Two Wrongs Make a Right by Chloe Liese
Pub day: November 22

Fake dating alert! This time *for revenge* against meddling matchmakers!!

When Bea and Jamie meet, they do not hit it off. This doesn't stop Bea's sister, Juliet, and her boyfriend, from fixing up Bea and Jamie on a surprise blind date. When Bea and Jamie realize the level of trickery and meddling that their friends had been up to, they decide to fake date to teach everyone a lesson! Oooobviously, Bea and Jamie catch some gorgeous lovey dovey feelings.

There is so much to love about this book!

-Twin sister relationship dynamics
-Fake dating for revenge against meddling matchmakers
-MCs are an erotic artist and a pediatrician (I eat this opposites attract scenario with a spoon, please!)
-This book is for the lovers of the starchy hero with the softest heart! Jamie is a starchy cinnamon roll!
-There's social anxiety and autism rep with these soft, sweet, kind characters working to understand one another.
-I sense (and am praying for) sequels for the siblings/side characters 🙏

The WRITING is so gorgeous and funny. It's sensual and immersive. I feel like I'm living it all through their perspectives.

A historical romance reader writing contemporary romance just hits different! I feel like Chloe Liese knows what level of pining and desire I need in my romance novel, and she just effortlessly delivers.

If you've ever read a romance novel and you were like, "I'm just not feeling the chemistry between the characters," ha.. haha.. boy do I have the fix for you! It's Chloe's books! And this one especially because these characters can't stop won't stop with the accidental touches and just utterly lusting after each other!

This book was perfect. I can't wait to hold a physical copy come November, until then I will be raving and highly recommending and re-reading my favorite parts! Thanks so much Berkley and Netgalley for a chance to read this in exchange for my honest thoughts!

When two people meet and instantly don't get along, their friends and family take it upon themselves for them to end up together. However, Bea and Jamie quickly realize erst their family is doing and decide to pretend to date to get revenge on their gloating.

In Liese’s clever adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, the only thing lead characters Jamie Westenberg and Bea Wilmot have in common is they don’t like each other. Jamie is a nerdy pediatrician with anxiety disorder, and maybe just a touch of OCD. Bea is a brash, free-spirited, erotic artist who is on the autism spectrum. They’re each on long rebounds from painful breakups and aren’t looking to risk their hearts again anytime soon. Except their siblings see things differently and arrange for Jamie and Bea to meet. And therein lies the rub. Things start off badly, in hilarious fashion. But ultimately, the only people Jamie and Bea end up fooling are themselves. Liese’s sense of humor and fast-paced writing style energize the plot, for these two very unusual, very lovable characters. Fun stuff.

Well, I’m just a giant pile of mush after reading this one. Yet again, Chloe Liese has melted my heart and made me squeeze my kindle so tightly to my chest, I thought I was going to break it.

I’ve never felt more understood by a book before until I started reading Chloe Liese’s. As someone who struggles daily with anxiety (which sometimes can be crippling), I forever appreciate when the representation is so spot on. The hardships & life situations each person goes through in each one of her books is so relatable. Reading them makes you feel like you’re hearing a story from a friend, rather than holding it in your hand. Every single one of her characters in every single one of her books is incredible. Jamie’s character reminded me so much of my husband; his personality, wit, and quirks were so eerily similar that it gave me comfort. Bea & Jamie’s love radiated through the pages, even long before they knew it was love. I think it’s safe to say that Chloe Liese is easily one of my top favorites, especially after this refreshing read. 5 ⭐️s

A HUGE, HUGE thank you to Netgalley, Berkley Publishing, and Chloe Liese for this e-arc. Check out Two Wrongs Make A Right on its pub date 11/22!

Y’all Chloe Liese has done it again. THIS BOOK. We’ve got “enemies” to lovers, fake dating, grumpy/sunshine, neurodivergent MCs (autism and anxiety), LGBTQIA+ rep and just heaps and heaps of swoon. Best of all - an MMC who goes to therapy and openly talks about it!! As you know, there is nothing sluttier a man can do than go to therapy.

To top it all off, it’s super funny and when the steam hits it HITS. Jamie is a stern brunch daddy with an excellent *bedside* manner. 😏

I CANNOT get this main couple out of my mind. Allow me to introduce them:
James Benedick Westerberg aka West aka Jamie aka Jame: pediatrician, cat dad, cook, listener and absolute stern brunch daddy for the GODS. A *highly* acceptable blonde man

Beatrice Adelaide Wilmot aka Bea aka BeeBee: e r o t i c artist and creator of Prurient Paper - a line of stationery featuring hidden seggsy pictures, hedgehog mom, twin to Juliet, force of chaos and mega-klutz. A highly relatable heroine.

