This book was not for me. I loved the banter and the chemistry between the two main characters , but even that couldn’t get
Me to like this book.

Insta love / insta lust is hard for me to get into , especially when the motives for the drama are so silly. This book tried to be so deep but it felt forced. These adult characters in their mid twenties acted like horny teenagers whose sole purpose in life is sex. The cliques in a graduate program like this were so unrealistic. The ending completely and totally rushed.

I skipped a lot of chapters because I was so bored and this was drawn out with nothing happening and I found myself reading the last five chapters and didn’t feel like I missed out on anything.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the ARC. Harper is in her final year of dental school when she meets Dan a first year student. Harper likes order and has her life all mapped out, order helps her handle anxiety and Dan has thrown a wrench into her order and plans. A lovely romance that also deals with mental health and how life can go a miss when left untreated.

I like ready about things that I have no idea about. Reading about dental school was really interesting and enlightening. We hear about medical school but hardly ever dental. You can see the author knew her stuff. I especially liked how one of the love interests decides to drop out of dental school. The romance wasa bit predictable but still a great read.

I am trying to decide what I want to say about this one. I started it once and quit two chapters in, mainly because I had something come in from the library I was more excited about at the time. I picked it up a month later, and stuck with it. I really enjoyed Dan and Harper, and watching their relationship form and grow. I will say, with the setting in graduate school and them being in their late 20’s…I felt like it was a little immature at times? I can really appreciate Harper’s anxiety issues, and Dan’s guilt he carries to help his mom. There was definitely emotional baggage on both sides, which made this book a deeper read.

Bottom Line: Cute read if you are into romance. Definitely worth it if you struggle with anxiety.

**I received a copy of A Brush With Love from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are of my own.*

A huge thank you to St. Martin’s Press for the advanced copy 🤍

Harper and Dan are two strangers who meet one day when they run into each other at dental school- and literally smash into each other, causing Harper to destroy a 3D model of a mouth Dan had created. They become fast friends but there’s certainly more than friendship between them, in addition to walls put up by Harper that Dan has to break down.

I loved how much Dan and Harper fell for each other, their love being so sweet and tender; but I thought Harper’s complete and total denial that she wanted to be Dan was painful. I felt the plot just lacked some excitement, maybe because I’m not enthralled with the world of dentistry and that’s a massive setting. While certainly steamy at times, I thought it wasn’t as enticing of a read as I had hoped, but I definitely swooned for both of the main characters and their fiery relationship.

A contemporary romcom with an unconventional setting. Harper and Dan are both dental students who meet cute when she inadvertently destroys one of his tooth models. They are immediately attracted to each other and Dan begins a respectful but also pretty relentless pursuit. The book is special in that Harper and Dan's relationship is formed both in opposition to their personal mental health struggles and also in how they support each other through their periods of distress. Harper suffers from anxiety while Dan is still getting over his father's death and coming to terms with how he's dealing with the fallout, but neither of them is completely open about their struggles. Throughout, their empathy and kindness toward each other form the basis of a tender love story.

I have a new gold standard and it is A Brush with Love by Mazey Eddings. This book exceeded any expectation or idea I had about it prior to binging the whole thing in one sitting. Dan is my new favorite hero and I will be screaming about the way he loves Harper till the end of time for anyone who will listen.

I feel like I need to start this off by stating my review will not due this book justice, but Eddings is a rom-com literary genius. A Brush With Love was a tender romance that left my heart singing, mended my soul, and kept me laughing with its sharp witty banter.

The characters in this novel is what truly made this book exceptional. They captured my heart from the very first page.
Eddings gave us a fierce heroine, Harper, who is warm, genuine, vulnerable, and oh-so-relatable. Our hero, Dan, is tender, endearing, and hot as hell. And while the chemistry between these two was SO hot (it nearly burnt my fingertips through the pages of the book), what I really enjoyed was watching these characters grow throughout the story. I feel like I connected with them so deeply as I watched them struggle with anxiety, grief, and sexism. I love that this story celebrates self-love, mental health, and neurodiversity. Eddings did a great job of tackling heavier subjects but still maintaining a certain levity through her prose. Like I said, she really brought the witty banter and dirty dental puns. 😉 I could honestly gush about this story forever.

So please, come for the witty rom-com, but stay for the soul-healing story beneath.
A Brush With Love was a truly beautiful romance novel that will be sure to leave your heart singing.

A huge thank you to St. Martin’s Press for gifting me a copy of this one.

This was a super cute book. I think the author portrayed Harper’s anxiety very well. It added a really interesting layer to the book. Anxiety isn’t always done well In books but I really related to this one. It was a tad corny in spots but altogether it was a delightful book.

This book is like coming home from a long day to your favorite pint of Ben and Jerry’s: the perfect comfort food. Interesting, original, and satisfying, Eddings takes us through the reality of her characters’ lives without us ever losing hope for a happy ending. I loved it and I’ll be reading it over and over.

I really enjoyed this book but it seems like i didnt enjoy it as much as others who have already reviewed. I cant wait for this to come out though and more people to read it!

