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adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
emotional funny lighthearted sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective 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: No

Not at all what I expected but in a great way. Yes, this is considered a romance, but the way their relationship built throughout the book was like nothing else I’ve ever read. I loved all the detail in the trail hikes she took. It kind of gave off Wild by Cheryl Strayed vibes in some parts with the hiking and Aurora trying to find herself again after her divorce. All in all, a great read. 
emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad slow-paced
emotional hopeful 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

It’s official, Mariana Zapata is now one of my favorite authors.

This book made me feel giddy…like your first crush returns your feelings, puppy love, giddy. I adored the grump-sunshine trope in this book and watching as Aurora slowly rebuilds the pieces of her life and her heart. Rhodes and Amos stole my heart and this entire book was just lovely overall. Zapata is seriously the queen of the slow burn romance and her character development and relationship building is just top-notch. I think this book also handles the topics of grief and loss very well. I absolutely recommend picking up this book (and any of Zapata’s work for that matter). Even if you aren’t a big romance reader, Zapata’s writing could easily sway that.
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
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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