Summary: Tilly just graduated high school by the skin of her teeth thanks to her ADHD making it impossible to focus in a traditional classroom setting. Oliver, also neurodivergent, runs a successful Instagram page utilizing Pantone’s colors to relate to the world around him and start a dialogue about color theory. Both have spots as summer interns for a startup nail polish company, where they traverse falling in love in a world that wasn’t made for your brain chemistry.
Thoughts: Despite its serious subject matter, I found Tilly in Technicolor to be both heartfelt and wildly funny. The dialogue was age-appropriate for a YA book without feeling like an adult was poorly imitating how kids talk, and the characters were all flawed from the jump without seeming unlikeable. I did, however, find myself rolling my eyes at the inevitable Final Act Breakup. I would love to read a contemporary romance without the unnecessary miscommunication that leads to the characters scrambling in the final chapters to get it together.

Love the narrators, I think they were perfectly casted. I found listening to this made it feel consumable.

Here’s the review for the book:
Mazey does it again! Although I didn’t find the characters very relatable, and they felt young, I enjoyed reading/listening to this story.

I’m sure if you ask anyone about this book, they’d tell you it has great representation, and they were right. There is ADHD and Autism rep, and POVs that all you to get into the heads of the two main characters, Tilly and Ollie.

I loved the travel in this book, even though it didn’t get into much details of the places they’ve been. I loved seeing their friendship/relationship grow in different places. I listened to most of this while traveling, and finished it on an early morning solo walk around Bordeaux.

Tilly in Technicolor is an endlessly charming novel about two neurodivergent young adults who come together on a European summer to remember. Tilly has ADHD and her brain is in constant motion. She's bubbly, creative, and a little odd at times. She meets Oliver, who appears at first to be gorgeous, but extremely standoffish. We later learn he has autism and struggles with social cues. Their characters evolve as they get to know each other. I really loved Oliver!

Tilly becomes her older sister's intern in her fledgling start up. They travel through Europe over the summer to expand her business. Their relationship is strained at first because of their parent's heavy expectations. I loved the realistic portrayals of family relationships and Tilly's growth. She really blossomed while traveling as an intern and finally connecting with others who appreciate who she is.

I listened to the audiobook, which I enjoyed overall. It did get a little tedious when each narrator did an impression of other characters, but I did like their voices.

Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for providing this ebook and audiobook ARC. All thoughts are my own.

If you like:
- neurodivergent rep
- trips across Europe
- finding yourself
- adorable romance

Pick up Tilly in Technicolor by Mazey Eddings!

This book made me feel a little too seen. As some one with ADHD, I seriously felt like Eddings had pulled Tilly's internal monologue straight from my head, it was alarming. She wrote the neurodivergent experience so well. Especially how the people around you treat it as a seperate entity, something that can be beaten, when really it is just a part of you.

But Tilly wasn't the only neurodivergent rep in this book. Oliver has autism and I could listen to him talk about color theory for hours. Honestly I loved him, I thought he was such a well rounded and enjoyable character.

There were some parts of this book that I would so frustrating-- in a way that was good craft but just painful for the reader. Like how Tilly's mom and sister treated her. It made me want to slap them. So as much as I was infuriated by them ,great writing on Eddings' part to inspire such strong feelings in her readers!

The pacing felt a little off to me, I binged the first half and then had a hard getting the motivation to pick it back up. The resolution felt really rushed and like a lot was actually not resolved. So for a book that started so strong, the ending was a bit of a let down.

Overall, this was still a really enjoyable read with fantastic representation. I'm really excited to see Tilly in Technicolor on shelves!

Thank you to everyone for this gifted copy of Tilly in Technicolor on audio!

I want to start by saying I really did love this book, the representation it has in it, and just the overall premise of the story. I loved watching Tilly grow in who she was (Oliver too), and I thought that the plot was really fun. Tilly gave me major Lizzie McGuire vibes.

But about 80-85% though, I felt like it just kind of plummeted. I felt like Tilly and Oliver suddenly jumped too fast (I don’t read my YA, so I don’t know if that’s normal), and it was like all the problems were just swept under the rug or tied up nicely with a pretty little bow. And then it just ended…

My only other thing about this audiobook was the male narrator. He was hard to understand at times, and it was hard to tell what part of the dialogue was being read. Is it Oliver? Tilly? A blog post? Thoughts, spoken? I felt like the narrator was trying too hard at parts to sound a certain way and it took away from the writing.

Happy pub day to Tilly in Technicolor by Mazey Eddings! I loved being inside the heads of two neurodivergent YA characters, and I’m so grateful to @macmillan.audio for an ALC of this one and to @WednesdayBooks for a copy of the book. I always get insights about my oldest when reading books with characters who have ADHD, and I’ll definitely be referring back to this one since many passages resonated with me. And I’ll definitely pass this one on to my kid.

Recent high school graduate Tilly meets Oliver on a plane to Europe where she’s going to intern at her perfect older sister’s nail polish start-up company, and far from an immediate love connection. He seems to hate her on sight. I mean, she is in his window seat, and the plane ride only gets worse from there. Neither one is thrilled when they discover that Oliver, a color expert who labels most things he sees and feels with a Pantone color, is also working for Tilly’s sister over the summer and they’ll be traveling around Europe together.

