I was so excited about the premise of this one and unfortunately the characters made me quickly annoyed... As in by the first chapter 😭

The narrators weren't great fits for the rolls in my opinion so it made me hard to get lost in the story when I was distracted by their voices.

Thanks Netgalley for the opportunity to listen to this one!

Great narration. I think both narrators did an excellent job. The chemistry felt intense and believable.

The story itself is super cute romcom. I loved all the characters. I can totally see her being able to make a series out of Harper’s friends.

I've been hearing rave reviews for this debut dual perspective, slow burn romance that revolves around two dental surgeon students, Dan and Harper, and it did not disappoint! The mental health rep in this book is fantastic! Harper has anxiety and is dealing with a lot of self-imposed pressure to perform well in school, while also dealing with grief over the loss of her mother in a car crash. Dan is also under a lot of pressure to live up to his parental expectations.

The two bond over shared connections and the mental health journey Harper goes on is wonderful to witness. Raw, real and so relatable. This book was a win for me. I loved the supportive found family and the open door scenes and just how normalized therapy for mental health is handled. Highly recommended for fans of Weather girl or Must love books and great on audio. Much thanks to NetGalley, Macmillan audio and St. Martin's Press for my advance listening copy.

TW: grief, death of a parent, car crash, cancer, anxiety, mental health

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

CW: anxiety, panic attack (on page), death of a parent (past), grief, sexism

I adored this as an audiobook, both narrators did an excellent job adding to the story and if anything I fell in love with this story even more

I would recommend if you're looking for (SPOILERS)

-m/f idiots to lovers
-insta attraction
-a crash of a meet cute
-graduate school romance
-oral puns
-major, major horniness, like we cannot stay away I want to rip your clothes off
-deep deep, we are just friends denial
-great group of friends
-two very awkward, blushers bumbling their way into love
-a very large cat
-forehead kisses

OOOMF. I will do my best to be articulate. But this book, just grabs you from the beginning and doesn't let you go. It is so funny, heartfelt and endearing. Sweet, Type A, earnest, perfectionist Harper. Loves her friends, is about to get everything she wants out of dental school, she does not have time for love. Her journey with anxiety, how it's described, how all consuming it can be, the walls she protects herself with. Whether you have moments of anxiety or it is something that holds you and affects you daily like it does Harper so many can relate to how hard it can be to open yourself up to friends, to love, be intimate.

Soft, tall, bumbly, blushing dental dan. How he has wrecked me for all other men. He just likes Harper immediately and is gone on her. Patient, observant, always sweet, kind, and an all-around nice guy. Trying to figure out his own life, stuck in a situation out of loyalty that he hates. He's not perfect, but he's perfect for Harper and he just gripped my heart.

Harper's amazing group of friends who I can't wait to see get their own happily ever afters, Big Booy Judy who was a rockstar. How Harper and Dan grew both apart and together, how they saw each other, their intimacy. And dear lord the horniness of this book, I mean, I was screaming at times for these two idiots to stop fighting it even though I understood the reasons.

Read this book, devour it. These two bumbling, blushing idiots fall in love, figure out their own passions, and let someone into their own life. About mental health and letting someone else in, taking care of yourself, and letting someone take care of yourself. Self-love, friend love, and romantic love, and the all-important Big Booty Judy Love. Read this book.

Rating: 5
Steam: 3 (But 5 horny teeth for sexual tension)

Relationship disclosure: Mazey and I are mutuals on social media and I might have force friended her