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3.35 AVERAGE
3.35 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
If you like hockey and dark romance, check this book out.
Lincoln Daniels, star forward of the Dallas Knights hockey team, sends a text one night to a number he thinks is a girl he stood up. He actually texts Monroe, a girl who has had nothing given to her in life and has had to fight for everything she has. To prove he has the wrong number, Monroe sends him her picture and Lincoln falls for her, right there on the spot.
What follows is a series of 'accidental' run-in's, meet-cutes, and opportunities. Lincoln is nothing less than obsessed with Monroe, and soon enough, she's feeling the same way.
Tropes:
- Hockey
- Reformed playboy
- Dark romance
- Obsessive/possessive MMC
- Stalking
- Virgin FMC
Lincoln Daniels, star forward of the Dallas Knights hockey team, sends a text one night to a number he thinks is a girl he stood up. He actually texts Monroe, a girl who has had nothing given to her in life and has had to fight for everything she has. To prove he has the wrong number, Monroe sends him her picture and Lincoln falls for her, right there on the spot.
What follows is a series of 'accidental' run-in's, meet-cutes, and opportunities. Lincoln is nothing less than obsessed with Monroe, and soon enough, she's feeling the same way.
Tropes:
- Hockey
- Reformed playboy
- Dark romance
- Obsessive/possessive MMC
- Stalking
- Virgin FMC
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
First of all, my poor girl Monroe has had a rough life and she's not even 20 yet. Her mom was a prostitute and addict and she became an orfan young. Then there's not one fucking man she's come across that doesn't want to get in her pants or sexually harass her to try to get into them. Ugh! Men! š The only good one was Bill, the sweetest homeless man ever! š«¶š½
Lincoln wasn't bad at the beginning, he feels guilty about his brother's death and his parents are trash. However one lucky day, he messages Monroe by accident and things take off from there. His stalkerish and possessive behavior wasn't that bad, at the beginning. Although instalove/love st first sight isn't my cup of tea, I didn't mind it much but things escalated little by little. I didn't mind a lot of the story until we hit around the 80-85% mark and he just becomes completely unhinged. His behavior was unforgivable but if she's going to forgive him for the purpose of giving the book a happy ending, at least make him grovel, make him work for it. At the beginning Monroe was an independent woman trying to make it on her own but then after discovering everything and feeling manipulated and grossed out, she just decides life could be worst and move on. WHAT?!
So overall, I enjoyed this but there were some things that annoyed me or didn't make a lot of sense. It wasn't a bad book and I never felt the need to DNF so I'm counting it as a win lol
The plot of this story is horrible. Do not waste your time. I wished I would have looked up the Goodreads book description and reviews before reading. Last time I trust the audible descriptions. The MMC is a sociopath who stalks the FMC manipulates her and takes advantage of her vulnerabilities then makes the FMC a victim of Stockholm syndrome, whom he is essentially molesting in chapter 35. He needs to be admitted to a psychiatric inpatient program, and criminally charged, and a restraining order. The story builds for 35 chapters like the MMCs dad is the antagonist of the story and then itās really the MMC just being mentally ill. I was extremely disappointed I thought the MMC was just going to be a traumatized morally gray individual, that with the help of his FMC that he over comes his grief, trauma, and family, and they get their HEA.
The FMC is actually a good person despite her traumatic upbringing and her story line is actually good and solid, until chapter 36 when sheās clearly becomes a victim of Stockholm syndrome, then rationalized the crazy awful things he did to manipulate her and hold her captive, bc he has money and knows how to make her orgasm. The character who is strong in her morals and knows who she then turns into some dumbass whoās morals and goals for herself just get chucked out the damn window for this sociopath.
This is a dark romance with hockey but should not actually fall in the hockey romance genre. There is also no trigger warning in the description on audible, or the opening credits of the audiobook like most audiobook. Triggers of child abuse, sex work, sexual abuse, and mental abuse are present, loss of a family member, and being held captive against her will.
The FMC is actually a good person despite her traumatic upbringing and her story line is actually good and solid, until chapter 36 when sheās clearly becomes a victim of Stockholm syndrome, then rationalized the crazy awful things he did to manipulate her and hold her captive, bc he has money and knows how to make her orgasm. The character who is strong in her morals and knows who she then turns into some dumbass whoās morals and goals for herself just get chucked out the damn window for this sociopath.
This is a dark romance with hockey but should not actually fall in the hockey romance genre. There is also no trigger warning in the description on audible, or the opening credits of the audiobook like most audiobook. Triggers of child abuse, sex work, sexual abuse, and mental abuse are present, loss of a family member, and being held captive against her will.
Overall I feel that this book was written poorly. It was advertised as a hockey romance, but this is a dark romance. I bought the book thinking it would be a good first romance book (with hockey in it, which I nerd about), but this is NOT what I was looking for. I felt like some parts of the book felt rushed. There is no reason for Lincoln to be obsessive and controlling. If there was a reason, it was not conveyed very well. I would NOT recommend.
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book had a strong premiseāanonymous flirty texts with a mysterious stranger who turns out to be a famous hockey player? Yes, please. But The Pucking Wrong Number took that idea and ran it straight into a wall of toxicity, obsession, and eyebrow-raising behavior.
At 340 pages, this was far too long for what was essentially a dark smutty romance. The sex scenes were plentiful, but only one of them really brought the heat. Monroe and Lincoln had some sweet momentsāhis nickname ādream girlā was swoon-worthy and their initial flirty text exchanges had me hookedābut those highs were overshadowed by some deeply disturbing choices.
Lincolnās backstory felt forced and didnāt quite earn the sympathy it was aiming for. Monroeās traumatic childhood and survival instincts were much more compellingābut unfortunately, the book kept dragging her into increasingly dangerous situations. Lincoln getting her fired and evicted as a twisted way of āprotectingā her was already pushing it, but drugging her and chaining her to a bed? That went way past morally gray and straight into ācall the copsā territory. The tattoo of her name on his dick? I meanā¦ yikes.
Yes, the author warns readers that this is a relationship full of red flags, but knowing itās problematic doesnāt make it easier to stomach. If you like your romances toxic and your heroes unhinged, this oneās for you. Personally, I needed more heat, less horror.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Blood, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail
3āļø
Yeahā¦so I donāt think Iām a fan of stalker romance.
This whole book just gave me the heebie jeebies
Yeahā¦so I donāt think Iām a fan of stalker romance.
This whole book just gave me the heebie jeebies
4.5 āļø
Couldnāt put it down even if I washed too! I got sucked in from the beginning. Some parts felt unnecessary but overall really enjoyed it
Couldnāt put it down even if I washed too! I got sucked in from the beginning. Some parts felt unnecessary but overall really enjoyed it