Review | Mistakes Were Made – Meryl Wilsner

Mistakes Were Made is a book I’ve been looking forward to reading since I heard about it. I mean a character that ends up finding out her one night stand was actually her best friend’s mother? That’s a bit awkward. So of course, I needed to read it. Today I want to talk about this book and what I thought.

From the critically acclaimed author of Something To Talk About comes a sharp and sexy rom-com about a college senior who accidentally hooks up with her best friend’s mom.

When Cassie Klein goes to an off-campus bar to escape her school’s Family Weekend, she isn’t looking for a hookup—it just happens. Buying a drink for a stranger turns into what should be an uncomplicated, amazing one-night stand. But then the next morning rolls around and her friend drags her along to meet her mom—the hot, older woman Cassie slept with.

Erin Bennett came to Family Weekend to get closer to her daughter, not have a one-night stand with a college senior. In her defense, she hadn’t known Cassie was a student when they’d met. To make things worse, Erin’s daughter brings Cassie to breakfast the next morning. And despite Erin’s better judgement—how could sleeping with your daughter’s friend be anything but bad?—she and Cassie get along in the day just as well as they did last night.

What should have been a one-time fling quickly proves impossible to ignore, and soon Cassie and Erin are sneaking around. Worst of all, they start to realize they have something real. But is being honest about the love between them worth the cost?

Review

Mistakes Were Made is a book that pulled me in from the start. I loved that we got dual POV, because both Cassie and Erin show a lot of development in this story. It definitely wouldn’t have been the same book  without it. This book was steamy, funny, and emotional.

Cassie and Erin meet at the bar during Family Weekend. Erin is there for her daughter, but at the bar, because she’s spending time with her father. Cassie is at the bar, because she doesn’t have a relationship with her mother or family there for the weekend. I loved how they were flirty with each other, but it was even better when Cassie showed up with Erin’s daughter, Parker, to breakfast the next morning.

Even though they keep telling themselves they won’t do anything again, because of Parker, they can’t seem to resist each other. I honestly kind of felt bad for Parker, because this was something huge to be hiding from your daughter and best friend. Both of them were aware of this, but didn’t really do anything about it.

Besides their romance and meetings together (they were definitely steamy), I do feel like this book gave both characters a lot of development. Cassie starts thinking about what she really wants and that she’s someone who can be loved. People want to be there for her and it’s okay for her to let them in. Erin is finding who she is after her divorce. She always thinks things have to be perfect and things are expected of her, but Erin is also now learning not everything has to be perfect.

The second half of this book was kind of slow for me, because not much really happens. There isn’t a huge third act breakup and the drama I was expecting took an unexpected turn. That being said, I did still really enjoy this book and it was nice not to have a lot of drama in a romance.

Mistakes Were Made was such a great read. This author has also written Something to Talk About, so I’ll definitely have to look it up! Have you discovered any new to you authors lately that you now need to read everything by? Let me know in the comments. I’d love to hear from you!

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