Another day, another blah romcom from Berkley. I was so bored.

I half listened (ALC for Library Journal) and half read the print to get through it; would have DNF'ed if this wasn't an assignment. I switched off the audio book because this one shares a common narrator with The Love Hypothesis which immediately hurt my teeth, and I wanted to give this story a fair shot.

Basically, Olivia burns down her apartment while burning her ex's belongings, gets a new job pretending to be a mom so she can write an advice columnist, and moves in with her brother and her brother's best friend she's always hated. Lots of enemies to lovers sniping while they share a space, making her sleep on an air mattress in a study despite both the friend and the brother being wealthy?? She 'accidentally' drinks the hero's super expensive tequila that was sealed, she breaks everything, and she's just like yeah, what of it? I am 100% here for human disasters but she read so unapologetic and entitled for some of these things.

Oh yes, I forgot Olivia's been texting with a "mr. wrong number." We are all clear on who this is immediately, but honestly how does Colin not have his ROOMATE AND BEST FRIEND'S SISTER's number not programmed into his phone? Or doesn't reverse look up the number?

Fine fine, romance reasons fine. Grumble.

Anyway, TOO many plot points, too many 'breaks,' too much miscommunication.

The mistaken identity / catfishing went on a bit too long for my comfort, and when the Colin is so jealous of the friend he begs to pretend to be Mr. Wrong Number to fool Olivia (who she ends up kissing, to see if there is sparks like the texts), he tells the friend Olivia is "bat shit crazy, a real piece of work." In the "NO-ZONE." Wow.

She does find this out, and I guess he apologizes, but this was really not for me.

Anyone clocking Olivia as being unlikeable and not also clocking Colin for his internalized misogyny and jerkitude