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4.24 AVERAGE
4.24 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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
I wanted to read this book because I enjoyed Mazey’s work in the past and I’ve heard so many good things about this book. This book is so sweet and adorable.
This book has two points of view. The first is Tilly Twomley and she is desperate for change. White-knuckling her way through high school with flawed executive functioning has left her burnt out and ready to start fresh. Working as an intern for her perfect older sister’s start up isn’t exactly how Tilly wants to spend her summer, but the required travel around Europe promises a much-needed change of scenery as she plans for her future. The problem is, Tilly has no idea what she wants. The second point of view is Oliver Clark, he knows exactly what he wants. His autism has often made it hard for him to form relationships with others, but his love of colour theory and design allows him to feel deeply connected to the world around him. Plus, he has everything he a best friend that gets him, placement into a prestigious design program, and a summer internship to build his resume. Everything is going as planned. That is, of course, until he suffers through the most disastrous internation flight of his life, all turmoil stemming from lively and exasperating Tilly. Oliver is forced to spend the summer with a girl that couldn’t be more his opposite – feeling things for her he can’t quite name – and starts to winder if maybe he doesn’t have everything figured out after all. As the duo’s neurodiverse connection grows, they learn that some of the best parts of life can’t be planned and are forced to figure out what that means as their disastrously wonderful summer comes to an end.
I love dual POV in romance books and I liked the depiction of ADHD and autism and how they can come across differently in boys and girls. I loved Tilly’s growth in this book and how she went from being afraid to live her life and disappointing everyone, to being like screw this, I'm living my life for me and me alone and I'm happiest writing and I'll figure it out. I love Oliver, he is so sweet. I have to keep calling him Oliver, because Tilly calls him Ollie, but that’s my dogs name and I can’t take it seriously. I loved the relationship between Oliver and Cubby and how they have banter but were also deeply concerned regarding their relationships. I loved the little friendships groups that are seen throughout the book and how they become one big friendship group by the end and how they are all together and sticking up for each other. I love Oliver and Tilly’s relationship and how they took it slow but also fast and how they knew they both have communication issues, but they wanted to get past it and be together.
I felt like more needed to come out with Tilly’s parents. Besides her mum being horrible and then crawling back in the last chapter, I wanted more support from her parents and them treating the sisters the same because they still treat Mo better than Tilly. I wanted more from the ending, I wanted to know if Tilly became a full-fledged writer, did she go to university for writing? Did Mo’s company take off and become successful? I just wanted more after the summer in Europe.
I would love this to be a series and watch Cubby find some happiness because Connor seems like an idiot and that was brushed over and I wanted more.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Vomit
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Sexual content, Blood, Alcohol
GUARD THY LOINS flashes on the screen. Oh good, a call from my mom.
Tilly Twomley is desperate for change. White-knuckling her way through high school with flawed executive functioning has left her burnt out and ready to start fresh. Working as an intern for her perfect older sister’s start up isn’t exactly how Tilly wants to spend her summer, but the required travel around Europe promises a much-needed change of scenery as she plans for her future. The problem is, Tilly has no idea what she wants.
Oliver Clark knows exactly what he wants. His autism has often made it hard for him to form relationships with others, but his love of color theory and design allows him to feel deeply connected to the world around him. Plus, he has everything: he has a best friend that gets him, placement into a prestigious design program, and a summer internship to build his resume. Everything is going as planned. That is, of course, until he suffers through the most disastrous international flight of his life, all turmoil stemming from lively and exasperating Tilly. Oliver is forced to spend the summer with a girl that couldn’t be more his opposite—feeling things for her he can’t quite name—and starts to wonder if maybe he doesn’t have everything figured out after all.
Dogs get so excited they shake their butts into little torpedoes, start whining and hopping, then go grab their favorite toys to show you like they’re telling you all about them. And we love that about puppies. Their excitement. Their outpouring of uncontrollable joy, something they wouldn’t dare try and control. Why can’t we love that about humans who stim, too?
4.5 stars rounded down because of that ending. It isn't a bad ending - it just felt like a little bit of a cop out. Everything was super realistic up until that and I think it could have been a hopeful note rather than a complete pivot.
Regardless! As a person that has both ADHD and autism, the representation in this book was AMAZING. I loved the conversations...I loved peering into both of their heads...the way they navigated comparisons when trying to explain their quirks...and especially the supporting friendship that develops with both circles. I absolutely will consider this one of my comfort reads going forward.
I look at Tilly, my eyes scouring her raven hair. Those thundercloud eyes. The bright yellow of her dress and the touch of pink in her cheeks. But she’s more than those. She’s the sweetness of cotton candy blue, the effervescence of gold, and the complexity of copper. She’s deep like emerald and light like lilac.
