Crush Quotes and Reviews

“It’s full of hope, pain, ugly truth, and great beauty, sometimes all at once. Twenty six wonderful writers bring all they are to the proceedings, and by the end, you’ll be wishing for Volume 2.”
–Adriana Trigiani, author of the Big Stone Gap series and Brava, Valentine

“This collection is as exhilarating and heartbreaking and unforgettable as first love, itself. I have a major crush on Crush—what a complex dreamboat of a book.”
–Gayle Brandeis, author of My Life with the Lincolns and Delta Girls

“No reader should resist this chance to look into the secret, stirring heart of these great writers. Like a lover reading a long-awaited mash note, you’ll feel electricity screaming through your body as you consume every impassioned word.”
–Lily Burana, author of I Love a Man in Uniform, Try, and Strip City

From the cringe-inducing crush to the heartbreak of unrequited love, this buoyant, nostalgic anthology features 26 authors chronicling their experiences with that certain tugging of the heart and its impact on their lives.

–Booklist starred review

This fun, sometimes racy anthology collects 26 first-person tales of naive romance. There’s something here for everyone who’s ever fallen desperately, foolishly in love.

–Publishers Weekly