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A review by thathappyreader
Tilly in Technicolor by Mazey Eddings
5.0
Mazey Eddings has fast become an auto-read author for me. As a neurodiverse person herself, I love her ability to write characters through this lens. I’m generally not an avid reader in the Teen & YA genre, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
Tilly Twomley has recently graduated high school and is leaving home for the first time to work for her older sister Mona’s startup in the U.K. She’s beyond excited and can’t wait to escape her mother who worries about and pressures her at times to make the decisions she feels is best for her. She constantly feels compared to Mona who is Ivy-League educated and does everything perfectly.
On her flight, she is sitting next to a young man who is returning home to the U.K. named Oliver Clark who tries to ignore Tilly’s excitement. But there is no ignoring Tilly – her love of ketchup and an ill child on the plane manifest an urgent situation for Tilly but Oliver is there to lend a hand. She’s attracted to Oliver and when the plane lands and they are departing the plane she asks him out. When he asks her to repeat the question, she freaks out and runs away from him.
The next day Tilly is having breakfast with Mona when she is introduced to Mona’s business partner and the fourth member of the team – Oliver! Oliver is a graphic artist fascinated with colour which works perfectly for this nail polish startup. The plan is to use Tilly as a model wearing the company’s product and Oliver photographing Tilly around various cities in the UK and Europe and Mona and her partner pitching different companies along the way.
Tilly and Oliver soon reveal to each other that they are both neurodiverse. For the first time, they realize that someone gets them. Their friendship turns into a sweet and respectful romance. Tilly’s penchant for writing about her feelings and experiences online has created interest and she soon has some difficult decisions to make.
I loved the depth of the character development and the likeability of Tilly and Oliver. I’m a sucker for personal growth and there is plenty of this in the book. The author relays the challenges that these two individuals have overcome as they grew up and provides great insight into what is like to be neurodiverse. I appreciate the opportunity to read books written by authors who experience neurodiversity so that I can learn more about how others view the world.
I highly recommend this book to readers who enjoy YA coming-of-age stories or romance.
I received an ARC of this book from the publisher, but the thoughts and opinions expressed here are my own.
4.5 stars (rounded up to 5)
Tilly Twomley has recently graduated high school and is leaving home for the first time to work for her older sister Mona’s startup in the U.K. She’s beyond excited and can’t wait to escape her mother who worries about and pressures her at times to make the decisions she feels is best for her. She constantly feels compared to Mona who is Ivy-League educated and does everything perfectly.
On her flight, she is sitting next to a young man who is returning home to the U.K. named Oliver Clark who tries to ignore Tilly’s excitement. But there is no ignoring Tilly – her love of ketchup and an ill child on the plane manifest an urgent situation for Tilly but Oliver is there to lend a hand. She’s attracted to Oliver and when the plane lands and they are departing the plane she asks him out. When he asks her to repeat the question, she freaks out and runs away from him.
The next day Tilly is having breakfast with Mona when she is introduced to Mona’s business partner and the fourth member of the team – Oliver! Oliver is a graphic artist fascinated with colour which works perfectly for this nail polish startup. The plan is to use Tilly as a model wearing the company’s product and Oliver photographing Tilly around various cities in the UK and Europe and Mona and her partner pitching different companies along the way.
Tilly and Oliver soon reveal to each other that they are both neurodiverse. For the first time, they realize that someone gets them. Their friendship turns into a sweet and respectful romance. Tilly’s penchant for writing about her feelings and experiences online has created interest and she soon has some difficult decisions to make.
I loved the depth of the character development and the likeability of Tilly and Oliver. I’m a sucker for personal growth and there is plenty of this in the book. The author relays the challenges that these two individuals have overcome as they grew up and provides great insight into what is like to be neurodiverse. I appreciate the opportunity to read books written by authors who experience neurodiversity so that I can learn more about how others view the world.
I highly recommend this book to readers who enjoy YA coming-of-age stories or romance.
I received an ARC of this book from the publisher, but the thoughts and opinions expressed here are my own.
4.5 stars (rounded up to 5)