I loved the premise of this story but about halfway through I was getting mad with Kat because she was so focused on her idea of the perfect man she couldn't see the perfect person for her was right in front of her.

After a series of bad relationships Kat makes a list of her ideal characteristics and traits in a man. She happens to write down the exact opposite man than who she's been dating.

Kat meets Mick and you can tell there's something between them but because Mick is too much like her exes she decides to pursue his brother instead.

My heart broke for Mick and I'm happy they got together in the end but there was too much back and forth on Kat's side. The premise of the story was good but it could have been executed better and not made me start to disklike the heroine.

This was a first time read for me by this author and it was a very entertaining and enjoyable story. Kat is tired of repeating the same mistakes and ending up with guys who all turn out to be Mr. Wrong. She's ready for a more serious relationship like her friends have found. So she makes herself a list of all the qualities her Mr. Right should have and decides not to date until she finds someone that ticks all the boxes. When she meets Mick, her attraction to him is immediate, but bells go off in her mind signaling that he is too much like her past boyfriends, and decides to firmly place him in the friend zone. She thinks his brother Joe more fits her idea of Mr. Right. But as she spends more time with Mick and gets to know him better, she begins to re-examine her list and begins to realize that Mr. Wrong may not be so wrong after all.
The story was very cute and held my interest all the way through. The characters were endearing and I enjoyed getting to know them. The story was fun and had a lot of heart, and I had a good time reading it. I would love to read more books by this author in the future.
I received a complimentary copy from Netgalley and am voluntarily leaving my review.

Oh Kat. I just adored you. Your life was a hot mess and yet, you are a bundle of awesome.

Mick in his family funeral business glory was just something else.

Together, it was dynamite!

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the advanced readers copy. I can't wait to add this one to my shelf.

One of the things I loved the most about Too Wrong to Be Right was the fact that it had me practically in tears from laughing from the very first chapter. I love it when an author shares my brand of humor, and I can tell from this one book that Melonie Johnson definitely does! I also loved that there is a lot of focus on a foul-mouthed bird plus an adorable hedgehog, and even though I am a crazy cat lady at heart, I love all animals and these two were a ray of sunshine throughout the story. Kat's friends were smart and funny, and there were a lot of secondary characters that I loved with all my heart. I could understand what Kat was getting at with her list and wanting to date a different type of man from what her usual was, but girl get it together. If you read this, you will see what I mean...

I really enjoyed the audiobook although I didn't always love Juliana Solo's narration for Kat. It wasn't actually her per se, but there were times I think the editing was a little off. I did love her voice though and thought she as well as Cody Gordon for Mick were excellent choices. The book did end up dragging out a bit too long for my liking and it felt like it could have been about 50 pages shorter, but I loved the humor and the lightness of the story so much that it wasn't really a huge factor in my enjoyment. I would love to see this made into a movie, and the meet cute at a funeral home, especially with the situation it happens in, would be HILARIOUS to see played out onscreen. Overall, if you are looking for a lighter, funny, and sometimes nostalgic read (hello 90s rom-com references!), I would gladly recommend Too Wrong to Be Right.

Kat has sworn off dating until she finds a man who meets all of the qualities she’s looking for in Mr. Right. So when she meets Mick at his family’s funeral home and sparks fly immediately, she knows he cannot be good for her and is determined to be just friends.

This has to be one of the funniest meet cutes ever! This book is full of humor and had me laughing out loud throughout. The side characters and animals) added so much fun to this story. I especially loved Seamus the sassy and often inappropriate cockatoo. I thought Mick was the sweetest cinnamon roll of a love interest and thought it was so sweet how patient and respectful he was with Kat. I struggled connecting to Kat at times and was really frustrated with her actions, and especially how she treated Mick throughout the book.

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the advance copy.

The cover is so cute! It caught me the moment I was scrolling here on netgalley! if you love a woman who is hopelessly romantic then this book is for you!

Thanks to NetGalley for this eARC!

This story is a slow burn with a good pay off. Not high on the spice scale but the two protagonists, and the supporting characters will win your heart over.

On the day Kat is dumped and inherits a pet hedgehog, she also finds herself making a flower delivery to a funeral home. While there, she and Mick meet over a corpse and have the very opposite of a meet cute.

Mick is the true middle child trying to balance the family business with his two siblings while trying to carve out his own place in his family. After a second surprise meeting with Kat, they forge on with a mutually beneficial professional arrangement, as long as they can keep their personal feelings to themselves.

Kat's story is one many with empathize with navigating new and old friendships with romantic relationships, and trying to find your person.

This story checked off all my major boxes but could have done without the forced love triangle.

I want to thank Netgalley and the author for gifting me the ebook. I was able to find the audio version through my local library. Wow the very first pages we get smacked with the woke liberal stick. I can tell where the book was going. Not only foul language but also a character that crochets male private parts into cup cozies and then another character that wears pins saying they/them and everyone gets upset if that character is mis gendered.
I wish these female authors would realize that majority of readers out there don't want to read these things in your books. So this was a no thank you.

