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infjkiki's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
medium-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying and Sexual content
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Eating disorder, and Misogyny
Minor: Cancer
yllenia's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
I was definitely deceived.. into reading this book - dnf @ 73% (νέο ρεκόρ για εμένα)
Αυτό το βιβλίο προχωράει βασανιστικά αργά. Για να καταλάβεις, η πλοκή βασίζεται σε μια κοπέλα που φέρνει ένα ψεύτικο ραντεβού στο γάμο της αδερφής της, και δεν φτάνουμε καν στο μέρος που γίνεται ο γάμος με τη σελίδα 240 (!).
Το παραπάνω πιθανά δεν θα με πείραζε εάν ένιωθα ότι έγινε για να δώσει βάθος στους χαρακτήρες και τις περιπέτειες τους. Αντί για αυτό αναλωθήκαμε σε περιστατικά μεμονωμένα και χωρίς την απαραίτητη ροή ή σύνδεση, τα οποία πήραν τη διπλάσια έκταση από αυτή που τους αναλογούσε.
Παράλληλα το βιβλίο προσπάθησε να δημιουργήσει σασπένς κρατώντας από εμάς πληροφορίες για τα μεγάλα συμβάντα της ζωής της πρωταγωνίστριας μέχρι (φαντάζομαι) το τέλος του βιβλίου. Κατάφερε όμως να γίνει τόσο βαρετό που δεν θα μάθω ποτέ.
#bookstagram #booktok #booktokwaswrong #willievercomebackfromthis
Αυτό το βιβλίο προχωράει βασανιστικά αργά. Για να καταλάβεις, η πλοκή βασίζεται σε μια κοπέλα που φέρνει ένα ψεύτικο ραντεβού στο γάμο της αδερφής της, και δεν φτάνουμε καν στο μέρος που γίνεται ο γάμος με τη σελίδα 240 (!).
Το παραπάνω πιθανά δεν θα με πείραζε εάν ένιωθα ότι έγινε για να δώσει βάθος στους χαρακτήρες και τις περιπέτειες τους. Αντί για αυτό αναλωθήκαμε σε περιστατικά μεμονωμένα και χωρίς την απαραίτητη ροή ή σύνδεση, τα οποία πήραν τη διπλάσια έκταση από αυτή που τους αναλογούσε.
Παράλληλα το βιβλίο προσπάθησε να δημιουργήσει σασπένς κρατώντας από εμάς πληροφορίες για τα μεγάλα συμβάντα της ζωής της πρωταγωνίστριας μέχρι (φαντάζομαι) το τέλος του βιβλίου. Κατάφερε όμως να γίνει τόσο βαρετό που δεν θα μάθω ποτέ.
#bookstagram #booktok #booktokwaswrong #willievercomebackfromthis
Content Warnings
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Cancer, Eating disorder, Sexism, and Panic attacks/disorders
mhairi_reads's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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? Yes
4.0
Rating: ⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🌶️
Tropes: Fake dating, hate to love, one bed, grumpy / sunshine, slow burn,
POV: Single - Catalina
The first thing I think an out when I think about this book if Mr Aaron Blackford 🥵! Yes please!
When I saw that she was a chunky girl I thought does a romance book need to be this long? Then I started reading - and let me tell you, oh yes it did. I could have done another 400 pages of Blackford alone!
We follow Catalina - who is in dire need of a date to her sister’s wedding in Spain where everyone she knows will be in attendance. Including her ex and his new fiancée. She’s told everyone she’ll be bringing her new boyfriend. The only problem is, she doesn’t have one.
Aaron Blackford - obnoxious, condescending, insufferable … tall, built and freaking gorgeous. Blackford is a colleague of Catalina’s and when her overhears her talking about her dilemma he offers himself to go back to Spain under the ruse of being her new beau. Sounds perfect, right? Wrong! Aaron is Catalina’s worst nightmare.
However with time most definitely not on her side Aaron is looking like her best option, she goes all in and does everything she can to make sure their Spanish Love Deception is bulletproof.
Throughout their time in Spain the pretending becomes much less forced and whole lot more natural. It doesn’t feel entirely like pretending anymore.
I loved this book!! From the obvious chemistry, to the banter this was just *chef’s kiss.* The more I read, the more I was totally sucked in to the story and I just didn’t want to put it down. Armas’ writing was easy and beautifully written. The dialogue was written effortlessly and it didn’t feel out of place. I will definitely be picking up more of Armas’ work. This was fantastic.
I can definitely see me picking this up again as a comfort read.
