Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

22 reviews

colorcrystals's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Eating disorder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcohol and Cursing

Minor: Pregnancy, Cancer, and Death of parent

blackveilbeccy's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This was an enemies to lovers, grumpy/sunshine, opposites attract, fake dating romance between two engineers. Lina is vivacious and a little flighty, Aaron is serious. He offers to play fake boyfriend to Lina and accompany her to her sister’s wedding, but it turns real along the way. Lina’s family are big and loud, and they add colour to the story. I wasn’t convinced about either the FMC or the MMC as Lina annoyed me a bit and Aaron was two dimensional. He was also super possessive and it came out of nowhere?  The book was just okay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Cancer, Eating disorder, and Grief

Minor: Medical content, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Racism, and Pregnancy

fromjuliereads's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

While I had quite a few issues with this book, it was ultimately fine and I did enjoy reading it to an extent. I'm confused by all of the hype praising this book though. 
The writing was... not great. Clunky sentences, things were worded strange for characters, and there were whole paragraphs and pages of "filler" that felt repetitive - all of the things going on in Lina's head that seemed to just loop. I admit to skimming a lot of those sections. Also the part in Spain was a shockingly small part of the book?
I did like Aaron's character. Sure he could be stand offish and cold, definitely didn't deal with things in the right way and said "baby" way too much - but I felt like his character had more depth in some ways than Lina. 

Anyways. The banter was fun, I liked the fake dating aspect. This is NOT enemies to lovers though. It was a fine read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Misogyny, Cursing, Death of parent, Cancer, Gaslighting, and Medical content

Minor: Pregnancy and Toxic relationship

Dieting/ starving and fainting - she stops eating and passes out; toxic ex; rumours being spread

luna_lovelace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I couldn't put this book down! If you're looking for a slow burn romance novel than look no further. It was so beautifully written that I really grew to love the main characters.

I was surprised how the author had Aaron fall for her so hard before Catalina even knew what hit her, or at least did not want to admit there was real chemistry between them.

Their love story was well paced, I didn't feel like it was being stretched out and thought the timing always felt right when it came to their relationship developing. 

There's also another book about her best friend, I can't wait to read it! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Bullying and Pregnancy

_alyssar_'s review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy

annahamburger's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Death of parent, Bullying, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, and Medical content

__romancereader__'s review

challenging emotional funny mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this book it was a very interesting book i love how protective Aaron was of Catalina and how much he loved her and couldn’t even hide it I definitely rate this book a five star⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️😍😍😍😍💖💖💖💖

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Bullying, Cancer, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Death, and Death of parent

Not all the content warnings are about the main characters some are and some are about the characters that come along in the book😁🥰

kam_be's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexism, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy and Racism

mirandap442's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Eating disorder, Grief, Bullying, and Cursing

Minor: Death of parent, Medical content, and Pregnancy

sami_leigh's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

“I’ll earn my four-letter word.”

“When I finally kiss you, there won’t be any doubt in your mind that this is real.”

🌮 Enemies-to-Lovers
🌮 Sunshine & Grump
🌮 Workplace romance
🌮 Fake Dating
🌮 Forced Proximity
🌮 One bed
🌮 Growth in MC after previous toxic relationship
🌮 ‘Touch her and I’ll kill you’ vibes
🌮 Established secondary characters; we love Rosie & the Martin family!
🌮 A look at how gender bias impacts treatment of women in the workplace, college, and relationships.
🌮 Epilogue

⚠️ Cancer, death of a parent, toxic relationship (in past), pregnancy, sexism, misogyny.
🌶️🌶️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, and Pregnancy