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A review by ireadergosum
The Pucking Wrong Number by C.R. Jane
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
1.0
I want to start by saying I've read over 2,000 romances books. I read across all genres, so I have come across what is in this book many times (contemporary, hockey romance, dark romance, good girl/bad guy, traumatic past, etc.) This book was rough and not in a good way. This book is everything cliche and the perfect example of why people talk poorly about romance books.
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First of all, the main character being described as so beautiful and every single man blatantly treating her like shit and crossing boundaries was a little overboard. Her foster dad, then her landlord, then her boss, then a guy in her class. Like there were no normal interactions, which was ridiculous. Many men are much more sneaky that this, so it was just overdramatized for the plot. Oh and let's not forget she's not only perfect and beautiful, but also a virgin.
Next, the rich playboy hockey player that decides from a wrong number text conversation and a photo of her flipping him off that he is obsessed and now stalks her. And when he sees her in person, he gets her name tattooed on his dick (insert eye roll here). He hasn't even hung out with her in person at this point and he's so obsessed. Not only that, but she gives him head (her first time ever and it's just so good) when the tattoo is not even healed. I am covered in tattoos and this made me want to scream. Plus she just gets to go into the lockeroom right after a game when all the guys are in there like it is no big deal, there is just no way.
Next, he gets her evicted so she has to move in with him. He doesn't like how her boss is hitting on her and gets her fired from her job so she has to be even more dependent on him. He does this by blackmail because of course the boss is not only sleeping with his wife's best friend, but getting his dick serviced by his wife's brother. Oh, and the main character just happens to have video of both of these things. Overdramatized for the plot.
The main guy lost his brother and blames himself, so we see the anniversary of his death and the brother's birthday. The fmc takes care of him on both and ends up standing up to his horrible parents for him at a dinner on the birthday.
All the while the dad wants his son to date some woman because of a business merger, since the fmc is standing in the way and he hates his son, he sends her videos of the mmc getting her evicted and fired from her job. Everyone magically has all this video evidence. Of course the mmc knows she got the videos because he has mirrored her phone. He catches her before she leaves, drugs her, chains her to his bed in his penthouse, and leaves her while he finishes some playoff games, because oh yeah, he is a huge hockey star that's absolutely drop dead gorgeous and perfect in every way.
She thinks he's a psychopath, but while he's gone she realizes she likes how obsessed he is with her because "It turned out that a girl could easily get addicted to madness when she’d been alone for almost her entire life."
She finally says she loves him, and they live happily ever after.
My issue with this book is that it took so many liberties and was so overdramatized that it lived up to the annoying romance stereotype. It seems to be popular and book boxes are doing special editions, so I stuck it out hoping it would get better, but I was beyond disappointed. I rarely write reviews, but I honestly couldn't keep my thoughts to myself on this one.
Click for spoilers:
Next, the rich playboy hockey player that decides from a wrong number text conversation and a photo of her flipping him off that he is obsessed and now stalks her. And when he sees her in person, he gets her name tattooed on his dick (insert eye roll here). He hasn't even hung out with her in person at this point and he's so obsessed. Not only that, but she gives him head (her first time ever and it's just so good) when the tattoo is not even healed. I am covered in tattoos and this made me want to scream. Plus she just gets to go into the lockeroom right after a game when all the guys are in there like it is no big deal, there is just no way.
Next, he gets her evicted so she has to move in with him. He doesn't like how her boss is hitting on her and gets her fired from her job so she has to be even more dependent on him. He does this by blackmail because of course the boss is not only sleeping with his wife's best friend, but getting his dick serviced by his wife's brother. Oh, and the main character just happens to have video of both of these things. Overdramatized for the plot.
The main guy lost his brother and blames himself, so we see the anniversary of his death and the brother's birthday. The fmc takes care of him on both and ends up standing up to his horrible parents for him at a dinner on the birthday.
All the while the dad wants his son to date some woman because of a business merger, since the fmc is standing in the way and he hates his son, he sends her videos of the mmc getting her evicted and fired from her job. Everyone magically has all this video evidence. Of course the mmc knows she got the videos because he has mirrored her phone. He catches her before she leaves, drugs her, chains her to his bed in his penthouse, and leaves her while he finishes some playoff games, because oh yeah, he is a huge hockey star that's absolutely drop dead gorgeous and perfect in every way.
She thinks he's a psychopath, but while he's gone she realizes she likes how obsessed he is with her because "It turned out that a girl could easily get addicted to madness when she’d been alone for almost her entire life."
She finally says she loves him, and they live happily ever after.
My issue with this book is that it took so many liberties and was so overdramatized that it lived up to the annoying romance stereotype. It seems to be popular and book boxes are doing special editions, so I stuck it out hoping it would get better, but I was beyond disappointed. I rarely write reviews, but I honestly couldn't keep my thoughts to myself on this one.