I've always been a fan of the letter/text/other forms of communication to get to know someone stories. An added plus was the ones between Anna and her sister/girlfriends. Definitely a slow burn, slow-paced romance. I will admit there were some places that seemed to drag with inner thoughts and/or details of life. It was a bit much in places and I did skim a little over these. Anna and Liam are great together as well as individually. Ended well and we also got some insight into the others and their stories.

Okay, the plot is interesting, not something unique but interesting. Meeting online accidentally and then continuing to message but the thing is, apart from the initial emails and a couple of scenes and the first meeting, this book didn't interest me.

I didn't feel any connect with Anna. And didn't enjoy her chats and moments with her Chickens (her friends). I liked Liam but again apart from his chats with Anna, everything seemed too stretched and dull. Also, everything seemed too convenient. To be very honest, I skipped several pages and sadly, it didn't make any difference.

Overall, I'm disappointed.

This is such an adorable romance novel. I love how intriquette the plot was! It spoke volumes when it came to understanding the characters fully.

I love the cover, I love the concept, I just didn't love everything about the story.

I quite liked Anna and Liam and the build up in the beginning via email etc was good, but the text messaging between the friends didn't do anything for me. In the end I skipped over most of their conversations as I couldn't really connect with any of them. I would have liked more 'apology' at the end too. He could have done with a bit more grovelling. lol.

Overall I think it could do with a bit of tightening in parts, especially in the first few chapters, and chapter 10 I found hard to follow.

Thankyou to the author for the ARC copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

We meet Anna, who is a teacher at a studio, and Liam who is an ER doctor. The two meet by accident when Liam emails Anna thinking it's one of his friends. She being who she is responds and the conversations start from there. It's always nice to meet someone and get to know them without actually knowing who they are. Being online you can be more honest and themselves. I mean this really could have gone many different ways but for them it worked. They meet and the story continues.

Overall I really liked the characters, they were unique and interesting. Anna's best friends "the chickens" were also great. They are unique and very much ride or die for one another. The solidarity they have is remarkable and something many women strive for but never achieve because that kind of unconditional friendship is rare. Their conversations made everything more entertaining.

The love story between Liam and Anna was great, but I feel like I wanted more from them, more emotion. I don't want to give too much away but it felt too simple even though it was complicated if that can make sense to you. I would give this book a 3.5 if I could. The ending I thought was slightly lacking, it was just too easy. I will probably try and read the second book though because I want to know Anna's sister, Victoria's story line.

The premise was great, the characters were also fabulous for the most part. I just wanted a little bit more.

I hate it when a story doesn't live up to my expectations. I wanted to love this book, but somewhere in the middle of the story, I lost my interest. So it ended up being just an okay read for me,

Anna and Liam were interesting characters. I enjoyed reading their email exchanges and getting to know them individually, but they also got on my nerves constantly, which diminished my interest in their story. Especially Liam with his "I don't have the time for a relationship" mantra...Pfft!

I did enjoy watching them connect and develop a friendship of sorts. Although if you ask me, if looked more like a relationship to me, except without the physical benefits of one. But their connection, emotions and chemistry were there, which is why Liam's reasons for not pursuing a relationship with Anna felt more like excuses to me than genuine reasons for staying away. I appreciated the slow burn romance, but would have liked a little bit more of heated looks and tingling touches. I felt like the romance got lost in the shuffle of too many other events happening around and that Liam's change of heart was a little rushed.

As the first book in a series, BY MISTAKE was a good introduction into the cast of characters involved and their world. I did feel like the story dragged a bit, but maybe this was due to the author trying to give the reader a deeper look into what's coming up next.

A email meant for a friend ends up in someone else’s inbox sets Liam and Anna up to be unlikely pen pals. Liam is a surgeon without much time to spare and is very anti relationship until he has more time. Anna wants to find that guy that’s perfect for her.

They both have so much going on in life that there communications are the bright spot in the day. When discovering they live in the same town and may have passed each other things get interesting when it turns from emails to texts to calls to in person meeting.

This book was fun to read and a great romance! I loved Anna and her friends and Liam was a pretty decent character as well. Can’t wait for more in the series.

This was a cute adult romance...but maybe a bit too cute.

Look, I love romances but I guess I like them with a bit more going on. Anna and Liam are just too perfect. It kind of drives me insane when characters aren't more than characters. Did they have that one thing keeping them apart? Sure, but all romance books have that. There was really no character development because there was no development to be had. They were both on a set trajectory set by the author and nothing more.

I guess I like my characters to be more well-rounded.


A big thank you to NetGalley and the author for this ACR.