Jamie and Bea’s friends basically badger them into several failed meet-cutes for the first 15% of this story, and after figuring out they’ve been part of a ruse to get them to date, the couple sets out on a plan to get revenge by pretending to date and break up in a highly dramatic fashion. Of course, these adorable idiots totally fall in love with each other instead. 🥰

This book is Chloe at her finest. It’s soft and sweet and shows the reader so many awesome family and friend relationships. Through the course of the book you simply cannot help but fall for Bea and Jamie and you can’t help but root for them. The thing I love the most about Chloe’s books is that I always feel safe reading them. I know she’s going to show me something heartbreaking from time to time but she will ALWAYS put me back together in the most beautiful way. 🥹

Chloe always puts a content note in the beginning of her books so make sure you check that out! This one has a couple of side plots involving abusive family and intimate relationships.

👍🏻RECOMMENDED. This is Chloe at her absolute best. Funny, swoony, sweet, heartfelt and steamy - just a delight of a book! If you like the Bergmans, Bromance Book Club, or the Brown Sisters, you will love this!

I think expectations got me here because I am so obsessed with 4 out of 5 of the Bergman books. The first 20 percent of this book was so hard to slug through for me, but it did improve as they opened up to each other, The sister plot line was so out of pocket to me that it distracted from the main romance and while I believe that was to nicely set up the series I think it was at the detriment of Bea & West's love story.

Chloe Liese forever.

Part of me wants to leave it at that. But here's more.

Liese has a gift for making characters so dimensional. They are attractive, kind, complicated, deep, complex people. I feel like I know them- the decisions they would make, what they would like and not like. This is her deepest skill which is so harder than people give it credit.

Bea is an artist. Jamie is a doctor. They meet- it doesn't go great. They end up fake dating. Which we all know how that goes...

READ THIS BOOK AND ALL HER OTHERS

Two Wrongs Make a Right is my first book by author Chloe Liese.

Bea and Jamie have both steered clear of dating for some time now for personal reasons. Does that stop the mutuals in their lives from trying to set them up? Nope.

Boundaries are crossed by their loved ones to try and get artist Bea and pediateician Jamie to fall for one another. After a trick to get them on a date results in anger and frustration on both their parts, Bea comes up with a plan to get revenge: the two of the will fake-date and then had a dramatic breakup blowout in front of everyone. Their problem? Bea and Jamie actually have amazing chemistry, and lines begin to get blurred

I enjoyed this book and look forward to more from this author.

I’ve only read one book from this author and now this was my second. And it won’t be my last. I ADORED this book. Not only did I love the plot, I love the representation throughout the book. It made me love the characters all that much more.

The characters were unique and funny and addicting to read about. This entire book was such an escape from reality.

Loved it!

This was honestly one of the sweetest and most romantic reads I’ve read in a while. You’ll get lost in the charm of these delightful characters.

Liese did an incredible job including autism and anxiety rep. If that’s rep you’re looking for, I can’t recommend this enough.

The only reason it’s not a five star is because, to me, the ending was a little bit rushed. But overall, the book was an enjoyable read.

Thank you to Netgalley and Berkley Publishing Group for providing me with an e-Arc in exchange for my thoughts.

at this point i am a chloe liese stan first and everything else second. this is my fifth book and first traditionally published and chloe liese just has a way of writing characters that are impossible not to fall in love with. i love my pansexual, tattoo covered, erotic artist bea so much!! and don’t even get me started on the literal love of my life jamie westenberg who makes being uptight so hot. two wrongs make a right was fun from the start and such an easy book to fall in love with. i definitely recommend reading it!

Chloe Liese does it again 😭 I will read anything Chloe writes at this point.

4.5 stars only because I thought the major conflict didn’t make sense but I was happy it resolved itself pretty quickly. Fun, spicy, autistic rep, lovable characters.

Very grateful to have received an arc of this! Thank you!!!

4.5* just because there were some parts where I was getting the ick.

Regardless, this book was really good, the opposites attract trope done so Fkn well. The writing is so good too, the book had me hooked. It’s a fun plot with a good pace that’s set.

Jamie is such a refreshing male character because of his A1 communication skills. He’s 10 and he’s good with kids? 100/10! I absolutely love him so much with my whole heart. He notices and acts on the little things the FMC displays and it just had my heart fluttering.

The author also had anxiety rep. autism rep and LGBTQ rep, it’s great to see authors being so inclusive.

Tropes:
-Opposites attract
-Fake dating for revenge

P.S. come on look at the cover you have to add it to your TBR after that!

Thank you NetGalley and Berkley for this eARC!

New favorite book of the year. Chloe does not miss and she does not disappoint. Do you ever feel like a book is written just for you? This is how this book makes me feel! This book does have some fake dating but it’s not like the other books who use this overdone trope. This one still has the characters getting to know each other, opposed to randomly falling in love. Jamie is my new book boyfriend and wow the sex scenes were so hot too. So much communication, so much understanding, and just so so realistic and I loved it. Enemies to lovers done absolutely right. I can’t wait to read it again.
Once again, and with no surprise Chloe smashed it.

