A review by sarah2438
Big Dating Energy: How to Create Lasting Love by Tapping Into Your Authentic Self by Jeff Guenther, Kate Happ

3.0

I had some mixed thoughts on this one. Overall, I think it was solidly in the middle. I don't think this will be for everyone--  if you're not familiar with his Tiktoks, Jeff has a very distinct voice and I don't think everyone will enjoy it. I love his videos and even I thought it was a bit much sometimes. But he's still an entertaining writer, and I swear I could almost hear him saying these things as I read them. That said, I think the topics and ideas covered here are pretty basic Psyc 101 type stuff. I didn't come across any deep revelations as I worked through this. (And to be clear, I committed-- I had a notebook with me and answered every question written in the book). Additionally, I read through this slowly, and went through a range of relationship statuses as I did so. I started completely single and am now hoping to cross that DTR bridge any day now. So while it was neat that I got to experience some of the different relationship stages as I read about them, I still don't know that this book was particularly helpful for the relationship. I think the prompts can be very useful but it will really depend how deep you're willing to go, and I don't know that many folks are willing to push themselves that far. I think this would be a good book to read in conjunction with therapy so that you can really dive into the answers you come up with for each chapter. But on its own, the weight it carries for its readers will vary quite a bit.

**Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the free digital Advanced Readers Copy!**