A review by tysuckz
The Spanish Love Deception, by Elena Armas
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
tense
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
4.75
Not at all what I expected. I understood the relationship between Aaron and Catalina would be a strong focus, but I'd not expected the actual wedding to pass by so rapidly. Nor did I expect it to be so ... steamy????
I found to plot to be incredibly simple but I enjoyed that it was simple. It was nice to not have to keep track of everything going on because it just flowed so easily.
I did find it to be very funny, warranting a few actual audible chuckles here and there... but only towards the beginning. Around the midway point the relationship got too intense for the humour, apparently. But that's also fine since I enjoyed the mood change!
However, a few things that did bother me and reduced it from 5☆ to 4.75☆ was that I was annoyed by Aaron's constant appearing whenever Lina was doing soemthing embarrassing, or talking to a friend about Aaron etc etc. Like how convenient??? Stop turning up. Its annoying.
And the other thing was that the description of Aaron's eyes being "ocean blue" rendered itself totally redundant with the amount of times it was said. Almost eye rollable with the amount of times it was said. Same with any similar synonyms, like .... blue eyes... deep blue eyes... etc etc etc etc. We get it, his eyes are blue and you're obsessed with them. Oh and also the random like 5 pages of Lina having disordered eating was weird.... suddenly her disorder is cured because Aaron fed her and told her she needs to eat, "I'll have 5 fish tacos please, my time of being silly with food is over". I wish it was that easy
I found to plot to be incredibly simple but I enjoyed that it was simple. It was nice to not have to keep track of everything going on because it just flowed so easily.
I did find it to be very funny, warranting a few actual audible chuckles here and there... but only towards the beginning. Around the midway point the relationship got too intense for the humour, apparently. But that's also fine since I enjoyed the mood change!
However, a few things that did bother me and reduced it from 5☆ to 4.75☆ was that I was annoyed by Aaron's constant appearing whenever Lina was doing soemthing embarrassing, or talking to a friend about Aaron etc etc. Like how convenient??? Stop turning up. Its annoying.
And the other thing was that the description of Aaron's eyes being "ocean blue" rendered itself totally redundant with the amount of times it was said. Almost eye rollable with the amount of times it was said. Same with any similar synonyms, like .... blue eyes... deep blue eyes... etc etc etc etc. We get it, his eyes are blue and you're obsessed with them. Oh and also the random like 5 pages of Lina having disordered eating was weird.... suddenly her disorder is cured because Aaron fed her and told her she needs to eat, "I'll have 5 fish tacos please, my time of being silly with food is over". I wish it was that easy
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Eating disorder, and Misogyny
Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent
Minor: Bullying