Went into this book with high expectations and wow it did NOT disappoint!! Truly cannot wait to reread this book and to have others get their hands on it!

Really enjoyed this story! I love a good rom-com that isn't very conflict-heavy. Just a good/spicy read! I typically shy away from books with big age gaps, but this was so well done I was pleasantly surprised. Loved the friends and the support of the daughter at the end. I will definitely be reading the authors other books! :)

This is the I met your mom in a bar and we hooked up book. Meeting someone randomly, Cassie ends up basically hooking up with her bf's mom which she has no idea of before the fact. This was much more steamy than any of the other books have I read by Meryl. I enjoyed it, nothing surprised me. I received a copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Yes!! Love MILF content!! This was the perfect balance of smut and story, I was so surprised. Usually I'm used to the one big love scene after build up and then nothing else, but no these characters had a more realistic healthy sex drive which I appreciated😂 It made me verrry nervous about when would be the moment the best friend out and I loved the route the author chose to go. This was such a fun read. 5 stars, thank you NetGalley!

Man, this is such a tough review for me. I was soooo excited for a lesbian romance. The premise for this really gripped me. I mean we had an age gap, best friends mom, forbidden romance, and it was sapphic. But it just fell a bit too short for .me. It was too fluffy. it tried to have angst, but it never delved deep enough into the characters for it to really make me *feel* anything. Also the resolve at the end happened so quick even though the book felt so long. HOWEVER, I did really enjoy the epilogue, and fo that reason I would give this author another chance and read something else from them. This is a new to me author so I’m not sure if this is debut for them or not, but I will be looking. Overall, this was a 3 ⭐️ rating for me, and I’d probably recommend it to a select few people.

This book was given to me as an advanced readers copy by the author and publisher for my honest opinion. Thank you so much.

Okay this had such a fun plot line. Dating to your best friends mom?!? I was like oh boy what am I getting myself into?!
Cassie and Erin were honestly so cute!!! Cassie is best friends with Acacia and Parker….Erin is Parker’s mother!! They meet unknowingly at a bar on Parents Weekend. They connect instantly expecting just a passionate one night stand, and then well it’s a bit messy from there.
I really loved the plot line, the characters and the chemistry between Cassie and Erin was fire, some of these scenes oh my goodness! I wanted Cassie and Erin together because of how they made each other feel. It was a shocking but beautiful connection!! I also loved seeing Parker, Acacia and Cassie interacting they remind me of me and my closest friends🥹
BUT it was hard for me to get over the lying bit of the relationship :( they kept their growing flirtation a secret and I felt really bad for Parker!! It all works out in the end though so I was happy! plus I’m a sucker for a forbidden love. I will not go into details too much cause I don’t want to post spoilers but it was such a fun and flirty read! I highly recommend and I will be reading more by this author for sure!!
I am so happy I got to read this book and received this ARC. Special thank you to Net Galley and St. Martins Press for the advanced digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest review! I am so thankful.
This book releases on 10/11/2022 and I highly recommend it!

I LOVED Mistakes Were Made so much! I absolutely flew through it. The character development was fantastic—the banter between Cassie and Erin was wonderful and it was actually a realistic story. I was curious how this was going to work when I read the synopsis, but it was perfect. And the steam!!! Omg. What an absolute delight of a book, give me literally anything Meryl Wilsner writes and I will happily accept.

My thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advance review copy.

This was a pretty fun book! The characters were well developed and the story was pretty funny and cute. The only issue I had was I felt like the pacing fluctuated quite a bit. Otherwise this was very enjoyable!

Potential spoilers ahead!

The first half of this book was a little boring but I managed to really enjoy the last part. Once you get through the meet-cute and denial/drama/scandal part, I really liked it! I was worried the end would be like all your other rom-coms, drama ensues and then is resolved to a happy ending - voila! But I was pleasantly (sort of) surprised that everything was resolved fast and happily, with not a whole lot of anxiety in between (for me).

The only surprise I had was that I was expecting there to be more laughs, I don't think there were any for me. I also would like more descriptions on why the characters found each other attractive instead of "her tits were amazing" or "God, she was hot", etc.
I absolutely hated Parker in the beginning but there is some character development towards the end, I get why she's written the way she is.

The sex scenes were fine but forgettable, maybe I read too much erotica! These ones are pretty tame - I really did enjoy seeing the characters bond when they were "dating" though. A very sweet read!
3.5/5

I was disappointed that I could not get into this book. When I read romance novels, I have to get a really detailed description of the characters from the get go, so I can really imagine everything playing out. I don't feel like I got that with this book.

For Cassie Klein and Erin Bennett, the saying mistakes were made after a one night stand was a huge understatement. Meeting a stranger in a bar followed by scorching sex is one, but meeting the same person again the next day, another. Especially in Erin’s case, where the sex bomb you bedded last night is your daughter’s college friend. Then again, a one off would have suffice, but what happens when you keep wanting to do it?

