Mistakes Were Made

A Novel

De: Meryl Wilsner

Narrado por: Quinn Riley, Stephanie Németh-Parker

"Listeners will have a devilishly grand time with this rambunctiously robust performance by stellar narrators Quinn Riley and Stephanie Németh-Parker." - AudioFile Magazine (Earphones Award Winner)

From the critically acclaimed author of Something to Talk About comes Meryl Wilsner's Mistakes Were Made, 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?

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

©2022 Meryl Wilsner (P)2022 Macmillan Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

An October Indie Next Pick!

A LibraryReads pick for October 2022!

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"Wilsner proves their serious romance range with a sophomore that laughs in the slow-burning face of their debut by kicking off with a hookup that'll have you fanning your face for days." - Buzzfeed, "26 Highly Anticipated LGBTQ+ Romance Novels Releasing In 2022"

"Wilsner’s steamy, fast-paced secret-lovers contemporary romance features fully realized queer protagonists and secondary characters...It’s not a romantic comedy, but definitely has humor, as well as great dialogue and hot sex scenes." - Library Journal

"Meryl Wilsner's sophomore novel bursts with charm, humor, and heat. Mistakes Were Made left me smiling from beginning to end and you'll fall in love while rooting for this sexy, forbidden, and adorable love story. Wilsner is a storyteller who gently and perfectly steals your heart and hands it back a little fuller. I can't wait to recommend this book to everyone I know!” - Denise Williams, author of The Fastest Way to Fall

ABSOLUTELY LOVED !

This definitely was a great book and audio aswell this book made me want to read all of Meryl Wilsner's books. The writing was wonderful. I could feel the emotion throughout the book, which made me fully immersed in the book .

Age gap was handled well

With big age gap stories it’s easy to go into creepy territory but I felt like it was handled in an appropriate way. Characters had time to grow and figure things out. As someone who dated a few cougars in college, i didn’t feel like anyone was using or being taken advantage of. Read it guilt free!

Feel good!

This very long book just seemed to end too soon. The first for me by this author. Narration was great. It seems most books don’t really get into the romance before 16 or 17 chapters. This story just starts right from the get go and never slows down. There s lots of sex (but tastefully described ) for those who like it. Overall a really good romance with a big age difference. Use a credit sit back and enjoy this story.

Wow!! The story and performance. Wow!!

This one was great. I couldn’t pull myself away. Sexy and sweet with believable characters and plot. No unnecessary miscommunication drama that created the central conflict. This may sound weird but one of my favorite things about this performance was the voices. No extra high pitched overly female voices that don’t actually sound like anyone I’ve ever known.

Yes! Yes! A million times yes 🫶🏼

I devoured this book! Forever a favorite for me.. UGH when is it my turn!?!

Refreshing Premise, Believable Characters

I've never been terribly much into romance novels, probably because I'm a dude and that sort of thing isn't what I typically go for, but I'm glad this floated into my recommendations. It's the best I've yet encountered on Audible. That's more likely a reflection on my relative experience than on the book itself, but still, I quite enjoyed it. The characters were all likeable (except Parker, but only on a couple occasions, and Adam), they were all believable, and everything tied up both with decent pacing and covering all loose ends.

I'm still undecided as to whether sex scenes add to novels overall, but in the case of this one, they absolutely did. Every single one was unbelievably hot, and emotionally gripping. Not every writer can pull that off, and it works quite well here. Also, I'd like to say that the age gap was handled as well as it could have been, and all the reviewers saying otherwise have no idea what they're talking about.

The only real qualm I have is with Adam. I get that we're supposed to hate him, but he comes off as quite a straw misogynist, and predictable in all his actions and reactions (not to mention the cringe use of the phrase "mediocre white male"). But he's such a minor part of the story, that barely bothered me. I still have yet to find a story that's perfect, so it doesn't even deserve a dock in stars from me.

Best book ever

This is my favorite book. I have read it 4x now and now I get to enjoy it on my drives or when my hands are busy.

amazing first read

this is the first read of this author and I'm so happy I got this book I've listened to it a few times it is an amazing

Captivating read. Never a dull moment

It’s not often that a book holds my attention so raptly throughout. Never a boring moment. I couldn’t stop listening till I got to the end. Fantastic writing with a HEA. Chefs kiss 💋

What a Beautiful story

I loved the point of views from each of the main characters and the pace that the story went. I have already recommended this book to my friends! Such a great story!