Meryl Wilsner

Mistakes Were Made

Lindsay

curiosity killed the cat, and enough pussy had been wrecked already that night.

Lately she’d been trying to do the things she wanted, to make up for lost time.

She’d take their booze but she wasn’t going to hang around with people who would rather fight about what to cheers to than take their fucking shots.

It was easier to let people go than to admit you wanted them in your life. At least that way you wouldn’t have to chance rejection.

ayoni

“My mom taught me to care about what other people thought. She taught me that other people’s opinions mattered, that that’s what I needed to pay attention to. I don’t want you to think that. I want you to do anything you want to. It’s your choice. Not your father’s, not mine, not your professors’. You get to find what’s right for you. You get to make mistakes along the way. It’s your life.”

From the critically acclaimed author of Something To Talk About comes a sharp and sexy rom-com about a college senior who accidentally hooks up with her best friend’s mom.

When Cassie Klein goes to an off-campus bar to escape her school’s Family Weekend, she isn’t looking for a hookup—it just happens. Buying a drink for a stranger turns into what should be an uncomplicated, amazing one-night stand. But then the next morning rolls around and her friend drags her along to meet her mom—the hot, older woman Cassie slept with.

Erin Bennett came to Family Weekend to get closer to her daughter, not have a one-night stand with a college senior. In her defense, she hadn’t known Cassie was a student when they'd met. To make things worse, Erin’s daughter brings Cassie to breakfast the next morning. And despite Erin's better judgement—how could sleeping with your daughter’s friend be anything but bad?—she and Cassie get along in the day just as well as they did last night.

What should have been a one-time fling quickly proves impossible to ignore, and soon Cassie and Erin are sneaking around. Worst of all, they start to realize they have something real. But is being honest about the love between them worth the cost?

A Novel

halfmoon

Daniela Ramirez Madrid

GOOD LORD! I absolutely adored this novel! I ate up the entire sneaky romance between Cassie and Erin! I wish I could read this for the first time again! The only thing I would complain about is that the book isn’t longer! The relationship between Cassie and her friends made this book so much better! And the smut! Oh my god the smut! I was foaming at the mouth! 

Kayley Herremans

Bria

personally, i didn't feel the romance. it was just lust.

kait

whew okay so this was my most anticipated release of last year and i finally got my hands on it for my birthday in december but i was scared to read it because i didn't want to be let down. sadly, i kind of was but the book was still good! like, i was expecting there to be a little more romance and at times there didn't seem to be a lot of connection between the characters. cassie & erin just seemed to be horny and available for each other. the spice in this book was top tier so if you're looking for amazing sapphic spice, this is probably for you.

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           Aaaaaaaaay que linda forma de terminar. Típico de saficas proponerse matrimonio a la vez, mi sueño 😭 El libro es precioso y en traducción oficial debe serlo mucho más. El spicy que tiene este libro es UF xdios, el mejor spicy que leí en mi vidaaaa. Lo único que tengo para decir del libro fue que no me gustó que Cassie haya reaccionado tan normal al saber que su mejor amiga le había ocultado eso, pero al fin al cabo no es el punto de la trama. Ame porque es un libro que se puede leer en unas horitas y es divertido y todo eso, amamos.

Loved it but I was suprised that Parker actually accepted their relationship at the end. 

Lisa

Didnt expect smut, got alot of it, not complaining

Sasja Koning

i can't believe i just read a milf story... and i also didn't expect to be into this as much as i do after finishing it. i really like the complexity of erin's character more than cassie, but i guess it made sense she's more mature than the latter. i love found family trope so much and the friendships!!! this is so wholesome actually minus the r-rated scenes.

Kendall McClain

I’m sorry but this was just uncomfortable I felt bad for Parker the whole time. Plus do these characters even like each other!!! I am not buying it

Zoey 

Belle van Loon

Unexpectedly fun and light! 
One of the things that sometimes puts me off reading contemporary romance is that, of course, as with any book, there needs to be conflict and there needs to be a climax. Unfortunately, from my experience, most authors of contemporary romance tend to rely on a fight between the main couple (usually something that stems from a miscommunication which is my most hated trope) and that feels so unsatisfactory and ruins the whole experience for me even if the book had been fun up to that point. Nevertheless, I’m happy to report that was not a problem with this book.

