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Thank you to Netgalley, St. Martin’s Press, and Wednesday Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Mazey Eddings (A Brush With Love, The Plus One) makes a colorful splash with her YA debut, Tilly in Technicolor, a YA romance about two neurodiverse teens finding each other and learning to navigate a world not built for their brains.
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Tilly Twomley has just graduated high school and is off to spend the summer interning at her Ivy League sister’s new start-up. Her controlling mother hopes the trip will give Tilly some direction as to what college and career she wants. But what her mother simply can’t (or won’t) understand is that with Tilly’s ADHD, her brain works differently, and she simply wants different things than the carefully laid plan before her.

Oliver “Ollie” Clark knows exactly what he wants and he has an exact roadmap to get there. He’s starting a prestigious design program in the fall and working a summer internship in the meantime. When it comes to color, Oliver is an expert on every hue but when it comes to people, he oftentime finds himself lost. While he has close and supportive friends and family, his autism sometimes makes it difficult to form outside relationships.

So when Tilly and Ollie figuratively and literally collide on an international flight, they’ll both have to learn how to navigate the new path life has set them on.
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For her first Young Adult novel, Mazey Eddings has an absolute gem with Tilly in Technicolor. It’s funny and sweet and has a cast of characters I want to gather up and keep in my pocket for safekeeping. It’s a love story for and about neurodivergent people that’s filled with joy, acceptance, empathy, and understanding.

From the very first page, I knew I was going to love this book. There is an ease to Eddings’s writing that makes reading her books feel like chatting with a friend. We start in Tilly’s POV, and if you’ve ever been inside a teenage girl’s head (especially one with ADHD) then that’s exactly what it feels like. Every time a chapter is in Tilly’s voice, it reads almost like a stream of consciousness or a diary entry.

Oliver’s POV, on the other hand, is more structured and straight to the point which mirrors Oliver’s autism. I appreciate how aspects of his autism are portrayed with care and authenticity. He has feelings he often can’t name, his sister teaches him social cues, and there’s even discussion of masking, stimming, and infodumping. One of my favorite things is how frequently Oliver is describing a feeling, the feeling of being in love, yet he doesn’t have the context to know that’s what he’s feeling. Seeing him grow and learn that’s what love is was so satisfying to experience with him on his journey.

Tilly’s journey was equally satisfying. She goes from extreme loneliness from not feeling seen and always having to dim her shine to fit in, to finding a chosen family who sees and accepts her for who she is. They not only appreciate her radiance, but they encourage it. I mean, Oliver describes being around her “like discovering a new color of the rainbow every single day.” How nauseously cute is that?

I also gotta give Eddings props for taking one of my least favorite tropes (miscommunication) and really making it work. A lot of times the miscommunication trope drives me up the wall because it’s entirely avoidable in many of the adult novels I read. Adults should know better. Adults should know how to communicate which makes most romance novel conflicts completely avoidable. But with a young adult novel–especially a young adult novel about two neurodiverse teens–it works. Tilly and Oliver have every reason to miscommunicate. Their brains work differently and they’re still learning how to communicate with each other.

****SPOILER ALERT****

When Oliver returns to Tilly, he acknowledges he should have reacted differently or said anything at all when she first tells him about her job in Paris. She breaks up with him because she didn’t give him time to react which she admits she should have known better. They’re both incredibly forgiving because they know despite their differences, they have a lot in common, and they belong together.

While Tilly and Oliver’s relationship has a satisfying end to their arc, the ending in general felt a little rushed. The reconciliation between Tilly and her mother didn’t feel like her mother earned Tilly’s forgiveness. They have one conversation and years of being treated poorly is supposedly all is well. There’s no action, no showing that her mother is actually deserving of this forgiveness. It’s a little off-putting, especially when compared to how well done the reconciliation between Tilly and her sister which was much more thorough and had more give and take between the sisters.

****END SPOILER****

Overall, Tilly in Technicolor delivers a colorful, charming coming of age romance that centers and celebrates neurodiversity. It’s been a great year for Young Adult novels, and Mazey Edding’s YA debut easily takes its place among the best.

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The love I have for Tilly and Ollie honestly knows no bounds. YA is a tricky genre for me, but this read so well that I think anyone of any age would enjoy it.

