Okay but how precious was this? The communication. The working on yourself to be ready to be in a relationship?

And taking a step away from Henry but the absolute power of female friendships has me swooning.

Could not put down, and read this in under 48 hours. Will read anything and everything happening at Maple Hills.

While Hannah Grace's latest couldn't beat Wildfire for me (hey, I'm a camp girlie through and through!), I did enjoy it and find it particularly cute for a slow burn, fake dating, bookish and sports romance. Also, I truly love the diversity and watching a plus-size main character fall in love with a person of color. Love when romances aren't so white-washed, it's just like "been-there-done-that."

Daydream reads quite quickly thanks to intriguing language and plenty (and I mean, plenty) of banter. However, some of the included text messages can be difficult to know who is speaking without proper headers or font changes. It was a little bit confusing at each turn. Overall, Daydream is very cute, I give it that but it's just not my all-time favorite. Can still swoon over Halle and Henry's romance, no question.

Hannah Grace continues to create characters who you just want to love, flaws and all. As someone with neurodivergent children, reading how Henry thinks and reacts to situations puts into words what my older children struggle to share with me. Henry and Halle are exactly what each other need to bring out the best in one another.. Halle needs to see herself as worthy of admiration and respect and Henry needs to see that even though his brain and body react differently in many situations than others, that it’s not wrong, it’s just one more thing that makes him unique. Daydream is a quick paced love story full of humor, friendship and a bit of spice, that leaves you smiling all the way to the end.

4.25⭐️

As someone who was not a fan of Icebreaker and did not read Wildfire, I was worried this book wouldn't be for me, but I am shocked by how much I enjoyed it! This was such a joy to read, and I can really see the growth in Hannah Grace's writing. Halle and Henry are characters that I can identify with and their dynamic is just too cute. I would definitely recommend this as a stand-alone to any romance reader regardless of if they are a Maple Hills fan or not. It is the perfect cozy romance read that I believe most readers will enjoy.

Cute book #3. I liked that it could easily stand alone as a book but still had fun references to prior books. It was a nice story but for me it was difficult to identify with Henry.. one minute he’s sleeping with everyone and the next he needs to be left alone. I like the neurodivergent aspect of him but felt he was a bit contradictory to himself. Overall enjoyable fun read.

screaming, crying, throwing up, i loved this so much. this was the soft, and kind read I needed. i made the mistake of starting this on my commute to my internship bc i spent the entire day between meetings reading. Henry's story was well worth the wait, and I kinda loved how not-perfect Henry and Halle were. I find that so often characters like Halle get with someone who takes the load off of her shoulders, but Henry wasn't fully that and I found that far more realistic.

thank you to netgalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review

It feels good to be back into the Maple Hills world.

The romance was great - Halle’s horrible ex is from a rival team so OF COURSE we live for the drama. I also loved that Henry was an artist and that their story didn’t rely solely on hockey, especially since Halle’s life before Henry was literally just that. I also like seeing snippets into how the characters from other books are doing and seeing them all come together.

Also, Henry is THE SWEETEST.

Halle wanting to be author was a little off for me at first because it’s so overdone as a character trait at this point, but it was important for the plot to have Henry help her with “experiences,” so I get it and it was ended up being cute. I think she grew into herself a lot throughout the story which made her actions become more understandable.

I appreciated the fact that Henry and Halle were both extremely emotionally aware, even though they felt a little too aware at times. I never thought characters could over-communicate, but sometimes it did become a little exhausting to hear Halle constantly trying to have reassurance of her friends.

Overall, of course I enjoyed this and will read anything that Hannah rights at this point.

Having read the previous books in the Maple Hills series, I can definitely see so much growth in Hannah Grace's writing. This book has been the best and my favorite. Both characters felt realistic, allowing for most readers to have at least one thing in connection with Henry and Halle. Lots of romance books tend to focus only on the romance, but this title really focused on the true partnership that should exist in romantic relationships.

At this point I'll read anything Hannah Grace writes. I've read both Icebreaker and Wildfire, and every time I try to rank them in my head, I can't decide which one is my favorite. I could relate to Halle's character really well in some aspects with her family issues, which made me pretty attached to her. One thing I love about this series is that there's never a huge conflict between the main characters. Most romance novels, they get together, something bad happens, they break up, then they come back together. The climax for Hannah Grace's books always have to do with conflict that's outside of the relationship. The story isn't just about the couple, but about their growth and how they come into their own to handle the recurring problems they have with something else, whether that's family, friends, exes, or mental health. I never have to stress about emotional turmoil or something bad happening, which is sometimes exactly what you need in a book.

