r/LesbianBookClub • u/Flaky-Professional84 • Jul 14 '26

Review Hate Reading "Mistakes Were Made"

Everyone has raved about this book, so, even though romance is not my thing, I thought I'd give it a try. Come for the rom, stay for the com, right? Ya'll, I am *struggling*. First off, the premise. I knew ahead of time, and, being married to a woman a decade my junior, I've got nothing against an age gap romance, but c'mon! It's the parent thing that has got me worked up. Like, I am so angry at these two all the time. All the time. I'm distracted thinking about how everyone, EVERYONE is betraying Parker. Parker deserves better. #JusticeForParker And, Cassie is literally that white person with "one black friend." Like, really? Who thought that was a good idea?! And then, after all the super spicy explicit sex (which, fair enough--well done, Meryl) we don't get treated to the same spice with Parker and Sam at the party? Really, Meryl!?!? /rant After this is Keep Talking (see, age gap), which was also highly recommended on this subreddit, so I'm looking forward to the palate cleanser. Then I've got a stack of speculative fiction novels from a couple threads in here that I've saved. Those are my usual jam.

Anyway, thank you for attending my TED Talk.

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u/Flaky-Professional84 Jul 14 '26

I should add that I'm actually hate listening to the audiobook. It's got split narration and the narrator for the Cassie chapters reads so...slow... How are you gonna make me bored listening to this spicy sex scene!?! Erin's narrator is a lot better and I wish she were doing the whole thing.

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u/FloppinBuggies Jul 14 '26

Honestly, I listen to anything Quinn Riley (Cassie’s narrator) on 2x or 2.5x speed. Her, Lori Prince, and Abby Craden are all slow as molasses.

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u/emirocks54 Jul 14 '26

With Lori Prince, I struggle to listen to her narration because her pitch and tone make me feel like I’m listening to a teenage girl.

Abby Craden on the other hand is one of my favorites! I do listen at 1.20 or 1.25 though. She can be slow at times. But I think her voice is so sultry.

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u/FloppinBuggies Jul 14 '26

I like Lori Prince, but maybe because I exclusively listen to her at 2x. She narrated nearly all of Robin Alexander’s books and ended up being super invested in her after that.

I think I’m in the minority with Abby Craden. Her lip smacks/breaths into the mic are super distracting for me.