This doesn’t come easily per se, but I appreciated that it doesn’t come across as tortured either. Also, autocorrect hijinks didn’t hurt the cute factor, with Denny’s phone replacing intended phrases like “kill me now” with more embarrassing things like “kiss me now.”Įliza’s journey is all about her shift from thinking she’s straight to recognizing and accepting that she’s queer. Because I often get impatient with slow-burn romances, I was pleasantly surprised to enjoy the pacing of their relationship development. They spend the first 30% of the story texting and building a friendship before they graduate to talking on the phone, and they finally meet in person at the 40% mark. Green.ĭid you know they’re strawberry flavored? Eliza asked. She had probably expected a different question. Either she had to taste all the gummy bears on her cupcake to decide, or the question had startled her. It also allows for adorable exchanges like this one, which takes place early on, when Eliza knows Denny’s a woman, but still thinks of her as the “First-Date Whisperer.”

Meeting by text allows for a fresh take on the slow-burn romance trope, because Denny and Eliza get to know each other really well before they ever meet in person. Eliza always thought she was straight, but Denny makes Eliza feel something she’s never felt before, and she doesn’t want to ignore it.įriends, I think this might be the cutest book I’ve read this year.

Eliza is a little surprised when she learns that her new texting buddy is a woman, but that’s nothing to how surprised she is when they meet in person and she feels a romantic connection. He seems sweet and kind, and he’s very easy to chat with over text. This kicks off an instant friendship, which is the most excitement Denny’s had in her life in a long time.Įliza is embarrassed about texting the wrong person, but she’s happy the man she texted is so nice and helpful. When Denny gets a wrong number text message, asking for advice on a first-date outfit, she helps the woman instead of brushing her off with a “sorry, wrong number” response. She’s co-raising her niece with her sister, works at a grocery store, and has a giant crush on her niece’s cute bus driver. It’s so gentle and sweet, it’s like a warm hug and I enjoyed it very much.ĭenny is a thoroughly lovely, super-awkward butch lesbian. I was ready for a romance with zero angst and adorkable characters, and boy howdy did this deliver. Wrong Number, Right Woman came to me at exactly the right time. Genre: Contemporary Romance, LGBTQIA, Romance

Paper Love by Jae