After getting dumped by her long-time boyfriend and having an embarrassing one-night stand, Hallie decides to get her life together and join a dating app in the hopes of finding a date to her sister’s upcoming wedding. But, lo and behold, one of her first matches on the app is her one-night stand, Jack (Olivia’s brother/ Colin’s best friend in Mr. Wrong Number). After deciding that they have no interest in dating each other, Jack and Hallie decide to place a wager on who can find “the one” first. Whilst Jack and Hallie bond over tacos after every bad date (which happens more often than not), they start to wonder if “the one” has been right in front of them all along. The line between friends and lovers starts to blur after Hallie enlists Jack to be her “fake” date to her sister’s wedding. The Love Wager is interconnected with book 1 in the series, Mr. Wrong Number, but can also be read as a standalone. The Love Wager is a contemporary rom com told from a dual point of view. The faking dating reminded me of The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas and the friends-to-lovers romance was reminiscent of People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry; so, if you’re a fan of either of these novels/ tropes, you should definitely check-out The Love Wager! Themes present include love and heartbreak, family, fate versus freewill, growing up, communication or lack there of, commitment, and death. I think that this quote from The Love Wager, “Don’t you think the possibilities of love are worth the risk?”, nicely highlights the moral of Jack and Hallie’s story. When I started this book, I didn’t know that Olivia and Colin (from Mr. Wrong Number) made appearances in The Love Wager so that was a nice surprise! In comparison to Mr. Wrong Number, I actually found that I liked The Love Wager better because I was more intrigued by and invested in Hallie and Jack’s “love wager”. Furthermore, I liked that the story was easy to read and get into; it flowed nicely, the plot was engaging, and the page count wasn’t overly long. My favourite parts were Jack and Hallie’s laugh out loud texting banter as well as Jack and Hallie’s “fake” romance during Hallie’s sister’s wedding in Vail Colorado. Lastly, I also enjoyed the inclusion of the swoon-worthy “guy falls first” trope.
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