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When Gracie Met the Grump by Mariana Zapata

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caitlinemccann's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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readsbyti's review against another edition

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adventurous tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

it was a good enough read but thats about it. It was more tame for a sci-fi romance and whilst I haven’t read many sci-fi romance books, apart from the defenders background having sci-fi elements it didn’t feel much different from a contemporary romance maybe slightly dark with

the whole cartel kidnapping thing

but idk.

We follow Gracie taking care of The Defender, a very grumpy superhero who crash landed in her garden. Through the course of the book Gracie and her grump build a reluctant but entertaining friendship and companionship, its one of the things I liked in this book seeing them go from not trusting each other to this cute back and forth they had. Alex did and said these little things that would catch me of guard and had me swooning. and the way gracie was damn near oblivious was both hilarious and eventually got frustrating.

that being said what i didn’t like was when they finally became a couple together, i love mz’s slow burns but this was the slow burn of slow burns because they pretty much got together in the final chapter and even that was mainly just a 🔥 scene. a little more time with them as a couple would have bumped this up in my rating

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agathacoss's review against another edition

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challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

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goldensisyphus's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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dangcrystal's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-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? Yes

3.0

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hapalyn's review against another edition

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adventurous funny tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

While I enjoyed a lot of moments in this book, I will say it is LONG. This is LENGTHY. It takes like 200 pages to really amp up and by page 300 I was like "where on earth could we possibly be going with this". I had some unanswered questions about the supernatural aspect of this, so I will say that if you're expecting any type of complexity with the fantastical aspect - you're not going to get that (which may or may not be something you like!).

The main character is definitely... unique? She's kind of obnoxious at times with her filter.. or lack thereof, but she grew on me and I learned to enjoy it. The entire

cartel

plotline was kind of unusual, but it's a refreshing plotline compared to other conflicts we've had in Mariana's books.

Spoilers:

I think her being Atraxian was kind of... I don't know... irritating. Like a weird secret chosen one trope but without the chosen part, I don't know how to describe it. Regardless, it wasn't prevalent enough to dissuade my enjoyment.

I've read 7 of her other works, and this one is definitely her most unique premise. It's so unlike the others and really was a fun breath of fresh air even though I absolutely LOVE everything I've read so far (except for one). Super fun (pun intended) and I really enjoyed the banter between the fmc and mmc.

It was just REALLY long, but I recommend it otherwise.

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