When I first heard it’s a slow-burn book, didnt think they were right. Especially after the first chapter …

But it turned out it is really a slow burn, maybe the last 2 chapters and the epilogue was a bit fast moving for me.

The plot is cute, interesting and made me to read more.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ also, but in the perfect amount.

Agnese

When I first heard it’s a slow-burn book, didnt think they were right. Especially after the first chapter …

But it turned out it is really a slow burn, maybe the last 2 chapters and the epilogue was a bit fast moving for me.

The plot is cute, interesting and made me to read more.

🌶️🌶️🌶️ also, but in the perfect amount.

Recommend 👌🏼

I'll be completely honest, I did not enjoy this book at all. While it's important to shed light on marginalized groups and highlight more than just cis, heternormative relationships in romance novels, this book's writing was too simple. With the meeting of the two main characters, establishing their relationship and a third party character who connects them both all by the end of chapter one, there's not a lot of room for growth throughout the book. Erin and Cassie seem to have a cute enough relationship, but unfortunately there were too many problematic areas in this book for me to give it a higher rating. 

Paige Leitner

I’ve avoided this book for a while because age gaps are a major “ick” for me. However, this book managed to pull it off in a way that felt believable and (mostly) balanced between the two characters. 

Overall this book lived up to it’s reputation, and I will probably revisit it for a reread sometime down the line. 

Cloudface

I’ve avoided this book for a while because age gaps are a major “ick” for me. However, this book managed to pull it off in a way that felt believable and (mostly) balanced between the two characters. 
Things I liked:

The spice was VERY well written. Sapphic romances are usually driven by emotional attraction first, but this one was driven by physical attraction first. I love the more emotion-driven ones, but it was refreshing to read something like this, too.

The author made it very clear that Cassie was not attracted to Erin because of “mommy issues,” and their relationship was nothing like the relationship between Erin and her daughter. That helped a lot in alleviating the ick that age gap stories usually give me.

Things I didn’t like:

Erin’s behavior in the beginning bothered me a lot. She kept setting boundaries and then crossing them, and I know that was supposed to add to the “ooh we’re breaking the rules” sexiness but it just made me mad LOL

The writing style was repetitive at times. The characters “rolled their eyes” in response to EVERYTHING. I got sick of reading that phrase a few chapters in. 

Overall this book lived up to it’s reputation, and I will probably revisit it for a reread sometime down the line. 

Not me tearing up at the epilogue… 😭 This is such a sweet (and VERY spicy!!!) book! We love a happy ending ❤️🥹

The stakes are real, the charisma is charming, the denouement held weight — this was excellent. Really emotional moments for all the characters as well. 

Caroline Clutterbuck Kapulkin

Not me tearing up at the epilogue… 😭 This is such a sweet (and VERY spicy!!!) book! We love a happy ending ❤️🥹

The stakes are real, the charisma is charming, the denouement held weight — this was excellent. Really emotional moments for all the characters as well. 

Ivana Paredes 

Jess LeBlanc

I just found this book didn’t pull me in like other books I’ve read. The writing was really great but there was something missing for me

Izza

5 stars | Ah! This book was great! I am so happy and grateful I was approved for an advance copy. It was everything I wanted it to be and more. It was hot as hell and fluffy, but also very emotional without excessive drama.

Erin and Cassie have lots of chemistry and the sex scenes are 🔥 
The humour in this book is 👌

I can't wait for Mistakes Were Made to come out so I can buy a physical copy and tab the heck out of it!

My only issue with it was that the transition between scenes weren't always smooth and it was distracting, but nothing that affected my enjoyment of the story.

