" Crush (such a charged word) interrogates all that we think we know about love and soul mates, commitment and conviction, while tracking the long struggle to fully become oneself and do right. [An] angsty, metaphysical, literature-besotted love story." --Booklist Starred Review "Chock-full of great lines . [a]nything Ada Calhoun wants to write is well worth reading." --Kirkus Review "Ada Calhoun writes with absolute clarity about the giddiest and most destabilizing feeling--the crush. This novel made me feel dizzy and I loved every second. Calhoun can seduce me any day of the week." --Emma Straub , New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow "The word 'crush' often conjures the innocence of adolescence--a time when your life story isn't yet written and anything is possible.

But what happens when that dormant feeling is awakened in middle age? Ada Calhoun's Crush is a gripping fever dream of a book leading the reading into the beguiling depths of desire, ecstasy, and obsession." --Molly Ringwald "Crush marks Ada Calhoun's arrival as a novelist, and what an incredibly explosive arrival it is. This book is a sumptuous exploration of how desire takes us over without a shred of moral hedging. A vertiginous--yet somehow also clarifying--novel that will grab you by your shoulders and shake you until you feel alive." --Isaac Fitzgerald, New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts "I didn't just read Crush ; I inhaled it like it would save my life. Calhoun captures the chaotic experience of a marriage's dissolution and a new midlife romance with the insight and humor she brings to all her work. I loved this book. And I loved its honest depiction of what love can do to and for us.

" --Bethany Ball, author of The Pessimists "Visceral, intelligent, funny, emotional, and layered. A revolutionary romance for 'good girls' among us." --Shauna Niequist, author of the New York Times bestseller I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet In Crush , desire is an irresistible force. Ada Calhoun is a master at capturing the way we live now, and her propulsive, witty, dreamy debut novel made me feel like I was exchanging secrets with my smartest friend. A heady delight. --Claire Dederer, national bestselling author of Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma.