{"id":6829,"date":"2024-12-18T16:30:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T21:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/?p=6829"},"modified":"2024-12-18T17:57:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T22:57:11","slug":"what-daydream-brings-to-the-table-for-romance-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/2024\/12\/what-daydream-brings-to-the-table-for-romance-readers\/","title":{"rendered":"What &#8216;Daydream&#8217; Brings to the Table for Romance Readers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6833 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/daydream-9781668026250_hr-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/daydream-9781668026250_hr-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/daydream-9781668026250_hr-310x483.jpg 310w, https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/daydream-9781668026250_hr.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hannah Grace dedicate<\/span>d her newest book, <a href=\"https:\/\/hannahgrace.co.uk\/books\/daydream\/\"><i>Daydream<\/i><\/a>, which was released on Aug. 27, 2024, to all the eldest daughters who go unseen and are the ones behind the scenes helping with everything without people&#8217;s appreciation or for having consideration toward the eldest daughter.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cFor the eldest daughters in my life, I see you, I appreciate you, and most importantly, I love you for who you are and not what you do for everyone.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d Author Hannah Grace dedicated her book to all the eldest daughters in the world, saying that she sees them and appreciates what they do and what they have endured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The third book in the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/hannahgrace.co.uk\/books\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maple Hills<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> series focuses on two protagonists, Halle Jacobs and Henry Turner. Halle Jacobs is the eldest daughter in her family and is responsible for helping with many household responsibilities. She wants to pursue her dream of writing a book but needs help balancing her aspirations with other commitments, such as her book club and job.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Halle meets Henry Turner, the captain of their college hockey team, who is currently in his junior year. Henry is juggling hockey, academics, and his social life, but he is falling behind in one of his classes. Halle offers to tutor him, and in return, he helps her overcome her writer&#8217;s block. As they spend more time together, their feelings for each other begin to deepen and evolve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In her third book, Hannah Grace does a good job teaching the different aspects of love, including love toward family and friends and how to love yourself overall. She also shows us how Halle is an average college student, just trying her best, and how she is a young adult trying to navigate through <\/span>life but also how to navigate through her interpersonal skills.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Halle felt alone when everything was thrown at her as the eldest daughter, and she did not know how to say \u201cno\u201d to her family whenever they needed something. You can see this when she\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">meets Henry, and they get to know one another. This is a shift in their lives, and they both are each other&#8217;s support system. He teaches her how to say \u201cno.\u201d And Henry learns how to set boundaries and emotional vulnerability.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6835\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 342px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6835\" src=\"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-books-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-books-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-books-260x260.jpeg 260w, https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-books-310x310.jpeg 310w, https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-books.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">All three books of the Maple Hills series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hannah Grace\u2019s writing style captivates readers. Her book has dual points of view for Halle and Henry, so we can better understand the characters and hear their internal monologues. This helps us connect with the characters and understand who they are. The conversions are natural and make us feel like we are in the room with them, hearing what they say.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The book&#8217;s pace is slow-burning, with cute, fluffy moments and heated moments between Halle and Henry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">It&#8217;s a good idea to read her other two books,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hannahgrace.co.uk\/books\/icebreaker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Icebreaker<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hannahgrace.co.uk\/books\/wildfire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Wildfire<\/em><\/a>, as we encounter some familiar characters from those stories. These connections will be referenced throughout\u00a0<em>Daydream<\/em>, offering valuable character development and shared inside jokes. However, you also feel nostalgic when previous characters are mentioned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This book is a good one to read, especially if you are in your 20s and navigating life while trying to figure out what\u2019s best for you. The plot is about love but mainly focuses on character development. If you saw this book and were skeptical about picking it up, this is your sign to go and read it. You will not regret it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For author Hannah Grace&#8217;s third book in her romance series, Daydream, touches on themes of self-discovery, the importance of communication, and chasing your dreams.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":7001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[325,324],"tags":[646,664,662,663],"class_list":["post-6829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multimedia","category-student-life","tag-booktok","tag-contemporary","tag-newbookalert","tag-romance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6829"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7009,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6829\/revisions\/7009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}