A review by venesa
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

0.0

overrated. hated catalina in the first half of the book (and the second half). for the sort of book that this is it was way too fucking long, there was no reason to make this 500 pages long. also no one needed to read catalina's 5 page long innermonologue. there was nothing happening in the first 300 pages and then their relationship goes from 1 to 100 in like 2 pages. i wanted to dnf so many times, i did not think that was possible. and just like the hating game it didn't have actual enemies to lovers. lina hated aaron because she overheard him say something bad about her years ago and is still sad about that. aaron can't fucking communicate and therefore lina just jumped to her own conclusions. please don't waste your time reading this book like i did

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Eating disorder, Sexism, and Grief

Content/ Trigger Warnings- Sexism & Misogyny, Dieting & restrictive eating (causes mc to faint as she doesn’t eat for a day, possible eating disorder), Grief & loss depiction, Death of a parent, Fainting, Adult- Minor relationship (recounted), Panic Attacks (on page), Alcohol, Cancer, Bullying, Grief, Swearing & Cursing, Sexual Content (in detail)