As usual, Booktok overhypes bad books. That's it.

I am obsessed with Mariana. All Rhodes Lead Here and Wall of Winnipeg were two of the very few books that were overhyped that I actually loved to death. They were five stars for me, impeccable writing, characters, plot, some of the best slow burns I have ever read.

Then, you have this crap...

Who are you and what did you do to Mariana Zapata?

I mean, I can see what she tried to do here. Maybe she was tired, maybe she approached a story that she didn't have a lot of connection with. This was dreadful. The most repetitive and obnoxious dialogues and the most annoying female main character.

People told me: wow, the banter of this book is amazing. I feel like it's my DUTY to let you guys know what real banter looks like. Go read some Elizabeth O'Roark please. This ain't it sis.

These two characters had ZERO chemistry, their wants/needs were boring and unrelatable. Even their family drama was stupid.

Ivan Lukov's only redeeming quality was that he had five dogs and a tesla, and those two items were literally used as plot device. I am so disappointed in this book.

I was lucky enough to have used audible for this, both narrators were fantastic. The only good thing I got from this book was an obsession with Teddy Hamilton's voice. That's about it.

Repetitive, childish, so long (for no damn reason), I never thought I would read so many pages about the same couple and not want them to f*ck. I had zero wish to read their sex scene, it ended up being cute at the end but it wasn't her best. These two characters had the chemistry of a cucumber and a wet noodle. No, that is not a good thing.

I am just pissed off because people hyped this up for NO DAMN REASON and also because I KNOW she can do SO MUCH better.

Anyways, here are two pity stars. It has to be way more obnoxious than this to get a one star for me. I am on a roll of over-hyped two star books, I need to read a five star before I lose my damn mind.