Meryl Wilsner obviously stepped her game up! This book was 75% steamy times and the other 25% was plot. I had such a blast reading this book because my main gripe about her first book is there wasn't steam!!!

I am so conflicted about this book. Although I liked Erin and Cassie and their relationship, I struggled with liking them as people and respecting their actions. I liked these two together a lot and the steam was perfect, buuuuut I hated how they treated Parker. I made me dislike the characters for hiding their relationship from their best friend/daughter. I wish they had come clean at the beginning and deal with the fallout so I could have enjoyed the book better, especially since Parker wasn't even that sympathetic of a character, but they still did her dirty. I could not get pass this.

This was such a fun read! The dynamic was so interesting, and it was hilarious to see how the pair would hide their relationship from her daughter. It reminded me a lot of 'Birthday Girl' by Penelope Douglas.

I recommend this one too...
- age-gap lovers
- rom-com fans

In Mistakes Were Made, a college senior hooks up with her best friend's mom, and they find that they just can't stay away from each other. This was an f/f romcom where I really loved the concept and the characters, but for some reason it wasn't *it* for me. It might have been the writing. It's not bad writing by any means, but I didn't feel connected to it. That's definitely a me problem! I also thought the ending was really sweet! Overall, I gave this book 4 stars!

Mistakes Were Made was such a fun read! I loved the bi representation here for pretty much every character and I think it was well done. Maybe the story was slightly too long and dragged at parts in the middle but overall would recommend this to friends.

Mistakes Were Made was smart, funny, and all around a delight to read. The chemistry between the main characters brought the heat and it was spicy right away. If you are looking for a great f/f sapphic read, this is for you

When Erin and Cassie meet at a bar during family weekend, Cassie is instantly drawn to the older woman and a supposed one-night stand ensues. As a surprise to them both, they have one thing in common: Parker - Erin's daughter and one of Cassie's best friends. This steamy, "forbidden" romance is a super fun read!

Mistakes Were Made was one of my most anticipated reads for the year and unfortunately, it fell short. While I do appreciate the consensual age-gap w/w relationship and how, for romance readers, the spicy scenes - which were done extremely well - will be a huge draw, personally I found myself wanting more productive communication between the main characters and more page time devoted to character backstory and development. That being said, this is entirely personal preference and I think overall, romance readers - especially those on TikTok - will really enjoy this book and I would definitely still recommend it to anyone looking for a new spicy read.

This book was a very strong 4 stars for me until the epilogue!! It was steamy AF and I loved all of the tension. This book was so polarizing among my friends, but I loved hearing all of their different views and the dialogue it lead to.

CW: sexual content, alcohol, biphobia, misogyny

Meryl Wilsner has become one of those authors that will always get me to purchase their book. The dynamic of her characters and the chemistry between them are always so well done and the romances always so swoon worthy. While her debut novel Something To Talk About was the slowest of slow burns, Mistakes Were Made got right down to the nitty gritty and never strayed too far away from all the spicy chemistry. While there was a large age gap between the main couple, it never really bothered me. While it was one of the hurdles between Cassie and Erin and happily ever after, it also was never seen as something uncomfortable in my opinion.
I flew through the sexy, emotional, and wonderful pages of their story and cheered as they both worked towards the happiness they deserve.

I am a little late in writing this review, but this was such an amazing book. It was so beautifully written and the main characters, as well as the side characters, were so awesome. I loved the storyline and loved the age gap that these two women had. I thought it was just the perfect amount of steamy and romantic!

Meryl Wilsner is such a comfort author for me. From the moment I read Something to Talk About, I knew how much I enjoyed their writing style. This love carried over to Mistakes Were Made! The age gap romance was handled so well, Cassie and Erin’s journey was very believable from beginning to end. The mutual pining and intimate scenes really made this book for me. If you are a fan of sapphic romance then this book is 100% for you. And if you’re not, you’re wrong 😂

Absolutely addictive and scorchingly hot - a true joy to read! I enjoyed every moment of Erin and Cassie's journey in Mistakes Were Made.

I didn't finish this title, it was not as good as Wilsners other books and needed some more fine tuning. The spicy scenes were well done but the plot felt boring, even though it was more original. The characters fell flat as well. I may give this another try in the future but it just didn't keep my attention.

College student Cassie, hooks up with her best friend’s mom (though she doesn’t know it then). It’s a fun one-time thing. Until it’s not a one-time thing, and it’s still really fun. This F/F age-gap romance is a go-to book for unending sapphic spice scenes and witty flirting and banter. It has a lot of characterization and relatively minimal plot beyond how they feel about the relationship and how to hide it, though that didn’t hinder my enjoyment level at all. I found it to be a fun read, and a great option for someone looking for a spice-heavy sapphic romance.

Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner was a fun, romance novel. It's well-written and a unique story. Overall, an excellent read!

The opening scenes were hot. Very hot. I was excited to see how this forbidden relationship played out. I was disappointed. For more than half the book, all we knew was how much Cassie and Erin missed/wanted each other and how worried they both were about Parker finding out. Interspersed with this was one sex scene after another. Don’t get me wrong, sex scenes can be fun, but when there is no depth to the characters, no character development at all, it just makes it… porn.

The only thing that semi-saved this book for me was the last quarter after Parker did find out. It was only then that we got to learn a little bit about Erin and Cassie, apart from their carnal desires. I really liked what we learned about both characters, but I wish we had gotten that insight earlier.

This book is for you if you love open door romance and don’t care about the characters.

I love a good MILF story as so many do and this one did not disappoint.
The steam? Of the charts. It literally starts with it.
The characters? Impeccable.
The storyline? Wonderful.
I had so much fun reading this book. It made me feel so happy and I will definitely be rereading it to feel it all once more.

This was a really good queer romance that was quite fun. When the main character has a one night stand with a slightly older woman, she thinks it's a one and done. The next day she agrees to breakfast with her college roommate and her mom who is visiting only to be faced with the reality that she had already met her mom last night..in bed..oops.

Except they have more than just a physical attraction. They connect on so many levels. But she's her best friend's mom so surely she can't date her.

But what if they really get along? And what if she doesn't want to compromise her friendship or her interest whatever it may be?

On the flip side the mom is feeling similarly. She wants to be happy, but surely she can't date her daughter's best friend.

This book explores taboo love, therapy, self-growth, and communication. Was very enjoyable and VERY steamy.

I sadly did not like this book. I had to DNF Wilsner’s Something to Talk About due to the power imbalance that struck far too close to home as a former assistant in the entertainment industry, but wanted to give this book a try as I know the author is beloved by many. Sadly, I just think their work is not for me.

I found the instachemistry unbelievable and was not invested in their relationship. Cassie making a comment about how Erin is beautiful and “there isn’t a wrinkle in sight” really rubbed me the wrong way — older women can be beautiful and have wrinkles! Wrinkles are beautiful! Especially as later, Erin points out her wrinkles. So she has them. Why is Cassie just not seeing them? It was a strange way to show that Cassie finds her beautiful regardless of the age difference.

Then there’s the line at the beginning that made me screech out loud when I read it — “curiosity killed the cat, and enough pussy had been wrecked already that night.” There were other instances of this but this line took me out of the book so fast.

The entire relationship felt forced and unbelievable. I could not get into this and felt like the relationship between Cassie and Parker was too close for this. The age gap is one thing, but her best friends mom? It made me very uncomfortable. The scenes with Cassie trying to balance Parker’s side and Erin’s side made me realize just how much one of these relationships would suffer long-term, and how it would undoubtedly be her friendship with Parker. I found myself actively rooting against the romance.