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Two Wrongs Make a Right
by Chloe Liese
4 ⭐️ I'm in love with YET ANOTHER Chloe Liese book!
I just can't help it. She writes wonderful, amazing books and I just read them and fall head over heels in love. It's hardly my fault, really.
When Bea is forced to go to her twin sister's new boyfriend's themed birthday party, the only silver lining is the animal mask she was able to craft herself, and peppermint schnapps. Socializing is not really her strong suit -it's both the tism, and just her personality-, but that doesn't stop her meddlesome twin from intervening to try and play matchmaker for the night. Jamie is her twin's boyfriend's roommate and now, also the person she's supposed to interact with multiple times because her friends just decided they're perfect for each other, for some reason. What no one else seems to notice is how his gaze travels down her tattoos in the most judgemental way possible, and how even though he looks like a dream in pressed pants and shirt, he's looking at her like she's inherently wrong to be in his presence. It also doesn't help that when Bea gets nervous, she gets clumsy, and she may or may not end up throwing several drinks at him... on accident, of course. The party ends in a horrible disaster, but when the meddling doesn't stop there Bea decides to team up with the least likely ally she finds to make sure the meddlers pay up.
This was, probably, the most ridiculous revenge plot I've ever read about -mostly because I didn't understand the point- but boy was it fun to read! I loved that this was an enemies to friends to lovers story, and their connection became more and more obvious with each interaction. I'm going to be honest and say that I, personally, would have also plotted revenge if my closest family and friends did something similar to me irl. Being the only single friend in a group of couples and/or coupled people sucks sometimes. Mostly because they genuinely think that they know better than you what will make you happy -and although I'm sure they have the best of intentions, I would never try to make them break up with their partners under false pretences just because I'm happier being single, so the opposite is just as f**ked up. So, yeah, I understood Bea's driving force here very well.
Bea was such a great character to read about, and Jamie... well, let's just say if I could, I'd order a Jamie and pay extra for overnight shipping. It's not just that his job makes him a living, breathing, non-religiously-affiliated saint, but also because hot men with glasses are superior. I don't make the rules, that's just the empirical truth. Book men really are superior in every way, and Jamie could enter the Book Boyfriend Hall of Fame.
The book is not particularly spicy, and even other Chloe Liese books are spicier than this, but it was sweet and a pretty good representation of how the author often takes care when portraying intimacy between her characters. It's always so wonderful. I loved it.
Also, reading the acknowledgements (because, yes, I am the kind of person who reads the acknowledgements of every book she reads), I saw that the author herself calls her genre of books "compassionate fiction"... It's been almost a week since I finished this book and I'm still thinking about that. I'd never realized, but that's exactly my preferred genre of books. I just had never really thought of a term for it. I'm going to leave the quote here because I literally can't get it out of my mind and I think it sums up why I love Chloe Liese's books so much:
I just love her books. I could write entire essays on it, but I'm not in uni anymore lol. So, instead, I write about it here and hope that more authors and readers can get behind these types of books. Because I can't get enough of them!
I just can't help it. She writes wonderful, amazing books and I just read them and fall head over heels in love. It's hardly my fault, really.
When Bea is forced to go to her twin sister's new boyfriend's themed birthday party, the only silver lining is the animal mask she was able to craft herself, and peppermint schnapps. Socializing is not really her strong suit -it's both the tism, and just her personality-, but that doesn't stop her meddlesome twin from intervening to try and play matchmaker for the night. Jamie is her twin's boyfriend's roommate and now, also the person she's supposed to interact with multiple times because her friends just decided they're perfect for each other, for some reason. What no one else seems to notice is how his gaze travels down her tattoos in the most judgemental way possible, and how even though he looks like a dream in pressed pants and shirt, he's looking at her like she's inherently wrong to be in his presence. It also doesn't help that when Bea gets nervous, she gets clumsy, and she may or may not end up throwing several drinks at him... on accident, of course. The party ends in a horrible disaster, but when the meddling doesn't stop there Bea decides to team up with the least likely ally she finds to make sure the meddlers pay up.
This was, probably, the most ridiculous revenge plot I've ever read about -mostly because I didn't understand the point- but boy was it fun to read! I loved that this was an enemies to friends to lovers story, and their connection became more and more obvious with each interaction. I'm going to be honest and say that I, personally, would have also plotted revenge if my closest family and friends did something similar to me irl. Being the only single friend in a group of couples and/or coupled people sucks sometimes. Mostly because they genuinely think that they know better than you what will make you happy -and although I'm sure they have the best of intentions, I would never try to make them break up with their partners under false pretences just because I'm happier being single, so the opposite is just as f**ked up. So, yeah, I understood Bea's driving force here very well.
Bea was such a great character to read about, and Jamie... well, let's just say if I could, I'd order a Jamie and pay extra for overnight shipping. It's not just that his job makes him a living, breathing, non-religiously-affiliated saint, but also because hot men with glasses are superior. I don't make the rules, that's just the empirical truth. Book men really are superior in every way, and Jamie could enter the Book Boyfriend Hall of Fame.
The book is not particularly spicy, and even other Chloe Liese books are spicier than this, but it was sweet and a pretty good representation of how the author often takes care when portraying intimacy between her characters. It's always so wonderful. I loved it.
Also, reading the acknowledgements (because, yes, I am the kind of person who reads the acknowledgements of every book she reads), I saw that the author herself calls her genre of books "compassionate fiction"... It's been almost a week since I finished this book and I'm still thinking about that. I'd never realized, but that's exactly my preferred genre of books. I just had never really thought of a term for it. I'm going to leave the quote here because I literally can't get it out of my mind and I think it sums up why I love Chloe Liese's books so much:
"I know we have a way to go in being the inclusive, accessible, empathic society that we need to be, but it is my deepest belief that we are going to get there. For me, compassionate fiction that doesn't shy away from human struggle while holding tight to hope is a comforting place to go while we wait, while change is made in too-tiny increments." - Chloe Liese, page 322.
I just love her books. I could write entire essays on it, but I'm not in uni anymore lol. So, instead, I write about it here and hope that more authors and readers can get behind these types of books. Because I can't get enough of them!