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Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Abandonment
this is my first ever Mariana Zapata book and I'm obsessed with it. at first I was drawn to her because we share our first name with the exact same spelling and it's not often that I see someone with my name outside of my country. then I decided to add a few of her books to my tbr over time and then I went to the Lisbon book fair and I saw this one and decided to buy it and I decided to immediately start reading it (yes I have 1100+ books on my tbr and yes I still did this).
and I'm in love. I love Aurora. and I'm in love with Rhodes 😭❤️
I'm not even an age gap girlie (even tho this age gap wasn't that big, she was 33/34 and he was 42/43) but I loved this SO much. I understand why people call Mariana the slow burn queen because WOW. this had me at the edge of my seat the whole time. I mean.... at the 400 page mark they hadn't even kissed yet 😭. I honestly had no idea I would love a slow burn like this as much as I did but omg. I want all my slow burns to be like this now. I'M OBSESSED.
but as I said before, I loved Aurora and Rhodes and their whole relationship from the beginning but I also loved Amos and Clara and Jackie and Yuki and all the other good side characters. these people are my family fr.
can't wait to read more Mariana Zapata books 🫶🏼
Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship
Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment
Moderate: Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Child abuse
Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Toxic relationship
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent
Moderate: Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Pregnancy
I adored Rhodes, whose gruff standoffish demeanour hides his warmhearted and cinnamon roll centre. His love and support for his son was heart meltingly good too and as he and Aurora get to know one another (and Aurora breaks down his defences) we see a quietly protective side to him that I absolutely loved.
And given everything Aurora has experienced in her life, and emotional journey shes still working through — Rhodes, Amos (Rhodes’ teenage son) and the other Residents of Pagosa are just what she needs to fully heal and finally find a place she can call home.
We get some pretty humorous moments too which really helped with easing the tenser more emotionally scenes (my faves being the Bat and golden eagle scenes)
Overall another incredible read that slow-burn romance lovers will definitely enjoy. Just be sure to check the TWs
Also a massive thank you to Sophie (@SophieB_Reads on TikTok) for book fairying this to me, I absolutely loved it 😍❤️
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Mental illness, Pregnancy
Graphic: Grief