Review: The MASH Up by Laura Marie Meyers

The MASH Up by Laura Marie Meyers

Blurb from Goodreads:

MANSION • APARTMENT • SHACK • HOUSE

Ruby Wynne is a staunch rule-follower who lives by the numbers. So when a surprising breakup – on her thirty-fifth birthday – ruins all her well-laid plans, Ruby makes an unexpected wish . . . Only to wake up inside a M.A.S.H. game from seventh grade.

Settled in a Technicolor mansion, driving a tie-dye Jeep, and running a roller-disco restaurant, Ruby is living out her childhood dreams come true—with one exception. According to the game, Ruby’s “other half” is supposed to be Penn Hayes, her brother’s annoying, and annoyingly handsome, best friend. But there’s zero romance between them. Just like in real life, all they share is sarcasm. With no rules to follow and desperate to return to reality, Ruby makes her best guess at an escape plan: win Penn’s heart so the game comes completely true and she can go home.

It’s unthinkable. On Ruby’s list of dos and don’ts, Penn Hayes is a lifelong don’t. But as Ruby navigates the magical world she dreamed up at thirteen, she wonders if, by finally throwing out her rules, she might just find her way home to the life and love she deserves.

 I have to preface this review by stating I typically hate the sort of book where someone falls into an alternate universe/the past/the future and acts like a complete idiot. I'm not sure why I think I would be different but I do.  This was done in a smart way and who didn't love MASH as a kid?!  This book was very sweet and a fun summer read!

The MASH Up comes out next week on July 7, 2026 and you can purchase HERE.  

A snot-covered kid tugs at her skirt, and I watch in horror as he wipes his nose with it. "That's my cue," I say, moonwalking away from the human typhoid.

"Just think on the bright side," Bridget stage-whispers. "At

least you picked zero kids."

I shudder.

I need to count my MASH blessings.