Full review to come - really enjoyed the connection and chemistry between the characters! The writing was also so lovely

** I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.**

There is so much that this book does well. The discussions around grief and how it changes you. Anxiety and how much it can knock you on your ass. The desire to excel.

However, I just was not bowled over by the romance. It is a debut and I would definitely read another book by this author.

Even though I thoroughly enjoy a good romance, I'm always delighted and a little thrilled when I come across a really well-written romance novel. I'm not saying the genre lacks quality writers – more that a lot of folks (including myself at times!) consider this genre one of the easiest to write. And so often as I've cracked the spine on a new one, the stories are lackluster and often hokey. In boredom or even disgust, I have often closed the book within a chapter and set it aside for good.

A Brush with Love is one of those romance novels that restores my faith in the genre. Not only is the craft of writing well-executed on these charming pages, but the author digs deeply into a lot of challenging emotional moments and beautifully explores a main character who deals regularly with anxiety – deep anxiety.

Even better than all that is the characters. They’re quirky, down-to-earth, and mostly realistic (I mean, what Adonis is fully realistic? They always seem just a little “too good to be true.”). I immediately liked the main characters, despite having zero interest in the story’s setting at a dental school.

The imagery, emotions, settings, and romance all felt real, honest, appealing – even in moments of intensity and awkwardness. Perhaps, those moments are part of what makes this book so good.

If you enjoy a good, grown-up read (it does get a bit steamy throughout) with warm, appealing characters who can speak the truth of love, life, and pain as you indulge in some heart-tingling romance, you’ll enjoy this well-crafted, entertaining book by the talented Mazey Eddings.

Mazey Eddings has written a beautiful balancing act of a romance. A Brush With Love is simultaneously tender and intense, sexy and soft, cerebral while still accessible. Dan and Harper are each vulnerable and guarded, and you can feel their mutual yearning radiating from the page. Grief and guilt are major themes throughout, without being too heavy or skewing focus from the romance. Harper's friend group is hilarious, and somehow both familiar and aspirational; it's the friend group every person dreams of having. This will definitely be one for my keeper shelf.

I'm not really sure why I didn't love this. Our couple was cute, this was a quick read, and the premise sounded interesting. For some reason though, this didn't mesh together well. I felt like i was reading this just to say I did, not because I was actually enjoying it.

I did get slightly frustrated by the lack of communication between our characters, but that seems to be a given in romance novels. In fact, the miscommunications weren't actually too bad in this one. So I'm really not sure why I didn't like this one. There wasn't anything I disliked, but I didn't really liked anything about it either.

Thanks to Netgalley for providing a free copy in exchange for an honest review!

Another great example of neurodiversity representation in romance novels, and I'm here for it.

I very much enjoyed this cute love at first sight story. I really thought that the characters had great chemistry and I also felt they were realistically written and very much enjoyed seeing how they related to one another and their surroundings. University is a time that a lot of us can remember as being filled with pressure and anxiety, and I really enjoyed seeing it portrayed that way, but in a completely realistic light as opposed to overly dramatic and cringe-inducing.

I think the best part was that it was clear that the author completely understood the topics she was addressing and didn't try to make them feel overly relatable. She just let them breathe. Big fan of this book.

I'm definitely very excited to read more by this author. Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for this ARC.

#abrushwithlove #mazeyeddings #netgalley

Thanks for netgalley for the opportunity to read this cute book. I am a sucker for a rom-com and this one didn't disappoint. Such a cute love story!

Really enjoyed being part of Harper and Dan's world as they got to know each other. Absolutely loved how much detail was shared about Harper's anxiety; her daily routines, sometimes all-consuming anxious thoughts, occasional panic attacks, and the ways in which anxiety impacts her life on a daily basis. It was all so realistic and relatable (to someone with an anxiety diagnosis) and though it affected all of Harper's interactions, her anxiety did not negatively impact the story at all. Dan has his own struggles, and it was wonderful to see Harper and Dan support each other.

This wonderful rom-com can be enjoyed by Adult Contemporary and Romance readers, and also Young Adult Contemporary readers. Though the characters are in their mid-twenties, this is set at a college (dental school), with family expectations and interference by hilariously nosey friends.

This is a terrific book. Harper is one of the top students in her dental program, in the final year of her program and on track for a prestigious oral surgery residency. She has no time for romance or any other distraction from her professional path -- until she crashes into a first-year dental student, Dan. Dan is attractive, funny, and compassionate, and Harper is drawn to him. At first, Harper insists they remain only friends, feeling she can't commit to romance, given her imminent departure from Philadelphia and her hesitancy about any distractions from her school work. But as they spend more and more time together, Harper's resolve is tested and she must confront whether her life has room for more than just work -- and what it means to share her full self with someone else.

I really enjoyed this book. Harper and Dan are both terrific characters. The author did an excellent job of demonstrating how they are drawn to each other -- as well as how their past experiences and traumas informed their approach, and difficulties, in navigating a serious relationship. The book is also one of the most nuanced portrayals of anxiety that I have read.

Highly recommended!