This was just the perfect book for me! I adored this book so much. I adored the romance in this book, it was so sweet and it just melted my heart so much. Plus this was super hot, which is always a bonus in my book.

This was just the perfect book for me, I enjoyed reading this book so much.

This was everything I wanted! I loved the longing and forbiddenness of dating a friends mom. I also loved all the side characters, especially Acacia, she's the friend of the year.

It was so close to a full 5. But the ending didn't have enough emotion for my personal liking

I’m not sure if it’s the age gap trope or miscommunication trope but I didn’t love this. I hate when people don’t talk about things. I’m sure there’s people out there who like the miscommunication but I’m not one of them. It honestly angers me. I hate it.

I enjoyed the writing which is why I pushed through the plot.

I found some parts uncomfortable though. Maybe it’s because I’m a mom. I’m not sure. This isn’t the first age gap romance I’ve read but some of the things said gave me the ick.

I liked the book enough it just wasn’t my favorite.

Honestly this book was not my favorite it took me forever to get into it. It actually took me so long to read this book, and I really wanted to like it. I don’t see many books with this plot line so I was really rooting for it in the beginning, and I am a huge fan of LGBTQ + novels, I just don’t think this one was for me necessarily.

Really liked this one! It was spicy and had a storyline I had not read before (girl has a one night stand with her best friends mom, which turns into something more). It was great on audio! This one has lots of 🔥🔥

This one didn't work for me but it was more about my tastes, which is a shame because I had high hopes I'd love this one. A couple of the major plot lines that the whole romance developed on and evolved along just gave me major icks. And it wasn't anything I was ever able to overlook for the sake of the story or the characters. Just made me feel uncomfortable.

Widely touted as "the MILF book," this one did not disappoint. I'm not usually a fan of age gap romances, but this one really got me and that's how you know it's good. I mean, the first chapter features sex in a car...and there's a shower sex scene...Cassie and Erin are very hot, but also very sweet and support each other in ways that are just so beautiful and loving. Big fan.

I wont lie when I read the synopsis for this I became FERAL for it!!! I went in with high expectations and I'm here to say they were blown out of the park!!!!! Like holy shit this age gap sapphic "opps your my daughter roommate" masterpiece was incredible. Erin and Cassie were the best horn dogs to ever live. I loved every second!!!

THIS WAS SO GOOD. It is the sapphic age-gap romance of my dreams. At times our MC Cassie, senior in college, is a little unbelievable but maybe I'm used to people writing college students who are less self-assured. This was surprisingly spicy, and I love that we can help break the stigma of older female characters in romance books! It is kind of wild to think that if this was a college student falling in love and sleeping with her best friends' father, I would have run the opposite direction - consent can really feel dubious in stories that have already been written with that trope. But here author Meryl Wilsner puts consent and desire front and center, so it was truly refreshing. I loved this one and I'm so sad that I took so long to get to it!

I really enjoyed this sapphic rom com, and an age gap might be a new favorite trope because of it! The steam level was perfect, as was the banter, I only wish I'd felt the connection between the characters a bit more. Something about it felt unrealistic. Aside from that, this is a very worthwhile romance to add to your TBR.

Prepare yourself for (gentle) bisexual chaos. I laughed so hard, I cried. I cried so hard, I laughed. This was the most beautifully messy thing I’ve ever read. Alternating from wholesome, gentle yearning to unbelievably thirsty in no seconds flat, Meryl’s sophomore novel has all the banter you could ever need in a novel, and some of the most healing passages to boot. Make no mistake (pun not intended), the author who brought you the slowest burn in their debut is also very capable of bringing spice to every other page. Utterly delightful.

This was great! I loved the representation and I think it was a beautiful story about two women falling in love. Admittedly it’s not something I would normally read, given that it features a girl and her best friend’s mom. That kind of dynamic isn’t typically for me, but I think it was done well here and I was able to forget about the age gap. Overall, I would recommend this to just about anyone.

This book was unbelievable. It was hot, and it explored things considered taboo. It was well written, pacing was amazing, character development was top notch, and I thoroughly fell in love with this story and the characters it were based around. I can't recommend this book enough, and I can't wait to get all my friends to read it.

4.75 stars rounded up.

Thank you to NetGalley and Meryl Wilsner for the ARC of this book! It was absolutely amazing!! It was so emotional and was a very rewarding read.

This book was so fun and quirky! It was an easy read, I flew through it and enjoyed every minute of it. A couple of parts dragged a little for me but overall I really enjoyed it. The story is emotional and complicated but thoroughly entertaining. A great sophomore novel by Wilsner!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

To start with something positive: this book is super sexy. The chemistry between Cassie and Erin leapt off the pages. That being said, the feelings could have used some more work.
My main issue with this book is that I read romance for the guaranteed HEA. So, while I knew that this was supposed to have one, given the genre it was cataloged in, every time I read this my brain kept saying "I have absolutely no idea how that would be possible." So it took forever for me to get through instead.
I love a good age-gap romance, but this one was messy. Everyone was keeping secrets from everyone else. It was great that Erin had a therapist, but Cassie DEFINITELY needs one. Also, Acacia was really stuck in the middle and while that sucks she could have sped things up a lot by being honest with her friends.
Parker's character made very little sense to me.
Overall, I feel like if this could have been turned into an erotic novella, that would have been great. The plot gave me great anxiety.

Whew, this book was steamy. I liked the writing style and the characters, and I found the plot believable (I guess??) in terms of how it unfolded. I felt like the age gap was too big for my personal taste due to one of them being 22 years old, but I get that that’s a conservative viewpoint. I definitely liked it more than Meryl’s previous book.

Forbidden sapphic age gap romance?? yes please.

This had so many high expectations for it and it reached some of them, but some parts left me underwhelmed. The concept was there but the execution of it fell behind, leaving it feeling boring in spots. But loved the older women represention 🙌

Second try with this author and I have come to the conclusion that she is simply not for me. The writing style doesn't capture my attention, the characters all read the same, and the romance is always so lackluster

When I tell you I typically gobble taboo/forbidden romances up…I cannot get enough of it, so when I saw this one was a f/f romance with a forbidden romance, you better believe I jumped at the chance.

Mind you, like I said, I love forbidden romance. When it comes to reading these fictional scenarios, my morality goes straight out the window for the sake of true love! But apparently, I did have some remaining morals in me buried deep deep down lol cause something didn’t sit right with me with this one . For me, I can get behind a forbidden romance when there is a established relationship (outside of a good hook up) before the reveal of the “why we can’t be together” that would make it understandable why the couple can’t simply walk away. For this book, the reveal of why they can’t be together happened in chapter 2 and Cassie didn’t skip a beat. She was caressing Erin’s leg under the table with Parker right there. There was not really a moment of grappling with what to do etc…she just went for it right away. It honestly made me not like her very much and for someone who is a character centric reader (I don’t care what they’re doing as long as I like the character) it made it hard for me to want to continue reading. I did end up DNFing for now but I hope to give this one another chance because I heard great things and the premise was so promising. I just have to get over my Cassie aversion