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marisabenn's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-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
5.0
Love me a grumpy zaddy ๐ฅฐ
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Cursing
Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual content
Minor: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
goldensisyphus's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Was fully on board loving this book and all it's profound and healing moments UNTIL 85% in when the two MMCs judge our FMC for something that was completely 100% not her fault and then act like immature judgmental assholes and give her the silent treatment. It's totally emotionally abusive behavior. It's then washed over with lovebombing behavior and all supposedly ends well but that is a major red flag. Left a bad vibe.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny
Minor: Medical trauma
snipinfool's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Aurora was stunned when the man she had been living and working with for fourteen years told her their relationship was over and that she needed to leave ASAP. She ended up in Pagosa Springs, CO. It was the last place Aurora lived with her mother before she went missing. She planned to stay a month to see whether Pagosa would be a good fit. Aurora rented a small apartment outside of town. When she arrived, she found that the ownerโs son had placed the ad without his knowledge. He finally agreed to let her stay when she offered him triple the rate she agreed to pay. Aurora found a job working at an outdoor adventure store for her friend, Clara. Aurora planned to take some of the hikes her mother had taken when they lived here as part of her healing.
Rhodes was angry his son, Amos, rented out the apartment. He agreed to let Aurora stay because she looked desperate for a place to live. Rhodes worked for the parks and wildlife department and sometimes had varied work hours. Aurora took Amos to the hospital for possible appendicitis because he was unable to reach his father. Rhodes was very grateful and his feelings toward Aurora being around changed. The three of them started doing more activities together. Months passed. Slowly, Rhodes and Aurora started to see each other as someone they wanted to keep in their lives for a long time.
Rhodes was definitely a man written by a woman. He had just about every positive characteristic one could hope for. He wasnโt perfect, but he put in the effort to try. His relationship with his son was unexpected and wonderful. Aurora was broken, but started to heal once she returned to Pagosa. Having her Clara and becoming friends with Rhodes and Amos helped her to get past old hurts and start anew. I loved reading how Auroraโs presence smoothed some of Rhodes' rough edges. Amos was a wonderful character. He added so much to the story. Clara and Yuki were the type of supportive friends we all need. I loved their story.
Rhodes was angry his son, Amos, rented out the apartment. He agreed to let Aurora stay because she looked desperate for a place to live. Rhodes worked for the parks and wildlife department and sometimes had varied work hours. Aurora took Amos to the hospital for possible appendicitis because he was unable to reach his father. Rhodes was very grateful and his feelings toward Aurora being around changed. The three of them started doing more activities together. Months passed. Slowly, Rhodes and Aurora started to see each other as someone they wanted to keep in their lives for a long time.
Rhodes was definitely a man written by a woman. He had just about every positive characteristic one could hope for. He wasnโt perfect, but he put in the effort to try. His relationship with his son was unexpected and wonderful. Aurora was broken, but started to heal once she returned to Pagosa. Having her Clara and becoming friends with Rhodes and Amos helped her to get past old hurts and start anew. I loved reading how Auroraโs presence smoothed some of Rhodes' rough edges. Amos was a wonderful character. He added so much to the story. Clara and Yuki were the type of supportive friends we all need. I loved their story.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse
avery_hutchinson's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-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
4.75
This book had me literally annoyed when I had to put it down. The only reason that it is not 5โญ๏ธ is because of the third act conflict, as it felt like a mildly stupid argument which did get resolved in a cute way. Very good main characters with strong backstories and motives, and side characters were very lovable.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship
lilaknitsandreads's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Animal death
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
what_karla_reads's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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? No
5.0
5/5 stars
1.5/5 spice
Tropes:
Strangers to friends to lovers
Slow burn
Trauma/healing
Protective hero
Grumpy/sunshine
Single dad
Single POV
The slowest of the slow burns but honestly I'm not mad about it. I really enjoyed the personal journey Aurora went through. I think that was more important that her finding love. Overall, I loved the grumpy/sunshine trope with this one. This was my first book with this author but I'm definitely interested in reading more.
Thank you to Netgalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for the ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own and offered voluntarily.
Trigger/Content warnings:
Mentions emotional abuse, extortion, divorce, and death of parent. Sexual content
1.5/5 spice
Tropes:
Strangers to friends to lovers
Slow burn
Trauma/healing
Protective hero
Grumpy/sunshine
Single dad
Single POV
The slowest of the slow burns but honestly I'm not mad about it. I really enjoyed the personal journey Aurora went through. I think that was more important that her finding love. Overall, I loved the grumpy/sunshine trope with this one. This was my first book with this author but I'm definitely interested in reading more.
Thank you to Netgalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for the ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own and offered voluntarily.
Trigger/Content warnings:
Mentions emotional abuse, extortion, divorce, and death of parent. Sexual content
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent and Emotional abuse
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
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