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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
3rd read:
I was looking through my kindle and suddenly I find myself reading this again. I wish I could read this for the first time over and over again..
2nd read:
I didn't think it possible but I actually loved it even more the second time. Seriously the greatest slow burn I've ever read!!
1st read:
Amazing!! All the stars!!
I was looking through my kindle and suddenly I find myself reading this again. I wish I could read this for the first time over and over again..
2nd read:
I didn't think it possible but I actually loved it even more the second time. Seriously the greatest slow burn I've ever read!!
1st read:
Amazing!! All the stars!!
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This is a perfectly fine slow burn marriage of convenience romance. Not the best book ever, but certainly not the worst.
She doesn't use the miscommunication trope, which I really appreciate.
At one point the mmc gets groped by a fan. The fmc sees it happen, doesn't stop it, and then makes fun of him to his face for being groped. He later gets upset when he learns that she had been groped while she was his assistant. So molestation is only a problem when it happens to women? Fucking gross.
A quibble I have with this book is the author's egregious use of nicknames. The mmc is a gigantic football player and is given the nickname Big Guy while the relationship is purely professional, so it makes sense. But, later on in the story they have this big emotional moment and she still uses it. Like, imagine saying something like, "you're the first person to see the real me, big guy." That's not the exact quote, but it completely took me out of the story. And then once you start noticing it, you can't unsee it.
The author has the fmc cross her eyes in anger a few times. It's not a big deal, but it's also not a thing people do, so again I'm thrown out of the story.
She doesn't use the miscommunication trope, which I really appreciate.
At one point the mmc gets groped by a fan. The fmc sees it happen, doesn't stop it, and then makes fun of him to his face for being groped. He later gets upset when he learns that she had been groped while she was his assistant. So molestation is only a problem when it happens to women? Fucking gross.
A quibble I have with this book is the author's egregious use of nicknames. The mmc is a gigantic football player and is given the nickname Big Guy while the relationship is purely professional, so it makes sense. But, later on in the story they have this big emotional moment and she still uses it. Like, imagine saying something like, "you're the first person to see the real me, big guy." That's not the exact quote, but it completely took me out of the story. And then once you start noticing it, you can't unsee it.
The author has the fmc cross her eyes in anger a few times. It's not a big deal, but it's also not a thing people do, so again I'm thrown out of the story.
medium-paced
I’m having such a great reading week. This is my first Mariana Zapata book and I get the fervor. Her writing sounded like my voice and I was locked in from the start. I sacrificed a lot of sleep to finish this book. Vanessa was hilarious and a breath of fresh air. She hated her job as a personal assistant to Aiden, the “wall of Winnipeg” who was a football player. Aiden is a giant robot of a man who pissed me off in the beginning but came around.
In this age of immigration drama the struggle for a person to be a citizen is hard. This was lightly addressed in this story as Vanessa agrees to a marriage of convenience with Aiden so that he can stay in the United States and she can get her debt paid. Frankly, I would do the same thing. There is a lot of grumpy/sunshine in this book and forced proximity. They told me MZ is the queen of slow burn and dear Lord this was the slowest. I was at 90 percent wondering when this was going to happen…
Anyway I loved these characters and their story and want sequels. Maybe a novella. Give me more!
In this age of immigration drama the struggle for a person to be a citizen is hard. This was lightly addressed in this story as Vanessa agrees to a marriage of convenience with Aiden so that he can stay in the United States and she can get her debt paid. Frankly, I would do the same thing. There is a lot of grumpy/sunshine in this book and forced proximity. They told me MZ is the queen of slow burn and dear Lord this was the slowest. I was at 90 percent wondering when this was going to happen…
Anyway I loved these characters and their story and want sequels. Maybe a novella. Give me more!
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
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
Another great one! It was a bit slower than Wait for It, so I appreciated the pacing in Wait for It a bit more. But I loved that WFI follows her best friend and some of what we hear about in that, gets more story in this (I know this came out first :) ). Great read!
06-07 Re-read
So in love with this book.
It's fluid, and savory.
A slow slow burn, but oh so sweet.
5 Super Sweet Slow Burning Stars
I want like 100 more pages.. Or 1,000.. I just can't get enough! I actually read this book slow.. SLOW... I'm telling you, I just wanted to savor it and now I wanna read it again.
Freaking Aiden.. Just, Mmmmm, put a cherry on top.. Or forget the cherry I don't even care.
That. Freaking. Epilogue.
So in love with this book.
It's fluid, and savory.
A slow slow burn, but oh so sweet.
5 Super Sweet Slow Burning Stars
I want like 100 more pages.. Or 1,000.. I just can't get enough! I actually read this book slow.. SLOW... I'm telling you, I just wanted to savor it and now I wanna read it again.
Freaking Aiden.. Just, Mmmmm, put a cherry on top.. Or forget the cherry I don't even care.
That. Freaking. Epilogue.
It would've been 5 stars with Aiden's POV. I get that authors have reasons for offering the POVs they do, but I really felt like something was missing. Other than that though I loved it!
Mariana Zapata truly writes her own brand of slow burn. Her stories are written in first person single perspective, so readers rarely know what the hero is thinking. Which enhances the story and contributes to the burn.
This book is Vanessa and Aiden’s story. Aiden is a top defensive end in the NFL. Vanessa is his assistant/housekeeper. Well, she was. Until she quit. But then Aiden shows up at her door proposing a marriage of convenience that would allow him quick access to immigration papers and he’d pay off her debt. But she’s acted as his fairy godmother for two years, while he’s been indifferent, aloof, and demanding. What could possibly go wrong?
Vanessa is strong, snarky, funny, and loyal to a fault. Aiden is a lot harder to get a read on. But very, very slowly, this relationship grows and the two become so much to each other. Readers can feel the genuine affection between the two as their relationship grows into a friendship and then (finally) to more. I really enjoyed this book and Zapata’s unique style of storytelling.
This book is Vanessa and Aiden’s story. Aiden is a top defensive end in the NFL. Vanessa is his assistant/housekeeper. Well, she was. Until she quit. But then Aiden shows up at her door proposing a marriage of convenience that would allow him quick access to immigration papers and he’d pay off her debt. But she’s acted as his fairy godmother for two years, while he’s been indifferent, aloof, and demanding. What could possibly go wrong?
Vanessa is strong, snarky, funny, and loyal to a fault. Aiden is a lot harder to get a read on. But very, very slowly, this relationship grows and the two become so much to each other. Readers can feel the genuine affection between the two as their relationship grows into a friendship and then (finally) to more. I really enjoyed this book and Zapata’s unique style of storytelling.
The burn was slooooooow but I loved it. I love how even though it's from her POV, they had a male narrator do his dialogue in the audiobook