Reviews

The best mistake by Emily O'Beirne

haneyhayespr's review against another edition

4.0

This book is a good fit for readers looking for a heartfelt, diverse romance between two women who navigate personal growth, healing, and the complexities of building a meaningful connection.

ck529's review

emotional hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

penandpages's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Minor: Death, Abandonment, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

spencer0200's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

sharniandbooks's review

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

 This book follows two women who had a one night stand, and unexpectantly meet again months later when they find themselves working together. While this is a romance, it also deals with other topics such as grief, depression, and healing.

The two women deal with their relationship very differently, and it is mentioned that "awkward Ava becomes uptight Ava". I appreciated the two of them working to figure out how to make their personality dynamic work, and the discussion of one of the women feeling awkward and pushing the other away...but it did feel a little too dragged on, and by the end I was losing interest in the relationship because she had pushed her TOO far away. It wasn't as exciting anymore.

I did appreciate some of the other stories that didn't relate to the relationship such as a new mum dealing with PPD, caring for a disabled parent, dealing with the grief of losing a family member, and rekindling relationships with family members.

You can fly over an island being hit with a magnitude earthquake and not even know there were people being buried by rubble. It's the same with people. You can't always know what's going on beneath.

I also loved how diverse the cast of side characters were. I love normalising having characters with friends of all different ethnicities. My favourite character was Khadija! She was so fun!

This was how it should be. People you love should set you steady, give you that soul-deep sense that you are okay, or that it will be.

 
 Thank you netgalley and the publisher for the arc. 

milysanz's review

challenging emotional lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

deadgoodbooks's review

emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

kaleerusnak's review

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

xragex3's review against another edition

2.0

I dig the author but didn't dig this book as much. I've read everything written by Emily, but A Story of Now and The Sum of These Things continue to be my favorites <3

misha_ali's review against another edition

5.0

Emily O'Bierne is always a favorite for me and this time's no different. Engaging characters, one of those books where the work stuff is clearly familiar to the author or well researched, plus excellent side characters.