This follows two neurodivergent teens, Tilly with ADHD and Ollie being on the Autism Spectrum, as they navigate a summer internship together. This is told in dual POV, which I think does a lot for the narrative, as you get a thorough explanation for how they react in the different situations they found themselves in. The mental health aspect of this feels incredibly authentic, and I think that's what made the story for me.

Watching Tilly and Ollie grow in confidence in their surroundings and their relationship was a joy to read. The family dynamics in this is also incredibly well done - the pressures from parents, perfect sisters, and friends who are just incredibly understanding. Even the miscommunication that occurs is handled so well that it doesn't detract from the story or the relationship between these two teens. Honestly, their communication skills (and lack there of) were way too relatable, haha.

Thank you so much to St. Martin's Press, Wednesday Books, and Mazey Eddings for an E-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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In the acknowledgments, the author calls this book a love letter to neurodivergent brains and that's exactly what it is. You could see the love that was poured into these characters. I absolutely adored this book and I think it's eye-opening for those of us that are neurotypical to better understand all the many ways in which the world can be seen, felt, and experienced and I hope that it makes the neurodivergent world feel seen and loved!

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Contemporary Fiction - 3.5*

This book fits in the genre between YA and adult contemporary that is being called NA (new adult) fiction. Tilly has ADHD and has just graduated high school. Her family doesn't understand her diversity and her mother keeps pushing her to choose a career path. Tilly's older sister is an uber motivated driven career woman and her family wants her to be as successful as her sister. Tilly really just wants to write, but her family sees no positive outcome in creative endeavors. She agrees to spend the summer helping her older sister launch a nail color product line. It involves traveling around Europe and Tilly can imagine all the wonderful things that will happen to her in such romantic cities.

The book is also told from the POV of Oliver. He is autistic and obsessed with Pantone colors. He has taken a summer job working with colors and marketing before he goes to university in the fall.

The first meeting between Oliver and Tilly does not go well, nor do many of their future encounters. Tilly's relationship with her sister is strained and her summer job isn't the dream she thought it would be.

As Tilly works through her own wants and needs in opposition to her family, she comes to realize that she and Oliver aren't so different and can maybe help each other. There might even be some sparks between them worth exploring.

This novel was lovely. I think I'm a little older than the target audience, so I probably didn't love it quite as much as others might. This is the second book of Eddings' that I've read, and she will continue to be someone I will look for.ward to reading more from.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for my ARC of this book.

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Wow! This book was so freaking cute! This book handled representation of ADHD and Autism delicately and beautifully. As a woman with ADHD, I felt represented in Tilly’s mannerisms, thought process, and quite honestly her awkward moments. Like Tilly, I too have been made to feel like I needed to mask my stims to appear “normal” and this book is a wonderful display of being who you are!

This book follows Tilly as she joins her sister in Europe for work experience, helping be a hand model for her sister’s nail polish company. It is on the airplane to meet her sister that she has an awkward encounter with Oliver who she soon learns is like her, an intern for her sister. They must share a room at each stop (talk about forced proximity) on their journey and they grow closer and closer as the summer goes on.

Watching these young adults fall for one another made me swoon, they are so cute together! I ate this book up, just like everything else from this author!

Thank you to Netgalley, Mazey Eddings, St. Martin’s Press, and Wednesday Books for the digital ARC!

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As a 40+ year old adult (I say "adult" reluctantly... still not quite sure when that status feels real), it is a great pleasure to slip back in time via the pages of a good book. Reminiscing about life as an 18 year old with the next phases of life ahead, making big life choices. Tilly in Technicolor was such a pleasure to escape into. Tilly faces a myriad of choices about what direction her life will take, learning about herself along the way and I was fully invested in her story. Tilly leaves home for the first time to follow her big sister around Europe as a summer intern. She hasn't decided what she'll do now that high school is over, but this trip might just help her figure it all out... and who knows, maybe she'll fall in love along the way?! It was great to see neurodiversity and LGBTIA+ representation. Really fun read and I think this is a great YA for the older teens and up.

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4.5 stars — My regret? That I didn’t read this earlier and faster so that I could have met Ms. Eddings in person this past weekend. Ah well.

Why is it that sometimes the hardest reviews to write are the really good ones?