the dedication: Mom. The love you and Dad shared will always be an inspiration. As a writer of happy endings, I wish I could give you more chapters together. I’m so proud of how you continue on with your story, and all the love you continue to give. And I know Dad is proud of you too.
FMC: Kat- after being dumped by her now-ex-boyfriend, Kat swears off dating until she finds her Mr. Right who checks off all her boxes.
MMC: Mick- the sibling who can’t find his place in the family business and can’t find his Mrs. Right stumbles into his perfect women- literally. Will he be able to keep Kat’s attention away from his perfect-on-paper brother?
POV: 3rd person, dual POV
HEA: yes
spice: there were a couple open door spicy scenes, with some fade to black mixed in
TWs: some OM drama, toxic family members, fear of corpses, death of family member recounted
standalone: yes
final thoughts: I thought their friendship and flirting was SO CUTE!!! I liked how the characters were all so distinct and had their own voices. I loved the character growth in this book with coming into yourself as a person and finding your place. Something that was missing for me was “the list”. With so much emphasis on “the list” to find Mr. Right, we don’t really get to hear much of that list and why Mick fits or doesn’t fit.

read this book if you love
🌈 LGBT+ representation
💞 friends-to-lovers
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 found family
🤐 miscommunication
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 fun and likable side characters

Watching her closest friends discover love should be a happy occasion for Kat. Sadly, it is a reminder that she is falling behind. Her love life is in shambles, her career is at a standstill, and the small community she has built has all but vanished. Desperate to turn things around, Kat decides to focus on finding her Mr. Right. Will dating men outside of her norm be the answer?

I struggled reading this book. For several reasons:

1.)I am not a fan of love triangles featuring two brothers.
2.) Terrible communication and unrealistic expectations between the main characters leave me frustrated.
3.) Mick and Kat’s hookup after Mr. Schwartz’s funeral felt icky. Kat appeared to be in an extremely vulnerable place and Mick took advantage of the situation.

Special thanks to Griffin and Netgalley for allowing me to read this book in exchange for my honest feedback.

Too Wrong to be Right
By Melonie Johnson

Thank you to @netgalley and Griffin publishing for such an adorably sweet read! Kat is recently single and working in a florist shop with big dreams. Upon delivering a boutonnière to a funeral home, she runs into Mick (one of the owners of the funeral home). Will this spark friendship? Love? Business? Guess you’ll have to read and see.

Things I Liked:
- Unique Meet-cute
- The combination of business and pleasure
- Polish references
- Animal! - JoJo the hedgehog and Seamus the parrot were adorable and funny!

Things I Didn’t Like:
- The use of the pet name princess. This felt like a weird add-on that seemed unnecessary to me lol.
- The “problem”- not quite miscommunication as much as a LACK of communication.

Read This If You’re Into:
- Romcom references
- He falls first
- Found family
- The Undertaking of Hart & Mercy by Megan Bannen

4.5 /5 (rounded up)
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Too Wrong to Be Right - 4/5 ⭐️
📍 RomCom
📍 Strangers to lovers
📍 Friends to lovers

I loved it. It was wonderful!!
Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

A cute contemporary romance. There was good banter, and I liked that the main characters got to know each other as friends first before starting a relationship. Can't lie, the star of the book was the super cute hedgehog!

Too Wrong to Be Right by Melonie Johnson is a contemporary romance. While it is not labeled as in a series, fans of the author will see some familiar characters.

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.

Too Wrong to Be Right is an engaging romance, and I enjoyed getting to know the characters. I liked Kat, even if she got stuck in her own head too often. Although, as someone who does the same I really should not judge. I thought her attempts to break the cycle and find a better relationship was realistic and something many readers might relate to. I really liked Mick, and adored his family. I thought the cast of characters, and the pets, were well written and in most cases fun to read about. I liked the interplay between Kat and Mick, and thought the family dynamics and self doubt were realistic and relatable obstacles that kept me turning pages and looking to see how everything would come together.

Too Wrong to Be Right is a well written and entertaining romance.

This was a delight to read. An interesting plot with a charming cast of characters. Good beach read.
Many thanks to St Martin’s Press and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

4/5

I had a joyful time reading this book!

I personally am forever obsessed with the hedgehog in this story. It truly made my heart so happy! The swearing bird also had me cackling multiple times, which made some enjoyable reading moments.

That being said, I'm not the biggest fan of the love triangle troupe, so that definitely deterred my reading experience at times. I was really frustrated with Kat and wanted to scream "but he's perfect for you, choose him!!!" multiple times, but I also understood where she was coming from.

I felt that the book dragged on at times and I found myself pulling out of the story.

Other than that, I thought it was cute and quirky.

Thank you, St. Martin's Press, St. Martin's Griffin, and Netgalley for this eARC in exchange for my honest review.

Kat always picks the wrong man and the latest dumping is her last straw. She decides the next man in her life has to be perfect in all the ways. Meeting Mick and feeling the instantaneous sparks can only mean a relationship with him would be disastrous.
I think the world of Melonie and her sense of humor is my kind of out there. I appreciate her brand of irreverence. While the funny is completely there for me in Too Wrong to Be Right, I couldn't connect with the MCs and I felt bad for Mick. He's a complete cinnamon roll and Kat's friend-zoning was a little too heartless.
Thank you to St Martin's Press and Netgalley for the advanced copy. All thoughts in this review are my own.

This was a sweet light hearted story. It definitely had some swoonworthy moments. Mick was a catch from the beginning but Kat was a little much and some of her actions and decisions made me wanna scream at her.
I still liked this book and the relationship the blossomed was swoonworthy but Kat could’ve been a little less irritating and it would’ve made this even better.
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I have liked this author in the past, but TOO WRONG TO BE RIGHT was a miss for me. Kat was very immature and unlikable.

And I cannot handle one more contemporary romance with a swearing bird. It's just so overdone now.

Had I been paying attention, I would have noticed that this was Melonie Johnson. Had I been paying attention, I would have known I was going to love this right off the bat.

Melonie does. Not. Miss.