Lynn Painter

Bad luck has always followed Olivia. But when a steamy text from a random number turns into the most entertaining relationship of her life, it seems things are looking up... 
Colin has always considered Olivia his flatmate's annoying little sister. Until she moves in with them, and he realizes she's turned into an altogether sexier distraction... 
He's determined to keep his distance, but it isn't easy. Especially when he discovers she's the girl he's been secretly messaging.
Now, Mr Wrong Number must make a decision. Should he shut down the messages, before things get messy? 
Or turn up the heat...?

Mr Wrong Number

Things get textual when a steamy message from a random wrong number turns into a thrilling anonymous relationship in this hilarious rom-com by Lynn Painter. Bad luck has always followed Olivia Marshall...or maybe she's just the screw-up her family thinks she is. But when a "What are you wearing?" text from a random wrong number turns into the hottest, most entertaining—albeit anonymous—relationship of her life, she thinks things might be on the upswing.... Colin Beck has always considered Olivia his best friend's annoying little sister, but when she moves in with them after one of her worst runs of luck, he realizes she's turned into an altogether different and sexier distraction. He's sure he can keep his distance, until the moment he discovers she's the irresistible Miss Misdial he's been sort of sexting for weeks—and now he has to decide whether to turn the heat up or ghost her before things get messy.

Mr. Wrong Number

nanafark

“I love you. I know I screwed everything up and I know we were going to keep it casual, but I somehow fell in love with you. I can’t believe it myself, but in spite of our lifetime of hatred for each other, I am completely lost without you in my life.”

My fingers grasped his, squeezing, as he proceeded to completely obliterate any remaining doubts I had that I was madly in love with him.

By late afternoon I was out of emotion. I got in that sterile, detached mood that always hit after saying, 

“Come here, Marshall.” She was only about two steps away from of me, but it wasn’t close enough. “You’re too far away.”

“I pulled my keys out of my pocket. “Tell Dad, too, okay?”

My mother pursed her lips. “You could tell him yourself if you ever called us on the phone.”

“I don’t call anyone.” I gnawed on my lip. “I hate talking on the phone.”

Since moving in, I was pretty sure she’d spent more time staring out at the city than doing anything else. She was like me in that, her absolute adoration of downtown life.

Regardless of how on-brand it was for me to blow off responsibilities for whatever sounded fun, this was different.

He just winked, and my stomach dropped to my ankles.

It would run a lot smoother if I played nice. And for me, nice meant avoidance.

Jules

hannah 

"I love you. I know I screwed everything up and I know we were going to keep it casual, but I somehow fell in love with you. I can't believe it myself, but in spite of our lifetime of hatred for each other, I am completely lost without you in my life." 

Things get textual when a steamy message from a random wrong number turns into a thrilling anonymous relationship in this hilarious rom-com by Lynn Painter. Bad luck has always followed Olivia Marshall...or maybe she's just the screw-up her family thinks she is. But when a "What are you wearing?" text from a random wrong number turns into the hottest, most entertaining--albeit anonymous--relationship of her life, she thinks things might be on the upswing.... Colin Beck has always considered Olivia his best friend's annoying little sister, but when she moves in with them after one of her worst runs of luck, he realizes she's turned into an altogether different and sexier distraction. He's sure he can keep his distance, until the moment he discovers she's the irresistible Miss Misdial he's been sort of sexting for weeks--and now he has to decide whether to turn the heat up or ghost her before things get messy.

He wasn't wrong, but he'd ordered for me without asking first. Which made him absolutely wrong, right?

It would run a lot smoother if I played nice. And for me, nice meant avoidance. 

Keira 💫

This hit in all the cheesy-romantic-kicking-my feet-up-giggling-feels 

Their banter had me laughing out loud and the way this man was the biggest simp at the end - we love to see it 

This hit in all the cheesy-romantic-kicking-my feet-up-giggling-feels 

Wonderfully entertaining

Their banter had me laughing out loud and the way this man was the biggest simp at the end - we love to see it 

Bria

It was okay. The characters seem a little immature for their age.

This was such a cute read. I love me a Lynn Painter book. 

Olivia 

aleksandra

1/5

The heroine needs to go back to kindergarten.