The biggest thing I can say about this book is that I feel seen. While I don’t have an official ADHD/ADD diagnosis, I can categorically say that I have some kind of executive dysfunction up in this brain of mine…and I only even remotely saw it as a possibility in the last few years because of the awareness being spread on the internet. So seeing Tilly working through what it means for her, reading her wonderful thoughts on how her brain is different, and how she wishes the world would catch up and accept that different doesn’t mean bad? Oh yeah, that got me all in the feels (and had my highlighting finger a buzzin). And it wasn’t just Tilly’s neurodivergency, but reading from Oliver’s perspective as well. The thing that is so fascinating about NDs is that it varies so widely. So there were elements that I totally understood from a personal perspective, and there were elements that I was able to understand for the first time (and maybe see in people I know). It was an extremely strong part of the story, even while it wasn’t really the whole story…it was just an element of who they both were. It really was just like any YA — a story of characters growing and changing and learning to deal with all of that. And connecting along the way.

I absolutely adored Tilly. She may have been SO MUCH, but she was delightfully perfect just as she was. I loved her exuberance, her loudness, her obsessions, her hopefulness. I vibed with her need to be herself, even if that sometimes meant she was lonely. I totally understood her awkwardness and her quickness to assume rejection and bug out of those situations (even as I cringed from an outsider perspective). She was just sunshine and rainbows and aching heart and sensitive soul, and I loved her.

And Ollie was absolutely delightful as well. He was so much the opposite of Tilly in so many ways, but I absolutely adored his fascination with colours and seeing the world’s beauty in colours. I loved his perspectives on the world. I loved that he was already on the path and doing okay at navigating the world from his perspective and trying not to mask who he was. I LOVED that he had such supportive friends and family in his life, so that when he got stuck, they could give him some outside perspective.

And OMG, they were so delightfully cute together. Like, frustration and butterflies and happiness and giddiness.

It was interesting to have different family situations from both of them. It was like we got to see them sort of at different stages along the path of figuring out how to navigate the world as themselves. I ached for Tilly, but there were also some fantastic moments along the way for her, especially near the end.

All in all, this was just what I needed. And I sincerely hope it helps some kids who feel different feel seen as well.

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(4/5 stars) Tilly Twombley is excited for her post-high school summer adventure, interning for her sister's nail polish company and trying to figure out what her future plans look like. Oliver Clark is Tilly's opposite, with his passion for color, design, and photography, he has his whole life figured out. When a not-so-meet-cute on her flight to London turns into a summer with Tilly's seatmate/fellow intern Oliver, their connection starts to grow.

Another Mazey Eddings book that I loved reading! This is Eddings' YA romance novel debut and her talent for writing characters, especially neurodiverse characters, shines in this novel just as much as it has in her previous adult novels. Tilly (ADHD) and Oliver (autism) have such a sweet connection. Not to be dramatic but I would protect Tilly and Oliver with MY LIFE, precious angels!!

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This was so cute! I really loved both POV for this one.  Both characters are just the sweetest and I loved hearing both sides of their stories as they fall in love in Europe.  It is both empowering and swoon-worthy with all the elements you would expect in a great YA romance.

I listened to a portion on audio and preferred the e-book because the narrators made the characters sound too young

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Oh this was such a wonderful book!
I’ve been a fan of Mazey Eddings since her first book! Lizzie Blake’s Best Mistake is one of my all time favourites and I’m very happy to report that this book is on THAT level for me. It was top tier, absolute perfection.

I had finished it before the release day but I couldn’t put all my thoughts and feelings into words (still can’t) so I kept delaying it.

Despite not being on the neurodivergent spectrum, I still felt so much for our main characters, the way their emotions were written, I was left speechless.

I definitely shed more than a few tears while reading but it was also such a delightful story, it made me so happy too!
The romance was so, so, so sweet! It was the kind that makes you giddy with joy, screaming and kicking your feet in the air! Obviously I completely adored it.

I also really liked the concept of this whole Europe tour and Ruhe. The side characters were also super cute!

All in all, I absolutely loved it and am definitely gonna read everything Mazey Eddings writes!

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@mazeyeddings how can I ever thank you for seeing me and so many other people in the world? Thank you for writing books about people who think like me, act like me and FEEL like me. I will never be able to thank you enough.

The posted quote is the dedication in the book.

