This was a light hearted contemporary romance with all sorts of romcom vibes.

Kat just can’t seem to find the right guy. After her last breakup she became the proud momma to a hedgehog. She is determined to find Mr Right which is the exact opposite of who she typically dates. One day work brings her to a funeral home where she meets Mick. He is great, but just like all of the others.

The relationship between Kat and Mick is adorable. I also love all of the family dynamics. I agree with other reviewers that it was frustrating neither character would just say what they were feeling. Overall a great book.

Thank for NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Too Wrong To Be Right is such a cute read. This one will have you giggling all the way through. I loved this so much. I could not put this one down. Kat is a florist who has not had the best track record when it comes to her love life. She is feeling left behind as her best friends find their love matches and are headed to another stage in their lives. Mick works in his families business funeral home. He is the overlooked brother when it comes to relationships. Mick and Kat both bring with them a colorful group of characters that will have you giggling so hard. I love their meet cute and how they form this wonderful friendship. This is that slow burn romance that you will fall hard for. Mick and Kat have such wonderful chemistry even through all their missteps. I fell hard for this one. You need to one click this one today.

Johnson does it again! This book was wonderful! I enjoyed it as much as I did the last one. The cockatoo was a great comical character, and I adored the hedgehog. The main characters had great chemistry and I loved the side characters as well. Definitely recommend this cute rom-com!

Too Wrong to Be Right was a fun read! Kat and Mick had very good chemistry, which provided an enjoyable read, but I wish she had have realized his feelings sooner (poor Mick!).
Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley.

Can all breakups come with a super cute hedgehog? This book was hilarious! Like I couldn't stop laughing at how the characters interact and finally come to terms with the fact that they are falling for each other! This was such a fun romantic read. Perfect for the Valentine's season

I’ve read everything this author has written and loved it, so I was excited to dive into this one. I read romance, and rom-coms especially, for the escape it provides from the real world. Unfortunately, the real world intruded in the first few pages, and I’m done.

This comes on the heels of a few similar reading experiences. Authors and publishers really should stay in their lane and not force an ideology not pivotal to the storyline onto readers, especially when it's something controversial. In the hope of appearing inclusive they are instead running the risk of alienating a whole host of readers. Even if it's something I personally agree with, I won’t support it in romance. Aside from a preference for heat levels, a romance should be something every romance reader, from any walk of life, can enjoy.

From meet cute, to conclusion, this romcom has all the required elements—including an adorable animal. Actually, two—a hedgehog and a potty-mouthed parrot.

Kat is working hard for her dream, supported by her very entertaining grandmother. Mick, too, has a dream, and it definitely isn’t working for the family mortuary.

I enjoyed the interaction between the two characters and how they supported each other’s career ambitions. Really loved the family interactions.

But…when Kat starts dating Mick’s brother, and he doesn’t object despite his feelings for her, because he’s determined to be the friend she needs…oof. Especially since there was a pretty spicy scene between them prior to that. That was a little difficult to take.

Overall, it was a fun, light, quick read. Not sure I’d read it again, but I don’t regret the afternoon I did spend.
I quite enjoyed the side characters, and there’s lots of snappy dialogue. And there are references to my favorite romcom movie: While You Were Sleeping.

Possible Objectionable Material:
Cursing, a couple of fairly descriptive sex scenes, innuendo, drinking, discussions of death (hey, it’s a mortuary, what do you expect?), and some difficult family dynamics.

Who Might Like This Book:
Romcom fans, especially if you like the ones with big extended families. And if you like hedgehogs, JoJo is for you!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.
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This one was meh for me. I didn’t love it but I also didn’t hate it. It felt average. I also had a really hard time connecting with the characters. The cover is beautiful. This book has so much potential. towards the end I was struggling to finish it.

Ehhh mediocre at best. I didn’t connect with the MFC and it just went downhill from there. She always had a sob story and it just kinda irked me.

I loved the dynamics between the two main characters.I will definitely be recommending this book to my friends

Overall, I really liked this one! Kat & Mick have a meet disaster over a corpse when she's delivering flowers, which is hilarious and sets them up for some pretty solid banter & teasing & easy conversation! The insta-attraction is there, but because Kat was just dumped, she needs to just be friends with Mick. Mick respects this, but with the dual POV, it's obvious he's equally into her.

I loved watching both of them work through their feelings and figure out things in respect to each of their pasts. I loved the scenes with both the hedgehog and the swearing hilarious cockatoo. Mick's family is wonderful and so is Kat's grandma.

My biggest gripes:
- the refusal to communicate; so many things could have been solved if they just talked
- the timeline felt jumpy & rushed at the end
- I wanted more scenes with Kat's friends

Overall, I'd recommend this one!

This was a mixed bag but I didn’t love anything that was offered. Similar to most romcoms it was enjoyable but I wouldn’t revisit it.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this eArc for my honest opinion.

I really wanted to like the characters in this book but honestly I found both leads kind of annoying in different ways. Despite having some cursory other plot drivers, Mick’s main motivation from the beginning appeared to be his Instalove for Kat. And for Kat, she lost me when she hooked up with Mick and then still went after his brother. To me that felt disrespectful and for what, some made up list?? I don’t understand when characters make initial judgments and then ignore all evidence that those judgments are faulty. Maybe I just have romance novel fatigue but I found myself wanting to shake and/or yell at both leads multiple times throughout the book. I’m all for messy “realistic” romances but this was not it imo.

