Let me start by saying two things:
1 - I LOVED, LOVED this book!
2 - Don’t make the same mistake of me and start reading this book on a weekday (unless it’s your holiday). Because I started it Monday evening and let just say that I missed some sleep this week.
Mariana Zapata is one of my favourite writers, so when I discovered that a new book was coming out, I was really excited about it! And I became even more excited when I read that it would be about a football player again. I love her ‘sport’ books (although those stories are more about the interactions between people and less about the games itself).
But I must also confess that I was a bit nervous when I discovered that the main male character was Zac Travis, who was a secondary character in the story ‘The wall of Winnipeg and me’. I loved Zac in that book, he was fun, friendly and a great friend but I wasn’t sure about him as a main character. But I shouldn’t have doubted Mariana Zapata for one second, because she did it again. She let me fall in love with one of her stories.
I’m so happy that this writer writes ‘big’ books because this was one of those stories where I couldn’t put it down (but sadly I had to work too) but where I also wanted it to never to end (because I was enjoying it so much).
Zac was a great character, yes he wasn’t grumpy or quiet like some other main male characters in other books but he was strong, encouraging, honest and dependable in his own way. He had a playful, kind and sensitive side but also a very stubborn and protective side. I liked Bianca also very much, she also had a playful and sensitive side and also a big and gentle heart. Because of things that had happened in the past, she missed some confidence and was a bit unsure but I liked that too about her. The interaction between Bianca and Zac was very funny but also emotional and that goes for whole the story. This was really a story that had both fun and emotions in balance.
I liked the interaction between Bianca and her family (sister and cousin) also very much. It was sometimes crazy of the top but I loved it. You could always feel the love and the trust between them. That was wonderful to feel.
Again the story is told from one POV (Bianca’s) and for new readers, this is a slow burn story and if you’re looking for a story with a lot of steamy sex scenes than skip this book. Because although there is one hot sex scene in it, it’s at the end of the story. It’s like I said a very slow burn story.
I’m very glad that we got an epilogue at the end of the story. I always love that.
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The queen of slow burn has done it again
I'm not kidding when I say I've been pining for a Zac book for over three and a half years now. I wasn't sure we would ever get his story and I didn't really know what I needed or wanted it to be, but this unrequited love/friends first/second chance combo was perfection. I cheesy grinned my way through the bulk of the book as I devoured it in more or less one sitting. It was funny and swoony, and it certainly tugged at my heartstrings a few times. And, boy what a slow burn. I loved everything about this book. It will join The Wall of Winnipeg and Me and Kulti on my list of books to reread over and over again.
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Giovanna
Hands down
Reviewed in Italy on February 22, 2023
Giovanna
Reviewed in Italy on February 22, 2023
Her books are like plasters for my wounds and mood, their glue holds everything together indestructibly.
The story of Zac and Bianca is a beautiful, sweet story that takes its time, as well as every book by Zapata.
Because by now we know, as she writes slow burn, no one ever.
This is why she is the undisputed Queen of slow burn.
I can't wait to immerse myself in the pages of another Mariana Zapata story.
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