Reading the quote above hit me particularly hard. The way he views and loves color is the way I hear and love music. It took me a long time to realize why I reacted differently than others...but I think that's beautiful, too. Because just as Oliver is entranced by Tilly and sees the beauty in things he never considered before because of her wonder, so do I and others with our mutual passions.
Overall, I loved the underlying positivity in being who you are and finding the right space for yourself. As the author so eloquently put it: To my fellow neurodivine individuals navigating a world not built for them. Your brain is beautiful, and I’m so glad you’re here.
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
Loveable characters:
Yes
This was such a heartwarming, sweet book in all the very best senses.
Tilly, our heroine, has been over-protected (stifled) by her mom all her life. Now out of high school, Tilly wants to experience the world before being overcommitted and micromanaged through college, when she isn't really certain what she wants to do...except write.
Her sister has always been held up to her as perfect, the role model Tilly ought to aspire to and consistently fails to achieve. Tilly gets a chance to get away, spending the summer as an intern at her sister's new startup nail polish company, Ruhe. Tilly serves as a hand model, but gradually gets more chances to work on the company's social media outlets as they travel through Europe.
Tilly has no idea that her path will cross with Oliver Clark's, a very grumpy grumpy boy she met on her flight to London. Oliver is a graphic designer and the other intern hired by Tilly's sister and partner. He's organized, focused, and has mapped out his future by being placed in a prestigious design program. He finds Tilly chaotic in the extreme, but gradually he sees that chaos in terms of colors, which is his way of engaging with the world.
This is the story of two creative, bright, neurodivergent teens on the cusp of adulthood. Eddings presents them believable, with sympathy and warmth and tons of humor. The romance might be a tad wish fulfillment, but I'm good with that. It just added to the overall magic of the story.
I really enjoyed it a lot.
Tilly, our heroine, has been over-protected (stifled) by her mom all her life. Now out of high school, Tilly wants to experience the world before being overcommitted and micromanaged through college, when she isn't really certain what she wants to do...except write.
Her sister has always been held up to her as perfect, the role model Tilly ought to aspire to and consistently fails to achieve. Tilly gets a chance to get away, spending the summer as an intern at her sister's new startup nail polish company, Ruhe. Tilly serves as a hand model, but gradually gets more chances to work on the company's social media outlets as they travel through Europe.
Tilly has no idea that her path will cross with Oliver Clark's, a very grumpy grumpy boy she met on her flight to London. Oliver is a graphic designer and the other intern hired by Tilly's sister and partner. He's organized, focused, and has mapped out his future by being placed in a prestigious design program. He finds Tilly chaotic in the extreme, but gradually he sees that chaos in terms of colors, which is his way of engaging with the world.
This is the story of two creative, bright, neurodivergent teens on the cusp of adulthood. Eddings presents them believable, with sympathy and warmth and tons of humor. The romance might be a tad wish fulfillment, but I'm good with that. It just added to the overall magic of the story.
I really enjoyed it a lot.
「 ✦ REVIEW ✦ 」
《 tilly in technicolor – mazey eddings 》
☆☆☆☆☆/5
tilly is so me coded. probably because we both have adhd and can't seem to find things that makes our brain relax for more than a few hours.
TILLY'S PARENTS ARE ASSHOLES.
the scenes in the airport+plane is so funnily painful. like yes I also forgot my luggage on the belt and yes being on a place for long hours is torture to me. no i never threw up on a flight.
Oliver is so damn adorable and i love him. i love that his special interest is colors. that tickled my brain in the right way.
Mona should be dead (kidding or.. am I?) she's such a bitch to her little sister. she's using her because 1. she couldn't get a better option 2. she didn't have the budget for a better option 3. she's on a mission to make tilly realize what college could do to her career without listening and hearing tilly when she keeps saying she doesn't want to go to college. [side note : school is a bitch for neurodivergent]
that fact they won't give her caféine because they don't fucking understand how caféine and adhd work. *spoiler: it does help*
I'm swooning over the fact that oliver and tilly understand each other without understanding each other. i love them.
I will murder mona myself.
"his input matters" meaning tilly's doesn't and IM MAD. LIKE FURY MAD. she is constantly belittling tilly and calling her "dramatic" B!TCH LEARN ABOUT YOUR SISTER DISABILITIES
that first text we read from tilly broke me and healed me. i needed to read this as much as tilly needed to write this.
CHAPTER 17 🥹
I don't hate mona as much anymore. she thanked tilly and hugged her. SHE HUGGED HER.
tilly and oliver finally talked and understood they're more similar than they thought and it makes my heart so happy.
prepare your lawyers I'll be in need of one when I m u r d e r tillys mom.