I really think this book is a bit far fetched. How they meet, and the fact they are struggling with the dilemma of 6 weeks apart when he goes away for work.... It's just not reality / possible!
I thought the cover was perfect! It was super easy to read, maybe good for poolside - when we get to go on holiday again!

Wow!! This book is by far one of my top 10 romance books. I received an eARC thanks for NetGalley! It is the sweetest most perfect GAG until you turn blue love story. I was here for it. HERE👏🏼FOR👏🏼IT👏🏼
It is the sweetest love story between Anna a fitness instructor and Liam a trauma surgeon. They start their love story via an email that went awry and then meet up for coffee and it’s just perfect. There’s trials and tribulations but you just need them to work out. I even got teary eyed at some points because both of the characters seemed soo genuine. It was just such a weird/great feeling to get from a book. The author did an amazing job making this seem like an actual real perfect love story without someone being a billionaire and someone being a damsel in distress. This author wrote this novel AMAZINGLY. I am going to be reading as much as I can from her!

DNF @ 72 %.

This book started out great. It was about two people who accidentally found themselves in an email swap. They start talking, building a friendship that progresses to text messaging and finally, meeting in person.

Anna and Liam have a great chemistry together, the air around them is literally filled with sparks. I loved how close they were, how connected to each other, it was crazy.

But while everyone could see they were perfect for each other, Liam always held back because his past relationship proved him that being a doctor and love doesn’t go hand in hand. So he is cautious. I understood that, I respected that. But I didn’t like how he kept saying he had a plan and he was going to go abroad for Doctors without borders and I thought ”okay, hey, this guy won’t be there for Anna for six months or year or so” and I knew their relationship would be rocky. The thing is, that project was for six weeks. SIX WEEKS, PEOPLE! And in that moment my interest in this book started to diminish.

He is in the last year of residency, has this really great connection that is beyond friendship with Anna and just doesn’t acknowledge that! Speaking of that, they accidentally kissed twice (!) and this was never mentioned thouroughly. I mean, you have chemistry, why is there no mention of butterlies or mentions of that accidental peck on the lips??? It was like it never existed and that really bothered me because it was so important for their friendship and relationship in general. Ughhh.

I didn’t like how this book is like a switch. One thing there’s the moments leading to something more and than it’s like someone flipped a switched and Liam turns another way, becoming distant and the moment is gone. And again, an intense moment when they look into each other’s eyes, sparks flying and then BAM something made them distant. This on-off sparks thing wasn’t done right. It bothered me to the last quarter of the book when I stopped reading altogether.

Yes, part of me does want to know how they become a couple but seeing how disinterested them being together together made me in this book, I am just not ready for another a hundred or so pages of them denying their feelings.


Rating: 3 out of 5.

I received this book through NetGalley for an honest review.

I blew through this book. It was hard not to love the two characters. Liam and Anna both are looking for love because they both don’t feel like they have the time for it - Liam more than other as he is focused on his career as a trauma surgeon.

A mishap of a wrong email address sends these two into an unlikely bond. One that eventually leaves them both wanting to get to know the other more. And while their online chemistry is amazing once they meet in person it’s hard for them to resist - but they do.

A lot of things happen in their budding friendship and a lot of it had me smiling and giddy. The whole book just made me feel good from start to finish. And I can’t wait to see what else is in store for the crew at Poison and Wine.

For anyone who needs a feel good read that will have you aching for the kind of loving friendship these two share, I highly recommend.

A fun, straightforward book. The banter between the characters are fun, and had me laughing a lot. The build-up of the chemistry was not cheesy. I like the way the characters' chemistry progressed. Overall, it was a lighht, easy read. Perfect for relaxing after a stressful day, and you just want to turn off.

Absolutely loved this book!! Can't wait for book #2!

When trauma surgeon resident, Dr. Liam Brody, sends an email to an old friend he hasn't kept in touch with, he accidentally sends it to fitness guru/yoga & Pilates trainer, Anna Nielsen instead. That one email starts a relationship that defies all others. The conversations they have via email are better than any relationships either one of them has ever had.

Not realizing that they both lived in the same city, he'd seen her out at his favorite bar and secretly crushed on her without even knowing who she was. When Anna recognizes someone (resembling a picture that Liam attached in his original email to his "friend") in the grocery store, she realizes that they might be neighbors and asks him where he lives. That leads to them finally meeting and ending upon the longest first date in history.

Liam doesn't have time to date, neither does Anna. She's in the process of buying the yoga studio she works at and he's going away for 6 weeks for a doctors without borders trip. But meeting "the one" is never really planned like you want it to be.

Can these two make a go with the time that they have? Or is Liam too set on his scheduled career path to allow love to sway him?

