A review by samanthaardenlockheart
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

<i>There may be spoilers in this review. Proceed with caution. ♥️</i> 

Written by Elena Armas, this book follows the story of Catalina (Lina) Mart​ín and Aaron Blackford. They are both engineers at a company called InTech, meaning they work together. While I began to read <i>The Spanish Love Deception</i>, it became clear to me that Lina and Aaron don’t particularly like one another. He is extremely impassive and broody, while she is bubbly, fun, and outgoing (I will never get tired of the Grumpy x Sunshine trope in romance books/fics). Anyway, the book opens with Aaron agreeing to be Lina’s date to attend her sister, Isabella’s wedding all the way home in Spain. There are so many scenes full of sexual and romantic tension, including a part where Lina tells Aaron he reminds her of Clark Kent as he helps her work on a project, gives her homemade granola bars when he notices that she’s hungry, and drives her home instead of allowing her to walk all the way to the train station in the rain!! Ahh, I love Aaron Blackford so much, even just in the beginning 100 pages or so. ✨☺️