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luchikreads's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
slow-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
🌶️🌶️🌶️, 🩸
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical trauma, Grief, Torture, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content
Minor: Death
__romancereader__'s review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I f*cking loved this book soooo much the growth of there relationship throughout the book the extreme extreme slow burn the Grumpy x sunshine this book felt like watching a movie it was so long and detailed like a movie and not in a bad way at all there is like a 5 year age gap between the female and male main character both of the main characters are virgins i’m sensing a little bit of forced proximity throughout the book also at some point in this book it kinda reminded me of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer the mysteries the not a dramatic breakup 30 pages left of the book like other authors do communication in this book isn’t bad it mostly starts with the male main character not wanting to talk or tell the main female character anything hence the title i hope i used that word correctly oh well 😁😁 and yet again Mariana Zapata did not disappoint another book of hers i rated 5 stars⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Gun violence, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Vomit, Abandonment, and Dementia
No all Contant warnings about the main characters some are and some are about the other characters you meet/hear about in the book🥰🥰❤️🔥❤️🔥quietmarki's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Gun violence, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content
thatperson's review against another edition
emotional
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Torture
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Dementia
tieraneysreadingcorner's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
slow-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
5.0
THE QUEEN OF SLOW BURN HAS DONE IT AGAIN!!!
Okay, done screaming. Mariana Zapata literally dropped this book on us like one of the nuclear bombs The Defender disposes of before it hurts anyone.
When Gracie Met the Grump will become one of my favorites. I already know for a fact I will reread this book… multiple times.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
🌶️🌶️/5 of course the spice was minimal (like hello it’s MZ) but the dirty talk was so chefs kiss
I could say the amount of highlights I have in my book is astronomical, but it’s MZ herself so it shouldn’t be a surprise lol.
MZ outdid herself with this a sci-fi novel. I know it was her first one, but she wrote it phenomenally. The amount of world building she put into this was just incredible especially since she has only written contemporary before, not a lot of authors can successfully write in a new genre.
Alex and Gracie. Man. They made me laugh so much with how much they shot the shit with each other. My least favorite thing was how Gracie was so dense when everything was literally spelled out for her (HELLO THIS MAN LOVES YOU) , she made up for it with catching onto things even I didn’t connect though.
However, the carnival. The carnival was my favorite part.
“You fucking cheater,” he hissed under his breath.
“You snooze you lose, motherfucker.”
I resonated with Gracie so much in this book, but that’s what Mariana Zapata does to me in every single one of her books. The words she writes makes you (the reader) feel every single one of the emotions the MC is going through.
I can’t wait until her next book.
Okay, done screaming. Mariana Zapata literally dropped this book on us like one of the nuclear bombs The Defender disposes of before it hurts anyone.
When Gracie Met the Grump will become one of my favorites. I already know for a fact I will reread this book… multiple times.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
🌶️🌶️/5 of course the spice was minimal (like hello it’s MZ) but the dirty talk was so chefs kiss
I could say the amount of highlights I have in my book is astronomical, but it’s MZ herself so it shouldn’t be a surprise lol.
MZ outdid herself with this a sci-fi novel. I know it was her first one, but she wrote it phenomenally. The amount of world building she put into this was just incredible especially since she has only written contemporary before, not a lot of authors can successfully write in a new genre.
Alex and Gracie. Man. They made me laugh so much with how much they shot the shit with each other. My least favorite thing was how Gracie was so dense when everything was literally spelled out for her (HELLO THIS MAN LOVES YOU) , she made up for it with catching onto things even I didn’t connect though.
However, the carnival. The carnival was my favorite part.
“You fucking cheater,” he hissed under his breath.
“You snooze you lose, motherfucker.”
I resonated with Gracie so much in this book, but that’s what Mariana Zapata does to me in every single one of her books. The words she writes makes you (the reader) feel every single one of the emotions the MC is going through.
I can’t wait until her next book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Violence, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Sexual content
martamae77's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death
kb33's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I might be in the minority because I liked the length of the book. I liked the world that Zapata created, and just about every character in it.
I hated Alex. He was a dick for 90% of the book, no joke. There were a few times that he was nice, and then he went nuclear cold and distant. Then, at the very end, he had the audacity to call Gracie dense when she had trouble believing that he had feelings for her.
I also hate reading books where the author dangles secrets in front of you, and you just have to hope it answer will be revealed sooner rather than later. That’s the entire book. I feel like several of the hinted secrets were never revealed. And there were a couple major plot holes that had nothing to do with the whole super hero thing or anything technical. Alex disappeared for weeks and his family is like, “Where were you? We were getting kinda worried.” Which is ridiculous once you read the book. And the person who hurt him... just... nothing. Nothing at all happens about that.
It is so hard to rate this because I really did love the unique (to me) idea for the story, but I hated Alex so much. I kept wanting Gracie to yell at him or leave. I think the power imbalance (and her need to rely on him so heavily) made her put him on a pedestal. She deserves so much better.
I hated Alex. He was a dick for 90% of the book, no joke. There were a few times that he was nice, and then he went nuclear cold and distant. Then, at the very end, he had the audacity to call Gracie dense when she had trouble believing that he had feelings for her.
I also hate reading books where the author dangles secrets in front of you, and you just have to hope it answer will be revealed sooner rather than later. That’s the entire book. I feel like several of the hinted secrets were never revealed. And there were a couple major plot holes that had nothing to do with the whole super hero thing or anything technical. Alex disappeared for weeks and his family is like, “Where were you? We were getting kinda worried.” Which is ridiculous once you read the book. And the person who hurt him... just... nothing. Nothing at all happens about that.
It is so hard to rate this because I really did love the unique (to me) idea for the story, but I hated Alex so much. I kept wanting Gracie to yell at him or leave. I think the power imbalance (and her need to rely on him so heavily) made her put him on a pedestal. She deserves so much better.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Alcohol and Grief
Minor: Abandonment and Death of parent
kimpossiblesbanana's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
This is by far my favourite book of the year! Their was a few small issues. But I loved loved loved this book! She somehow wrote a book with all of the good tropes and non of the cheesy bad stuff that most superhero stuff has.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Torture
prettynerdy3's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Abandonment, Confinement, Excrement, Grief, Death, Kidnapping, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Sexual content
khloereads86's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I love MZ but this wasn’t as good as some of her others. I still enjoyed it but not nearly as much as Lukov, Kulti, Winnipeg, or Rhodes. It was definitely very slow burn but I feel like it went from Alex is grumpy and hates her to he’s super sweet and keeping secrets in a split second. I also feel like the whole plot got built up so that something big would happen with the cartel or his grandma or something near the end but it was a little disappointing. I just feel like the end was kind of boring and they both clearly liked each other for so long and there was absolutely nothing stopping them from getting together, but it still dragged out just because. It felt like a lot was left unfinished. Still enjoyed it, there were a few funny and cute parts but not my favorite by MZ for sure.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Torture, and Cursing
Moderate: Sexual content