Can’t Wait Wednesday #48 - Tilly in Technicolor

Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the Jill at Breaking the Spine. So let me introduce you my Can’t Wait Wednesday #48 pick! Click on the book’s cover to add it to your Goodreads shelf.

Tilly In Technicolor by Mazey Eddings book cover — Publishes: August 15, 2023 by St. Martin’s Press.
Length: 320 pages.
Genre: Teens & Young Adult

From The Publisher:

Tilly Twomley is desperate for change. White-knuckling her way through high school with flawed executive functioning has left her burnt out and ready to start fresh. Working as an intern for her perfect older sister’s start up isn’t exactly how Tilly wants to spend her summer, but the required travel around Europe promises a much-needed change of scenery as she plans for her future. The problem is, Tilly has no idea what she wants.

Oliver Clark knows exactly what he wants. His autism has often made it hard for him to form relationships with others, but his love of color theory and design allows him to feel deeply connected to the world around him. Plus, he has everything he needs: a best friend that gets him, placement into a prestigious design program, and a summer internship to build his resume. Everything is going as planned. That is, of course, until he suffers through the most disastrous international flight of his life, all turmoil stemming from lively and exasperating Tilly. Oliver is forced to spend the summer with a girl that couldn’t be more his opposite—feeling things for her he can’t quite name—and starts to wonder if maybe he doesn’t have everything figured out after all.

As the duo’s neurodiverse connection grows, they learn that some of the best parts of life can’t be planned, and are forced to figure out what that means as their disastrously wonderful summer comes to an end.

Why I Can’t Wait to Read Tilly in Technicolor:

I’m a big fan of Mazey Eddings and enjoyed her “A Brush With Love Series”. The author is herself neurodivergent (as well as a dentist) and I love her ability to write about characters through this lens. This is her YA debut and I can’t wait to read it!

Does this book sound like one you’d like to read? Or, have you been lucky enough to have already read it? Let me know in the comments!