A must read!!

Thanks to Netgalley for an ARC on this book. This is just my opinion but I felt like this was just another average, every day romance. Just an okay read.

By Mistake is the first book in the Poison & Wine series by Sigal Ehrlich. There’s so much going on in Anna’s life. Teaching countless hours at the studio and nurturing the three major relationships of her life – her group of tight-knit friends, all while attempting to not screw up this whole adulthood thing leaves very little time to waste on yet another dating app. At this point, a relationship is off the menu. Being “self-partnered” is more than enough. A serious relationship has been crossed off Liam Brody’s list of goals, at least for the foreseeable future. Completing his residency and becoming a trauma surgeon is his only priority. Casual relationships, his friends, and books are the only things he’s willing to lose his precious free time to. When an accidental email starts a deep online connection, both Liam and Anna dive in with zero concern, because there’s really no harm in getting close to someone who you’ll never meet in real life, right? Wrong. When a turn of events brings their “safe” virtual connection to an unexpected face-to-face, Anna and Liam learn their online chemistry pales in comparison to the real deal. A realization that brings along the bazillion-dollar question – what do you do when you meet The One at the most impossibly wrong time?

By Mistake is a book that left me with mixed feelings. I loved the set up, the banter, and most of the characters. I thought the story had great potential, and that the friend groups for both Liam and Anna were interesting. I found myself greatly enamored of Anna and her friend group- particularly the level of honest they had with themselves and each other. I liked the conversations between Anna and Liam, and the way they got to know each other via e-mail and actually coming to care about each other as people first. I did find myself a little annoyed with Liam's friend group- even as he acknowledged the stereotypes and rude commentary in his head, he never really called them out and at the same time had some stereotypes that he applied the those around him as well. I did like that he took consent and protection seriously, but the fact that he was a busy man saving lives did not make him the golden child I think he was supposed to be. His 'teasing' Anna about her passion for eating clean and other things just rubbed me the wrong way. There were also time gaps, which is necessary sometimes, but it just felt like everyone was waiting for Liam to get his head together and ignoring their own needs/wants in the mean time. I liked the style and tone of the book, but I do not think I will be continuing the series even though the secondary characters were me favorite part of the story.

By Mistake is an amusing contemporary romance that I think will speak to other readers more than I.

A great read that supplied with a modern romance between goal oriented people. It had great chemistry between the two main characters, and didn't miss out on any drama, and sweet moments. The best place I can compare this novel to is a more realistic and more mature Dash and Lily (netflix series). If you loved the series you will love this book.

Between the countless hours, she spends teaching lessons at the fitness studio and with her friends (The Chickens) Anna doesn't have the time, energy or anything else to put into navigating yet another dating app. With The Chickens monthly goal to reply to all things in a positive manner, she opts to reply to an email that mistakenly landed in her inbox.

Liam is fully focused on getting through his residency and his application to Doctors Without Borders. Swearing off dating until his workload and life is more manageable, even casual relationships seem to go wrong so they are off the table too. Receiving a reply to the email he sent his friend, he is surprised to see that it ended up in the wrong inbox but the response makes him laugh.

Over the coming weeks, Liam and Ann email back and forth. Answering questions, chatting about their lives and sharing book quotes. Finally, they arrange to meet after Anna discovers that they live in the same city. They spend the day together and connect far more than either thought that they would. But Liam is upfront about the fact he isn't able to get into a relationship yet. Striking up a friendship between them, sharing the highs and lows of life together, occasionally kissing - but it's just friends... right?

One to make you laugh out loud, cringe and cry - so have the tissues at the ready.

The love story between Liam and Anna will take your breath away. From a mistaken email address sprung first a meeting of the minds and later a meeting of the hearts.

What originally drew me to this story was the role of communication tech to stumble upon a person you might otherwise never meet. It isn’t limited to Liam and Anna’s romance. Her girl crew - The Chickens - conversations are often in text or conference calls.

I can see this girl group as a source if some really fun stories but Liam and Anna had to catch their relationship up with their fast growing feelings. From the start, the “I can’t do more than casual” label on their relationship was the source of many twists in the story.

While this would classify as a “slow burn” type of story, the feelings come through very early with some amazing writing by Sigal Ehrlich. The dialogue is fun, airy, real and inviting. BY MIST@KE has so many clever and enticing moments that you are not going to want to miss reading this book.

Unfortunately this wasn't a great read for me. Had such a cute premise (meeting by accidental email) but I found both Liam and Anna to be annoying, especially Liam and his “I’m going away and can’t start something because I’m leaving” (for only 6 weeks!!) and the ending just wasn’t that great either.