Two Wrongs Make a Right (The Wilmot Sisters Series Book 1)

Two Wrongs Make a Right takes the fake dating setup and wraps it around a modern Much Ado About Nothing retelling. The result is a story filled with matchmaking disasters, awkward chemistry, and emotional vulnerability. Bea and Jamie begin as reluctant co-conspirators trying to outplay their meddling friends and win back their exes. The fake relationship becomes harder to separate from reality once real feelings enter the picture. I appreciated the disability and neurodivergent representation. My issue became that the relationship itself felt uneven at times. Jamie and Bea sleep together while still pretending they are only fake dating to make their exes jealous. This made the conflict start to feel dragged out instead of believable. Their realization that they are in love arrives surprisingly late in the story despite how emotionally intense their relationship had already become. The declarations of love also tip into overly dramatic territory near the ending and did not seem in line with the personalities of the characters we had spent a while getting to know. The audiobook narration keeps the story engaging. Charlotte North gives Bea warmth and emotional sensitivity that helped soften some of the repetitive relationship tension. Stephen Dexter brings enough charm to Jamie to make his devotion believable. The banter keeps the audiobook easy to binge despite some frustrating plot decisions. Readers who enjoy romance built around emotional safety, fake dating, and Shakespeare-inspired tension will likely have a good time with Two Wrongs Make a Right. I wanted the emotional arc to trust itself sooner instead of stretching the fake relationship conflict so far into the novel.

It was only okay. I don’t think it’s the best representation of autism or anxiety, but I guess the effort is there? It’s not awful. I just wish I felt more connected to Bea and Jamie. I think it’s definitely worth a read though! Maybe someone else will have a different experience!

Off the charts romantic, and even though I found much of it unrealistic, I still adored Bea and Jamie’s journey to happiness. The representation was so refreshing. Now I can’t wait to read Kate’s story.