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Wrong

8/24/2017

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CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Title: Wrong
Author: Jana Aston
Publication date: 10/07/2015
Kindle Unlimited: No
Cliffhanger: No

Unpopular opinion alert.  Based on the Amazon reviews, looks like I’m in the minority on this one.

What  the hell did I just read? Is it supposed to be romantic comedy? The first two chapters are certainly funny enough to qualify, but the funny dies an abrupt death when the heroine and hero hook up for the first time. Is it supposed to be young adult? The heroine is young enough to qualify, but the hero is thirty-six, so I’m not sure it can be considered a true YA novel. 
Is it supposed to be erotica, or romance? There’s probably a little too much kinky sex for this to qualify as romance, and too much plot for it to be considered erotica. So, what I’m left with after all this is a headache and a book that seems to be suffering from an identity crisis.

I bought this book because the blurb was funny, and the first two chapters (which I downloaded as a sample) were great. Very funny and well-written. Then, right after I paid my $3.99, the book took an unsettling turn.

I have many problems with this book. I think this review will make more sense if I just list them out:
  1. No one (and I repeat, NO ONE) has an orgasm during a pap smear.
  2. If your doctor is fantasizing about you sexually while you’re in stirrups, he’s creepy, not endearing.
  3. It’s uncool for someone who supposedly loves you to call you names like “filthy bitch” and “dirty slut” in bed. And no one since the 50s has used the term “hussy.”
  4. I’m pretty sure virgins aren’t super adventurous—sexually speaking—right out of the gate. (And trust me, what these two do? It qualifies as super adventurous.)
  5. If your older boyfriend orders you around and makes decisions for you, you might have a daddy fetish. That’s gross. Get help.
  6. In the course of 278 pages, I didn’t learn anything of depth about either character. That’s a problem if this was supposed to be a romance.
  7. These two have no real foundation for a relationship—which is fine for erotica, but I don’t think that’s what this was meant to be.
  8. I kind of hate Luke. No...not kind of. I hate Luke. He’s a jerk and a perv and a cradle-robber

​Long-story-short: Whatever this book was supposed to be, it wasn’t to my liking. My feelings on this book can be summed up as: Ew, ick and just...no.

Does this book contribute to or help crush the romance stigma?
This is the Charlie Sheen of books. No amount of rehab can save it. Save yourselves, people. It’s too late for me.

Other reading suggestions
Read pretty much ANYTHING other than this. But, if you’re looking for funny reads that are also super sexy, read anything by Vi Keeland or Penelope Ward. Emma Chase is also fabulous, as is Lauren Blakely.

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