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3.5 ⭐️
this was such a sweet story and I would have given it 4 stars but the ending was so rushed which was really disappointing
this was such a sweet story and I would have given it 4 stars but the ending was so rushed which was really disappointing
The story has two different POV, Alternating between two charming neurodivergent characters, Oliver and Tilly,
A summer internship brings them together working for Tilly's sister. Tilly's sister is non neurodivergent and from the beginning we see the family dynamics play out when one sibling is neurotypical and one divergent
During the internship, which takes place in Europe, Oliver and Tilly are unexplainably drawn to each other-yet both believe there's no way the other would be interested based on their "awkward" conversations and misunderstandings
Nether if then know they have more in common than meets the eye.
I recommend this book to everyone that has someone in their life that's neurodivergent or is neurodivergent themself as well as being an incredible sweet teen romance.
What a dazzling author- my first read from Mazzy Eddings !
This was a special read from me. As someone that grew up knowing they had ADHD , I've only really started to uncover how it affects me. Tilly is so relatable to me. She's larger than life, sensitive, empathetic and creative. #netgalley
A summer internship brings them together working for Tilly's sister. Tilly's sister is non neurodivergent and from the beginning we see the family dynamics play out when one sibling is neurotypical and one divergent
During the internship, which takes place in Europe, Oliver and Tilly are unexplainably drawn to each other-yet both believe there's no way the other would be interested based on their "awkward" conversations and misunderstandings
Nether if then know they have more in common than meets the eye.
I recommend this book to everyone that has someone in their life that's neurodivergent or is neurodivergent themself as well as being an incredible sweet teen romance.
What a dazzling author- my first read from Mazzy Eddings !
This was a special read from me. As someone that grew up knowing they had ADHD , I've only really started to uncover how it affects me. Tilly is so relatable to me. She's larger than life, sensitive, empathetic and creative. #netgalley
This book grabbed my heart so tightly and didn’t let go. I wasn’t sure how much i’d like this book but when I saw it in the library I felt it had potential. Little did I know i’d cry 3 times while reading this. This book is so heartfelt and sweet and talked about how people with ADHD and autism navigate the world and how sometimes their mannerisms can come off as rude. I really enjoyed learning about these things and connecting with the main characters emotions. Overall 10/10 book.
YA/NA + neurodivergent rep + dual perspective!
Tilly spends the summer traveling around Europe as her sister’s intern while trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life.
Oliver knows what he wants, but autism has made things so much harder.
They’re forced to spend their summer together, trying to figure themselves and life out.
Read if you love...
✨YA/NA, summer right after high school
🫶🏼dual perspective
✨chapter titles
🤣meet disaster
✨neurodivergent hyperfixation
🎨color & photography
Whelp, shit. I feel seen and validated. And I wish I had read this book so much sooner. I listened to this in one sitting because I couldn’t put it down.
My ADHD is still undiagnosed and I didn’t figure it out until my early 30s, while Tilly’s was diagnosed as a late teen. But damn are her thoughts so so so so relatable to everything I’ve ever felt about being neurodivergent and ADHD.
Not to mention, Tilly’s relationship with her mother mirrors my now non-existent relationship with my father. The emotional and verbal abuse, the gaslighting, the constant negative variations of “why are you like this?” without ever trying to understand me or my brain. I just felt so seen.
I absolutely adored this book.
Tilly & Oliver—the way they accept the way they are and just want to be themselves—are just perfection.
The character development is 100/10.
The way they own and explain their hyperfixations is so validating.
The adventures all over Europe made me want to book a flight immediately.
Go read this immediately!!
📍all over Europe
✨Representation: adhd; autism; queer side characters
‼️Content: ableism; emotional abuse; bullying; injury/injury detail; gaslighting
Tilly spends the summer traveling around Europe as her sister’s intern while trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life.
Oliver knows what he wants, but autism has made things so much harder.
They’re forced to spend their summer together, trying to figure themselves and life out.
Read if you love...
✨YA/NA, summer right after high school
🫶🏼dual perspective
✨chapter titles
🤣meet disaster
✨neurodivergent hyperfixation
🎨color & photography
Whelp, shit. I feel seen and validated. And I wish I had read this book so much sooner. I listened to this in one sitting because I couldn’t put it down.
My ADHD is still undiagnosed and I didn’t figure it out until my early 30s, while Tilly’s was diagnosed as a late teen. But damn are her thoughts so so so so relatable to everything I’ve ever felt about being neurodivergent and ADHD.
Not to mention, Tilly’s relationship with her mother mirrors my now non-existent relationship with my father. The emotional and verbal abuse, the gaslighting, the constant negative variations of “why are you like this?” without ever trying to understand me or my brain. I just felt so seen.
I absolutely adored this book.
Tilly & Oliver—the way they accept the way they are and just want to be themselves—are just perfection.
The character development is 100/10.
The way they own and explain their hyperfixations is so validating.
The adventures all over Europe made me want to book a flight immediately.
Go read this immediately!!
