I loved this book so much! Her writing is always spot on and this was no different! Such a great story and strong characters

This wasn't a poorly written book but I thought the plot was pretty weak. The characters and their love story drive the novel but the connection isn't developed much initially. I found it hard to believe that they would love each other so quickly. Other readers may enjoy this one more than I did. It is steamy and romantic, but didn't feel believable to me.

I adored this book! Book involving unplanned pregnancy would not be my usual go-to, but this book was done so well. The characters had depth and great chemistry/banter. I highly recommend!

Lizzie Blake's Best Mistake is the second installment in Mazey Eddings' A Brush with Love series, but having read the first installment, it can easily be read as a standalone or the series out of order. Lizzie has uncontrolled ADHD, struggles with medication adherence (key point here... trust me, I'm a pharmacist), has toxic mommy baggage, and is floating along through life with no real plan. Lizzie can do wonders with her pastry brush, if she can get to work at the bakery on time. A chance romantic encounter with Rake, an Australian marketing analyst in Philly on a business trip (who sounds like he could easily be a performer in the Thunder Down Under), changes her life overnight (literally and figuratively). Can Lizzy get her act together, channel her energies in a positive way, boot the toxicity from her life, and open herself to a different future? Well, you have to read on to find out! Sometimes our biggest mistakes turn into our biggest blessings!

Mazey Eddings in a neurodiverse author who incorporates neuroatypical characters and mental health into her stories in a positive and destigmatizing way. Definitely check out this or any of her other refreshing and delightful books!

Thank you St. Martin's Press and #NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this ARC.

I listened to the audiobook and the narrators did such a great job bringing this story to life. This was such a relatable book for me. As an adult diagnosed with ADHD I felt Lizzie's pain at trying so hard to get things right the way other's felt she should and coming up short every time. Rake's patience and enjoyment of her colorful personality allow her to be the person she can be and bloom and grow from a place of love. I found the same in my husband and this book will always have a special place in my heart.

Lizzie Blake is a wonderful character and I found this book to be a really good read as well. She has ADHD and having a child who has this I found the way the author told the story about Lizzie to be true to form and not done in a hurtful or condescending way. Her steps at working at trying new things don’t always work out hence the title best mistake and that is what this book is really about. I found the characters to be good as well as the story, very much worth the read.

Just finished A Perfect Pairing on Netflix, cute movie but lacking steam... especially because of the Adam Demos click-baiting!

(That's the guy and yes he's an Aussie dude.)
Fortunately and fatefully Lizzie Blake's Best Mistake had just landed on my kindle after the movie and with Mazey Eddings promising face sitting in the first 25 pages on social media I knew this book and I would make a fine pairing indeed. Adam Demos, Aussie accent, and 👅 Oi!

(Yes, yes I was picturing Demos the whole time.)

Lizzie Blake's Best Mistake by Mazey Eddings has:
👀 face sitting 25 pgs in
🧁 an erotic baking scheme
🛏 only one bed
🚿 only one shower
🚪 no doors??
🤰 accidental pregnancy
🧠 ADHD rep!!!!!
🦘Aussie accent

If you're trash for an Aussie hero, opposites attract and enjoy the accidental pregnancy trope, this one is pure delight.
The steam is there, the cuteness factor is there, the banter is great, the quirky humor is there and the character development was nicely done with bonus point for solid secondary cast and female friendship. I've read this one in one day and I was sad it was already over.

"For anyone who's been told they're too loud. Too emotional. Too much. You are the perfect amount of enough."

Lizzie Blake lives her life on the edge - traveling, booking up, taking each day as it comes, and just rolling with the punches. Struggling with ADHD her entire life means she’s used to this, used to letting people down, and to deal with this she tells raunchy jokes and talks…sometimes too much. When she meets Rake after being stood up by a one nightstand at a bar her life changes - in so many ways. She’s not looking for a relationship, neither is he, but for some reason they keep running into each other, and life just happens.

This book made me blush, laugh, cringe, and smile along with Lizzie. I recommend this, especially for fans of romance, rom-com (with steam), and relationships.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Such a lovely, fun story! The sexual tension is great, and I loved the character development for Lizzie. Mazey Eddings is becoming a favorite writer. I definitely recommend this for romance lovers.

“My heart hasn’t beat in a steady rhythm since you started looking at me with those honey-colored eyes.”

