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A review by psyduck11
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
2.0
I just think it's a waist of time. If you want to evade reality for a while, yes, fine, but it's just one of the books that I don't understand why booktok pushed forward.
Being Spanish myself I appreciated the little things of Spanish culture and conversations in Spanish but that's it.
Yes, there were some parts of the character's dialogue that was good but the plot was weak and there were almost no descriptions creating the white room effect (I think that's what's called).
The smut scenes and dirty talk were a bit too much for me (I must say I'm not really a huge smut fan). And the pet names (in English and Spanish) made me cringe.
I didn't get why the protagonists fell in love for each other and the only explanation I thought was just lust.
The writing was very choppy. It felt like the author knew the scenes she wanted to write but it just ended up being a mix of scenes without cohesion and no context between them. The wedding (that was one of the central focus if the whole book) wasn't even described!!!! I do not understand it, really
Overall, not a good read and I would have like to invest my time in another book, honestly
Being Spanish myself I appreciated the little things of Spanish culture and conversations in Spanish but that's it.
Yes, there were some parts of the character's dialogue that was good but the plot was weak and there were almost no descriptions creating the white room effect (I think that's what's called).
The smut scenes and dirty talk were a bit too much for me (I must say I'm not really a huge smut fan). And the pet names (in English and Spanish) made me cringe.
I didn't get why the protagonists fell in love for each other and the only explanation I thought was just lust.
The writing was very choppy. It felt like the author knew the scenes she wanted to write but it just ended up being a mix of scenes without cohesion and no context between them. The wedding (that was one of the central focus if the whole book) wasn't even described!!!! I do not understand it, really
Overall, not a good read and I would have like to invest my time in another book, honestly
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, and Sexual content
Moderate: Eating disorder and Death of parent