Adorable and such good ADHD representation! I know I have a group of readers who will absolutely love this.

This felt like listening to an early Taylor Swift album, a little repetitive and whiny but highly consumable

4 stars! This was an enjoyable read overall, however, check the trigger warnings.
Thank you to Mazey Eddings, St. Martin's Press, and NetGalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

This was very cute and I loved the ADHD representation! It made me feel seen and understood. Didn’t love the surprise pregnancy trope that much but that’s on me for not reading the summary closely enough before starting the book! I felt like everything was handled well and I liked how it unfolded.

The book starts slow and I was thinking that I like a story and this book has too many sex scenes, but then it became clear that the sex was an inticral part of the story. Lizzie Blake has adult ADHD and one of the few things that quiets her brain is sex. She meets Rake (no last name provided), on a business trip from Australia, at a bar and they have a one night stand. Only one night isn't enough for either of them. Rake finds her enchanting, even her scatterbrained nature, because she is a shining light of energy. But he was hurt 2 years ago and does not want to put himself out again. But once he is back in Australia, Lizzie finds out that she is pregnant and he is all in. The story is an eye opener of what it is like for someone who has ADHD and those close to them. Lizzie and Rake decide to be platonic parents- like that is going to work. Delightful characters, witty banter and an engaging story make this a wonderful read.

I read an ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley.com. this is my unbiased and voluntary review.

When I requested this book I did it solely on the book cover and 1 review I had saw on bookstagram. When I picked it up to read I really thought it was going to just be a cute little closed door romance. NOPE! Do not be fooled, this book had the SPICE.

It also had the banter, the emotional roller coaster of character building and the laughs. I literally lol’d at several points while reading.

This was actually my first book to read by this author but I will for sure be back!

Perfect story at the perfect time for me. Absolutely adored the riot of mess/love/imperfection/growth. Steamy open door romcom with equal amounts of fanning myself and cackling! You need this!

I love inter-connected standalones and this follows Lizzie and Rake, with an appearance from Harper and Dan from A Brush With Love. This story has ADHD rep, surprise pregnancy trope, and loveable characters. Full of spicy and feels, this book had everything and more we've come to expect from Mazey, and I can't wait for the next installment.

Surprise pregnancy trope was not for me.

Writing was excellent--whip-smart and emotive. Lizzie was a fun, 3D character I would love to see more of in the industry. The ADHD representation was realistic and informative without being unnatural.

Eddings is in line with the writing of Ali Hazelwood and Tessa Bailey.

I absolutely love this whirlwind of a book! Rake and Lizzie are so relatable and I was rooting for them the whole time!

Lizzie Blake has a hard time hanging on to a job because of her ADHD, but she doesn’t let it get her down. She also doesn’t let her diagnosis let anyone else get close to her and bounces from hookup to hookup. That is until she meets a handsome Australian named Rake on a work trip. His charming accent leads to a second night which leads to… a baby?!

Lizzie doesn’t find out about the baby until after Rake leaves for the land down under again. But she calls him in a panic and Rake being the stand up guy he is, moves to the US. Luckily Rake is a 🇺🇸🇦🇺dual citizen! The book finds them falling in love while learning to parent and Lizzie finds a job she loves that she dedicates herself too.

Usually a surprise pregnancy is my least favorite romcom trope, but it works wonderfully in this book. It definitely matures Lizzie and helps her focus on what’s important. Rake is absolutely incredible and should be everyone’s new book boyfriend. (The audio has his charismatic Aussie accent!) I also absolutely loved Rake’s parents!

Thank you to @goodreads and @stmartingspress for my gifted ARC. Lizzie Blake is on sale now and keep an eye out for Mazey’s next book, the Plus One out in April 2023!

Lizzie Blake’s Best Mistake by @mazeyeddings was so much fun…
I might be partial, as I too met an Aussie who chose to stay here with me forever, but that’s not a requirement in order to love this story!
How could you not love Lizzie and all her quirkiness? And now I want to find a bakery like Bernadette’s to have a fun, embarrassing giggle as I eat those pastries!
#ilovetoread #sometimesireadadultfictiontoo #advancedreaderscopy #netgalley #newrelease

I went into this book blind and soon discovered that it had one of my least favorite tropes in it-the surprise pregnancy (not a spoiler because it's in the summary of the book). When I discovered this I became very nervous since I usually stay away from books like that, but I was pleasantly surprised. I absolutely loved Lizzie in the first book and I loved her even more in this one. I loved seeing how her ADHD affected her and how she learned to accept it and work with it in order to get what she wanted to get done done. I also loved Rake and how he instantly was into Lizzie and protective of her and the baby. Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I didn't love it as much as the first one, but I still really liked it and highly recommend it.

i hate a pregnancy trope moment. it’s never been my thing. BUT i loved ‘a brush with love’ and decided it would be the same thing to continue on with the series and holy wow, i LOVED THIS BOOK!