Two Wrongs Make a Right is a contemporary retelling of Much Ado About Nothing that invokes the matchmaking, fake dating, and opposites attract tropes. It is best suited for lovers of rom coms like the Bergman Brothers series by Chloe Liese, The Kiss Quotient trilogy by Helen Hoang, The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon, the All-Access books by Evie Mitchell, Lizzie Blake’s Best Mistake by Mazey Eddings, and Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood. It is important to note a trigger warning: presence of emotionally abusive/ psychologically manipulative relationships. Two Wrongs Make a Right deals with themes like appearance versus reality, disability (autism), mental health (anxiety), communication, love and heartbreak, fear of change, loneliness and isolation, family drama, and fate versus free will. The moral of this story is that everyone deserves their own happily ever after.

Firstly, I want to advise readers who aren’t fans of Shakespeare to not be off put by the fact that this book is a Much Ado About Nothing retelling; Two Wrongs Make a Right is a contemporary rom com that just so happens to use some of the same themes/ plot lines/ character names as Much Ado About Nothing (much like how the movie She’s the Man subtly retells the story of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night).

I absolutely loved this book and think it’s going to remain one of my favourite romances of 2022. I adored Jamie and Bea’s slow burn romance; I enjoyed watching them become friends and then start to develop deeper feelings for each other whilst carrying out their fake dating revenge plan. Furthermore, I loved how Jamie and Bea were so considerate of each other’s feelings and ultimately helped each other to overcome old heartbreaks and insecurities. Even though the novel was a slow burn, I still found that there were lots of steamy and sweet moments throughout the novel (like a “fake” paint night date and a surprise trip to the tattoo parlour). I really connected to both main characters and found their various struggles to be very realistic and relatable (e.g., loneliness, fear of heartbreak or rejection, anxiety, sensory processing issues, etc.). Furthermore, I thought that Jamie was totally swoon-worthy! In addition to being a pediatrician, he speaks French, he is a proud cat owner, and he takes it upon himself to befriend Bea’s beloved pet “therapy hedgehog”.

There really wasn’t much about this book that I disliked or would have changed…I would have loved to see Bea’s sisters’ happily ever afters but I’m glad that Liese left these storylines open for potential sequels/ companion novels!

Overall, Two Wrongs Make a Right was a fun and sweet rom com with realistic anxiety and autism representation. It definitely exceeded my expectations and I will be highly recommending it to others!

Chloe Liese has done it again 👏🏻. This book is perfection and unequivocally one of my favourite reads of 2022. Chloe's writing positively shines in Two Wrongs Make a Right (so much so I highlighted over 50 passages like a maniac).

Here's what to expect:
- Dual perspectives
- Much Ado About Nothing modern retelling
- A banging playlist and song accompanying each chapter
- Opposites attract: Mr Prim and Proper versus Bea’s “brand of chaos”.
- Disastrous meet cute: “I’d never trade our meet-disaster for anything”.
- Fake dating for revenge
- Enemies to friends to lovers
- Paediatrician x erotic artist
- Curmudgeonly Capricorn and cantankerous Cancer
- Geriatric cats and a therapy hedgehog
- Diverse characters (#ownvoices autism rep, plus pansexual and bi characters)
- Complex character burned in the past and not looking for a relationship. Bea had a manipulative ex while Lauren chose her career over Jamie, making him feel once again like he wasn’t enough.
- Spotlight on 10 Things I Hate About You aka the best rom-com.
- The sweetest cinnamon roll hero with all the swoony considerate moves. I don’t want to spoil but the SOUP! The tattoo! The bedroom picnic! 🫠 Prepare to fall in love with Jamie. "Sometimes, Beatrice, I want to ruin you for everyone else."
- Amazing chemistry & slow-burn tension & Chloe's signature spice!

Once Bea and Jamie warmed up to each other it was game over for me. My heart was fit to burst with how perfectly imperfect they were together. They were honest (we love when MCs communicate 👏🏻), vulnerable, a little insecure, a little awkward and a whole lot adorable. “He doesn’t see me differently, he simply sees me better.” They were a safe space for each other and accepted the other completely, flaws and all 🥹.

P.S I thought we were SO close to not getting a third-act break-up because the spice hit right at the end, but no such luck. Luckily it was quickly resolved and Jamie was his usual charming self.

P.P.S. I 100% cried at the end and while reading the acknowledgements. Chloe, we don't deserve you.

Eternally grateful to both Chloe and PRH International for the free book.

