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spellbindingtomes's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-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
4.0
๐'๐ฎ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐'๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต.
I couldn't put this book down! Honestly, it's hard to put down any MZ book once you start. Out of all her books, All Rhodes Lead Here focuses more on the FMC's self-discovery after experiencing hurt and betrayalโcoming full circle to the place where she lost her mom.
Aurora was such a ray of sunshine even when she's been through so much. I really resonated with her grief. I loved that she wanted to go on each of her mom's favorite hikes in Colorado as a way to honor her. Aurora's resilient, hilarious, and most of all, loveable.
๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ด. ๐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ. ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด.
The burn was slow per usual, but this time not just with the romance but with the found family aspect also. I loved Rhodes & Amos so much and seeing their friendship and love naturally grow for Aurora and vice versa was so touching and heartfelt.
This was the first MZ book that left me wanting a little more out of the romance. I also thought the last few chapters had a lot of drama which is pretty unusual for her books.
That being said, this was still an addictive and endearing read that will definitely tug at your heartstrings.
Now if you excuse me, I will be busy looking at flights to Pagosa Springs!
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ-๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ด. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ-๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ-๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ-๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐บ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ.
Read this if you love:
๐ฅพfound family
โฐ๏ธage gap
๐ฅพslow burn
โฐ๏ธsmall town romance
๐ฅพgrumpy x sunshine
โฐ๏ธsingle dad
I couldn't put this book down! Honestly, it's hard to put down any MZ book once you start. Out of all her books, All Rhodes Lead Here focuses more on the FMC's self-discovery after experiencing hurt and betrayalโcoming full circle to the place where she lost her mom.
Aurora was such a ray of sunshine even when she's been through so much. I really resonated with her grief. I loved that she wanted to go on each of her mom's favorite hikes in Colorado as a way to honor her. Aurora's resilient, hilarious, and most of all, loveable.
๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ด. ๐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ. ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด.
The burn was slow per usual, but this time not just with the romance but with the found family aspect also. I loved Rhodes & Amos so much and seeing their friendship and love naturally grow for Aurora and vice versa was so touching and heartfelt.
This was the first MZ book that left me wanting a little more out of the romance. I also thought the last few chapters had a lot of drama which is pretty unusual for her books.
That being said, this was still an addictive and endearing read that will definitely tug at your heartstrings.
Now if you excuse me, I will be busy looking at flights to Pagosa Springs!
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ-๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ด. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ-๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ-๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ-๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐บ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ.
Read this if you love:
๐ฅพfound family
โฐ๏ธage gap
๐ฅพslow burn
โฐ๏ธsmall town romance
๐ฅพgrumpy x sunshine
โฐ๏ธsingle dad
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Classism, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting
greatestheights's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
This is not my only complaint about this book, but how did this woman wake up REPEATEDLY with a bat in her bedroom and not one character โ including the game warden love interest โ has her go get a rabies shot?! I was stressed the entire book that she was going to die of rabies.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Death of parent
vanesst's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Grief
Moderate: Sexual content
niamhstorme's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
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
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse
grace33's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
slow-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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship
krystalframe's review against another edition
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Death of parent
chelseazhao's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Mariana Zapata is really the Queen of Slowburn Romance, and I've missed reading her books.
I loved the characters that we got to follow in this book. Both Aurora and Rhodes felt like real people. And because of that, I still really enjoyed it even though the romance didn't feel as prevalent as I would have liked it. I did like that it felt realistic and you could see their feelings grow.
However, this felt more like a plain contemporary story or a character study for at least two-thirds of the book.
I did really like the exploration of grief and unconventional families.
But I think I just wish that I liked the conclusion more. It felt like it wrapped up too quickly.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for providing the E-ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I loved the characters that we got to follow in this book. Both Aurora and Rhodes felt like real people. And because of that, I still really enjoyed it even though the romance didn't feel as prevalent as I would have liked it. I did like that it felt realistic and you could see their feelings grow.
However, this felt more like a plain contemporary story or a character study for at least two-thirds of the book.
I did really like the exploration of grief and unconventional families.
But I think I just wish that I liked the conclusion more. It felt like it wrapped up too quickly.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for providing the E-ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Grief
Minor: Mental illness and Pregnancy
takarakei's review against another edition
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Unfortunately I didn't realize going into this that it's a 600 page romance, or I would probably not have read it. No romance needs to be that long imo. MZ writes slow burn, but there's slow burn and then there's... whatever this is. The two main characters barely interacted or talked for like the first 30% of this book (which is like 200 pages). The first HALF of this book could have been severely edited down in terms of content because I was just reading too many mundane details that my brain was shutting down.
Which honestly sucks because the last 20% of this book is really good! Once you *actually* start to see the tiniest spark (aka they have conversations) between the main characters I enjoyed it. I really liked the development of the relationship between Aurora and Tobias' son Amos (tbh she has more interactions in the first half of the book with Amos than Tobias). There's a hard hitting part at the end regarding Aurora's grief over her mom that got me a bit misty.I'm not sure that I needed her ex to come back begging for her, I felt that was extraneous.
Overall I'm not sure I really vibed with Aurora as a main character and she made some really dumb ass decisions in this book that irked me (hello hiking on your own when you are clearly not an experienced hiker and your mom disappeared while hiking??? please make it make sense). Also this is a self published book moving to traditional publication and the arc I read had some super repetitive parts and several typos that I hope are fixed before it's published...
I have some other books by this author on my list that I will read, but I'll be checking the page count before I do.
๐ถ๏ธ3/5
Which honestly sucks because the last 20% of this book is really good! Once you *actually* start to see the tiniest spark (aka they have conversations) between the main characters I enjoyed it. I really liked the development of the relationship between Aurora and Tobias' son Amos (tbh she has more interactions in the first half of the book with Amos than Tobias). There's a hard hitting part at the end regarding Aurora's grief over her mom that got me a bit misty.
Overall I'm not sure I really vibed with Aurora as a main character and she made some really dumb ass decisions in this book that irked me (hello hiking on your own when you are clearly not an experienced hiker and your mom disappeared while hiking??? please make it make sense). Also this is a self published book moving to traditional publication and the arc I read had some super repetitive parts and several typos that I hope are fixed before it's published...
I have some other books by this author on my list that I will read, but I'll be checking the page count before I do.
๐ถ๏ธ3/5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Grief
Moderate: Sexual content and Mental illness
Minor: Pregnancy
Aurora's ex and his mother are vile and the horrible things they did to her are brought up several times. Tobias' mother struggled with mental illness and as a result he had a rough childhood. There is one explicit spicy scene. Pregnancy happens as part of the HEA (not a surprise).pgivan21's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
A fun grumpy/sunshine, that also explores grief and the journey to find what you truly want in life. Zapata never fails to create such realistic characters with complex lives, and to build strong foundations for her main charactersโ budding relationships. No instalove here!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment and Death of parent
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
cathyo_113's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Suicide and Mental illness
Minor: Medical content and Pregnancy