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intensej's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I loved the premise of this book. Aiden was a really charming and realistic character. I liked seeing Val's loving relationship with Aiden's roommate, another professional football player, Zac. Zapata really drags things out in this book, and the slow burn was almost too much. I felt like there should have been more sex scenes in this book for how slow the relationship moved. I found the constant references to Van's abusive childhood to be too intense for a contemporary romance. I wish there was another book that followed Zac's story, but this appears to be a standalone. Fans of sports romance and marriage of convenience tropes will love this book.
Content: mentions of child abuse, some swearing, some fighting, sex
Graphic: Child abuse
Moderate: Sexual content and Violence
Minor: Sexual harassment
sebradley29's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Addiction, Deportation, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Violence, Bullying, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, and Cursing
joey_paige's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content
Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Violence, Addiction, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Physical abuse, Abandonment, Deportation, Grief, and Sexual harassment
dollhousebooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence and Child abuse
addieisreading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
“I always learn from my mistakes. We made a good team once. We’ll make a good team again.”
I’ve never read any book of Mariana Zapata but I knew it was my thing due to the comments saying how annoyingly slow the romance would develop in her books and how introvert most of her male characters were. This book weren’t any different from what they said. It took me a while to get the hang of it since the beginning is very slow and the writing was kinda off to me (The author put the main character’s thoughts randomly in the middle of the scenes, which interrupts my line and thinking and distracts me from what’s happening in the plot). The female main character sounded quite annoying at first with the exaggerated overthinking but, at some point, I got used to it. She turned into a very badass assertive woman throughout time and one of my favorite characters from romance books along her boy. Vanessa and Aiden won’t get out of my head any sooner. Wish there were more but I think I’m all by myself (and a few fanfics) now.
Minor: Violence, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Alcoholism
linnea_tornblom's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Car accident, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Violence
azrieldds's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
But yeah this book was soooo long
16 hrs on 1.2x speed??
Smfh
And there are soooo many details
But overall pretty cute and nice to listen to
Wouldn't reread it
But yes
Pretty cute
Graphic: Child abuse
Moderate: Violence
hannibanani29's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Child abuse
Moderate: Addiction, Deportation, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Alcoholism
Minor: Drug use, Fatphobia, Murder, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Vomit, Violence, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, and Grief
caitlincrtr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Bullying
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Fatphobia, Abandonment, and Body shaming
Minor: Sexual content and Violence
jordans_shelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Minor: Violence and Domestic abuse