This was a DNF for me. The characters were unlikeable. I'm sure other people like it, but it just wasn't for me

Mistakes Were Made was very cute. I found the relationship endearing. However, I felt as though the relationship between best friend and daughter was getting built up for a big argument that then never happened. That made things fall a little flat,

I liked the queer representation, and liked the age gap aspect of this book. The style didn't work for me, and I don't think the characters were as developed as they could have been.

What a fun and entertaining read! Mistakes Were Made was a fun story that had fantastic character development and growth. Cassie and Erin were both very well written characters and I was so excited to read their story. While I did find the pacing a bit underwhelming and the sex scenes a little too frequent, I do think this is a book I would recommend to friends for a good time read. I found myself laughing quite often and enjoyed being in this world of forbidden romance.

Thank you to Netgalley, St. Martin’s Press, and the author for an ARC of this book in exchange of an honest review.

This is a spicy romance with an age gap that makes the whole thing feel a little taboo, which is a big part of the book's appeal to readers. Both characters are fully realized humans with their own concerns and have an on-page chemistry that really works.

This novel is exactly what I was looking for in a Sapphic romance. Wilsner has a way of making me feel for every single character. So in love with this novel.

I did start this book, but ultimately did not finish it. While I was excited to read more from this author after loving their debut, I was extremely uncomfortable with the premise of this novel after starting it. The power dynamic here made me feel uneasy, and from what I can tell after further research, based on my personal taste it doesn’t seem like it’ll get any better, so I’ve decided to put this one down. I will say, I enjoy the way this author writes, and I still believe I’ll be picking up future books by them! I’ll just maybe pay closer attention to the plot first.

As I DNF’d this book, I’ll give it 2 stars, but if NetGalley gave me the option to submit a review without a star rating I would have gone that route. I am still extremely grateful for the chance to have read this early, so thank you SO MUCH to the publisher and author.

When Cassie hooks-up with an older woman, she never expects Erin to be her best friend’s mom. What starts out as a fling soon becomes real - but how can they actually be together?

I enjoyed this, but it wasn’t my favorite. I’m not the biggest fan of age-gap romances - I also think Cassie’s age made it hard for me to connect. The audiobook was well done!

I want to thank Netgalley for providing me an eARC for an honest review of this book.

I am SO in love with this book. It gave me everything I hoped it would and more. It tells the story of two women that manage to find love even when everything and everyone in their lives says otherwise. It was so great to see these women choose the love they deserve instead of settling for what little love they had been given thus far.

It was a sexy sexy romcom that deserves all the hype!

I’m soft DNFing this 100 pages in. I like the characters and the writing fine but even though I knew this was taboo going in, I’m not vibing with the fucking your best friends mom thing at the moment. I have no issue with the age gap, and I think they are cute when they interact but it just is working for me at the moment. I’ll pick this up again at some point to give another try and I’m definitely interested in trying other books by this author.

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin’s Griffin for an e- arc in exchange for a review.

This novel was different than plenty I’ve read. You don’t often get to see a fun, flirty, MILF-y WLW romance novel. I was super excited to be able to receive a copy of this book as an ARC. I loved the premise of the novel. It was fun but also had some serious and interesting undertones, including how the daughter of the older woman would react to her dating her friend.

Some of the pacing felt a little choppy in the middle for me, but it didn’t make the novel unreadable or unenjoyable. I also truly loved the side-characters and felt they all brought good depth to the story.

First of all, the steam in this book! Well done! If someone is looking for an open door, age gap/forbidden romance, they’ll love this. Personally I think I would have liked less steam and more character development/more of a slow burn?

I loved the overall storyline and was rooting for Erin and Cassie, they make each other so happy! I think a less dramatic age gap would have made it even easier to root for them though? And I would have liked Cassie’s background to be fleshed out a bit more.

The conflict was handled really well, and the epilogue was great! I think I land around 3.5 stars for this one.

Meryl Wilsner really stepped up their game with Mistakes Were Made!
This read was by far my favorite of 2022. The level of spice was HOT and done beautifully!! The MILF trope was magnificent and very different for a sapphic romance, I loved it. In all honesty, the "best friends mom" is what really drew me into this book. I was really interested in how the book would turn out with this being the premise, and I have to say it was great!

This was a DNF for me. The premise sounded funny, but the execution gave me an “ick” feeling. The power differential between the main characters was too significant. Cassie is a college student, Erin is 18 years older, and not only the mom of Cassie’s best friend but also a doctor. It’s one thing when they hook up, quite another when they start sneaking around behind Erin's daughter’s back! Erin not only paid for Cassie's plane ticket to visit but essentially treated her as a daughter - buying her Christmas pajamas and stuffing a stocking for her. Then, whenever the daughter was turned the other way, or at her dad's, Erin and Cassie were hot and heavy. The last straw for me was when Erin went into the bathroom, knowing Cassie was in the shower. I kept wondering - how would this book be perceived if it was the dad fooling around with his daughter’s friend on Christmas break? I think it would have a whole different vibe - and not a positive one.

I want to be clear that the writing itself was good, the relationships were problematic for me.

Thank you St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the digital ARC in return for an honest review.

This book is the sapphic MILF romance of my dreams. It shouldn't work, but it very much does. The age gap never feels uncomfortable, (everyone involved is an adult) and even though one MC is a college student, it was surprisingly drama-free. The main characters actually communicate with each other for the most part, and the rest of their relationship is very sexy! I'm excited to see what the author does next.

I was sort of into this book, the milf-y romance was fun and the "help I'm stuck at my accidental hook-ups house for the holidays" was sweet, but overall I was a little underwhelmed. I liked Cassie, Erin, and Rachel, but the pacing of the book threw me off.
Thanks to SMP for the arc!!

This book was so much fun. We have a college student and she hooks up with an older woman at a bar one night. She then finds out the next day that it’s the mom of her friend.
I thought this book was really well done, I liked the dual POV, the lack of a third act breakup. The way the daughter found out I thought was inserted really well. It was also very spicy! Overall this was a really solid book and I’ve really enjoyed this author so far and I’m excited to pick up more.

A incredibly well done sapphic age gap romance. Tastefully taboo, well-written and an overall stellar time. I do feel that there were some bouts of millennial cringe but overall i think the characters were well developed and i love how all the drama was handled with care and not just random instances of shock value. The sex scenes were some of the best I have read and I will definitely be picking up more from this author

This book was steamy right off the bat! Although it wasn't my favorite book, I still really enjoyed it. I think I had a lot of guilt/ worry about Parker. I'm glad I'm the end things were settled between them and it ended well. It was just a bit painful at times. Overall, it was a fun, unique read.

I was incredibly interested in this book as I really enjoyed this author's debut. While this was well written, the plot of this book missed the mark. It is not bad, but rather does not align with my tastes. While I was aware of the general plot, I did not realize the age gap was so large or that the best friend’s mom troupe would make me not be able to buy into this couple.

The relationship is between 21 year-old Cassie, a college senior, and Erin, her friend’s 38 year old mom. I was hopeful, given how Wilsner wrote the romance in her previous novel, that this would play out differently. However, the sneaking around Parker, the best friend/daughter, made me really dislike this couple. I wasn’t the biggest fan of Parker, she was written as childish and both Erin and Cassie commented on it multiple times, but she didn’t deserve this situation. I also disliked that we didn't see Parker's reaction on page, just after she accepted it. It felt too convenient and easy.

Overall, there was a lack of maturity and care for the person their relationship would hurt and while I like the characters individually, I did not like their relationship.