I don’t have ADHD (that I know of), nor am I autistic, so I can’t say for sure, but the depictions of Tilly’s ADD and Oliver’s autism really rang true to me and were the highlight of the book. Tilly’s parents seemed to really struggle with accepting Tilly as she is and it made me think a lot about the way I parent and the expectations I put on my kids. The build up of Tilly and Oliver’s relationship was lovely as was the way Oliver supported Tilly in believing in herself and her true purpose.

The story is told from the dual POVs of Tilly and Oliver and overall, I really enjoyed the narration. Oliver was British and Tilly’s dialogue in his sections sounded like a British voice doing an American accent which was a little jarring, but men doing women’s voices is usually my one gripe with audio books. I loved listening to this one and would definitely recommend the audio version.

I think fans of YA romance who are looking for a different perspective will love this one.

4 big beautiful stars!!!

what a beautiful and fun YA debut from mazey eddings! written with eddings’s wit and joy, the book had so much humor and character!

i loved both tilly and ollie together and apart!! they were such sweet characters trying to navigate the start of their lives. eddings was able to write neurodivergent characters in such a lighthearted and loving way that you can’t help but care about them.

such a joy to read eddings’s books and i was so right to be excited for this one! just a warm YA romance and definitely worth a read!

the narrators did so well in bringing these characters to life with their voices and accents! tilly’s narrator had such quirk to her voice while ollie’s was so fun and animated in different ways. i loved listening to them!

thank you netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in return for an honest review!

Engaging sweet tribute to the misunderstood, neurodivergent, autistic people who feel unloved. A love story for someone that felt undateable, and didn’t “fit in”
Tilly is facing unreal standards from her parents when her sister offered her an opportunity to get away. Along comes the plane ride from hell that catapulted Tilly into the life of an unsuspecting man.
Oliver heading home to England is seated with the most infuriating, awkward and down tight clumsy Tilly.
I listened to the audiobook version of this lovely YA novel. Narrators did an amazing job. Their voices fit these characters perfectly!!

Mazey Eddings can write no wrong. I love her focus of mental health and disabilities in her book. Oliver and Tilley are wonderful.

really enjoyed this via audiobook! its easy for me to get distracted while listening to audiobooks, but the narrators of the book did a great job at creating a clear voice for both tilly and oliver. they are characters you like both individually and together and i think that says a lot about mazey's writing! great rep, paced well, and was pleasantly surprised that oliver was british.

Tilly, Tilly, Tilly. This is my second Mazey Eddings' book and I'm in love with this one. Mazey writes great mental health rep in my experience, and while I loved The Plus One, Tilly spoke to me.

Tilly has ADHD, Oliver has Autism and they get off on the wrong foot due to the way they both interact with the world around them. It really spoke to me as I suspect I have ADHD and Autism, but haven't been tested to confirm as of yet. I really felt like Tilly and Oliver combined healed part of me and made me feel seen.

I needed this book in a way I can't explain. I'm very particular of the YA I consume nowadays. I just feel like in order to give up the adult themes I enjoy in my romance and fantasy that for me to enjoy a YA book, it needs to be phenomenal. And Tilly was just that. It was engaging, infuriating, cute, enjoyable, and just lovely.

The narrators were fantastic too. Nothing about their portrayal of the characters felt cringey. Their voices and dialects were easy to understand and follow.

Mazey will be an auto-read author for me from here on out.

While “Tilly in Technicolor” may be charming to some, it felt too young for me despite my regular dabbling into YA Fiction. I appreciate the protagonist’s disorder and mental health being discussed and these issues not being shied away from, but the story didn’t grab me. I thought I’d love this book based on the cover and the author, but all in all, just found it to be an okay read, 3 stars ⭐️. Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the advanced copy for review.

4.5 stars! So great! Individually the characters of Tilly and Oliver are awesome - sweet and likable. Together, they are just a ball of fun and love. The connection and familiarity they find with each other along the way makes you feel warm and fuzzy. Also, Justis Bolding and Chris Nelson did such a good job bringing the characters to life through their narration. Great YA debut by Mazey Eddings.

I'm only taking off 0.5 of a star because there were moments that were very repetitive and i felt that the repetition didn't actually expand or add each time, but this wasn't that big of a deal. Since there are no halfsies, I think the 5 is deserving ;)

Thank you NetGalley and RB Media, Recorded Books for the arc.

Am I in my Y.A. era?? I am through and through a Mazey Eddings fan and she just increased her standing in my book as a superstar author because this was an outstanding Y.A. novel. It is peak young adult girl coming to terms with her authentic self and falling in love with an English boy while traveling around Europe.

One of the best qualities of a Mazey Eddings book is the voice and life she brings to her characters and Tilly in Technicolor is no exception. The characters absolutely shine.

I was blown away by the color theory and analysis she included in this book. It was so creative and fun to read and a beautiful analogy for the messaging of the book.