📍all over Europe
✨Representation: adhd; autism; queer side characters
‼️Content: ableism; emotional abuse; bullying; injury/injury detail; gaslighting
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
this got a little too cheesy for me. there were many lines of dialogue in here (mostly from oliver. sorry ollie!) that had me wincing internally. that being said, i think if this book has been released a few years earlier, my younger self would've felt so seen. i think it would've helped her through healing, healing that i've done now. i'm glad that this exists for the people i know it could help. because it would've helped me.
emotional
funny
reflective
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 stars
When I started this book, I was immediately drawn in. Tilly is hilarious! The entire first 30% of the book was so funny, but then after that it got more emotional. I wish Tilly did funny things throughout the entire book. (My sister has ADHD and she does funny things constantly, haha.)
I love how the teens are very aware of their mental health issues, but the story did seem to focus on Tilly and her ADHD and I would have loved it to focus on Oliver and his ASD more. A lot of things were explained about ADHD, but not much was explained about ASD and the literal thought process there. I did think both characters were EXTREMLEY well done and well written. They each had their own voice and personality. If I didn't know better I would have thought the chapters of each character was written by a different person - that's always a good thing with a dual POV!
I learned quite a bit reading this book, and I think people could learn so much about neurodiversity just by reading it! Everyone in my family is neurodiverse in one way or another, but even with all the knowledge I already had, I still learned some things. I learned that people with ADHD mask! I thought only people on the autism spectrum (especially females) did that! I also never realized how people with autism and people with ADHD have similar issues!
There were a few things I wasn't completely sold on:
- I don't know anyone with ASD who would be comfortable travelling to a new city every few days, but everyone's different, so who knows.
- It briefly mentions that Tilly is on medication, but it doesn't seem like the medication actually does anything for her. My sister is a very different person when she's on her meds or not. On her meds she's serious, focused, no sense of humour, and off her meds... the complete opposite. A little bit more around that in the story would have been nice.
- I'm not sure I really understood why Oliver's family went to family therapy together for years? People don't go to family therapy just because one member was diagnosed with ASD.
- At 93% Mona and Amina just vanished completely. Where did they go?!
Chapter titles! Yes!! I love chapter titles, and the ones in this book were perfect and entertaining!
The cover: I love the colour, but that 'scene' never actually happened in the book, and it always bothers me when the cover doesn't match the actual story. Also I didn't figure out that the thing Tilly was holding was a camera, and Oliver was holding the camera strap, until 23% (in my defense, I only saw the cover photo on the screen of my phone, so it was a bit small.)
I pre-ordered a physical copy of this book and Mazey Eddings's other books before I even finished reading the eARC! It is so hard to find books I can relate to, with neurodiverse characters! (If anyone has any suggestions, please comment or let me know! Characters like Molly from Nita Prose's "The Maid", or Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, or Strange Sally Diamond, are examples that immediately come to mind.)
In summary, this book was absolutely fantastic, I just wish that it held the high level of humour throughout the entire book rather than just in the first 30%.
Keep an eye out for this one! It's released August 15th, 2023!
When I started this book, I was immediately drawn in. Tilly is hilarious! The entire first 30% of the book was so funny, but then after that it got more emotional. I wish Tilly did funny things throughout the entire book. (My sister has ADHD and she does funny things constantly, haha.)
I love how the teens are very aware of their mental health issues, but the story did seem to focus on Tilly and her ADHD and I would have loved it to focus on Oliver and his ASD more. A lot of things were explained about ADHD, but not much was explained about ASD and the literal thought process there. I did think both characters were EXTREMLEY well done and well written. They each had their own voice and personality. If I didn't know better I would have thought the chapters of each character was written by a different person - that's always a good thing with a dual POV!
I learned quite a bit reading this book, and I think people could learn so much about neurodiversity just by reading it! Everyone in my family is neurodiverse in one way or another, but even with all the knowledge I already had, I still learned some things. I learned that people with ADHD mask! I thought only people on the autism spectrum (especially females) did that! I also never realized how people with autism and people with ADHD have similar issues!
There were a few things I wasn't completely sold on:
- I don't know anyone with ASD who would be comfortable travelling to a new city every few days, but everyone's different, so who knows.
- It briefly mentions that Tilly is on medication, but it doesn't seem like the medication actually does anything for her. My sister is a very different person when she's on her meds or not. On her meds she's serious, focused, no sense of humour, and off her meds... the complete opposite. A little bit more around that in the story would have been nice.
- I'm not sure I really understood why Oliver's family went to family therapy together for years? People don't go to family therapy just because one member was diagnosed with ASD.
- At 93% Mona and Amina just vanished completely. Where did they go?!
Chapter titles! Yes!! I love chapter titles, and the ones in this book were perfect and entertaining!
The cover: I love the colour, but that 'scene' never actually happened in the book, and it always bothers me when the cover doesn't match the actual story. Also I didn't figure out that the thing Tilly was holding was a camera, and Oliver was holding the camera strap, until 23% (in my defense, I only saw the cover photo on the screen of my phone, so it was a bit small.)
I pre-ordered a physical copy of this book and Mazey Eddings's other books before I even finished reading the eARC! It is so hard to find books I can relate to, with neurodiverse characters! (If anyone has any suggestions, please comment or let me know! Characters like Molly from Nita Prose's "The Maid", or Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, or Strange Sally Diamond, are examples that immediately come to mind.)
In summary, this book was absolutely fantastic, I just wish that it held the high level of humour throughout the entire book rather than just in the first 30%.
Keep an eye out for this one! It's released August 15th, 2023!
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated