite in the Maple Hills series, this dual POV college Hockey romance has great neurodiversity rep and a loveable fat FMC who aspires to be a romance writer. When team captain, Henry, needs homework help, he turns to Hannah, a plus size tutor looking for extra income. Henry was a top notch book boyfriend!! Everyone needs a guy like him!!

I loved this friends to lovers, virgin FMC romance full of body positivity and great mental health rep. The chemistry between Hannah and Henry was A-plus and I couldn't get enough of their interactions. Highly recommended for fans of authors like Grace Reilly and especially great on audio! Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital and ALC copy in exchange for my honest review!

Thank you NetGalley and Simon and Shuster for this arc.

This was one of my most anticipated reads of the year, the bookish fmc, rooting for Henry in previous books, the neurodivergence rep. I was super excited to get this arc.

I am a Henry lover so I was pumped to see things from his pov. There were cute moments in the books especially the baking and painting scenes.

Unfortunately this was a bit of a let down for me. Maybe the author was aiming for a slow burn but this didn’t hit the mark for me, there was hardly any of the tension necessary for the burning portion, it was just slow. Slow with chapters of no action, just the same scenes repeated (fmc gets drunk/or acts in a way that leaves her second guessing while hanging out with mmc, fmc feels embarrassed and thinks no one likes her, mmc comes and hangs out with her at home). The writing in this one was also an issue for me, we moved through time in a way that left me a bit confused.

I enjoyed Icebreaker and had very few qualms with it, Daydream just didn’t hit the mark for me and it’s a shame.