I was provided an ALC from NetGalley and want to shout from the rooftops how top notch the production of this book was. The narration perfectly fit the voice of the characters and the sound quality was phenomenal. Highly highly highly recommend picking this book up, Mazey Eddings is such a fun author to read.

4.25

I really loved and enjoyed this heartwarming YA romance book with 2 neurodivergent MCS. Tilly has graduated from school and she is going on a European tour to help her older sister get her nail lacquer business off the ground. Tilly is not sure what she wants to do next but she has been living in a shadow of her "perfect older sister who has her life together" and she is messy, unorganized ADHD riddled kid who has no direction, or at least to her parents. Her parents are hoping that her sister's business mentality will rub off on Tilly and Tilly will become a very responsible young woman who will go to school in the spring to obtain a degree.

On the plane ride she sits next to Ollie, who is put together, social media manager and who sees the world in color. Ollie has autism and came from a very supportive family who really made sure that his needs were prioritized. Ollie is hired on as the social media manager and photographer for Tilly's sister and these two did not get along that great after an awkward plane ride with a ketchup fiasco.

I thought them coming together was cute and I loved seeing Tilly grow and learn how to advocate for herself and her needs. This is a great travel/ summer read and the audio narrators were fantastic!

I wanted a little bit more with Tilly and her parents, I think it was great but it wrapped up so quickly given all that they were doing and how the ableism was coming out with her family.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an audio ARC to read and review.

𝑻𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓 is Mazey Eddings's YA debut about two neurodivergent teens who form a connection during their summer internship. After graduating from high school, Tilly Twomley decides not to go college, much to her parent's dismay. Ready for a change of scenery and a fresh start, Tilly travels to Europe to intern for her older sister's start-up company. On her flight from Cleveland to London, Tilly has a not-so-meet-cute with Oliver Clark. To her surprise, Oliver is also interning with her sister's company. As they travel across Europe together, Tilly and Oliver form a unique neurodiverse connection over the course of the summer.

This was my first Mazy Eddings book, and it was such a delight! Full of heartwarming moments, this book was emotional and inspiring. There were so many times when I was laughing out loud, from the dialogue to the chapter titles. I loved that this book is told from the points of view of both Tilly and Oliver. They are such unique, adorable characters who you just can't help but love. I listened to the audiobook narrated by Justis Bolding and Chris Nelson. They were both perfect for their roles, and they made this book really fun to listen to. Overall, a fantastic YA debut from Mazey Eddings, and I look forward to reading her other works!

Thank you to NetGalley and RB Media for the ALC in exchange for an honest review.

I read this YA book as an ARC six weeks ago and when the audio book became available I wanted to hear the narrators bring the characters to life. I particularly enjoyed Justis Bolding as Tilly. I did pick up a few things I missed by giving this magical book a second read. My original review below summarizes my feelings and its earning of 5 Stars.

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.

The begin of the book was great. I really appreciate the representation in the book and getting to see it to both of the characters minds. The end did feel a little rushed.

This. BOOK!

The first Mazey Eddings book I read was last year "A Brush With Love". The dedication already had my eyes tearing up and little did I know what I was in for. When I saw she had a YA book coming I knew I had to get my hands on a copy and was anxiously awaiting some dedicated time to read it. Thank you back to back concerts road trip for giving me this opportunity.

As with A Brush With Love, I very much identified with many of the themes in the book. While not neuro divergent myself this book not only tackles daily life with on the spectrum in a realistic, human way but also allows those who love people on the spectrum to understand in simpler terms what it is like to live everyday life in a world that is too stimulating for you. The feelings of inadequacy as the oldest sibling, wanting to be protective of younger siblings you love really hit home for me as well.

I think the biggest connection for me was the multiple attempts at communication. We all know the "miscommunication" trope is huge in romance books but I loved that it was not an easy escape that way. It showed the actual growth, trial and error it takes to build with someone. I also appreciated the Mazey showed it takes work but if you love and trust someone it is worth the time to understand effective communication.

I devoured this book in less than a day and the audio book was the same. The narrators were great and something about getting to hear the characters express what they are feeling made it all the more enjoyable. Highly recommend!!

I am obsessed with this book. I absolutely loved so much about it and it hit super close to home. Tilly was just everything and I loved her so much. The way she talks a million miles a minute and her brain hops from subject to subject was very endearing to me. I wanted to give her a tight squeeze with all the judgment and criticism she received from some people and tell her that everything would be okay. I adored Ollie and the way his brain thought in colors. He made me laugh so many times and I just wanted to have a real life conversation with him.

I think it was so awesome to read a book that had two neurodiverse main characters. The way they had to work through their communication differences was inspiring. As someone who is also neurodiverse (ADHD) I always love when I see others dealing with similar things. I loved to learn more about autism and other neurodiverse people since everyone deals with things differently.

I can’t wait to read more by Mazey Eddings!

I really enjoyed the dual narration for this book and I loved both of the narrators. They really brought the characters to life for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the advanced listening copy of this book. All thoughts are my own.