Reviews

Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner

ember_is_gay's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

 Everything about this was wonderful, exactly what I needed and honestly exceeded my expectations. Unrealistic in the sense that it was very unlikely that Cassie would just happen to meet her friends mum in a bar and sleep with her. However, very realistic in the back and forth of what to do, not acknowledging how serious it was, setting down rules and then breaking them in ways that ‘don’t count’. It played out so exactly like how I would imagine this situation would. Plus the added relationship between them making everything so much cuter and so so sweet. 

 

Milfy age gap wlw, genuinely what more do you need in life. 

cbgreen's review against another edition

4.0

Spicy scenes were 10/10, but the storyline felt a little redundant with the "should we/shouldn't we" back and forth. The story was a very unique perspective of younger/older woman relationship, which I haven't seen before and I enjoyed that aspect of it. Overall 4/5 for me just because I was annoyed by the main characters always saying "this is a bad idea, I won't do it again" and then proceeding to do it again and then chastise themselves for it.

fendergender's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

2.5

well the proof is in the pudding: you'd think a book about a milf and a girl in her 20s would be my kryptonite but the general romance genre is simply not for me :/ i guess i'm too old to connect to cassie's perspective yet too young to relate to erin so this didn't move me at all (i struggled so hard to finish i actually started flipping through the book to find out if they'd ever be Discovered lmao)

and then when they DO get discovered as a couple, it's way too late in the book and there's barely any drama over it! where's the fucked up dynamic where's the toxicity!!!!! hacks hbo has really spoiled me because i couldn't think of this as anything but overly flowery when it's literally a romance book ajdlkajfkldjakljdalk

abbykee's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.5

charliejaxx's review

Eh.. DNF at 23%.
I tried for weeks but just can't get into this.

anatorres's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

4.0

cobaltbookshelf's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 stars

This book was engaging from beginning to end. Taboo forbidden romance premise always provides a lot of entertainment value but this was so much more than that.
I liked Erin and Cassie characters together, they had a lot of chemistry.
Overall, this is a contemporary love story with good dialogue, chemistry, and plenty of emotion.

ARC kindly provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

sarah_hubmann's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

somekindofmiriam's review against another edition

2.5

Het blijkt dat ik boeken over moeders die zichzelf de hele tijd naar beneden halen en zich overal schuldig over voelen gewoon niet zo leuk vind.

mitrosec's review against another edition

This book was bad and anyone trans was added in as a consolation prize. They weren’t flushed out people. Just little anecdotes made up of two random sentences.