Super fast paced, funny, cute and interesting!! I really loved it and recommend it!! It definitely got me out of a slump!! 

I just took a 0.5 points off because I was a bit mad Olivia towards the end, but other than that it’s perfect!! I love Lynn’s writing so much 🫶🏼💞🌷🌺

Yalin Tsikun

Super fast paced, funny, cute and interesting!! I really loved it and recommend it!! It definitely got me out of a slump!! 

I just took a 0.5 points off because I was a bit mad Olivia towards the end, but other than that it’s perfect!! I love Lynn’s writing so much 🫶🏼💞🌷🌺

Sandrin

1 star for the initial tension and nothing else honestly.

The author managed to create one of the most insufferable, arrogant, rude, and childish female characters ever. One that never apologizes, believing everybody else is to blame except for her. Just incredibly 2-dimensional. Like... her whole personality could be summarized by her being quirky. She's got literally nothing else going for her.

About the love interest, he mostly was ok, if not too lenient with her and all the shit she was doing - basically disrespecting every single boundary he had and thinking nothing of it even though she was staying in his house. 

So... Yeah. The story was almost unbearable to finish. Wouldn't recommend.

Sophy

Exactly what I needed to get out of a slump. Simple, sweet, fun! 🙌🏻

Keely Calagos

3.5 (I think) the banter was so good but the story itself didn’t blow me away.

shai💌

Started: Aug 31
Finished: October 8
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I started this book thinking it's gonna be 4 star read but it turns out it's not. Didn't really connect with the main characters and their chemistry is 0

West Shah

** spoiler alert **
           No one told me this book was this good! Love the story, the story was simple itself, a good written brother’s bestfriend trope, Liv who was always in immense bad luck finally found her luck!

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this was a pretty slow burn at the beginning, which is why it took me forever to get halfway through it! i think this is one of my first slow burns so it’s not the books fault that it got a 3 star rating 😅 i just realized that i’m not a fan of it. 

another thing i didn’t absolutely love was how quickly col forgave liv for throwing his feelings in his face :( maybe it’s a me thing but i didn’t think that him not telling her that he was mr. wrong number was that big of a deal? like yeah it’d be shitty but they were basically in a relationship! who cares at that point ?? :/

i have absolutely no complaints about colin he was my fav <3 he was treating liv so good and really was so into her!! i love books where the men fall hard & i ate this up (after they finally kissed lool)!!

lexie

i expected more bc i loved the better than the movies

lala

I really thought I was going to like the book, I wasn’t looking for something serious when I picked it up and I read a lot of good reviews. How ever the more I read the more I disliked the book. 

I don’t know whether to blame it on Lyra’s writing or not because I’m not that versed when it comes to reading books, or whether it’s just because I hated the MC’s personality. To put it simply she Fs up and gets upset when people call her out on it. She was annoying as hell which made it difficult to enjoy the book. 

I thought by the end we would see some development in her character but she was still the exact same childish person who never took responsibility for anything she did,

Where I got really angry was when she wasted the ceremonial drink his sister had gotten him and she couldn’t even apologise for it, instead he was the one apologising. That was the moment I realised how angry I was, and btw she did this her first night there. Like have some respect??? Even at the end when she was “trying to apologise” she did not once utter the words. 

I just couldn’t understand why she blamed everyone for her problems and never once thought “maybe I’m the problem”. The author also never really unpacked a lot of things, her brother was like a side character who was never there despite him being the person she lived with and friends would suddenly pop in for a second, i wish there was more development with her other relationships. 

I did really like the progression of her and Colin’s relationship though, I think it could have done with a bit more tension and maybe some sneaking around with a bit more development smut but it was probably the best part of it all.

hey, this had the potential to be a great book... but it didn't make it in the end! i was so excited to pick this up, only from its trope (again!).

it was absolutely hilarious. i liked the writing style so much. it was playful, funny, easy to read, and entertaining.

the plot was good, the text exchange was funny, and the brother's reaction was the best i've ever read so far and i feel the need to mention that! BUT. it's just missing something.

