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A Brush with Love

A Brush with Love


by Mazey Eddings

🎧Narrated by Emily Lawrence; Vikas Adam


⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ /5


There is always something that stands out the most in a book, and for me in A Brush with Love I was really moved by the emotional elements author Mazey Eddings included and the way she portrayed them.

First off, Harper and Dan are adorable and they made a perfect couple. They complimented the other in all the ways I love to see and created a very balanced pairing. And the mutual pinning for each other was delicious!

The females in STEM rep was excellent- I loved that Harper was the person in power in regards to experience and expertise in their field. I also appreciated the reality of females in a male dominated system- it’s not pretty- but it’s true, and needs to be shown to give a realistic portrayal.

Harper’s character struggles with anxiety and a compulsive need to succeed. Mazey tackles this in a way that allows the reader to feel the panic a ratchet up with her creating an understanding of the condition and empathy for Harper and also for Dan as he tries to help.

And lastly, what hit me the most, due to personal experience, was the portrayal of grief for a parent. Both Harper and Dan have lost a parent and are still dealing with their grief in different ways. I really appreciated the contrast between their reactions and how it has changed their life’s course. I can’t say I have acted the same as these two, but putting their stories on the page was cathartic to read.


🦷💗This book was a real treat.


🎧I was fortunate to receive an audiobook arc and found that the audio quality had an echo or fuzzy quality. I had to speed up the playback to remedy this issue. 


The narrators read the story with appropriate enthusiasm and I especially appreciated Emily Lawrence’s portrayal of Harper, especially when she was experiencing her episodes. At the the beginning I found the narration of Dan to not be what I has expecting for his character. He was very meek and mild, lacking any self assuredness. As the narration progressed Vikas Adam grew into the character. 


Overall the audio complemented the book well, but the audio quality was disconcerting.



A Brush with Love by Mazey Eddings was released March 1st, 2022.



I received a complimentary copy of this book from St. Martin’s Press and the audiobook from Macmillan Audio through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.



 

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