This is the year I've fallen in love with the Bergman Brothers series, so naturally I was also very VERY excited for this book! This was a 5 star prediction for me, but ultimately it wasn't quite up there for me, which feels a little disappointing. I do think, however, that I might enjoy this even more a second time around, so I'll likely reread this.

The first quarter of the book, where Bea and Jamie first meet and set up their fake dating scheme, felt really rough to me, and I admittedly was afraid I wouldn't enjoy this book very much. Luckily though, it did really pick up for me further into the story, as Bea and Jamie got to know each other and started to get along better.

I love Chloe Liese's autism rep, because she writes so many varying portrayals and no two of her autistic characters (because there are several in her other books) are the same. For me, Bea wasn't the most relatable one, but of course that's okay. Jamie especially spoke to me though - he has anxiety, and he's just such a kind-hearted person, and I absolutely ADORED him.

Chloe Liese, take all my money!! I couldn’t possibly love Bea and Jamie more. I was fortunate enough to receive an advance review copy of Two Wrongs Make a Right, thanks to Chloe’s team, who prioritized neurodivergent readers. I love Chloe’s commitment to write love stories for everyone—showing that every single person deserves a happily ever after. This modern take on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing hit ALL the right notes.

Bea and Jamie don’t have a meet cute. They have a meet DISASTER. The night they meet, she spills not one but two drinks on the poor guy and then they got locked in a closet together. Their friends were not so subtly pushing them toward each other, but they both agree that would be the worst idea ever.

Bea’s twin sister Jules and her fiancé Jean=Claude orchestrate a blind date for the pair, which starts with a week of anonymous texting to break the ice and allows Bea and Jamie to communicate comfortably and without pressure. When they arrive at the designated date spot and realize they’d been duped, they decide the best revenge would be to pretend to date, get their friends invested in their relationship, and then BREAK UP IN A DRAMATIC WAY to show them just how much they did NOT appreciate being manipulated.

Their plan massively backfires when they realize they’re actually perfect for one another. Oops.

But let’s take a minute to talk about the amazing neurodivergent representation in this absolute gem of a book. Bea is autistic and has sensory issues that make functioning in a neurotypical world a bit challenging. Jamie has anxiety, which affects his self-esteem and his relationships. As someone who lives with anxiety, depression, a chronic illness, and ADHD (with a heaping side of sensory issues), this book struck a beautiful chord. I loved being able to see facets of myself on the page, in a way that celebrates my differences instead of denigrating them. This is what makes Chloe’s writing truly special. I can’t WAIT to get my greedy little hands on a finished copy. I’ve had it preordered for months, and if you’re smart, you’ll go preorder it RIGHT NOW because Two Wrongs Make a Right is one of the best romances I’ve read all year.

Thank you so much to Chloe and the team at Berkley and Netgalley for my advance review copy. The day it showed up on my kindle was the best day of my entire summer.

TW: toxic relationships, emotional abuse

I have loved everything I have read by Chloe Liese, so I was not surprised to find that this book was adorable perfection. While I can't speak for everyone, Liese may have created my perfect book boyfriend. Now drop him into some of my favorite tropes (fake dating, opposites attract), add in disability representation and then ice the whole shebang in a delicious frosting of “Much Ado About Nothing” retelling…needless to say I read it twice. It was that much fun.

2.5 stars
Thank you to NetGalley for access to an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

It is important that I start this review off with the fact that I LOVE (❤❤❤) Much Ado About Nothing. And I’ll be honest, I saw that this was a reimagining of it and went for it, no questions asked. I should have asked questions. This isn’t Much Ado About Nothing. Once I finally fully realized and embraced that fact, the book got better for me, I had quit expecting it to be something it just is not.

There are some great things about this book: fake dating, opposites attracting, neurodiverse rep. I wanted to like this book more than I did. My favorite part was surprisingly the middle, I loved Bea and Jamie becoming friends and going from a bad first impression to giving each other a chance. At this point they were still sarcastic with each other, a bit snappy. That gets lost in later chapters.

<spoiler>Once the relationship really started, they lost their specialness to me. They made these long and vast declarations to each other, too much to read as the same people they had been in the previous chapters. </spoiler>

The side-plot of Jean-Claude seemed a bit jammed in there. It didn’t make sense that a pediatrician with insanely rich parents would have to have a roommate, especially someone he didn’t particularly like. And Jean-Claude got too bad, too quickly; at least for it to seem realistic. My bets would have been him behaving the way he was after the wedding.

The ending wasn’t my fav either. <spoiler>I get that Bea loved Jules so much that she was willing to put aside her own relationship, but after going through the struggle of a breakup and knowing how much it would hurt someone she loved, I can’t see her breaking it off with Jamie. It would have been more likely for it to have gone a bit differently. Maybe slowly not seeing him anymore, trying to make it work still, but it not really working well either way.</spoiler>

Overall, I’m happy I read it, but it just isn’t one of my favs.