Meryl Wilsner is definitely becoming one of my favourite sapphic romance authors and I can't wait too see what they come up with next! Highly recommend :)

Starting score: 4 but ya girl changed her mind mod-review

Ok so the spice in this is real (perhaps read in private so you're not squirming in front of people) but it had real heart to it too. Clever, funny, and sassy MCs with my favourite thing: really fcking good best friends. 

I'm gonna be honest, this probably would've gotten five stars but I've been on a contemporary romance kick and once you've read a few in a row you start seeing the formula. Don't let that discourage you though, this book isn't fluff (no shade to fluff, sometimes you gotta get hallmark-ey).

Okay so I've changed my mind and it's gonna get five stars from me, thanks for coming along for the ride. 

Tldr: great book, spicy, well written MCs and my favourite thing in contemporary romance: funny friends of the MCs

Kate B-L

Starting score: 4 but ya girl changed her mind mod-review

Ok so the spice in this is real (perhaps read in private so you're not squirming in front of people) but it had real heart to it too. Clever, funny, and sassy MCs with my favourite thing: really fcking good best friends. 

I'm gonna be honest, this probably would've gotten five stars but I've been on a contemporary romance kick and once you've read a few in a row you start seeing the formula. Don't let that discourage you though, this book isn't fluff (no shade to fluff, sometimes you gotta get hallmark-ey).

Okay so I've changed my mind and it's gonna get five stars from me, thanks for coming along for the ride. 

Tldr: great book, spicy, well written MCs and my favourite thing in contemporary romance: funny friends of the MCs

I liked the characters, especially Erin, and their relationships. They had good dynamics and were realistic

I loved how it all played out, it had a very sweet but in my opinion not corny ending.

Eszter Baranyi

It was a pretty good book. 

I liked the characters, especially Erin, and their relationships. They had good dynamics and were realistic

I loved how it all played out, it had a very sweet but in my opinion not corny ending.

I enjoyed this. I liked that Erin and Cassie were both struggling to move forward. Erin was struggling to overcome some issues her mom left her with on people pleasing and living to others expectations after her divorce and Cassie was struggling to figure out her future and what she wanted as well. They met at a bar thinking it was just a fling until Cassie discovered Erin was her new friends mom. With a set up like that you just knew it would be good with some sneaking around. 

I think the thing I struggled with is although I could see chemistry between Cassie and Erin I never fully believed they couldn’t help but to pursue something. Their chemistry didn’t feel so scorching they should be in the we can’t keep our hands off each other stage. Their relationship later in the book I fully believed and how their emotional connection grew as they pursued a sexual relationship but it took a slight suspension of disbelief over them actually getting together again after their fling. I think that was the only major complaint. Maybe if the plot has moved a little faster at the start it would have changed things? But then I did like the will they won’t they sleep together again aspect of their relationship so maybe I just don’t know what I want. 

Either way I enjoyed it and finished in a few days so I didn’t hate it. I’m definitely going to read Meryl Wilsners next release so you can make of that what you will. 

Becky

I enjoyed this. I liked that Erin and Cassie were both struggling to move forward. Erin was struggling to overcome some issues her mom left her with on people pleasing and living to others expectations after her divorce and Cassie was struggling to figure out her future and what she wanted as well. They met at a bar thinking it was just a fling until Cassie discovered Erin was her new friends mom. With a set up like that you just knew it would be good with some sneaking around. 

I think the thing I struggled with is although I could see chemistry between Cassie and Erin I never fully believed they couldn’t help but to pursue something. Their chemistry didn’t feel so scorching they should be in the we can’t keep our hands off each other stage. Their relationship later in the book I fully believed and how their emotional connection grew as they pursued a sexual relationship but it took a slight suspension of disbelief over them actually getting together again after their fling. I think that was the only major complaint. Maybe if the plot has moved a little faster at the start it would have changed things? But then I did like the will they won’t they sleep together again aspect of their relationship so maybe I just don’t know what I want. 

Either way I enjoyed it and finished in a few days so I didn’t hate it. I’m definitely going to read Meryl Wilsners next release so you can make of that what you will. 

kailyn cann

I loved the writing style. The sapphic representation in this book made it 1000 times better.