Tilly In Technicolor is YA perfection. Openly discussing autistic spectrum disorder, ADHD, mental health and being a young adult who doesn't have everything figured out. It’s raw, it’s real and it validated ways I have felt in my own life.

I was diagnosed with ADHD almost a year ago. I have grown children and grandchildren. I am not young. Oh, how my diagnosis has changed my life! Things I have felt my entire life finally started to make sense. I wish I would have been diagnosed at a young age as that would have made such a difference growing up. As I’m learning to navigate my diagnosis and learn more about myself it makes me so happy to read about myself in books. I have felt alone so many times in my life, but I’m Tilly. Things she said and things she did- THAT’S ME! I SEE ME!

Thank you again Mazey Eddings!

Thank you #netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review. Tilly in Technicolor is out now.

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I love YA books of any kind and have adored all of Mazey Eddings’ previous books, so of course I loved her YA romance debut! It was sweet and so authentically inclusive (both autism and ADHD rep!) and is basically a love letter to travel. Eighteen year old Tilly has finally been diagnosed with ADHD and has elected to forgo college, much to the dismay of her parents, who think with just a little discipline and focus that she can act neuronormative. Instead she spends the summer interning for her sister’s startup, traveling Europe, where she meets the other intern, Oliver, who is autistic. The pair initially don’t mix, but find that they have plenty in common and are quite in awe of the other’s skills and abilities. As they travel through city after city, they gradually fall in love both with each other and themselves. This is particularly satisfying for the reader to see Tilly truly learn to love herself as she is and what she can do and let go of what she can’t.

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This was my first read by Mazey Eddings, but it definitely will not be my last! I loved this novel's inclusivity and really the entire premise of an internship in another country to explore the world and find yourself. This was the best young adult novel I've read in a long time, so it's hard to believe it is her YA debut! It was fun, inspiring, and not *completely* predictable, which I liked. The one issue I had was how quickly it wrapped up, rather than having a longer and more thoughtful resolution. Other than that, this was a hit for me!

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Tilly is an 18 year old hot mess. She has ADHD, and has struggled in a world that was not made for her neurodivergent brain. With endless pressure from her family, she takes her sister up on the offer of a summer in Europe as the intern for her start up. On the plane she is seated next to Oliver, and she certainly makes a terrible impression. Oliver has lived his life with Autism, he is returning home to England after completing an internship, and with a great social media following on his design instagram. What neither of them know is they are stuck being interns for the same company for the next 10 weeks an a trip across Europe. Sharing rooms and working closely together they learn their first impressions of eachother may not be accurate, and they may be more similar than they thought.

This book was so sweet and comforting. two neurodiverse teenager just trying to carve out a space for themselves in the world. Learning to support and understand one another, and finding a connection that makes the other feel seen. YA is hard for me to love, and connect with but I recognize this is a very important story and I am happy it exists for the teen of today.

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Maybe it's that it hit close to home, but Tilly had me up in my feels. Her mother is terrible and her sister really isn't all that better. Diagnosing neurodivergence is more common than when I was a child (yay me for getting that big OOOOOOH moment this year), but I connected with Tilly in a pretty big way.
Tilly goes abroad to "learn" how to be a responsible adult from her entrepreneurial sister. Life is a hot mess express and she and buttoned up Oliver clash from the word go.
I was actively disgusted by Tilly's family. It hurts to see anyone treated as less than. I enjoyed the relationship of Tilly and Oliver and greatly appreciate Mazey putting herself on page.
It was a happy surprise to get a finished copy from Wednesday! I’m looking forward to rereading it and loaning it to my kid someday.
Thank you to Wednesday Books and Netgalley for the gifted copy. All thoughts are my own.

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Tilly Twomley is ready for a change. Working as an intern at her sister's start-up isn't how she imagined spending her summer, but the required travel around Europe offers the change of scenery she wants as she plans for her future. Only, she doesn't know what she wants. Oliver Clark, on the other hand, knows exactly want he wants. Everything is going as planned-internship that will build his resume, a best friend that gets him, and a placement in a prestigious college program. When Tilly and Oliver become seat-mates on a flight to London, it wasn't exactly smooth flying. Hey, at least there were never going to see each other again, or so they thought.

