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The Best Thing

Mariana Zapata

3.91 AVERAGE


It's amazing that Mariana Zapata can write such a slow burn that moves so glacially and yet keeps me involved. This is a second chance romance. My favorite quote is regarding finding a person who has made mistakes but learned from them. And I liked that.

The only question I have is what happened to all of his postcards!? Did I miss something? Why didn't she receive them? And where are they sitting?

This is a second read and I enjoyed it. It's a bit repetitive in the language but I still enjoyed it.

I listened to the audiobook and it's interesting that they used a male voice for only Jonah's speaking parts. I loved that choice. His voice sounds delicious.

"asshole" was/is lenny's fav words ? a very cute story and yes the author is legit the creatrice of the slow burn wow
emotional funny hopeful reflective 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: Complicated
emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
emotional funny hopeful slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional

currently ugly crying at the epilogue
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Ahhhh another book by my ALL TIME FAVORITE AUTHOR?! I cannot wait!!!


As always with this author, I loved it! I loved sweet Jonah and everything about this! I cracked up laughing at the part about his Stuart little voice!! I always love all of MZ’s H’s, but it was nice to see a little change this time around. That being said, I do truly love her typical H’s. I’ll take whatever I can get from her lol. That epilogue had me crying though!

ALSO I’m really glad I didn’t read reviews before I read this book, and just stuck with the rather vague description. I truly feel it is a better reading experience this way. I’m usually NEVER one to say this. I am all for spoilers, but I honestly feel the vagueness made the experience better!

Another thing I love about Zapata’s books is how long they are. I love long books, so her are always perfect for me!
I’m sad that I finished this book, but now I get to go back and reread her others!