This is the story of Kat and Mick. Kat has dated a bunch of jerks who she has lots of chemistry with, but nothing sustainable. She decides to make a list of the qualities that Mr. Right should have. Mick is on the surface everything Kat doesn't want and decides that they can only be friends. Kat at times annoyed me, because she was sticking to her guns so hard, when she had a great guy in front of her. I absolutely loved Mick! He might have seemed rough around the edges, but he was such a kind and considerate man. Throughout the book, I just wanted things to work out for Mick, because he deserved a happy ending. Overall, this book was a sweet romance that I would recommend.

Thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC. I voluntarily read and reviewed this book.
3.5 stars
This book had great potential - if only the main character wasn't such a hot mess. Did Kat honestly not realize how Mick felt about her? Every. Single. Other. Character told her as much! I don't know why Mick stuck it out with her. I mean, she goes on dates with his brother Joe after physical/emotional intimacy with Mick? Who does that? Mick did everything she asked of him, and she was angry that he didn't go begging for her.

That said, fantastic side characters, very funny, I did love the writing style, and Seamus! I mean, he deserves 5 stars all to himself. I'd love to see a book featuring Mick's sister MK.

Potentially a 5 star book if not for my dislike of Kat.

I loved this story. It was such a quick read and the characters were fantastic. But I’m sure we all know who stole the show…. JoJo of course! What a great addition to the story line.
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Laughable moments, loving family, that rom com gesture moment. This book had it all. Highly recommend picking this one up when it’s released!
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🌺BOOK REVIEW 🌺

Too Wrong to Be Right by Melonie Johnson
Rating: 3 ⭐️

“After her latest jerk of a boyfriend dumps her (and ditches her with his pet hedgehog), florist Kat Kowalski is done chasing after Mr. Wrong. With her two best friends moving on to more serious relationships, she’s ready to stop repeating the same mistakes that are leaving her stuck in the single lane. Armed with a list of qualities for her perfect Mr. Right, Kat swears off dating until she finds him.

Then in a meet-disaster involving a corpse and a salty cockatoo, she stumbles across Mick O’Sullivan at his family's funeral home. Their immediate chemistry warns Kat to keep things platonic; after all, following her heart never worked out in the past, and this time she’s determined to listen to her head. But can Kat and Mick be just friends? As she gets to know him better, the lines blur, and Kat starts to wonder if she’s gotten it wrong and Mick is exactly who she’s been looking for...”

This was a cute, funny friends-to-lovers story! The humor was my favorite! I laughed out loud several times! The relationship developed in a natural way and I totally bought in to the relationship between Mick and Kat. I enjoyed that they find a way to work through their insecurities to be together.

The character development of EVERY character was A+! It’s like you could feel them coming to life on the pages. The cute pets added a dimension I did not expect.

I found the 🔥 scenes a bit awkward and forced. It’s like they came out of nowhere with no build up just to have some 🌶️ - it was abrupt and a bit off putting.

I don’t generally mention much about grammar or typos for ARCs but I have to mention that the last 1/4 of this book had so many. I’m not sure what happened there with the editing - but I do hope that is resolved in the final publishing.

Recommend if you like:
🌺 Friends-to-lovers
🌺 Slow burn
🌺 Cute pets that add to the story
🌺 Lots of rom-com references
🌺 Exceptional character development

Publish date: February 28, 2023

Thanks to @netgalley, @stmartinspress and the author for the ARC.

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Cute, but this book fell a little flat for me. Literally ALL of the characters were great. I would like to see another book in the world. Mostly because I want Joe to have his happy ever after. Kat is sweet. I do enjoy how thoughtful she is, but she counteracts that when it comes to Mick, and it’s frustrating. Mick on the other hand is ohhhh so sweet, So sweet, he is walked over too much. The chemistry is there, however, the road they take to get to the end does not make 100% sense.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press, St. Martin's Griffin and NetGalley for allowing me to read and review this ARC

When Kat finds herself dumped and stuck with a hedgehog, she is serious about trying to find Mr. Right and not date the same guys that she normally would go after. Working as a florist, she sees lots of love stories unfold, just not her own. When she has to go to a funeral home to fill an order, she bumps into Mick, literally, and immediately likes him, but she thinks he is too similar to her usual. They become friends and he even is willing to be her wingman to find Mr. Right. I love how he supported her even though he knew he wanted her, he just couldn't admit it to anyone else. Their relationship is definitely friends to lovers and I loved how they built that trust over time. The parrot gave a good laugh throughout the book as well.

This slow burn was fun to read with some interesting characters, but I found myself a little bored of the characters and the plot at some points.

Although there was chemistry between Kat and Mick, I did love the time it took for them to actually get together. I also really liked how quirky Kat was and the introspection we got about her feelings with her future. The dual POV was super nice as I loved hearing Mick's side of the story and his feelings for Kat.

This book was hilarious and cute, but definitely was lacking in a few spots that lost me.