⚠️ Content Warnings: loss of a parent, sexism in the workplace, grief, unsafe dieting (restricting food)
Spice: 🌶️
Tropes: Fake dating, hate to love, one bed, grumpy / sunshine, slow burn,
POV: Single - Catalina
The first thing I think an out when I think about this book if Mr Aaron Blackford 🥵! Yes please!
When I saw that she was a chunky girl I thought does a romance book need to be this long? Then I started reading - and let me tell you, oh yes it did. I could have done another 400 pages of Blackford alone!
We follow Catalina - who is in dire need of a date to her sister’s wedding in Spain where everyone she knows will be in attendance. Including her ex and his new fiancée. She’s told everyone she’ll be bringing her new boyfriend. The only problem is, she doesn’t have one.
Aaron Blackford - obnoxious, condescending, insufferable … tall, built and freaking gorgeous. Blackford is a colleague of Catalina’s and when her overhears her talking about her dilemma he offers himself to go back to Spain under the ruse of being her new beau. Sounds perfect, right? Wrong! Aaron is Catalina’s worst nightmare.
However with time most definitely not on her side Aaron is looking like her best option, she goes all in and does everything she can to make sure their Spanish Love Deception is bulletproof.
Throughout their time in Spain the pretending becomes much less forced and whole lot more natural. It doesn’t feel entirely like pretending anymore.
I loved this book!! From the obvious chemistry, to the banter this was just *chef’s kiss.* The more I read, the more I was totally sucked in to the story and I just didn’t want to put it down. Armas’ writing was easy and beautifully written. The dialogue was written effortlessly and it didn’t feel out of place. I will definitely be picking up more of Armas’ work. This was fantastic.
I can definitely see me picking this up again as a comfort read.
⚠️ Content Warnings: loss of a parent, sexism in the workplace, grief, unsafe dieting (restricting food)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Eating disorder, Chronic illness, Bullying, Misogyny, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death of parent, and Terminal illness
culzean's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-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
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Grief, Alcohol, Cancer, Cursing, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Medical content, Misogyny, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Pregnancy
marveloustime's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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
MY NEW FAVORITE BOOK 💞 I LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT IT AND AARON BLACKFORD SUCH A BOYFRIEND AND HUSBAND MATERIAL HE IS 😩💗
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Bullying, Sexism, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, and Grief
faitherslibrary's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
fast-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
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Eating disorder, Bullying, and Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, and Gaslighting
arthur_ant18's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-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? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, and Sexism
Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, and Eating disorder
Minor: Cancer
mollydollydoodah's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-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
5.0
An absolutely perfect read for Valentine’s Day <3 I couldn’t put it down, and I was absolutely in love with every character (except Daniel, gross). I loved every little thing Aaron said to Lina, everything he did to show her how much he loved her, despite her stubbornness and refusal to believe it. Also, the spice scenes were on point. Absolutely fantastic ;) I definitely recommend this novel, especially if you are looking for a fake-dating trope, because this is sure to be on the very top of the list for that trope. I absolutely loved it, and it made me physically laugh out loud several times. Highly recommend!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexism, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Death of parent
astoryofpages's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
I've heard a lot of good things about this book and... it's a disappointment. The enemies-to-lovers trope wasn’t incredible, I didn't even feel like it was central to the story (unlike the fake dating one). The characters were just rude to each other which is quite annoying.
Lina was a bit childish and Aaron (who I liked at the beginning) completely changed his personality at 50% of the book. Everything was ✨miscommunication✨ and the difficulties Lina and Aaron had to face were swept away without real solutions.
The smut was weird and made me uncomfortable and the end was meh. I think the “sexism storyline” was too superficial, while it would have been really interesting if it has been explored with more depth. While the beginning was long, the end was completely rushed.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, and Sexual content
navyaaa's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
This book infuriated the heck out of me. I have so many thoughts. When you read the description of this book you think, huh sounds like a cute little rom-com that will give us great characters and whatnot. I tell you that instead I got annoyed. Really annoyed. This is going to take a while.
First, The plot. No depth. I knew about 100 pages in how this book was going to end. Not even a little suspense was instilled. there was literally zero angst and tension or whatever. For me this was not a slow burn, this was a book being dragged out for about 200+ pages with zero plot or character development. Instead of being a brooding person if Aaron asked Lina out, this book would've ended like 20 pages in.
