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jazzy00's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
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
4.75
gloryreadstoomuchh's review
5.0
Mariana Zapata has done it once again. I am re read wait for it and it was just as good as I remember it, not as good as kulti or under locke, but still pretty amazing. The book started with Diana saving jackson (dallas’ brother) from getting jumped and brought him back home (he was living with dallas at the time). Dallas came to her house the next day to apologize for his brothers behavior. To add some backstory here, dianas brother and his wife passed away and so there two boys (josh and louie) went to diana’s custody. Also dallas was married and wanted to get a divorce but his wife wanted to take him for half of what he had, even though she was using him.
In the beginning Dallas thought that Diana was flirting with him, but she was not. After that notion ended they were connected in a lot of ways, Dallas is josh’s baseball coach, dallas’ grandma is mrs pearl (the old lady that lives in the neighborhood as well), dallas’ cousin is dianas boss, and the three of them (diana, trip, and dallas) become pretty good friends.
There were so many cute moments in this book, like when dallas started calling diana baby, omg i was screaming, zapata really gives a breadcrumbs, when he helped the three of them get rid of lice, coming to josh’s birthday party, building louies quarter pipe, coming to get diana when she was drunk (he was there the whole time), the thing that i found most admirable was that dallas didnt do anything with diana until he was truly divorced.
The ending was so sweet, when louie wanted dallas to adopt him, i do with he would have adopted josh as well, but knowing him he probably didnt want it.
The wall of winnipeg is next, then the best thing, and lastly will be from lukov with love (which wont be a re read because i never read it. I might as well put my ranking for her books in this review, it has to go somewhere. 1. Kulti 2. Under locke 3. Dear aaron 4. Wait fot it 5. All rhodes lead here 6. Luna and the lie 7. Hands down. Looking at it and seeing that ive re read 7 of her books in the past two months is crazy, maybe i should do a yearly re read?!?
In the beginning Dallas thought that Diana was flirting with him, but she was not. After that notion ended they were connected in a lot of ways, Dallas is josh’s baseball coach, dallas’ grandma is mrs pearl (the old lady that lives in the neighborhood as well), dallas’ cousin is dianas boss, and the three of them (diana, trip, and dallas) become pretty good friends.
There were so many cute moments in this book, like when dallas started calling diana baby, omg i was screaming, zapata really gives a breadcrumbs, when he helped the three of them get rid of lice, coming to josh’s birthday party, building louies quarter pipe, coming to get diana when she was drunk (he was there the whole time), the thing that i found most admirable was that dallas didnt do anything with diana until he was truly divorced.
The ending was so sweet, when louie wanted dallas to adopt him, i do with he would have adopted josh as well, but knowing him he probably didnt want it.
The wall of winnipeg is next, then the best thing, and lastly will be from lukov with love (which wont be a re read because i never read it. I might as well put my ranking for her books in this review, it has to go somewhere. 1. Kulti 2. Under locke 3. Dear aaron 4. Wait fot it 5. All rhodes lead here 6. Luna and the lie 7. Hands down. Looking at it and seeing that ive re read 7 of her books in the past two months is crazy, maybe i should do a yearly re read?!?
rafreads's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
lj99's review against another edition
4.5
I am obsessed with Mariana zapata - even better the second time
faithgeer20's review against another edition
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
kgaither's review against another edition
4.25
This was soooo delicious swoony slow burn. It of course followed the classic Mariana Zapata formula but he wasn’t mean to her in the same way all of her other male characters are
johanna2005's review against another edition
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
4.75
elainawoodruff's review against another edition
4.25
The first half of the book seemed to drag on but it was worth the wait - lol as the title suggests. such a good slow burn 🤤
kaeliesreads's review
5.0
This is a really good book, and I can't wait to read more books from this author
jeenal660's review
3.0
I like Mariana Zapata's writing a LOT and loved a few of her other books...but this was just tooo sloww. I was pretty bored for approx 200 pages as the main characters hadn't even had a proper normal conversation yet. I guess the book properly started making sense after 250 pages or so. There wasn't any other subplot than the guy noticing our girl and helping her out.
Although I did enjoy the slow burn and the flirting at the end.
Did I mention her adorable nephews...one star for each of them (they were kind of the only reason I kept reading the book):)
Although I did enjoy the slow burn and the flirting at the end.
Did I mention her adorable nephews...one star for each of them (they were kind of the only reason I kept reading the book):)