Mazey Eddings has done it again with creating a couple that you want to root for the whole book! Oliver and Tilly were absolutely adorable with each other and their relationship was so cute to read about. I felt like all the characters could have communicated with each other more, but I actually liked how miscommunication was used between Tilly and Oliver since it made sense for them and they had the precedent of misunderstandings that happened earlier in the book. The ending was perfect for the plot, and I am so excited to see what Eddings’ next book will be!

This is a delightful YA/teen novel and I’m still thinking about it even when I finished it days ago. Tilly Twomley is spending the summer after high school as an intern for her sister’s start up. Essentially it is a trip to Europe under the eyes of her perfect older sister Mona. From the moment you meet Tilly you know she is neurodiverse and has ADHD. On the flight to London she sits next to Oliver and it is a rough beginning. It turns out that Oliver is a genius with color, does well with social media and he is also an intern for Mona. The plan is for the two to travel with Mona and her business partner to different cities in Europe hoping for orders or financial backing for their new environmentally friendly nail polish.

Oliver is also neruodiverse but he thinks and processes things differently than Tilly. They genuinely are smitten with each other but have to overcome miscues and miscommunications. Oliver has future school plans but for Tilly college isn’t a good fit. She can’t get her mother to see a future where that college isn’t included. Tilly instead turns to writing which is the things she loves.

There are so many wonderful feelings and relationships in this book. Of course there is the romance that is swoon-worthy. But I love that Mona gets a story arc and reconnection with Tilly. Oliver has a tight bond with his twin and friend group. I love the accepted LGBTQ representation. And of course Tilly gets her moment to be heard by her mom, although that happens fast and I would have enjoyed more time there.

I fell in love with Mazey Eddings writing with her A Brush With Love (adult) contemporary romance series (2022-2023). Every character is memorable. She proves she can do the same thing with teen and young adult audience. Being neruodiverse herself she brings authenticity and complexity in showing how differently the spectrum can be for individuals. I finished this book with a smile on my face and a tear in my eye. the author is now my auto read list.

Thank you St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the ARC and I am leaving a voluntary review.

PURE JOY. Between jetsetting through Europe and watching Tilly and Ollie fall in love, I was smiling the entire time. Add in the glorious ADHD and ASD rep and it's glorious. Tilly's family has been coddling her for years because of her diagnosis, calling her things like "Tornado Tilly" and nagging her about college applications and her medication. When Tilly finally gets to be on her own, she truly blossoms. She discovers how capable she is, as well as rediscovers her love of writing. I loved the Mona and Tilly relationship once they were honest with each other about their feelings. And Tilly and Ollie's romance was truly comical - between the airplane ride from hell, piggybacks in Sweden, and a 127 hours situation, I was smiling the entire time.

A bajillion gold stars to you, Mazey Eddings.

*Thank you to Wednesday Books and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review*

I think Mazey writes my favorite mental health representation. I’ve read all of her books, and while I don’t have a diagnosis, I’ve suspected for a long time that I have adhd… and thank to her books I feel like I get to know myself a bit more everytime.

This is Mazey’s YA debut and it was as delightful as her adult novels. This book was so so so cute. Tilly was a wonderful character. Seeing the world through her eyes and feelings was truly enlightening. Oliver was just as great! I truly love books with neurodivergent MCs because they can under each other on a deeper level and seeing them becoming each other’s safest space hits very hard for me. I also enjoyed the journey of Tilly and Mona’s relationship. The bridge that separated them (their mother) was rocky, but I’m so glad they had the necessary conversations to fix their bond so they could simply be sisters again, and not competitors.

I have to say I didn’t like how the situation between Tilly and her mom was resolved. I’m never a fan of the “I do this because I love you” excuse, and this wasn’t an exception. Tilly’s mom knew she was hurting her. She makes Tilly cry and belittles her in every single phone call… but then she dropped the line on Tilly as if the fact that Tilly was hurt was a surprise.

Overall, I loved this book and Mazey’s writing as much as I have in her previous books! I’ll always keep reading her beautiful stories.

Rating: 4/5
Steam level: Fade to black

ARC provided by St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley. Opinions are my own!

Overall, I was a bit disappointed as I didn’t enjoy Tilly in Technicolor as much as I did Eddings' A Brush with Love series.

As someone who is neurodivergent, I really wanted to like this book, and it is cute at times, but overall I feel the plot and pacing needed more work.

Just read this book It was phenomenal.
Mazey's books are like love letters to Nuerodivergent People but this one was more so for me.
On top of being neurodivergent myself, I teach, so I interact with so many people throughout the day that are both neurotypical and neurodivergent. I love reading stories from the perspective of a neurodivergent, it just makes me feel more, normal.
This story is so sweet and cute. It feels like a warm hug to me.
The relationship between Tilly and her mother is complex. I loved the outcome of it. Sometimes parents don't understand how much they affect their children by pushing their own ideals for success onto their kids.
I loved seeing Tilly bloom under her successes and getting positive feedback about her dreams.
Mona and Tilly's relationship was an interesting juxtaposition between Cubby and Oliver's relationship.

