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Tilly in Technicolor
by Mazey Eddings
4.5 stars
mazey eddings does it again! I was so excited to pick up this YA debut especially because I have absolutely loved all of her contemporary adult romances.
this book was so fun as it follows tilly on her adventure to europe to spend the summer traveling as an intern for her sister's new company. on the plane ride there, she meets a boy named ollie and let's just say they have a not so meet cute (quite the opposite actually). imagine her shock when she realizes he is the other intern for the company and she is about to be stuck with him for the entire summer...
watching tilly and ollie develop a relationship and get to know each other was so charming and I just adored watching their feelings blossom. each character was so individually strong as well and had so much depth. tilly is a passionate writer and I loved getting to read her own blog posts to get inside her head a bit more. and ollie with his fascination for colors and his ability to pick them out in real life was so fascinating and sweet. besides just the romance, I loved the coming-of-age element to this story as they both learn and grow, particularly as tilly realizes what she wants to do with her future and begin to find her own path in life.
the thing that makes her writing stand out to me is the incredible representation each of her books offers and this one is so exception! the adhd and autism rep and the discussions surrounding both of these topics was exceptionally done and integrated seamlessly throughout the story, rather than just being mentioned once as a random plot point. seeing neurodivergence represented so authentically and how it played into tilly and ollie's relationship was just so good!
this was just such a wonderful read that, just like mazey eddings' other novels, I cannot recommend enough!
mazey eddings does it again! I was so excited to pick up this YA debut especially because I have absolutely loved all of her contemporary adult romances.
this book was so fun as it follows tilly on her adventure to europe to spend the summer traveling as an intern for her sister's new company. on the plane ride there, she meets a boy named ollie and let's just say they have a not so meet cute (quite the opposite actually). imagine her shock when she realizes he is the other intern for the company and she is about to be stuck with him for the entire summer...
watching tilly and ollie develop a relationship and get to know each other was so charming and I just adored watching their feelings blossom. each character was so individually strong as well and had so much depth. tilly is a passionate writer and I loved getting to read her own blog posts to get inside her head a bit more. and ollie with his fascination for colors and his ability to pick them out in real life was so fascinating and sweet. besides just the romance, I loved the coming-of-age element to this story as they both learn and grow, particularly as tilly realizes what she wants to do with her future and begin to find her own path in life.
the thing that makes her writing stand out to me is the incredible representation each of her books offers and this one is so exception! the adhd and autism rep and the discussions surrounding both of these topics was exceptionally done and integrated seamlessly throughout the story, rather than just being mentioned once as a random plot point. seeing neurodivergence represented so authentically and how it played into tilly and ollie's relationship was just so good!
this was just such a wonderful read that, just like mazey eddings' other novels, I cannot recommend enough!