Mistakes Were Made
"This blazing-hot forbidden romance manages to sensibly, and compassionately, capture the complexities of starting adult life after college and finding love and your identity in middle age. Cassie and Erin’s romance is by turns delightfully raunchy and deeply emotional. This reader hopes Wilsner keeps these scorchers coming." - The Washington Post
“[Wilsner writes] erotic yearning in a class all their own.” - Entertainment Weekly
From Meryl Wilsner, the acclaimed author of Something to Talk About, comes 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?
"Wilsner proves their serious romance range with a sophomore novel 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
“A steaming hot, thoughtful story about all kinds of love, featuring a firecracker of a couple that’s impossible not to root for.” - Women's Health
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Community Reviews
This was such a fun and spicy read, I devoured it in a day. This story falls along the lines of a forbidden/taboo love trope involving a mom (Erin) and her daughter's college best friend (Cassie). The two main characters were both equally interesting, although I think I loved Erin more. I loved the idea of a woman coming to terms with what she wants in life and wanting to make sure her daughter doesn't end up like her.
The only huge issue I had with the book was the age gap between Erin and Cassie. Even though I love a good sneaking around moment, a lot of the fun was overshadowed just because I personally have a distaste for age gaps in the LQBTQ community. I know they're both consenting adults and it's truly not that big of a deal and straight couples do it all the time, but straight couples also have age-appropriate love stories that the LGBTQ community very rarely gets.
Aside from that, I still really liked the book and found the ending adorable.
Also, I think I'm having a lot of trouble swallowing the age difference and the fact that Erin was Cassie's mom, even though I knew it was coming given the synopsis. I know this is probably a feature of the may/december romance genre but... I did NOT like how the older woman is constantly in love with the younger woman because of her youthful beauty and enthusiasm and making it kinda sound like a mid-life crisis (oh, being with this younger women is curing my boredom and self-esteem issues from my failed marriage) and the opposite for the younger woman, she's so in love with an older woman because she's just sooooo much more grown-up than people her own age and wants to be grown up.
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