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kathis_wonderland's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Mr Wrong Number by Lynn Painter is about Olivia, who is the clumsiest person there is. Due to an accident, she has to move in with her brother and his best friend, Colin. When a random number starts to text her, she begins to talk openly about her feelings and what she enjoys during sex. Mr Wrong Number also opens up. But Colin soon realizes that Olivia is his wrong number, but Olivia has no idea who her wrong number is. Then they start slowly falling for each other in real life and things get more complicated.
So, basically, I came for the smut. I read so many good things about this book. Everyone seemed to compare it to Ali Hazlewood's books and as I absolutely loved them, I was excited to read this book. But now I am a little disappointed. Olivia and Colin miss some chemistry. Don't get me wrong, there was some chemistry, but it didn't spark. I couldn't connect with Olivia at all. She only wants to hear what she believes is right. There were so many problems in this book between Olivia and Colin that could have been easily resolved by talking to each other. The sex scenes were steamy, but not as steamy as everyone made it sound.
This book just wasn't what I thought it would be. It wasn't bad, but I expected something different.
So, basically, I came for the smut. I read so many good things about this book. Everyone seemed to compare it to Ali Hazlewood's books and as I absolutely loved them, I was excited to read this book. But now I am a little disappointed. Olivia and Colin miss some chemistry. Don't get me wrong, there was some chemistry, but it didn't spark. I couldn't connect with Olivia at all. She only wants to hear what she believes is right. There were so many problems in this book between Olivia and Colin that could have been easily resolved by talking to each other. The sex scenes were steamy, but not as steamy as everyone made it sound.
This book just wasn't what I thought it would be. It wasn't bad, but I expected something different.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, and Infidelity
Minor: Alcohol and Blood
gcoulsxn's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Cursing
Moderate: Alcohol and Infidelity
whateves99's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I liked the book but it was not two memorable
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Alcohol
Moderate: Toxic relationship
kamreher's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
per my spreadsheet:
yeah. this one burned.
spice 🌶 - a 3 🌶 spicy (romance.io scale)
length - just right
reading speed - read in 2 days
did it make me cry? - yep.
yeah. this one burned.
spice 🌶 - a 3 🌶 spicy (romance.io scale)
length - just right
reading speed - read in 2 days
did it make me cry? - yep.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Infidelity
vj_thompson's review against another edition
challenging
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Imaging getting a random text asking what you are wearing, and you decide to play into the joke and text back. It turns out that maybe the stranger isn’t so bad after all and is kinda nice to talk to. Olivia is the lowest point in her life. She may or may not have been apart of burning down her apartment building, her ex dumped her for her ex-work best friend, and she lost her job. Liv moves in with her older brother, Jack, and his best friend, Collin, until she can get back on her feet. Her and Collin have always been at each other’s throats since they were kids.
Living in a tight space might cause some challenges. Especially when Collin is the random number Olivia has been texting. In Collin’s eyes? His perspective of Olivia being his brother’s baby sister might change.
The story was sweet and funny. As a reader, I was cheering for Olivia to have something good happen to her. The whole texting the random number was funny but Collin should have told her a lot sooner. That would have made the plot better. It could have been a cuter love story.
I also strongly disliked her perception of Collin (she thought he was a rich country club guy). Their argument was also never resolved. It’s like they sudden got over it and made up too quickly. Bit of a red flag. Their constant bickering also got on my nerves SO much.
Living in a tight space might cause some challenges. Especially when Collin is the random number Olivia has been texting. In Collin’s eyes? His perspective of Olivia being his brother’s baby sister might change.
The story was sweet and funny. As a reader, I was cheering for Olivia to have something good happen to her. The whole texting the random number was funny but Collin should have told her a lot sooner. That would have made the plot better. It could have been a cuter love story.
I also strongly disliked her perception of Collin (she thought he was a rich country club guy). Their argument was also never resolved. It’s like they sudden got over it and made up too quickly. Bit of a red flag. Their constant bickering also got on my nerves SO much.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Alcohol, and Sexual content
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, and Bullying
Minor: Infidelity
jess_eliza's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
emmy_likes_2_read's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-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
1.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
amanda_reads13's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
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
3.5
Bad luck just seems to follow Olivia around. That is until one day she gets a "What are you wearing?" text from a random stranger.
This is a fluffy and cute rom-com. The banter between the two of them via text messages was really funny and their chemistry was pretty strong. But I didn't feel like it translated as well outside of the text messages.
Olivia is a complete mess. After being dumped, losing her job, and setting her apartment on fire, she is stuck living with her brother and Colin, his best friend. She and Colin are complete are complete opposites. He has a very A type personality. He's very driven and successful, while she is barely holding it together.
I don't really understand why they were so mean to each other. Like unnecessarily mean. I found it to be very immature. There was no real reason except once as a kid, she heard him calling her a name.
The endingreally annoyed me. Olivia went from being incredibly angry at Colin for him keeping the secret about the fact that he was Mr. Wrong Number to being desperate to get him back the second she learns he's moving away. She couldn't actually sit down and talk to him rationally about it like an adult, but then in the blink of an eye, she just realizes she's no longer mad because he's moving away. I thought it was a bit of a cop out.
Tropes: brother's best friend, mistaken/ secret identity
This is a fluffy and cute rom-com. The banter between the two of them via text messages was really funny and their chemistry was pretty strong. But I didn't feel like it translated as well outside of the text messages.
Olivia is a complete mess. After being dumped, losing her job, and setting her apartment on fire, she is stuck living with her brother and Colin, his best friend. She and Colin are complete are complete opposites. He has a very A type personality. He's very driven and successful, while she is barely holding it together.
I don't really understand why they were so mean to each other. Like unnecessarily mean. I found it to be very immature. There was no real reason except once as a kid, she heard him calling her a name.
The ending
Tropes: brother's best friend, mistaken/ secret identity
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
mia_dt13's review against another edition
medium-paced
2.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
dkgreads's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Fast, funny, and lighthearted with pretty mild spice. Not terribly deep, but fairly entertaining.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content