CUBBY IS SO SWEET I LOVE HER.
the wlw love story!!
cubby and oliver is such a sweet twin-ship. their safe word. the respect of each other.
darcy and tilly friendship>>>
"𝘿𝙤𝙜𝙨 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙨𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙚𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨, 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙜𝙤 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙗 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙮𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮'𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙥𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙥𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙟𝙤𝙮, 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡. 𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙢, 𝙩𝙤𝙤?"
mona finally explained why she's the b!tch that she is bit it's too little too late at this point. I don't think I can ever love her at this point. I understand feeling the pressure and having to meet unattainable expectations but hello?? she's your sister?? Who has adhd so she knows??? I love their exchange and finally feels like they're on the same wavelength
"𝙞 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧. 𝙮𝙤𝙪...𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚. 𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙. 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙮"
that broke me.
chapter 29 📈📉📈📉📈
i love love love (queue tears) how much tilly went from thinking nobody believed in her living with her shitty parents to knowing she has people in her corner and sending her texts to people to finally to what she wants.
this is it. I'm marching to wherever her parents are (i forgot sorry) and beheading her mom. i will never support fuck up parents. psa to all parent. if your kid has adhd or add or is on the autism spectrum. don't be a fuck up and just hug them and love them.
chapter 35 🥹
couple that stim together, stay together 🎀
I won't spoil anymore of the end but omg, the tears that streamed down my cheeks were real. i love tilly so much and i wish people would understand me the way people understand her. she found her people and her safe place and it's all I can think about. to just be safe and happy in my little bubble. the resolution of the family conflicts had me on my knees for acceptance and love and just once again safety. tilly finally got her safety net and happy ending.
《 tilly in technicolor – mazey eddings 》
☆☆☆☆☆/5
tilly is so me coded. probably because we both have adhd and can't seem to find things that makes our brain relax for more than a few hours.
TILLY'S PARENTS ARE ASSHOLES.
the scenes in the airport+plane is so funnily painful. like yes I also forgot my luggage on the belt and yes being on a place for long hours is torture to me. no i never threw up on a flight.
Oliver is so damn adorable and i love him. i love that his special interest is colors. that tickled my brain in the right way.
Mona should be dead (kidding or.. am I?) she's such a bitch to her little sister. she's using her because 1. she couldn't get a better option 2. she didn't have the budget for a better option 3. she's on a mission to make tilly realize what college could do to her career without listening and hearing tilly when she keeps saying she doesn't want to go to college. [side note : school is a bitch for neurodivergent]
that fact they won't give her caféine because they don't fucking understand how caféine and adhd work. *spoiler: it does help*
I'm swooning over the fact that oliver and tilly understand each other without understanding each other. i love them.
I will murder mona myself.
"his input matters" meaning tilly's doesn't and IM MAD. LIKE FURY MAD. she is constantly belittling tilly and calling her "dramatic" B!TCH LEARN ABOUT YOUR SISTER DISABILITIES
that first text we read from tilly broke me and healed me. i needed to read this as much as tilly needed to write this.
CHAPTER 17 🥹
I don't hate mona as much anymore. she thanked tilly and hugged her. SHE HUGGED HER.
tilly and oliver finally talked and understood they're more similar than they thought and it makes my heart so happy.
prepare your lawyers I'll be in need of one when I m u r d e r tillys mom.
CUBBY IS SO SWEET I LOVE HER.
the wlw love story!!
cubby and oliver is such a sweet twin-ship. their safe word. the respect of each other.
darcy and tilly friendship>>>
"𝘿𝙤𝙜𝙨 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙨𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙚𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨, 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙜𝙤 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙗 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙮𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮'𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙥𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙥𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙟𝙤𝙮, 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡. 𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙢, 𝙩𝙤𝙤?"
mona finally explained why she's the b!tch that she is bit it's too little too late at this point. I don't think I can ever love her at this point. I understand feeling the pressure and having to meet unattainable expectations but hello?? she's your sister?? Who has adhd so she knows??? I love their exchange and finally feels like they're on the same wavelength
"𝙞 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧. 𝙮𝙤𝙪...𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚. 𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙. 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙮"
that broke me.
chapter 29 📈📉📈📉📈
i love love love (queue tears) how much tilly went from thinking nobody believed in her living with her shitty parents to knowing she has people in her corner and sending her texts to people to finally to what she wants.
this is it. I'm marching to wherever her parents are (i forgot sorry) and beheading her mom. i will never support fuck up parents. psa to all parent. if your kid has adhd or add or is on the autism spectrum. don't be a fuck up and just hug them and love them.
chapter 35 🥹
couple that stim together, stay together 🎀
I won't spoil anymore of the end but omg, the tears that streamed down my cheeks were real. i love tilly so much and i wish people would understand me the way people understand her. she found her people and her safe place and it's all I can think about. to just be safe and happy in my little bubble. the resolution of the family conflicts had me on my knees for acceptance and love and just once again safety. tilly finally got her safety net and happy ending.
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Mental illness
emotional
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
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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
I went in this book blind but once I realized that it was an autism spectrum type book about a character, I was excited because since it’s a close subject for me. I love reading books like such so I can feel closer to my husband.
Anyways this was an amazing read.
Anyways this was an amazing read.
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
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