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Tilly in Technicolor
by Mazey Eddings
4.5 stars, Mazey Eddings does it again, I just love her writing and it ended up translating very well to YA
The neurodivergent rep she brings, while definitely not brand new to the scene, especially not to YA, is really fresh and inspiring for a new round of authors. This book features a main character with ADHD and an autistic love interest. It's so interesting how conflicting aspects of their brains end up working so well together. Oliver doesn't like the way people beat around the bush or say one thing when they mean another. So since Tilly just blurts out whatever she's thinking, she's a great match for him! :')
Tilly has mishaps galore in the story, which are funny of course, same way it's funny to watch her and Oliver flip flop over whether or not the other one likes them, but there's also tough topics too. Tilly's mom treats her like a kid and honestly is sort of mean over her ADHD. She reminds her to do things CONSTANTLY, acts kind of like Tilly is a burden, and just makes her feel like a big inconvenience.
Tilly is feeling a little free from her mom in this story, because she's on a trip across Europe and her mom is back home in the states. She's interning at her sister's nail polish brand while they go around Europe trying to secure investors. On the plane over from the states, she has a disaster flight with a cutie who is acting weird lmao and lo and behold, it's actually her sister's other intern! Who is none other than Oliver!
They get to know each other over the course of their cross-continent journey. They share their diagnoses (google says this is the plural of diagnosis?) and spend the trip trying to rationalize their feelings for each other as just normal teenage interactions lol
Their conversations and communication with each other are just delightful. They definitely have inconveniences that arise because of their diagnoses but they kind of take care of each other through them, like when Tilly gets overstimulated in the city and Oliver finds somewhere more quiet to take her. They're just sweet to one another :')
We also get introduced to Oliver's twin sister Cubby and her friends, which is nice because Mazey's next YA will follow Cubby.
It's diverse in many ways, just as all Mazey's other books are. It's sex positive, which Mazey's adult books DEFINITELY are, but it's off page and it focuses on the way the two characters feel connected instead of providing any detail which is perfect for YA.
The settings of all the Europe stops feel real, Oliver has a color aesthetic instagram account that feels real, Tilly's travel/ADHD blogs feel real; it all just comes together to leave us with a well rounded and well written book. DEFINITELY worth the read :')
The neurodivergent rep she brings, while definitely not brand new to the scene, especially not to YA, is really fresh and inspiring for a new round of authors. This book features a main character with ADHD and an autistic love interest. It's so interesting how conflicting aspects of their brains end up working so well together. Oliver doesn't like the way people beat around the bush or say one thing when they mean another. So since Tilly just blurts out whatever she's thinking, she's a great match for him! :')
Tilly has mishaps galore in the story, which are funny of course, same way it's funny to watch her and Oliver flip flop over whether or not the other one likes them, but there's also tough topics too. Tilly's mom treats her like a kid and honestly is sort of mean over her ADHD. She reminds her to do things CONSTANTLY, acts kind of like Tilly is a burden, and just makes her feel like a big inconvenience.
Tilly is feeling a little free from her mom in this story, because she's on a trip across Europe and her mom is back home in the states. She's interning at her sister's nail polish brand while they go around Europe trying to secure investors. On the plane over from the states, she has a disaster flight with a cutie who is acting weird lmao and lo and behold, it's actually her sister's other intern! Who is none other than Oliver!
They get to know each other over the course of their cross-continent journey. They share their diagnoses (google says this is the plural of diagnosis?) and spend the trip trying to rationalize their feelings for each other as just normal teenage interactions lol
Their conversations and communication with each other are just delightful. They definitely have inconveniences that arise because of their diagnoses but they kind of take care of each other through them, like when Tilly gets overstimulated in the city and Oliver finds somewhere more quiet to take her. They're just sweet to one another :')
We also get introduced to Oliver's twin sister Cubby and her friends, which is nice because Mazey's next YA will follow Cubby.
It's diverse in many ways, just as all Mazey's other books are. It's sex positive, which Mazey's adult books DEFINITELY are, but it's off page and it focuses on the way the two characters feel connected instead of providing any detail which is perfect for YA.
The settings of all the Europe stops feel real, Oliver has a color aesthetic instagram account that feels real, Tilly's travel/ADHD blogs feel real; it all just comes together to leave us with a well rounded and well written book. DEFINITELY worth the read :')