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Tilly in Technicolor
by Mazey Eddings
A romantic comedy featuring two neurodivergent young adults as they navigate the world of travel, love, and growing up.
Tilly Twomley has been told her entire life that she is different. Her mom has all these plans for her (most of them involving college she doesn't want to attend), but Tilly knows that she wants something else. When she is given the opportunity to intern for her sister's independent business in Europe, Tilly leaps at the chance to escape her mom and hopefully forge a path of her own. Though Tilly had little to no plans when she first arrived in London, she didn't expect that her sister's other intern, Oliver Clark, would not only be the hottest lad that she had ever met, but also would understand her ADHD and every other part of her more than she ever thought possible.
I'm a bit mixed on this one. Let's start with the things that I really like about it. I love the fact that this romance features two neurodivergent (ND) new adults, one with ADHD (Tilly), the other with autism (Oliver). This is the first ND romance I've ever read, so it was quite enlightening and helped give me a view of what it could be like living as a neurodivergent person. I also love all the LGBTQIA+ representation that is sprinkled throughout this novel. Oliver has two mums, Tilly's sister, Mona, is a lesbian, and Oliver's roommates, Micah and Marcus, are gay. The amount of diversity in this one is refreshing, and I love seeing it all done so casually.
One thing I overly related to, is Tilly's search for her purpose. She is so worried about being a failure in her career, in her relationships, in her adult life, and other aspects of life. I am a chronic worrier myself, and am also entering the new adult phase of my life, which can be quite freaky. All of her inner monologues surrounding these topics feel very authentic and easy to connect with. I also hope to enter a creative field like Tilly does, so those elements really hit home.
The final thing I really like is the writing style and the way that romance is talked about in this book. I love how Eddings makes consent super sexy, how Tilly and Oliver really just get each other in a way that they have never felt before, and how open these two are about what things they like and the things they don't like when it comes to physical intimacy. The importance of communication in relationships is really important, and I appreciate how this story talks about how everyone communicates differently, but communication is imperative nonetheless for healthy relationships.
Unfortunately, there are many things I didn't love about this one. I was completely turned off by the beginning of this novel, mostly due to the overt lusting on Tilly's part and the overall aggressiveness of Tilly's point of view. There were several paragraphs that literally had me rolling my eyes and questioning if people actual have thoughts like this. Instalove is really not my thing, and it always makes me extremely uncomfortable when people lust for strangers. However, I did like Oliver a bunch, so I figured that the book had potential to turn out pretty well, despite not loving the way that Tilly is written.
This story did feel a tad bit jerky to me, with large moments of time randomly passing without me really noticing. On the one hand, this book covers and entire summer as the group travels through many European countries, which makes it obvious that time is passing. On the other hand, it still feels that Tilly and Oliver fall for each other in a couple of days and have a very forced "enemies to lovers" vibe. These two kinda had a weird start to their relationship, but I still feel as though their enemy arc felt rather forced and was sped through quite quickly. I also didn't love how quickly her relationship with her mother turned around. This also felt a little suspicious and confusing. I'm glad that her and Tilly are getting along now, but it still felt a bit forced just to give the book a very happy ending.
Most everything else in this book felt rather mid to me. I didn't fall in love with many of the characters, the book often felt a bit meandering, and I didn't eat up the romance like I do in other rom coms. I can't say that there is much actively wrong with this book, it just isn't my cup of tea.
Overall, I'm landing rather in the middle with "Tilly in Technicolor." There are many things I really like about it, other things I rather despise, and an overwhelming amount of things I found very meh. I would be quite curious to read more of Eddings work though, because many of her sentences were beautiful and had me thinking deep thoughts. The neurodivergent rep is also awesome, and I would love to check out other type of ND love stories she has penned to see if I end up liking them more than this one. I wouldn't not recommend this one, but it won't be my go-to rec either.
Tilly Twomley has been told her entire life that she is different. Her mom has all these plans for her (most of them involving college she doesn't want to attend), but Tilly knows that she wants something else. When she is given the opportunity to intern for her sister's independent business in Europe, Tilly leaps at the chance to escape her mom and hopefully forge a path of her own. Though Tilly had little to no plans when she first arrived in London, she didn't expect that her sister's other intern, Oliver Clark, would not only be the hottest lad that she had ever met, but also would understand her ADHD and every other part of her more than she ever thought possible.
I'm a bit mixed on this one. Let's start with the things that I really like about it. I love the fact that this romance features two neurodivergent (ND) new adults, one with ADHD (Tilly), the other with autism (Oliver). This is the first ND romance I've ever read, so it was quite enlightening and helped give me a view of what it could be like living as a neurodivergent person. I also love all the LGBTQIA+ representation that is sprinkled throughout this novel. Oliver has two mums, Tilly's sister, Mona, is a lesbian, and Oliver's roommates, Micah and Marcus, are gay. The amount of diversity in this one is refreshing, and I love seeing it all done so casually.
One thing I overly related to, is Tilly's search for her purpose. She is so worried about being a failure in her career, in her relationships, in her adult life, and other aspects of life. I am a chronic worrier myself, and am also entering the new adult phase of my life, which can be quite freaky. All of her inner monologues surrounding these topics feel very authentic and easy to connect with. I also hope to enter a creative field like Tilly does, so those elements really hit home.
The final thing I really like is the writing style and the way that romance is talked about in this book. I love how Eddings makes consent super sexy, how Tilly and Oliver really just get each other in a way that they have never felt before, and how open these two are about what things they like and the things they don't like when it comes to physical intimacy. The importance of communication in relationships is really important, and I appreciate how this story talks about how everyone communicates differently, but communication is imperative nonetheless for healthy relationships.
Unfortunately, there are many things I didn't love about this one. I was completely turned off by the beginning of this novel, mostly due to the overt lusting on Tilly's part and the overall aggressiveness of Tilly's point of view. There were several paragraphs that literally had me rolling my eyes and questioning if people actual have thoughts like this. Instalove is really not my thing, and it always makes me extremely uncomfortable when people lust for strangers. However, I did like Oliver a bunch, so I figured that the book had potential to turn out pretty well, despite not loving the way that Tilly is written.
This story did feel a tad bit jerky to me, with large moments of time randomly passing without me really noticing. On the one hand, this book covers and entire summer as the group travels through many European countries, which makes it obvious that time is passing. On the other hand, it still feels that Tilly and Oliver fall for each other in a couple of days and have a very forced "enemies to lovers" vibe. These two kinda had a weird start to their relationship, but I still feel as though their enemy arc felt rather forced and was sped through quite quickly. I also didn't love how quickly her relationship with her mother turned around. This also felt a little suspicious and confusing. I'm glad that her and Tilly are getting along now, but it still felt a bit forced just to give the book a very happy ending.
Most everything else in this book felt rather mid to me. I didn't fall in love with many of the characters, the book often felt a bit meandering, and I didn't eat up the romance like I do in other rom coms. I can't say that there is much actively wrong with this book, it just isn't my cup of tea.
Overall, I'm landing rather in the middle with "Tilly in Technicolor." There are many things I really like about it, other things I rather despise, and an overwhelming amount of things I found very meh. I would be quite curious to read more of Eddings work though, because many of her sentences were beautiful and had me thinking deep thoughts. The neurodivergent rep is also awesome, and I would love to check out other type of ND love stories she has penned to see if I end up liking them more than this one. I wouldn't not recommend this one, but it won't be my go-to rec either.