A review by sharanyaaguha
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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? No

4.0

Catalina Martin desperately needs a "boyfriend" for her sister's wedding and the last thing she wants to hear is Aaron Blackford volunteering for this. Yes, the Aaron Blackford, the guy Catalina hates so much. Out of options, they strike a deal with each other - Catalina would bid for Aaron in his charity event and in return Aaron would be her date to her sister's wedding. Everything is fine when they go to Spain for the wedding but uhum Aaron teases Catalina way to often and he is definitely not pretending to like her because *coughs* he already does.

One thing about the book is that it is extremely slow. But the cute banter between Aaron and Catalina makes up for it. It's very funny too. I had a huge smile on my whole face throughout the book and then it gets a bit *steamy* (no i did not reread the chapters, just saying :p ). This book had me laughing in the first few chapters, the way they fought with each other *muahh*, too cute.

I live for cute novels like this, romance being my favourite topic to read about and this book is just purrfect. I can see myself re reading this book in a couple of months just to get the ✨feel✨ of it.

And also when Aaron said “With how every single time you laugh, I want to throw you over my shoulder and run somewhere I can covet that sound just for myself” I lost every leftover bit of my fucking sanity.

“Everything that had happened hurt me, left a scar, but it didn’t break me.”

You are worth walking through a fucking fire. Don’t you see that?”