Tilly is high-energy, and Oliver is calm and reserved. They may seem like polar opposites but they also compliment each other in ways they might not have expected. This was an enjoyable YA read that highlights what is it like to be a neurodivergent teen coming into your own and dealing with typical teen situations.

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While Romantic Comedies aren't my first go-to genre for reading, I do enjoy them if it touches on something I'm interested in. Such is the case for Tilly in Technicolor by Mazey Eddings, her first YA novel. This YA Romcom of two neurodivergent chaotic messes traveling Europe was sweet, emotional, while keeping things on the lighter side and was a fun and fast read, perfect for summer reading!

Our messy neurodiverse leads, Tilly Twomley (ADHD) and Oliver Clark (Autism) meet on the most chaotic plane ride from Cleveland to London, only to find out that the pair will be working together for the summer as they hop across Europe promoting Tilly's older sister's nail polish company. While Tilly is trying to figure out her place in a world not built for her hyperactive mind and find a future, Oliver has found his niche in his special interest of color analysis, but struggles with social interactions, especially when romance is on the table. I enjoyed how their thinking patterns are spelled out to understand what's going on in their heads without being too much of an info dump, and how the get through the world with their not-normal brains. It also helped me connect to their characters and relationship as they learned and grew as they bounced around Europe. And their interactions are so adorable. The book had a great mix of lighthearted fun (mostly in the first 100 pages) and some heartfelt emotional moments (mainly in the second half), especially when one of the POV characters has a breakthrough. While the miscommunication trope is usually annoying, the nature of their brains makes it refreshing and realistic.

One personal issue was while ADHD was covered well with Tilly, I wished that Oliver and his Autism had a little more of the same substance, and that most of his development was learning how to navigate romance.

The other characters were developed as well, with Tilly's family being prominent, wanting Tilly to succeed to the point that it's suffocating. Oliver's family and friends also make appearances and they made for some good fun when they showed up. I was surprised by some of the characters as the story went on for good reasons. There's also some side queer romances with the supporting cast.

Many of the popular YA Romcom tropes are here, like Only One Bed, Road Trip, Forced Proximity, The Airplane Meet Cute Disaster, and Opposites Attract. It might be cliche to frequent romcom readers, but refreshing to me, who only occasionally reads romcoms. There weren't too many surprises, but that's fine. The story ended at a good spot with Tilly and Oliver's story come to a satisfying end, though I wish there were a few more loose ends resolved in the side plots, especially on one of the side romances. Another chapter could have done well.

There is plenty of swearing in this book, so be advised. While there’s no explicit sex (no/low spice), there’s some sexual innuendo, some intense kissing and cuddling.

Overall, this read like a sweet croissant with layers of depth! If you're looking for a fun YA Romcom with some heartfelt moments with two neurodivergent leads, pick this one up!

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The summer after her senior year of high school, Tilly takes a trip to Europe to help her sister launch her nail polish business. On the flight Tilly has a run-in with her seat mate Oliver only to learn he is the other intern at her sister’s company. Tilly has ADHD and Oliver is autistic and both are navigating a world that is not set up for their neurodivergence. As the two spend more and more time together they come to fall for one another, but the end of summer is looming.

This book has absolute wonderful and refreshing neurodivergent representation. Mazey herself has ADHD and autism which means she could lean into her own experience for both Oliver and Tilly. While Tilly is definitely the main character the book is dual POV between her and Oliver which is very nice in a young adult novel. I liked both Tilly and Oliver as well as all the side characters. The book does take place in several cities throughout Europe, but as someone who has been to all the cities they visited I wish they had spent more time exploring. Other than London, the cities didn’t really feature much in the story. I also found the ending to be very rushed and one that resolved everything too neatly. Overall I found the book enjoyable and easy to read. The book is appropriate for high school and up.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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In this book Mazie Eddings has been able to allow me to relate to a character like no other author has done. Tilly has ADHD, so do I, and her inner thoughts and monologue were so relatable for me, I couldn't believe it. Both Tilly and Oliver were written so well, and they both had phenomenal character development. As two neurodiverse teens, the world is not an easy place to navigate as you enter adulthood, but when you're able to have someone there with you who can actually understand some of your struggles, it makes it easier. This was more than just a YA romance; this was also a self-love story for Tilly. She was constantly being told that her ADHD is a flaw she needs to overcome instead of something she needs to embrace. Most of us with neurodivergencies understand that. Being told we need to fit in to the world around us instead of being ourselves and making the world accept us for what we are. This is a story for all young, and maybe not as young, people that are living in a world that is not made to accommodate them. I wish I had this book when I was 18. I think it would have made a huge difference to how I viewed myself. Even now, as a 28-year-old, being able to read Tilly’s feelings and experiences surrounding her ADHD has been incredible and so reassuring. I’ve read a few reviews saying that the explanations of experiences or feelings felt by Tilly and Oliver with their neurodivergensies were too much or over explained, but for someone who actually is neurodiverse, especially a young person, it is not. Reading those explanations is a representation that we don’t get in books. It is important.