Second, The characters. One of the main reasons people seem to love this book is the character, Aaron Blackford. I understand why but we'll get into that a little later. Let's talk about Catalina first. When I started reading the book the beginning was cute. The typical fiery female main character who won't take shit from anyone. And then I hit the 100-page mark. I just wanted to hold Lina by the shoulders and shake some sense into her little brain because it was not working. She is blind as a bat when Aaron is like a heart-eyed emoji behind her. Lina could go hit a child and Aaron would say the child deserved it. The worst part is, Lina herself is like a 14-year-old kid. And no offense to anyone who relates to her but god I hated her as the book progressed. Then comes Aaron. this man has a tragic past and is googly-eyed for Lina from sentence one. I hated how the author did not even bother to give us the element of suspense with this. He is remembering little things about Lina that he has no business knowing. It's cute in the beginning and then it gets annoying and creepy. They have no chemistry or tension or any kind of real build-up to the things that go down between them. the side characters have literally no significance but to tell Lina how Aaron is perfect. They go to Spain for Lina's sister's wedding which is why this book happens. Guess what? we don't get to see the wedding at all. AT ALL. And also, Aaron tells Lina the cheesiest most romantic lines and Lina just goes, This is not real he is just pretending.
Third, The writing. Super descriptive mediocre writing. but then the smut kicked in. God, it was so sudden. them being lovey-dovey was cute to read but the smut just made me cringe. except for the smut and extra extra long inner monologues of a woman who is immature and holding a grudge over the littlest thing, it wasn't all that bad. The problem for me kicked in when I started reading why Lina is so traumatized over relationships. It kind of negated it and disconnected Lina even further for me. It was super icky. Also, compared to Aaron's tragic past, Lina's problems seem superficial to the reader. Especially after the cancer bomb was dropped twice on Aaron. Even the misogyny seems superficial.
This book was two-dimensional with a literally perfect male protagonist (it's actually a little creepy how this guy has no flaws at all.) and a literally annoying female protagonist. I see why people are obsessed with Aaron's character and I myself agree with people. The rest of the book? in my opinion, was about 250 pages too long and could've been written better. But, if you loved this book, good for you. For me, this is one of my worst-rated books and it's a bummer because I get the Aaron Blackford hype. If the author writes a book with Aaron and a female character that he actually deserves and one that deserves him, I would love that.
First, The plot. No depth. I knew about 100 pages in how this book was going to end. Not even a little suspense was instilled. there was literally zero angst and tension or whatever. For me this was not a slow burn, this was a book being dragged out for about 200+ pages with zero plot or character development. Instead of being a brooding person if Aaron asked Lina out, this book would've ended like 20 pages in.
Second, The characters. One of the main reasons people seem to love this book is the character, Aaron Blackford. I understand why but we'll get into that a little later. Let's talk about Catalina first. When I started reading the book the beginning was cute. The typical fiery female main character who won't take shit from anyone. And then I hit the 100-page mark. I just wanted to hold Lina by the shoulders and shake some sense into her little brain because it was not working. She is blind as a bat when Aaron is like a heart-eyed emoji behind her. Lina could go hit a child and Aaron would say the child deserved it. The worst part is, Lina herself is like a 14-year-old kid. And no offense to anyone who relates to her but god I hated her as the book progressed. Then comes Aaron. this man has a tragic past and is googly-eyed for Lina from sentence one. I hated how the author did not even bother to give us the element of suspense with this. He is remembering little things about Lina that he has no business knowing. It's cute in the beginning and then it gets annoying and creepy. They have no chemistry or tension or any kind of real build-up to the things that go down between them. the side characters have literally no significance but to tell Lina how Aaron is perfect.
Third, The writing. Super descriptive mediocre writing. but then the smut kicked in. God, it was so sudden. them being lovey-dovey was cute to read but the smut just made me cringe. except for the smut and extra extra long inner monologues of a woman who is immature and holding a grudge over the littlest thing, it wasn't all that bad. The problem for me kicked in when I started reading why Lina is so traumatized over relationships. It kind of negated it and disconnected Lina even further for me. It was super icky.
This book was two-dimensional with a literally perfect male protagonist (it's actually a little creepy how this guy has no flaws at all.) and a literally annoying female protagonist. I see why people are obsessed with Aaron's character and I myself agree with people. The rest of the book? in my opinion, was about 250 pages too long and could've been written better. But, if you loved this book, good for you. For me, this is one of my worst-rated books and it's a bummer because I get the Aaron Blackford hype. If the author writes a book with Aaron and a female character that he actually deserves and one that deserves him, I would love that.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Misogyny, and Cancer