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jehansen127's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Colonisation, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Body shaming, Death, Grief, and Child death
kell_yeah_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
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? It's complicated
4.0
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such a fun read! i love a fun lil adventure.
spice 🌶 - a 4 🌶 spicy (romance.io scale)
length - just right
reading speed - read in 2 days
did it make me cry? - yes
such a fun read! i love a fun lil adventure.
spice 🌶 - a 4 🌶 spicy (romance.io scale)
length - just right
reading speed - read in 2 days
did it make me cry? - yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Cancer, and Sexism
Moderate: Death of parent and Violence
Minor: Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood
abitbetterbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
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? It's complicated
3.5
Frankie Corzo can do no wrong. I love her narration and her voice is so perfect and exceptionally sexy in this book.
I really enjoyed listening to this story, as the premise and the early intrigue were really fun. I appreciated Corrie’s struggle to be taken seriously and her taking charge of her sexuality and bodily autonomy, especially as a Latina woman. There definitely need to be more romance book about archeologists, and you better believe I’m a sucker for “there’s only one tent” every single time!!!
Unfortunately the ending of the book fell flat for me due to some funky pacing, and I didn’t find the resolution between our leads particularly believable. I wish the thievery plot had unspooled with a bit more suspense, and with a bit more of a denouement from our climactic ending scene before the epilogue.
For all of Corrie’s desire to prove herself and be more than a sexual object, I didn’t feel a ton of connection with our leads beyond sexual chemistry. A lot of the time it really seemed like Ford was just like every other guy that objectified her and used his privilege to gain a leg up on her professionally. I liked them together because I’m a sucker for a good academic rivals trope and some fun banter, but I didn’t find them super compelling. Maybe I needed more yearning???
All in all, a fun quick read if you’re looking for an adventurous and very horny romance!
I really enjoyed listening to this story, as the premise and the early intrigue were really fun. I appreciated Corrie’s struggle to be taken seriously and her taking charge of her sexuality and bodily autonomy, especially as a Latina woman. There definitely need to be more romance book about archeologists, and you better believe I’m a sucker for “there’s only one tent” every single time!!!
Unfortunately the ending of the book fell flat for me due to some funky pacing, and I didn’t find the resolution between our leads particularly believable. I wish the thievery plot had unspooled with a bit more suspense, and with a bit more of a denouement from our climactic ending scene before the epilogue.
For all of Corrie’s desire to prove herself and be more than a sexual object, I didn’t feel a ton of connection with our leads beyond sexual chemistry. A lot of the time it really seemed like Ford was just like every other guy that objectified her and used his privilege to gain a leg up on her professionally. I liked them together because I’m a sucker for a good academic rivals trope and some fun banter, but I didn’t find them super compelling. Maybe I needed more yearning???
All in all, a fun quick read if you’re looking for an adventurous and very horny romance!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol, Sexism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Minor: Sexual harassment and Vomit
lydiafelty's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
really wanted to like this one, but I felt like the characters were always mad at each other about the wrong things (the anger was deserved imo -- just misplaced!), and the discussions of professional sexism (a recurring theme/convo) really fell short for me. I appreciated the conversations about industry sexism that started (tho I could have used more a intersectional take), but the conclusions of those felt lackluster (like, did the hero & other prominent characters /really/ reckon with their own sexism and actually change their speech/behaviors based on that? I think we're supposed to believe they did, but I'm not so sure. ) There were also a few discussions about sexuality that felt lowkey judgmental and, likewise, unresolved/unaddressed, which added onto the misplaced anger & lackluster sexism discussions for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Sexual harassment
jaynovara's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Cancer, Violence, Misogyny, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Alcohol
thatswhatshanread's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Being a massive Indiana Jones fan, I was all too hopeful that this book would scratch my itch for archaeological adventure while also presenting as a fun romcom. I admit that I saw the title and was immediately taken.