I loved all the ties into the color when it was Oliver's POV. I think it added something extra to the story, and it made me want to learn more about the colors he was talking about. I loved that Mazey wrote the hyper-focus word vomit into the dialogue. I think it made the characters more three-dimensional and relatable.

Tilly not feeling good enough due to her mother treating her like her diagnosis made her less than was so frustrating. I know that things similar to that situation happen, but reducing someone to a label takes away their personality. The amount of imposter syndrome that Tilly had about her writing was too close to home sometimes, but it was very well written.

Overall Mazey continues to write amazing stories and characters that are realistic and authentic. I cannot wait to see what this author does next.

This was such a delightful read!!

After the ultimate meet disaster on the plane from Cleveland to Europe, Tilly and Oliver shortly discover they’ll be “coworkers” for the summer as Tilly’s sister launches her start up.

There is something so special about a first love story when reading YA, and everything about Tilly and Olivier just worked. While complete opposites, their neurodivergent brains allowed them to relate and understand on a deeper level, and I loved how they both truly accepted themselves as is. The supporting cast brought a lot of life to the story, especially each of their siblings, and I enjoyed getting a glimpse of some of my favorite European cities. I will say I think Tilly’s resolution with her mother was resolved too quickly. Their relationship struggles played such a big part in the story that I was expecting more.

Read if you like:
-YA books post high school
-Neurodivergent main characters
-ADHD and ASD rep
-Eurotrips
-Forced proximity (only one bed moment)
-Writing/blogging

Thank you Wednesday books for the ARC! Pub date 8/15

Tilly is a high functioning autistic teen whose family accept and dearly love. She is however a problem for her parents because she can be loud, exuberant, and sometimes has accidents and loses things. She also has no interest in going to college and is frustrated by being expected to follow in her successful older sisters's footsteps.
When she goes to Europe to act as an intern for her older sister she meets Oliver, also ausstic and all of a sudden there seem to be new possibilities for her. A sweet love story and Tilly's parents learn to be more accepting. Two homosexual couples and some sex between Oliver and Tilly.

I simply adore Mazey Eddings’s stories that are vibrant and inclusive of neurodivergent characters.
Tilly has ADHD. Oliver has Autism. We get a peek inside their beautiful brains, hearing the story from both of their perspectives. They are traveling Europe as interns for Tilly’s sister’s company. Although their brains work so differently, clearly these two are meant to be together.
I laughed so hard at Tilly’s wit and fell in love with Oliver’s love of color, how he sees the world.
This book is closed door, rom-com, and inclusive.

Tilly struggled through high school, but finally graduated and is ready for a fresh start. This takes shape in the form of interning with her sister's startup around Europe for the summer, which is not exactly what Tilly had in mind, but who doesn't love a free vacation? Maybe between the plane rides and historic cities, Tilly will figure out what she wants to do with her life. Oliver on the other hand knows exactly what he wants to do and it has everything to do with color. As great photographer, Oliver is an expert on all things color and the way they make us feel and shape our world. He's got a great summer internship before he starts at university taking social media photos for a startup. (Do you see where this is going?) After a not-so-meet-cute on the plane ride, Oliver and Tilly find themselves working together for Tilly's sister over the summer, and find more commonality (and romance?????) between them than they originally thought.

Mazey Eddings continues to write incredible books, and Tilly in Technicolor is an incredible YA debut! I love how she takes care in writing her neurodiverse (neurodivine) characters, and I loved reading how Tilly (who has ADHD) and Oliver (who is autistic) could relate to one another with how they live and experience the world. Overall, this is just a super sweet romance and coming of age novel and you should definitely read it!!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review!
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It’s only in the last year or so that I’ve really come to understand adhd—especially in girls—as part of the neurodivergent community. I read the opening underwear scene & gasped. Just last week this was me. And even in all of my 4728 years of living, I still needed someone to help me process the chaos of packing.

I think this book will make readers feel seen. Hopefully, it will also serve to help readers become more empathetic to the needs of their neurodivergent friends. The story was thoughtful. The characters were interesting. I think this one will really speak to a large swath of readers who enjoy seeing their lives reflected in the pages of a text.

Tilly doesn’t know what she wants to do with her life, but she knows college is not for her. In an attempt to change this, her mother sets her up with an internship with her perfect sister Mona that takes place traveling throughout Europe. On the plane to England, Tilly finds herself sitting next to a dashing young man named Oliver who is the same age as she. In typical Tilly fashion, she makes a complete fool out of herself. It’s okay though. What are the chances she’s ever going to see him again? Well, really good actually seeing as he is her sister’s other intern. With Tilly having ADHD and Oliver having autism, their communication styles seem to clash; how are they going to make it through the summer dealing with each other?

I really enjoyed this book - Tilly and Oliver were really well written, and there were some
lovely side characters. I will say my favorite relationship had to be the sisterly one between Tilly and Mona - I cried when they finally talked through their issues.

