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The Pucking Wrong Number by C.R. Jane

38 reviews

taylorbuck's review against another edition

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0.25

TW: SA

This is a dark “romance” where the MMC happens to play hockey. There’s no tags or CWs anywhere in sight and it’s very poorly written. There’s a whole host of issues with the book itself but also this author behaves badly. Reporting low reviews and bashing bad reviews. Towards the end of the book she tells in no during a sexual encounter and he continues on. It is not CNC it’s straight up rape. Just because it’s not explicitly physically violent doesn’t make it something else.

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eviek84's review

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dark
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

0.25


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andycob's review

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dark tense medium-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

0.25


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megatza's review

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dark emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Even knowing the CWs for this book, I wasn't totally prepared for *how* dark it got. Stalkers are not my jam, the hockey itself was mediocre, the romance had nothing for me. The author did give the FMC (who was *barely 18*) some personal agency, and there was recognition that she didn't totally feel great falling in love with a hockey player who basically held her captive...so it gets 2⭐️ and not 1⭐️. But oof this book was NOT for me.

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lisapparition's review

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dark medium-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.25


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nlapean's review

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dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This book is a walking red flag, but I loved it.

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amanda_reads13's review

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dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Monroe is starting over in a new city when she gets a text from a wrong number. That text happens to be from Lincoln, the NHL golden boy. He instantly becomes obsessed with her and will stop at nothing to make her his. 

Lincoln deals with his pain by channelling his energy into hockey and obsessing over Monroe. Hockey by day, stalking and manipulating Monroe by night. 

Through most of her life, Monroe deals with her pain by working hard to overcome her terrible situation. Once she becomes the object of Lincoln's obsession, she tries to fight his hold on her and tries to remain independent, but eventually realizes there is no point. After everything this psychopath has done, he manages to manipulate her into becoming solely dependent on him. 

Both Lincoln and Monroe have endured horrific childhoods, I think they need therapy more than anything else. 

Tropes: touch her/you die, toxic, obsessed, opposites attract, dark, instalust

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ghostsinthegarden's review

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3.5

it was very much an insta-love/lust story which i’m not the biggest fan of. i get that it’s a dark romance but some of the things he did were just weird. like the
tracking device in her birth control implant? i didn’t mind the tracking device, it was the fact that it was in her fucking birth control that weirded me out
other than that, i didn’t have many gripes other than the writing quality.

my rating system is very simple
5- i love it
4- i like it
3- it’s ok…?
2- i don’t like it
1- i hate it

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aytac's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75


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risseandshine's review

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challenging
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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