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As Long As You Love Me by Marianna Leal
5.0
4.5 Stars
This book is written with two tropes that I absolutely love, "enemies to lovers" and "fake dating." I went into this book knowing that that Catalina and Gabe were enemies and she needed to stay in the U.S. despite her visa renewal being rejected. I was prepared to fall head over heels in love with their story and I did. I was not prepared for some of the heartbreak that came from this story. Some of the events occurring in Venezuela broke my heart.
Catalina was in a constant war with herself. Carrying the weight of her brother's death on her shoulders, constantly worried about her family's safety. Facing repercussions of her identical twin sister's actions. Fighting tooth and nail to stay in the country even though her job told her they can only accept one applicant as a full time employee. It was almost as though everywhere Catalina turned, she was faced with a difficult challenge and instead of leaning on her support system, she did everything in her power to fix the matters herself.
This story evolved beautifully. What started as a fake dating ploy for Catalina to land her job and for Gabe to "ruin" his siblings wedding, turned into a beautiful love story. Catalina learned that it was okay to lean on others. Gabe learned that the reason relationships were never successful in the past was because it was always someone else who occupied his mind.
Please read this book if you like:
-Enemies to lovers
-Fake Dating
-STEMinists
-Bilingual
Spice Level:
1/5
Overall, I liked this book a lot. I also enjoyed the about the author section showed that Catalina was very much inspired by the Author.
Thank you NetGalley, W by Watt Pad and the author Marianna Leal for the amazing opportunity to read this book. I can't wait to get my hands on a physical copy.
This book is written with two tropes that I absolutely love, "enemies to lovers" and "fake dating." I went into this book knowing that that Catalina and Gabe were enemies and she needed to stay in the U.S. despite her visa renewal being rejected. I was prepared to fall head over heels in love with their story and I did. I was not prepared for some of the heartbreak that came from this story. Some of the events occurring in Venezuela broke my heart.
Catalina was in a constant war with herself. Carrying the weight of her brother's death on her shoulders, constantly worried about her family's safety. Facing repercussions of her identical twin sister's actions. Fighting tooth and nail to stay in the country even though her job told her they can only accept one applicant as a full time employee. It was almost as though everywhere Catalina turned, she was faced with a difficult challenge and instead of leaning on her support system, she did everything in her power to fix the matters herself.
This story evolved beautifully. What started as a fake dating ploy for Catalina to land her job and for Gabe to "ruin" his siblings wedding, turned into a beautiful love story. Catalina learned that it was okay to lean on others. Gabe learned that the reason relationships were never successful in the past was because it was always someone else who occupied his mind.
Please read this book if you like:
-Enemies to lovers
-Fake Dating
-STEMinists
-Bilingual
Spice Level:
1/5
Overall, I liked this book a lot. I also enjoyed the about the author section showed that Catalina was very much inspired by the Author.
Thank you NetGalley, W by Watt Pad and the author Marianna Leal for the amazing opportunity to read this book. I can't wait to get my hands on a physical copy.