However… it was a bust. It had some fun adventure elements and the plot of looking for the final resting place of a fictional Mexican warrior was really promising. I enjoyed some of the parts where the characters actually found the Aztec ruins/remains. But then it just kinda went overboard with stereotype—ridiculous high stakes, multiple potential villains, cliche romance.
Yeah. The romance. It was pretty cringe. And unfortunately, the FMC reads like she was written by a man, the way she is described and even the way she talks sometimes. The MMC’s POV chapters definitely didn’t help when referring to her body and skills etc. The sex scenes seemed way too heavy on the physicality and reputation of the FMC than on the actual passion and relationship between the two. Idk, everything the FMC did seemed over-sexualized, especially considering a major part of her character was trying to escape those stereotypes. It just seemed like the author fed too much into it that it sort-of had the opposite effect that she was going for. Maybe I just found the writing too cheesy and awkward. And the fact that the MMC was THIRTY-EIGHT-YEARS-OLD and acted the way he did and said the things he did really gave me the ick.
It was a quick read overall and I never wanted to DNF it, I just was disappointed with it.
However… it was a bust. It had some fun adventure elements and the plot of looking for the final resting place of a fictional Mexican warrior was really promising. I enjoyed some of the parts where the characters actually found the Aztec ruins/remains. But then it just kinda went overboard with stereotype—ridiculous high stakes, multiple potential villains, cliche romance.
Yeah. The romance. It was pretty cringe. And unfortunately, the FMC reads like she was written by a man, the way she is described and even the way she talks sometimes. The MMC’s POV chapters definitely didn’t help when referring to her body and skills etc. The sex scenes seemed way too heavy on the physicality and reputation of the FMC than on the actual passion and relationship between the two. Idk, everything the FMC did seemed over-sexualized, especially considering a major part of her character was trying to escape those stereotypes. It just seemed like the author fed too much into it that it sort-of had the opposite effect that she was going for. Maybe I just found the writing too cheesy and awkward. And the fact that the MMC was THIRTY-EIGHT-YEARS-OLD and acted the way he did and said the things he did really gave me the ick.
It was a quick read overall and I never wanted to DNF it, I just was disappointed with it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual content, Cursing, Stalking, Misogyny, Death, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, and Cancer
Moderate: Terminal illness, Body shaming, Alcohol, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Bullying
Minor: Child death
lunahale's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
i love a good academic rivals to lovers!!! and the little mystery plot running through this was fun. i did have a couple qualms, but overall this was enjoyable and i’m glad i read it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Sexual harassment and Cancer
schweibertsm's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This was a fun romance adventure book. Who doesn't love some adventure with their romance. Reading this was definitely similar to watch Indiana Jones, but instead of the Lead woman being a damsel in destress. The FMC was a badass. This was a fun read for me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Grief, Body shaming, Death of parent, and Sexism
Minor: Kidnapping
aqtbenz's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, and Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexism
ladylothlorien's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
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
4.0
Honestly as soon as I read the title of this book, I knew I had to read it. Indiana Jones romcom where Indiana is a kickass Latina? Sign me up! And it was absolutely delightful. Enemies to lovers isn’t usually my trope of choice but I think it was done well here. I liked the character development where both of them learn to open up and acknowledge the ways in which they both contributed to the “enemies” part. And the dig was a fun and tense adventure, very much in the spirit of an Indiana Jones or Mummy movie. The only problem I really had was that “the grovel” of the hero just wasn’t quite enough for me. He’s still an adorable hero and I liked him but I wanted something a little more for the grovel. It’s not really bad; there are genuine attempts at groveling and character growth. And I can’t say what more I really wanted, but it just didn’t quite seem like enough to balance out the jerk behavior. Still a very enjoyable book and I would totally read the further adventures of these two!
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual harassment and Terminal illness
Ford’s mother has a serious illness that requires expensive treatment so he is often worried about her. Corrie experiences a sexual harassment but not much of it is on page and it’s not graphic.