In this book, one of the biggest issues Tilly has to constantly deal with is being treated poorly by her family, specifically her mother. Her mother is constantly treating Tilly like a toddler, never allowing her to try and succeed on her own, trying to force her into a life that is not made for her. Her mother makes comments about how Tilly needs to apply herself to be successful, which broke my heart because I got that all the time growing up and it was incredibly difficult because I was trying as hard as I could, but it never felt like it was enough. I really felt her pain in a lot of those situations because I had experienced them too. This was the only issue I had with the book: that the ending was rushed. I wish that Mazie would have given us at least an entire chapter dedicated to Tilly and her mom and their differences. I really think that book would have benefitted from that.

I really loved Tilly and Oliver. From the moment they met till the end, I loved it. Tilly and Oliver's first encounter on the plane was so funny, I laughed so hard. Honestly, this book is hilarious. I was constantly laughing out loud.

This book not only has amazing neurodivergent representation but also LGBTQ+.

I 100% recommend this book. Not only for young adults who are neurodivergent, but everyone.

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Thank you Wednesday Books (St Martin's Publishing Group) for sending me an ARC of this book!

This is my first Mazey Eddings book and it won’t be my last! I was sent an ARC and when I read the premise and that it featured neurospicy representation, I immediately accepted.
Our main character Tilly Twomley, a recent graduate of high school, has ADHD. She’s burnt out, tired, and struggling to figure out what she wants from life. She’s ready to start fresh and figure it out so she agrees to travel abroad for the summer working for her older sister, Mona, and her start-up. On her flight there she meets Oliver “Ollie” Clark who has autism and as Tilly’s polar opposite, he’s sure he has everything figured out with his passion for color and design. Only unplanned thing was meeting Tilly and they don’t get off to the best of starts on this flight which is fine because they don’t have to see each other again…or so they think. Oliver is an intern for Mona as well and they have to work together for the summer. As they learn more about each other and bond over their neurodiversity among other things, they start to get closer. With this growing relationship, they have to grapple with what to do once the summer ends.
I like how first and foremost this book features neurodiversity rep and how it feels like trying to make it in a world that is not necessarily made with you in mind and I loved it so much because I could relate. I mean…some of the conversations I read (especially with Tilly’s Mom) felt like getting drunk on a bottle of deja vu. And Oliver's struggle with social interaction and change and everything. I just felt these characters deep in my soul! The neurodiversity rep, I felt, was great!
I also like that this book touches on the effects of comparison from parents on self esteem and relationships, especially when ADHD is involved. Because of her ADHD, Tilly’s mom infantilized her. So much so that Tilly felt reduced to her ADHD in her mom’s eyes and because of that she feels like a failure with every little mistake, especially in comparison to her sister who has an advanced degree and a business of her own. Tilly feels like she lives in the shadow of her older sister Mona and that she has to live up to her expectations and the expectations of others. There was this conversation Tilly had with her mom when she finally told her she wanted to be a writer. She immediately shut her down, telling her that that is not the real world and that she should pursue college just because that’s the path her sister took and that’s the path you’re “supposed to take.” This conversation (with some minor differences) hit close to home.
On the opposite end, Oliver has more accepting parents of his autism which was refreshing He had an environment where he felt it was safe to be himself without the mask.
There are parts where it’s a tad unrealistic like Tilly getting accepted into a writing job in Paris and the ending felt a bit rushed with how quickly her mom changed her views on things within the last 5 percent of the book and how she got two job offers but those things didn’t largely impact my enjoyment of this book.
Overall, I really recommend this book for its own voices, ADHD and autism rep alone.

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