first of all, the spark between them. it's a bit surface leveled, as well as their living situation. it could have been so much more intense i believe. and when they actually gave it a try, again it was too meh for what it's been built all this time. and then everything happened so fast but not in a good way. their reunion and the epilogue was nothing compared to all their path. like how am i supposed to feel satisfied with that? i'm just not. i'm left hungry! we could have experienced so much more of them together, so many more words and confessions. (also it could have been better if he had a crush on her way earlier but that's just my personal preference i guess).

i'm left a bit disappointed because i liked it so much up until a certain point and i also laughed so much that was just unfair to end this way.

hey, this had the potential to be a great book... but it didn't make it in the end! i was so excited to pick this up, only from its trope (again!).

it was absolutely hilarious. i liked the writing style so much. it was playful, funny, easy to read, and entertaining.

the plot was good, the text exchange was funny, and the brother's reaction was the best i've ever read so far and i feel the need to mention that! BUT. it's just missing something.

first of all, the spark between them. it's a bit surface leveled, as well as their living situation. it could have been so much more intense i believe. and when they actually gave it a try, again it was too meh for what it's been built all this time. and then everything happened so fast but not in a good way. their reunion and the epilogue was nothing compared to all their path. like how am i supposed to feel satisfied with that? i'm just not. i'm left hungry! we could have experienced so much more of them together, so many more words and confessions. (also it could have been better if he had a crush on her way earlier but that's just my personal preference i guess).

i'm left a bit disappointed because i liked it so much up until a certain point and i also laughed so much that was just unfair to end this way.

Petaco

Enjoyed it until the drama. It seemed too forced. I was not a fan of Olivia. I felt like she was too childish. And her immediately blaming Colin for her misfortune was so strange! What has he ever done that would make anyone, at least the reader, think that he would be capable of it. She just immediately assumed it was him and reacted. No thought whatsoever. Also, she had less than $400 and a job for a day (had she even started)?? How on the world could she rent a condo with no money, a new job after being fired, and being internet famous for "arson" of an apartment building???!!

This was cute but didn't blow my mind. I started a job right when I started this, so my mind was in a constant state of anxiety, and I didn't feel like I enjoyed it as much as I could have. I'll have to revisit it at another time. 

Sarah Campbell

This was cute but didn't blow my mind. I started a job right when I started this, so my mind was in a constant state of anxiety, and I didn't feel like I enjoyed it as much as I could have. I'll have to revisit it at another time. 

Anyways, it was pretty good.

Nouran Hazem

slay of a book, colin the man you are 😩

belle

Nouran

ngl a very very rushed love confession and the ending was too abrupt  

didn‘t like olivia at all but colin was alright ig

Lisa <3

This was so cringe, Olivia really thought she was badass or smth, Colin was okay, but he had a lack of personality. 

Katherine

Nash

This book deserves more recognition. It is so underrated it’s unreal. I loved loved loved loved this story so much. Yes, the MC is a little childish and a little crazy but everything about this book is so charming. I was laughing from the first line until the very end. I DID NOT appreciate how she automatically thought the worst of him when something bad happened to her that was not related to him at all. He went out of his way to help her in so many different ways when he wasn’t even sure of what he was feeling and she treated him like garbage. The steam in this book is decent enough to make my heart happy. The perfect read for spring and summer. Read to your heart's content! You’ll be happy.

THIS BOOK WAS SO FUNNY AND CUTE! I honestly don't know how to write a coherent review about this, but bless everyone on Bookstagram who made me curious to pick it up, and for my friend Ve for gifting it to me on Christmas.

I would rate the spice with two peppers (or 1.5? Still haven't decided if I'll do half ratings for peppers.) There's some flirty banter and scenes that were either intense, cute or both, though they cut off at a certain point and we're left imagining just how much of a sex god Colin Beck is.

Maria Elena Vitale Zelaia

THIS BOOK WAS SO FUNNY AND CUTE! I honestly don't know how to write a coherent review about this, but bless everyone on Bookstagram who made me curious to pick it up, and for my friend Ve for gifting it to me on Christmas.

I would rate the spice with two peppers (or 1.5? Still haven't decided if I'll do half ratings for peppers.) There's some flirty banter and scenes that were either intense, cute or both, though they cut off at a certain point and we're left imagining just how much of a sex god Colin Beck is.

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