When temptations arise, you could slay them, you could ignore them, but the ladies were helpless to the chemistry and attraction. When lines that were already blurred and the blinders come off, physical becomes emotional. A quirky, hot age gap romance where the impossible becomes possible with a happy ending.

I just reviewed Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner. Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC.

Review: Mistakes Were Made was one of my most highly anticipated reads of the year and it was everything I wanted it to be! It was a really fun read filled with witty banter, lots of bisexual representation, sexual chemistry, incredible/ frequent spice, and suspense hoping Cassie and Erin didn’t get caught. I also really loved the book’s overall theme of doing what’s true to oneself rather than what society expects of you. As Cassie so eloquently put it, “Fuck should.”

My only dislikes of the book were that the pacing was weird, it felt like there was little to no transition between scenes, and the resolution was less suspenseful than I thought it would be.

This book felt very real though as Cassie struggles with abandonment issues while working to be a better friend to those closest to her and to admit her feelings while Erin must contend with their age gap in the face of societal norms and potential judgment from her family and peers.

Thank you to @NetGalley and @StMartinsPress for the ARC!

I thoroughly enjoyed Meryl's book Something's Gotta Give and thought this would be a similar sweet story with very little spice and I was quite enthusiastic to realize rather immediately that this book has quite a bit more chilli peppers than the last book! Not only that, but as a person who doesn't usually read age gap romances this story kept me HOOKED throughout the whole book and ended with me in tears over the love and emotions found within it. Hardcore recommend this one!

I'm just going to say it - this book was hot and there's plenty of it. It was /chef's kiss/. For the rest of the plot, their relationship was fun and they really the embodied the overall idea of the book, which was not caring what other people thought. Erin and Cassie both brought out the best in each other and it was very sweet. Why I'm not rating this book super high -- I had such a big ick with Cassie being in undergrad. I honestly don't mind the large age gap, but the mention of dorms and dining halls was really unsettling with this amount of smut. It just reminds me of when I was young and stupid in college and it makes me support their relationship a little less (even if it's just a "projecting onto Cassie" moment). Like despite them being two consenting adults, it makes Cassie seem a lot less mature than she's made out to be.

This book is the complete opposite of a slow burn, it is red hot right from the first chapter! This book has great spice and despite age gap not being a trope I generally go for I didn’t think about it much in a way that detracted from the story. I will say the romance didn’t give enough beyond the spice, but I suppose the long distance and sneaking around makes it logistically hard for a swoon worthy romance. I would recommend this book for fans of spicy and/or age gap romances.


*I received the ARC for free from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.*

Thank you NetGalley for providing this arc!

I really enjoyed reading this one. It read quick, and I mean that as a positive. The romance was sweet and sexy and fun and I couldn't put it down once I started!

This was more of a love story with sex than a romance, IMO--it was a bit meatier than the average romance. Sweet characters, no melodrama--quite satisfying in that regard.

Okay, I am a massive fan of this author. I absolutely loved Something to Talk About, and have been eagerly awaiting her next novel. This was above and beyond my expectations.

The best friends mom trope but queer? Cmon. Literal perfection. How has this not been done before? I'm hunting for books with this same premise. The age gap is really well written and any kind of doubts of consent are written out early on which I was happy about. College senior hooking up with her freshman best friend's mom is a plot rife with possibility of shenanigan's, and Wilsner did not disappoint.

Cassie is a bit of a disaster but I adore her, she and Erin are so well suited for each other. I loved the slow progression of their relationship over facetime and text. The hookups are also nice, no complaints there. Honestly, they are just so funny and the dialogue really made this story. The characters are loveable, there was not a moment where I doubted them, and there was no third act breakup which is just amazing.

Everyone should read this. I wish I could read it again for the first time. Seriously, go pre-order your copy now.

Age-gap deliciousness and some crack your windows to let out the steam moments culminate into a wonderful WLW read.

College graduation is a precarious time in any students life, but for Cassie she has decided to spin more plates than necessary and it's fun to watch her try to keep them all from falling. Erin, a doctor nursing herself back to emotional health after a constricting marriage, happens to stumble into her Cassie whilst chasing a buzz at a bar in her daughter's college town. Queue dramatic music! This kismet complicates as much as exhilarates their lives and watching the love story unfold reminded me to be grateful for my besties and my chosen family:)

This book. First can we talk about the cover? The second I saw it I was like auto-request. Then second, LOVE Meryl Wilsner. Third, okay the premise!! Come on.

This book is amazing. I think we've gotten so many hetero-normative best friend's mom, it's awesome to see an LGBTQIA+ version! I laughed so hard at this book on top of the many steamy scenes, the writing is honest and wonderful. I highly recommend!

Thanks to the publisher for an advanced copy!