On the other hand, I did feel like the ending was a bit rushed and tied up everything too neatly too quickly. The overbearing mother was such a huge issue throughout the entire book and for it to be wrapped up neatly in a single conversation didn’t seem realistic. The third act break up also didn’t feel fully fleshed out to me.

Love love love this book! It’s so sweet and pure. As a neurodivergent person myself, this book is something I would have hugely benefited from when I was an 18-year-old spiraling into a mental health crisis and trying to figure out the rest of my life.

Tilly is such a relatable character, and her friendship with Oliver made me smile all the way through reading. Through mishaps, lack of direction, wanderlust, and dreaming, Tilly discovers who she is and what she wants in the world—and reconnects with her sister as a bonus!

This book is a wonderful reminder that we don’t always have to have our lives figured out, and that we’ll land where we need to eventually.

Mazey Eddings is a national treasure. We should all be reading her. I have loved all of her books for their spunky and struggling (in the best, most heartfelt, and hilarious ways) heroines. This book has one of my favorite heroines because she’s heading into adulthood, has ADHD, and is unapologetically herself. I love the way Eddings shows such empathy for neurodivergent characters. Tilly is so so so sensitive, and has a sensitive person, I really get all of the emotional highs and lows she feels. And there’s no way to not just love her. She tries SO hard, and is comically earnest. Can we talk about her awful British accent? The best. There’s also Ollie, who is such a lovable guy. He’s autistic, and the perfect match for Tilly even if it takes them awhile to open up to each other and learn how to communicate. Once they do get together, so is so much swooniness in the way they are patient with each other, and really work hard to care for each other. And of course this takes place in multiple European cities. Just so fun. Even if you don’t have ADHD, or are not autistic, there’s so much to relate to and love about this book. These are two really fun and incredible human beings just trying to grow up, and love each other. Highly recommend.

I loved this book -- I've always loved Mazey Eddings's voice, and it translates beautifully to YA here. TILLY IN TECHNICOLOR is a fun, flirty, breezy summer read that still packs an emotional punch and brings plenty of deep, personalized characterization and development to not just its protagonists, but also the side characters. For me, this book perfectly balanced the vibrant background of a summer trip around Europe with plot progression, and I loved watching Tilly and Oliver's relationship develop as they visited new cities and slowly opened up to each other. While I loved Tilly (and especially her relationship to Mona, who might be my favorite of this book's vibrant cast of secondary characters) Oliver was the real standout to me, as was the way Eddings masterfully handles her characters' neurodiversity.

Tilly in Technicolor is the story of a girl with ADHD and a desire to travel far from Ohio this summer. Tilly gets the chance to join her sister Mona as Mona tries to make her nail polish company a success. Unfortunately for Tilly, there’s one other intern on the trip and things between them are already off to a spectacularly bad start. Oliver is creative and has a deep love for color theory. He can identify intricate shades of color with one glance and takes stunning photos for the team. He also has autism, which leads to some miscommunication with Tilly. Can the two neurodivergent interns connect before the end of the trip?

I loved the witty banter and dialogue in Tilly in Technicolor. Tilly is hilarious and so relatable. Tilly has such a warm and inviting personality. I do not have ADHD or autism, but thought the rep seemed excellent. Tilly and Oliver are never defined solely by a diagnosis, instead they are celebrated for their neurodiverse brains. That is not to say they don’t experience challenges throughout, but this felt realistic. I loved how Tilly and Oliver both found ways to creatively use their unique strengths to help Mona with her company.

Tilly in Technicolor involves travel across Europe which I loved reading about. Tilly and Oliver develop such a sweet romance and deep understanding of each other. Communication is key and I enjoyed how they had to learn to adjust for how the other communicated. I felt a little frustrated at the “third act break up” because it felt unnecessary, but I appreciated how quickly things were resolved with communication. I enjoyed Mazey Eddings’ adult romances, but Tilly is my new favorite from her! I can’t wait to read what she writes next!

Thank you so much to Mazey Eddings, Wednesday Books, and Netgalley for a free ARC in exchange for an honest review

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Mazey Eddings does it again with another beautiful romance but make it YA this time!
Tilly in Technicolor follows two neurodivergent teens and they fall in love while traveling across Europe. Tilly has ADHD and Oliver has autism. I loved this story so much because of how relatable the characters were even apart from their neurodivergence. Aside from everyday struggles, the depiction of two teens falling in love for the first time was perfect. There is a lot of discussion of not knowing what the future holds and what to do after graduation. As someone who has graduated college I still found this relatable. As someone who has loved all of Mazey Eddings past books, I’m happy to say that this one did not let me down!
Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for a review!

really like Mazey Eddings a lot. This book was very similar to her adult books just with less spice. I really enjoyed this one.

Excellent YA rom-com with two neurodivergent people thrown together on a trip through. Tilly learns about herself and so does Oliver. The whole wide array of characters make this book entertaining.

Thank you to Netgalley for an ARC