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The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

64 reviews

izzygraff's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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

This romance definitely isn’t for everyone, but it was perfect for me! Check out tropes and ratings though

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol

carlyjoann's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Cancer

gondorgirl's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, and Misogyny

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, and Cancer

thecajunbookworm's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, and Cancer

mattiedancer's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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

4.25

Writing: 4.25⭐️/5 

The Spanish Love Deception is written very well, with some sections shining quite nicely. At certain tiny moments, the dialogue felt a bit forced or unnatural but these were fleeting sections and didn’t impact the overall read.  

Characters: 4.25⭐️/5

Again, apart from a couple of moments where the characters felt like cookie-cutter tropes, but it was quickly overcome by deeper character development. I thoroughly enjoyed the characters by the end and honestly fell in love with a few. 

Plot: 4⭐️/5 

While the overarching plot (and the great use of the fake dating trope) was thoroughly enjoyable, I didn’t love the semi-focus on some of the side plots. The somewhat flippant plot point in which Lina decides to not eat felt unfinished, especially as it never comes up again. Similarly, while I understand the desire to keep certain backstories secret until necessary, the way both Lina and Aaron’s backstories are consistently hinted at without being revealed until they confess to each other left other sections of the novel feeling unfinished. Definitely a fun (and good) read, but I wonder what it could have been had these been more thoroughly thought out.

Who Should Read This Book? 

• Fans of fun romance novels
• Those who love the fake dating trope

Content Warnings? 

• Disordered Eating, Toxic Relationships, Sexual Content, Swearing, Stalking, Sexual Harassment, Misogyny, Sexism

Post-Reading Rating:  4.5⭐️/5

Very fun. 

Final Rating: 4.25⭐️/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Cancer, and Death of parent

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

lizzye33's review against another edition

emotional relaxing tense

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Grief, Eating disorder, and Sexism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Bullying

__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😁🥰

thebookpaiges's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Sexism, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Cancer, Misogyny, and Death

bridgetkay's review

emotional lighthearted slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

This book would be perfect for if you’re on a long summer holiday with lots of poolside reading time. It’s a slow-burn romance, and I have no issues with the predictable storyline or the smut. I enjoyed the characters for the most part, but it was longer than I needed it to be. However, if I had read this while on holiday I reckon I would have enjoyed it a lot more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Sexism