First off, I loveddddd Wildfire so much, so I was really excited about Daydream being announced and getting another taste of the Maple Hills world again. And it lived up to all I was looking for!!! The writing is also so good and I always feel like I’m talking to a friend on FT or face to face when reading her books, it’s humorous and personal and sad and everything in between!!
I absolutely love Hannah Grace’s characters and Halle and Henry are my favorite!! They’re so perfect for each other (even their names sound perfect together.) They complimented each other so well and it was such a healthy representation of love and relationships!
As someone who is a people pleaser, I connected with Halle so much, in how she was sort of the mediator in her family and helped her mom and never spoke up for herself but did everything for everyone else. This book is very much for the older siblings out there, or the people that had to grow up fast to be that older sibling. This is represented so well and realistically and seeing the growth in Halle’s character by the end was drastic but great to see and so inspiring! And this is also where Henry comes in and makes it so obvious he is what she deserved all along and perfect for her, he put her first ;)
And with Henry, there was such a big representation of ADHD and how little mundane tasks for others, can be overall thought consuming and impossible for those with ADHD. Even for those reading that aren’t diagnosed with ADHD, this book is really fun and cute and entertaining yes, but also educational to see how it can be for someone and be able to understand and see it firsthand and show up for those around you.
I, of course, very much disliked the character Will and any part including him so that was a downside. He is the opposite of Henry and everything good in the world. Actually gross and disgusting and so deserving, of everything bad! (He needs the money, for therapy!)
Like I mentioned, I loved the previous books and Daydream is in the same friend group, so all the couple cameos and mentions in this book tied everything together for them and it was so nice seeing them and how they’re doing!!
Overall, there was so much love and self discovery/growth with such a deeper meaning with a lot to take away besides it being a cute easy to read romance book, which it definitely is!

I recommend 100% at any time of the year but more specifically pick the book up when it comes out August 27th, maybe even for a book club? ;) and cozy up with coffee!!

Thank you so much to Hannah Grace and Netgalley/Atria Books for the E copy ARC in exchange for my honest review!

hannah grace ALWAYS knows what she is doing! this book cured my childhood heart, in moments where i was teary eyed reading about miss hallie jacobs. she is the example of grace and kindness, someone so perfect for our loveable henry. this friends to lovers, tutor and jock relationship is so incredibly soft. i love that their relationship didn’t send me through a roller coaster of emotions, but enough to where i could relate as humanly as possible. i adore them, they are my babies, and i want to thank hannah grace for bringing back simple love.

A solid read overall. I really loved this book at the beginning of it, but truthfully around the middle the shine wore off. Somewhere along the way the writing became too generalized (we knew the character is writing a book and we vaguely hear about the plot but never see her writing it, Henry plays hockey and stresses about his captaincy but we never see him play or use the sport to grow and deal with conflict), and the teachable moments were a bit too obvious to have any natural flow. But, all that being said, this was a very appropriate book for YA! Only one explicit scene, and even that was written as if for YA with no graphic descriptions of anything. This is definitely the Hannah Grace book I'd feel good handing 12-13 year olds so that's a relief!

I loved Henry in Icebreaker so I was very excited to read Henry’s story. While Henry and Halle seem perfect for each other, there was just no build up or no chemistry for me. This book felt too long. It took my too long to finish. This wasn’t a book that I found myself staying up way too late to finish. Instead I was falling asleep while reading it. I really wanted to like this one because I love Henry’s character, and I like this series.

I absolutely loved this book! This series is amazing and I hope there is more to come! I loved finally getting to hear from Henry!

Daydream was a wonderful book that portrayed neurodivergent people and their issues in relationships in a grounded realistic manner. A lot of times when written about people with neurodivergent traits tend to not experience the fallout that would come with their struggles. I find that Hannah Grace found a way of bringing in this struggle or “darkness” to really make the support Henry receives that much greater or brighter. I this book was a delightful read that I could not put down. Grace handled Halle’s sexual fears with such care. I really felt her become comfortable with her own sexuality instead of snapping into being hyper sexual as most characters in this trope do. The book is very character driven which is incredible. Women who felt pressured into being what others wanted from them be warned! This book will not only make you feel seen, but hopeful for a better future.

This book was different from it’s predecessors, Icebreaker and Wildfire, in both pace and the relationship between the characters. The plot and the build up between the two protagonists' relationship was significantly slower. However, it was still impossible to put down. Both Henry and Halle had depth to their character development. Halle, an academic book worm type, is much different from the typical female lead seen in most contemporary romance novels. She is slow to romantic relationships and far more timid. This book is a great third edition to the Maple Hills series but could also function as a stand alone. The only reason I gave this book four instead of five starts was the last 20%. The entire story is a slow and takes its time. However, the end felt rushed and as if it was trying to meet a deadline.

This was a sweet story that was drowning a bit under some padding that ultimately felt unnecessary. I might have enjoyed this if it was a third shorter because I did like the characters and their draw to each other.

thank you so much to netgalley and atria books for letting me read an ARC of daydream in exchange for an honest review!

if cute romances are illegal lock this book up for LIFE. hen & halle are unironically relationship goals and i would die for hen.

i found the struggles of both characters to be pretty relatable and enjoyed the fun banter they had between them (anyone who knows me knows i am a huge sucker for fun banter and i will not apologize). i think this might be the first ever friends to lovers book i’ve read and it was diabolically adorable.

that said, it felt like it took a while for the main story arc to progress and then it was all resolved super quickly in the last like 20% or so which made the book both feel too long and too short at the same time (too long because so much was build up, and too short because the resolution & aftermath happened so fast comparatively).

i want to add that i went into this one without having read any of the previous maple hills books and although the story itself was standalone it did get a little overwhelming at times with the friend group and i think i missed out on some of the fun by not having read their friendships prior to this book. i absolutely will be going back at some point to read icebreaker & wildfire

I've read all of Hannah Grace's and this one did not disappoint! I had such a fun time following around Halle and Henry in this book and I could relate so much to Henry as well! I'm happy with the ending and I can't wait to read more from Maple Hills! Thank you Netgalley for the early access.

This was such a fun read and also had some nice depth. I loved Hallie she’s one of my favorite FMC in a romance novel in a long time! I thought the main characters had great chemistry and the story was interesting - it felt really relatable. Will for sure recommend and will be adding to our library.