Some might say she should grow up and stop randomly dozing off like she's a toddler, but Lynn considers it part of her writing process. also both of these characters NEVER learn from their previous mistakes– i cannot stress to you how many times it was discussed that jack’s spontaneous nature was a problem. Hallie is working as a bartender at the wedding and gets wine thrown in her face by Jack's jealous girlfriend. I need to stop but I'll just say one last thing: the ending was so abrupt I literally thought I had a misprint.

Through the app they become friends, and they decide to go on dates at the same time, so they can back each other up if the dates go wrong. she knew her brother, she knew he is the type of person to make dumb and spontaneous decisions (especially regarding women and relationships). When they have to pose as boyfriend and girlfriend at Hallie’s sister’s wedding for the benefit of her family, it’s not the alcohol that’s blurring the lines this time! this entire relationship between jack and hallie would have happened so much quicker if they actually sat down and had a heart-to-heart about their feelings as adults-- teenager in middle school can do a better job at communicating their feelings than these fuckers. Hallie suffered a painful break up some time ago and when she finds herself crawling out of a hotel room after sharing a few bottles (and lots of other things) with handsome Jack, a guest at a wedding she was bartending for, Hallie designates it as her rock-bottom.Despite this, I loved the story overall, and I thought this was even better than the first book in the series!

hallie piper (oof) is a not-like-other-girls lab-created disaster whose only two personality traits are having red hair and getting on my nerves. Hallie's POV doesn't start off much better: she gets mad at Jack for asking her manager if she can work a bar in the back and accuses him of being blatantly sexist. you're funny and smart, and beautiful, and whenever anything happens to me, funny, awful, or wonderful, you're the first person i want to tell. It was so laugh out loud funny, and I don't normally burst out with laughter from books -but obv Lynn Painter has magic and I'm under her spell. Well in this second book in the series, it’s her brother Jack’s turn to find love, and once again, fate may have something to say!

But when she logs into an app to find new love, she matches with none other than Jack: the guy the wrong kind of sparks had flown with just weeks earlier. wrong number) had been the one to get jack on the dating app in hopes he could potentially find somebody to love and every time olivia checked in with jack– it pissed him off.

Because as they pretend to be a couple, they struggle to remember why dating for real was a bad idea to begin with. he’s a terrible significant other, unbearably immature, and manipulates to get exactly what he wants, it is exhausting.My gripe with the ending is that it felt like Jack took all the heat for how things went down, and I think both characters were equally at fault.

What I love about Lynn’s books is that they are so easy to sink into, and there hasn’t been a book of hers that I haven’t binge-read. Wrong Number is one of my favorite rom-coms and I am so happy that Jack got his own book with the most perfect fmc Hallie. That hitting the rock bottom moment makes her realize: she has to make urgent changes in her life to look like hot mess sh*t show! But this brand new book is about Olivia’s brother Jack and tiny bartender/ tax accountant Hallie Piper! i have adored the last two lynn painter books i’ve read– better than the movies and the do-over were so good they were five stars and four stars respectively.i finished this book on may twenty-sixth and i took some time to process everything i read and my full thoughts on it.