A review by macaronipicture
The Pucking Wrong Date by C.R. Jane

dark sad 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

3.0

Yikes.  Britney Spears/conservatorship coded.  Vulnerable girl, toxic man doing really fucked up things with her fertility without her knowledge.  THE WORST.  This one was not fun for me, even in this, thankfully, completely fictional world.  It really seemed “Disney” took advantage of Olivia and made big, permanent decisions for her, when she really should have been focused on mental health and healing.  And then the subplot of the Circle of Trust with Ari and Lincoln, wherein they were all supporting, congratulating, and giving whole new ideas on how to control, gaslight, surveil, and trap their respective partners.  Ick, ick, ick.  I know this series is dark.  I read a lot of dark romance, but with the group of guys all together spurring each other on, I don’t know, it just hit different.