The Love Wager by Lynn Painter
on March 14, 2023
Genres: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy, Fiction / Women
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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Hallie Piper is turning over a new leaf. After belly-crawling out of a hotel room (hello, rock bottom), she decides it’s time to become a full-on adult. She gets a new apartment, a new haircut, and a new wardrobe, but when she logs onto the dating app that she has determined will find her new love, she sees none other than Jack, the guy whose room she snuck out of. After agreeing they are absolutely not interested in each other, Jack and Hallie realize they’re each other’s perfect wing-person in their searches for The One. They text each other about their dates, often scheduling them at the same restaurant so that if things don’t go well, the two of them can get tacos afterward.
Spoiler: they get a lot of tacos together.
Discouraged by the lack of prospects, Jack and Hallie make a wager to see who can find true love first, but when they agree to be fake dates for a weekend wedding, all bets are off. As they pretend to be a couple, lines become blurred and they both struggle to remember why the other was a bad idea to begin with.
Can’t go wrong with a Lynn Painter love story. This one didn’t disappoint either. Jack and Hallie may be my new favorite rom-com couple. Their banter is laugh out loud funny, their friendship is genuinely charming and sweet, and their chemistry is *ooo la la!*. Seriously, you could fry an egg on these pages. I had so much fun with them as they navigated their messy feelings. My one and only complaint is that the plot followed the expected course with the miscommunication/non-communication trope and requisite last minute crisis. I really wish that wasn’t a predictable part of EVERY. SINGLE. ROM-COM. EVER. Despite this, I loved the story overall, and I thought this was even better than the first book in the series!
Four stars for this novel. I highly recommend both books in the Mr. Wrong Number series if you like witty, sarcastic humor, romance with some extra spice, and a light, fun time.
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