THIS!!! is how you write a pregnancy trope my friends! wow. mazey eddings never misses. gonna send her my bills for the journals i’m gonna have to buy to fit all my thoughts about her writing. also gonna need that money to buy everything else she writes. my bookshelves will never look better.

didn’t know it was possible to love a couple more than harper and dan, but apparently it is because i loved lizzie and rake even more. they were just so cute. the way that rake cares for lizzie is the reason i think I’ll be single forever bc how am i supposed to accept a love that is anything but what i read on these pages???

i love a good “sticking up to the parents moment” and mazey served. not once, not twice BUT APPARENTLY THREE TIMES? i loved rake standing up to lizzie’s parents but lizzie standing up to her mum was everything to me. knowing she was gonna end the cycle and love her daughter in the ways her parents didn’t love her, made me happy. she finally has the family she deserves. pregnancy trope and the found family trope in one?? so so good. gonna need her next book asap pls and thank you.

5/5

Lizzie has had a chaotic life, she has ADHD and can not seem to keep a job, her parents treat her badly, and her self esteem is shot.. She had decided that long term relationships are not for her and to stick with one night stands. She meets Rake at a bar and hooks up for a two-night stand. Rake returns to Australia. Lizzie winds up pregnant. The rest is history in a roundabout way. I enjoyed reading this story, but would have liked it better if the sex scenes were not so descriptive. I prefer story line to porn.

This book is the definition of a romantic comedy and if that's what you're looking for, then 'Lizzie Blake's Best Mistake' is the book for you! Without spoiling the story, the plot is original, the banter is hilarious, and the chemistry is magnetic to say the least. I devoured this story once I picked it up and I will absolutely be making all of my friends buy and read a copy because mine is off limits to them!

Thank you St. Martins and NetGalley for providing me with this arc.

Romantic comedies with a dash (or three) of spice are usually my go-to additions to the TBR, but I truly struggled to love this one.

Our heroine, Lizzie Blake, is a self-aware human disaster. When she meets a handsome Australian in a bar, their one night stand turns into a second and a third and a fourth…until life throws a real wrench in their nonexistent situationship.

I never would’ve thought that the spicy scenes in a novel would be my favorite parts of the story, yet here we are. Mazey Eddings carefully balanced sweet and sexy in the toe-curling smutty sections of the book. But as soon as we returned to the actual plot, I felt disconnected from the characters, Lizzy herself in particular.

I do want to heap loads of praise of Eddings’ depiction of Lizzie’s ADHD. As an adult that’s paddled through life with her own neurodivergent struggles, it was wonderful to see a character experience and share many issues that have plagued me on both a personal and professional level. I have yet to read a story that takes such care to explain how these differences cause us so much trouble and that not every reaction to them is going to be a good one (i.e. Lizzie’s distant mother).

But outside of the spice and the ND awareness, I just never found myself actually enjoying the novel no matter how hard I tried. The romance felt odd and wildly unrealistic, despite their forced proximity. Halfway through, I considered DNF’ing; I stopped myself just to see if I’d eventually enjoy it with mixed-to-negative results. The banter between Lizzie and Rake felt natural, a real treat of Eddings’ style, but sometimes it seemed like it was too much as soon as normal conversation resumed.

While this wasn’t the book for me, I’d recommend giving it a shot if steamy, romcoms with the pregnancy and forced cohabitation tropes are your faves, because unfortunately they’re not my cup of tea and it shows!

Mazey Eddings has quickly become an auto buy author for me after her second book proved her writing continues to shine.

While accidental pregnancy is not a favorite trope of many, I loved that the author turned this into a main plot point vs becoming a “surprise pregnancy trope” with Rake being there to support and experience the pregnancy with Lizzie.

Lizzie could be exhausting at times as a character. But that really highlighted what it can be like living with ADHD which opened my eyes so much. She was written with such bluntness and honesty, hiding none of the ways in which her ADHD often labeled her as too much, too loud, too everything. I adored how Rake accepted Lizzie for who she was and not what the world wanted her to be. These 2 were perfection together.

I loved this one for the chemistry, laughs, and emotion and am eagerly awaiting book 3.

I was lucky enough to receive both an eARC and ALC. Initially I switched back and forth but found I loved listening to the narration best of all. Summer Morton and Will Peters did a fantastic job narrating both POV.

I love Lizzie Blake! Loved the wittiness of this one. Just a good ol' fashioned rom com with a 21st century icon.

Lizzie Blake’s Best Mistake 👶🏼🍼

I wanted SO badly to love this one. I think I was really let down because I was actually in the mood for a pregnancy trope being post partum. This was legit smut with very little mention of pregnancy or romance or character development. Anyways, maybe if I went in with different expectations I would have liked it more.

2⭐️