Lizzie and Rake. When a one-night stand with a handsome, Australian stranger turns into more than one night, Lizzie unexpectedly finds herself pregnant. Rake wants to be apart of his child’s life, so he moves to across the world to be near Lizzie. They try to keep things platonic, both not wanting to be in a relationship, but the lines between friendship and something more begins to blur.

✨READ IF YOU LIKE✨:
- dual POV
- friends to lovers
- one bed
- forced proximity
- surprise pregnancy
- baking (erotic pastries…iykyk)
- one-night stands
- mental health rep: ADHD
- Australian accents
- off-limits

cw: strained family relationships, toxic parents, mention of cheating

Thank you @netgalley and @smpromance for the advanced copy! Lizzie Blake’s Best Mistake is now available!

This was a fun, though at times heartbreaking, read. Lizzie and Rake are both flawed and lonely and in need of love, though show it in very different ways. Watching their journey from one-night stands (ok two-night) to friends, to lovers, to more was entertaining.

Lizzie grew up feeling like she was strange, wrong, and unloveable; a feeling that hasn’t changed much as she’s gotten over and failed time and time again in her mind. Lizzie’s neurodivergence was not embraced by her family, so she has grown to see it more as a failing than something that she can adapt to. This hit me very personally.

Rake was betrayed and hurt by someone he thought he loved and has determined that he doesn’t know how to love and that he should avoid romantic entanglement. He writes off his growing feelings for Lizzie as friendship and attraction in order to protect himself from being hurt.

Together they both challenge and encourage each other. Rake thinks there is absolutely nothing wrong with Lizzie and the quirks that comes with her extreme ADHD and is almost always quick to defend her.

There are of course miscommunications, arguments, and all the drama that come with two strangers trying to create a life together while denying that they are falling in love. And it’s all presented in a humorous, quick-paced manner that I enjoyed.

Disclaimer: I received an eARC of this book through Net Galley on behalf of the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I thought this book was really cute and a plot I’ve not seen (which is hard to do). Still plenty of tropes and I liked having a protagonist with adult adhd, she was very lovable and well rounded

Mazey Eddings is an auto-read for me! This was a wonderful follow up to A Brush With Love. She crafted the "surprise baby" trope so well!

Another great book from Mazey! She writes with such heart and humor and it comes through on every page.

As a charming, Shopaholic-esque basket case, Lizzie Blake makes a lot of mistakes. Her best one, told through this bright story, is getting pregnant during a fling with a loveable hunk, leading to a sweet love story. The author's writing style really brings out Lizzie's quirky details, making this a very fun read. A couple criticisms though - first, the quick jump into love at the beginning of the book never works for me, and was unbelievable in this book. I also found the negative depiction of the hunk's ex a bit cringe-y. Overall though, I enjoyed this book and want to thank NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review it.

This was extremely painful to read. So many things that just didn't work for me. Also learned I am not a fan of the unexpected pregnancy tropes.

I want to say more but for now won't 🤷‍♀️. Probably won't check out the others in this series. Also not a fan of constantly repeating things every paragraph (tad exaggerating) lol

Thanks Netgalley for allowing me to check this book out.

It’s rare that I enjoy a book featuring the accidental pregnancy trope, but if any author could write it well, it’s Mazey Eddings.

Exceptional representation, a quirky MC, and a likeable love interest made this is delightful and bingeable romance!

Lizzie Blake's Best Mistake was such a fun read! I don't usually love the surprise pregnancy trope but Mazey Eddings handled this in a great way.

All the feels for this one!! Lizzie Blake’s Best Mistake is my first book by Mazey Eddings and my first time reading a book with a character who has ADHD and I absolutely LOVED the representation and window into the day-to-day experience. It honestly was super enlightening while being charming, sweet, hilarious and unputtadownable. I was instantly drawn to Lizzie, and as a newly single person (and single mom) after a very bad/ messy breakup and divorce, characters like Rake just give me hope that my perfect man is out there. Rake might be imaginary but he’s a perfect reminder that we are all loveable and just have to find where we belong 💕.

Thank you to St Martin’s Griffin, NetGalley and Mazey Eddings for the ARC. I thoroughly enjoyed it and all thoughts and opinions are my own!

I enjoyed both of the characters and loved watching them begin to fall for each other and admit their feelings, despite initially not wanting to pursue a relationship. The book also contains important and informative conversations about growing up neurodivergent, as Lizzie has ADHD. I'd been highly anticipating this book after reading Mazey's debut, and I absolutely loved it.