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A review by boisdelaire
From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata
3.0
★★★ ─── 3 stars.
frankly? i'm so disappointed. i expected SO much from this book because i loved kulti, and even if many people the latter was their favorite one, this one was so hyped up i was waiting for the same experience. and i decided to read it during winter for the total vibe package you know.. but maybe heterosexual romance is not it for me anymore, it doesn't bring me any joy, i don't relate and there are certain things in this book that made me want to scream, at the top of my head and because i don't want to crush this book more than needed (i liked some passages okay otherwise it wouldn't be a 3 stars) :
1. why do you call ivan's dick his anaconda, it threw me off so bad i didn't even giggle it was just plain weird. this was also one of the worst sex scenes ive read lol..
2. jasmine is hot-headed and strong woman there's no denying that, but the way this book was written, so familiar and not really enjoyable. i don't even have quotes to share, it lacked some good writing and i don't remember kulti being that bad actually
3. so many things were repeated again and again : his big hands holding jasmine's body yEAH WE GET IT, his beautiful body yadayada, not taking any shit from anyone except myself etc. so redundant at some point i just wanted to finish the story to be honest.
4. i got it, if tiktok recommends a romance book, i'll stay away from it !! and i love the theory that ppl who never read fanfic love these types of romance books bc it didn't bring me any emotion, they could've not ended together, would've been the same for me tbh
5. not but really, i didn't feel a thing for them the entire book, some passages were cute but solely for the scenarios otherwise i wouldn't have finished it. every scene felt like standalones in a way? cut from the entire series of events idk how to explain but this was my vision of it...
needless to say, that was disappointing for the first read of the year. what's worse is that i expected so much and got nothing. i still have one zappata book in my library and i'm still excited to give it a try, please be awesome!!
frankly? i'm so disappointed. i expected SO much from this book because i loved kulti, and even if many people the latter was their favorite one, this one was so hyped up i was waiting for the same experience. and i decided to read it during winter for the total vibe package you know.. but maybe heterosexual romance is not it for me anymore, it doesn't bring me any joy, i don't relate and there are certain things in this book that made me want to scream, at the top of my head and because i don't want to crush this book more than needed (i liked some passages okay otherwise it wouldn't be a 3 stars) :
1. why do you call ivan's dick his anaconda, it threw me off so bad i didn't even giggle it was just plain weird. this was also one of the worst sex scenes ive read lol..
2. jasmine is hot-headed and strong woman there's no denying that, but the way this book was written, so familiar and not really enjoyable. i don't even have quotes to share, it lacked some good writing and i don't remember kulti being that bad actually
3. so many things were repeated again and again : his big hands holding jasmine's body yEAH WE GET IT, his beautiful body yadayada, not taking any shit from anyone except myself etc. so redundant at some point i just wanted to finish the story to be honest.
4. i got it, if tiktok recommends a romance book, i'll stay away from it !! and i love the theory that ppl who never read fanfic love these types of romance books bc it didn't bring me any emotion, they could've not ended together, would've been the same for me tbh
5. not but really, i didn't feel a thing for them the entire book, some passages were cute but solely for the scenarios otherwise i wouldn't have finished it. every scene felt like standalones in a way? cut from the entire series of events idk how to explain but this was my vision of it...
needless to say, that was disappointing for the first read of the year. what's worse is that i expected so much and got nothing. i still have one zappata book in my library and i'm still excited to give it a try, please be awesome!!