I love Halle! I love a bookish, literature, Taylor Swift loving girly! I feel so many readers will fall in love with her, and see themselves within her. I wish there was just a bit more plot line that the couple had to go through; some more factors and forces outside of their own dynamic. However, I can see how other readers would feel that they like seeing strictly more just the couples dynamics! So, it definitely can come down to personal preference.

Daydream is the third book in the Maple Hills series by Hannah Grace. When Henry Turner accidentally crashes Halle's book club, the two agree to strike up a deal. Henry will take her out on dates so she can have more experiences for her novel and she will tutor him so he can pass his classes. They just need to keep things professional and not catch feelings.
This was so cute and sweet. I loved Henry and Halle's relationship and I loved that we got to see the characters from the previous books.

Oh my gosh- Daydream was so cute! Halle and Henry’s story was so sweet; I loved their friendship and the way it grew into more and I loved seeing both of them do the work they needed to do to grow individually as well. Henry’s grand gesture slayed me! I love that Hannah Grace’s books keep getting better and better and I think Halle and Henry are her most lovable characters yet! This book is so healing as a people pleaser; the eldest daughters in your life will love and anyone who loves a love story will swoon and kick their little feet while they read it!

This is the best Maple Hills book yet!! The romance between Halle and Henry is just perfection. I absolutely ADORE Henry as the hero, and I was anxiously awaiting this book. The wait paid off! The spice is perfection, but the story, so real and raw. As an Eldest daughter I totally related to Halle a little too often, and I found myself feeling all the feels. 100/10!!

Another great book by Hannah Grace in her Maple Hills series. Henry finds himself as captain of the university hockey team and struggling with his class load. Enter Hannah, a great student who offers to help Henry by tutoring him. Their tutoring sessions give way to a mutual attraction that will make you fall in love with these characters.

4/5 ⭐️

Henry Turner's junior year of college is shaping up to be a challenge—between a tough class with his least favorite professor and the unexpected responsibility of captaining the hockey team, he's got his hands full. Enter Halle Jacobs, a fellow junior who stumbles into Henry's life when he accidentally crashes her book club. Halle, an academic superstar with her own busy schedule, reluctantly agrees to tutor Henry, sparking a friendship that both of them desperately need. But as they navigate their growing connection, they must adhere to one crucial rule: don’t fall in love.

This book was an absolute joy to read, particularly because of how relatable Halle is. Seeing her confront and ultimately embrace qualities she once viewed as flaws was refreshing and inspiring. The relationship between Halle and Henry evolves naturally, with both characters facing and overcoming personal challenges along the way. Their dynamic is one of mutual support and understanding, making their connection all the more satisfying to watch unfold.

Fans of the series will be thrilled to see Henry finally take center stage after his appearance in Icebreaker. The chemistry between Henry and Halle is palpable, and their ability to communicate openly adds a refreshing layer to their romance. While this installment may have less explicit content than previous books in the series, it still delivers plenty of heat and heart.

Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC!

I was very fortunate enough to read Daydream! This book was one of my top 5 anticipated reads of the year and I’m so happy I got to read it!
I have to say, this is absolutely my FAVORITE out of the 3 books. The way Hannah makes her characters so relatable is the reason why I love to read her books! But this one hit home and will forever stay with me.

I related so much to Henry and his characteristics and it just felt nice to read about a character like him. She did such a wonderful job in describing the process of his overstimulation and ADHD. I love how Halle was very understanding about Henry’s situation since her sister Gigi has similar characteristics as him.

Henry and Halle are my forever couple. I loved to see how their friends-to-lovers story panned out and how their communication to each other was a priority and they never disregarded one another on how they felt.

Halle is a people pleaser (first child) and one for academics. She is the person that everyone in her family runs to and never asks how she’s doing or if she wants to do the task at hand, they just assume she’ll do it. When her boyfriend, Will, breaks up with her, whom she’s known practically her whole life, she feels relieved and comes to realize how much she gave up for him, how all her ‘friends’ were never really hers to begin with, and how she never loved him in a romantic way. With this realization, the first thing she does for herself is to write a book for a competition she wants to enter. As she tries to learn to put herself first and write said book, she soon comes to terms that she doesn’t have much dating experience to write about, in comes Henry.

Henry is the captain of the UCMH hockey team and feels the pressure of not wanting to let everyone on his team down. Henry loves his alone time and sees things for how it is.

