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The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata

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The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
by

Mariana Zapata (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author)

astarion's bhaal babe (wingspan matters)'s review

Feb 18, 2023

really liked it

bookshelves: romance-for-ages, chicklit-drama-contemporaries, spicy-and-smutty, sports-romance, standalones, adult-and-new-adult

â€œWhen life gives you lemons, you get to choose what you make out of them; it doesnâ€™t always have to be lemonade.â€�

My my my, the Queen of Slowburns has stolen my heart but I don't think I want it back.

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I finally figured out what it is about Mariana Zapata's books that I like so much.
For one, her female characters are impossibly relatable, independent and strong. I often read romance books where authors create amazing male characters only to ruin their female counterpart by making them weak and immature, losing points in favor of their love interest, but I'm glad to say neither All Rhodes Lead Here nor this book suffer from this literary disease.
Another thing I've noticed is that all her male characters are different, even when they share similar traits. Case in point, Rhodes and Aiden are both the grumpy, solitary type, but you can tell they both have distinct personalities to go with it.
Third, there's such little drama in these books you can't help but consider them comfort reads. There's conflict, mind it, but it's of the realistic kind and it's never there to create artifiial drama.
Last but not last, thanks to MZ, I've learnt to appreciate slow burns for real.
Let me elaborate; you know when you're reading a romance book and there's the spark, there's the pining, the flirting, the moment of realization -plus eventual love confession, and then they start living their happy ever after? I sometimes, more often than not, lose interest in the romance after that point; the whole we're great, we're in love, we fuck like bunnies, oh no what is that? boom, third act breakup! shebang, I mean. Yeah, that doesn't always do it for me, and that's why I love Mariana Zapata's books. The author puts all her effort in the before, making it impossible for the romance to go stale and boring and predictable.
I'd like to personally thank her for making me love things in my romance books I've never considered appealing before.

The Wall of Winniped and Me is a lovely read, ideal for those who love sport romance and the slowest burns to ever slow burnt.
I was hooked right from the very first line, and not just because MZ's writing is good. This book is FUNNY and so so so so entertaining.
I love watching Aiden and Vanessa get closer and become friends. Their relationship was very believable and their individual backstory made this book even more emotional than it already was.
Team Graves forever!

I'll never thank Leni enough for introducing me to this world I never knew I needed to be in.
And even though nobody will ever top Rhodes, I'm gonna make it a mission to read every single Mariana Zapata book I come across, from now on.
From Lukov with Love, here I come!

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Reading Progress

February 18, 2023 – Started Reading

February 18, 2023 – Shelved

February 19, 2023 –

page 70

14.74% "I'm enjoying this sooooo much ðŸ¤ðŸ¤ðŸ¤"

February 19, 2023 –

page 189

39.79% "Only MZ could make me appreciate the marriage of convenience trope"

February 20, 2023 –

page 423

89.05% "¹ó¾±²Ô²¹±ô±ô²ââ¤ï¸ðŸ§¡ðŸ’›ðŸ’šðŸ’™ðŸ’œðŸ¤ŽðŸ–¤ðŸ¤"

February 20, 2023 – Shelved as: romance-for-ages

February 20, 2023 – Finished Reading

March 2, 2023 – Shelved as: chicklit-drama-contemporaries

March 2, 2023 – Shelved as: spicy-and-smutty

March 2, 2023 – Shelved as: sports-romance

March 2, 2023 – Shelved as: standalones

March 2, 2023 – Shelved as: adult-and-new-adult

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message 1: by astarion's bhaal babe (wingspan matters) (new) - rated it 4 stars

Feb 19, 2023 01:05AM

Ingrid wrote: "Awww omg. Iâ€™ve yet to read a work of hers but so glad that you like them!! Hope you keep enjoying this one, babes <3"

Thanks, sweets â¤ï¸â¤ï¸â¤ï¸ I highly recommend All Rhodes Lead Here ðŸ˜ðŸ¥°

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message 2: by Arianna âœ� (new) - rated it 4 stars

Feb 20, 2023 03:57PM

I didn't expect to like this one because it was such a slowburn but I enjoyed it so much more than expected!

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message 3: by aileen | âœ� (new) - rated it 5 stars

Feb 21, 2023 12:00AM

Iâ€˜m crying happy tears right now ðŸ˜â¤ï¸

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message 4: by PalmPages (new) - rated it 5 stars

Feb 21, 2023 12:54AM

Right there with you!!! Wall of Winnipeg was my first intro to Zapata and I LOVED it! I just got my copy of Rhodes. Iâ€™m excited!

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message 5: by astarion's bhaal babe (wingspan matters) (new) - rated it 4 stars

Feb 21, 2023 01:12AM

Misty wrote: "Right there with you!!! Wall of Winnipeg was my first intro to Zapata and I LOVED it! I just got my copy of Rhodes. Iâ€™m excited!"

OMG enjoy, misty! Rhodes was just...something else <3

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message 6: by astarion's bhaal babe (wingspan matters) (new) - rated it 4 stars

Feb 21, 2023 01:13AM

Arianna âœ� wrote: "I didn't expect to like this one because it was such a slowburn but I enjoyed it so much more than expected!"

same! the journey was definitely a funny one!

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message 7: by astarion's bhaal babe (wingspan matters) (new) - rated it 4 stars

Feb 21, 2023 01:13AM

aileen | âœ� wrote: "Iâ€˜m crying happy tears right now ðŸ˜â¤ï¸"

I've already downloaded From Lukov With Love and the book about Zac. What have you done to me, leni babyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

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message 8: by astarion's bhaal babe (wingspan matters) (new) - rated it 4 stars

Feb 21, 2023 04:09AM

Deema â™� wrote: "Looks like Rhodes is still your favourite, but I'm glad you enjoyed this one too! Looking forward to your review. From Lukov with Love was my first Zapata, and I loved Ivan's character in that book!"

I downloaded it this morning *____* can't wait to read it!

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