Henry and Halle meet when Henry goes to the bookstore to look for leadership books to learn how to become a great team captain but instead starts eating cookies at the book club Halle is hosting. Henry then becomes a big fan of Halle’s, not just because of the cookies but for how pretty, sweet, and understanding she is. He then discovers she’s taken a class from the same professor he has and is currently struggling in. Luckily for Henry, Halle has a system, that she has used on her sister Gigi, to make things more simpler for him.

To not take advantage of Halle’s kindness, Henry wants to return the favor and he does it by giving Halle more dating experiences for her book by not crossing that friendship boundary. They set ‘rules’ and one of the main rules is for Halle to not fall in love with Henry.

As they go on these date experiences, feelings start to cross the lines they clearly made and it makes them both wonder what if they both abandon the rules and take a chance with each other?

All in all, this book is a 5 star read for me and one of my top 5 of the year! I also enjoyed how Nate, Anastasia, Robbie, Lola, Russ, Aurora, JJ and the rest of the crew made their appearances and we got to see a snippet of what they were doing with their life.

Also a HUGE thank you to NetGalley, Atria Books, & Hannah Grace’s team for letting me read this beauty of a masterpiece early!

I am so glad I got to read this book! I relate to Halle on more levels than I thought I would! Seeing, what I considered, to by my worst qualities in Halle and how she overcame them and owned them was a breath of fresh air! I enjoyed the characters and seeing how Halle and Henry's relationship grew and how they each overcame their own obstacles! Highly recommend!

This series is such a delight. I wanted a Henry focused book after reading Icebreaker and was excited to see he is finally getting his story. I loved the dynamic between Hallie and Henry - it is so nice when characters are able to communicate well! This might have the least amount of smut in the series but it still packs some heat. Grace’s forward about Henry’s neurodivergency should not be skipped! And you KNOW I will be proudly wearing my Maple Hills beanie this winter.

Hannah Grace is such a talented author, and this book just proves why I will immediately run to her new titles as soon as I see them.

The best part of "Daydream" for me (aside from the romance, obviously) was the characterization. I saw myself in both Henry and Halle (and I'm sure that's the case for most readers, too). I think the character of Halle was actually based off of me...

Throw in some Taylor Swift references and hot hockey players, and you've got a hit on your hands.

Thanks to NetGalley and the pubilsher for a digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

Thank you to NetGalley, Atria Books, and Ms. Grace for the opportunity to read an ARC of this title. An honest review was requested but not required.

In this particular case I think it’s not you (book), it’s me. I just did not love this. I had a serious case of lust for the cover and perhaps that drove my expectations too high, as did the love letter to elder daughters at the beginning (I FEEL SO SEEN!). However, it was at least, at *least*, 100 pages too long. Why was this so long? Ms. Grace, wherefore wert thine editor? Also, every. Single. Thing. (and I do mean EVERY thing) was discussed to death. Communication is always key but there is such a thing as too much. The overabundance and repetitiveness of the communication between all the characters made me want to pull out a red pen and get to work. It also absolutely killed the romance. Consent is one thing. Discussing to death is another. Eh.

IMHO there was, as there often is, not enough time devoted by the student athletes to their sports and all the resultant obligations and commitments. Similarly, Halle way over-committed to pretty much everything and somehow found ways to do it all? Is this girl sleeping 3 hours a night? My goodness. I found her lack of ability to stand up for herself, at all, to be very frustrating to read about. Even her eventual half-hearted attempt was weak and ineffectual. I couldn’t figure why all her awesome new friends (Henry included) didn’t catch on to this? Why NO ONE could tell her, hey, just don’t answer the phone for an evening, it will be okay! And omg. What is up with Will! Girl, why did you go to his house? Why didn’t you tell Henry? Why do you put up with this crap? Having to avoid her own family for the holidays, just to make his life easier?! Ugggggghhhhhhhhh

I liked Henry fine on his own but I felt such a lack of chemistry between him and Halle. I completely disconnected from their storyline. My favorite parts, by far, were the female friendships Halle formed and the time spent with them. It was clear that Halle never really had that before and it was fun to watch. I do wish there a few less characters (it made it a little hard to follow) but perhaps since I skipped Maple Hills #2 that’s on me.

I do see that this was very much enjoyed by the vast majority of readers so, as I said before, I guess it’s a case of it being a “me problem.” YMMV.

2 ½ stars, rounded up because I liked the girl friend group dynamic.

Daydream

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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.....👀😏🤌
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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.

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1 MORE DAY BITCHES!! 🤭
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The release date is 27th August!!!
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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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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.
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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)