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So yeah, the plot doesn’t give you a hell of a lot to go on. Which made me wonder, pretty much immediately, ‘how is that meager plot going to sustain a book the size of a doorstop?’ Well, Zapata does her best to weave in no less than 65 million twists and side-plots and lengthy internal monologues from Gracie that take up nearly the entire first chunk of the book. (Warning: if close to zero dialogue and/or minimal characters are not your jam, just be aware that there’s very, very little of either until around the 60-70% mark.) But honestly this was a fun read. Absorbing, even. I can see why the author has built such a cult following. Finally, was it just me or did that feel like a fanfiction of the boys...which you know...who the hell were you thirsting after to write this? The Defender..... Homelander....
The Defender is one of three superheroes who protect Earth. They are literal super-beings that no one knows much about. Where did they come from? Why do they help us? One day The Defender is dropped on Gracie's front yard, in agony and barely able to move. So begins the story. Also, there was a lot more...filler than her books usually have. A LOT more downtime where not all that much was happening. A LOT of things that felt repetitious. i liked the heroine, even though she was a little dense at times and didn't ask enough questions considering the circumstances. All the feels . . . Mariana Zapata is one of the best writers out there – to be cliché: the words come alive’ This book was absolutely everything, and at the middle/end when she was at his house, that was so sweet. They did everything together and it was so obvious that they were into each other.on top of that, we come to find out that the reason alex crash landed in gracie’s front yard was because... Of course I dropped everything on my hands to start this book as soon as it got out and MZ surprised us all with the release.
Ughhh I love them so much, I’m gonna have to read this again to add more stuff in here but for now this book was so good. I made it two weeks before I started craving cheetos and i only wanted to eat them with you around” I didn’t know I needed this. I didn’t know I wanted this. And now I have it. I’ve always been craving a superhero romance and here it was: Mariana Zapata delivers with her magic. This book was fun, I enjoyed it a lot, but there was some stuff I didn’t like. But it was still fun. So many tropes: grumpy- sunshine, one bed, kidnapping, fated mates, etc etc; I don’t want to spoil this for y’all but this will have you smiling from ear to ear.And just so you know, the start of the book was a bit slow and cringey but it gets better as it goes on Everything Mariana writes is pure gold . . . a true gift to romance readers everywhere’ Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author Gracie was always crying and he was always like oh don’t cry I don’t like the way that you smell when you do. he did not just call her a butthole during this scene 😭 ik it was their ‘thing’, but WHY NOW?! this had the same vibe as rhodes calling aurora ‘buddy’ in all rhodes lead here🧍♀️
yes bitch, we know he’s hot…he’s henry cavill for pete’s sake but tell us more about how you think he’s sweet and caring 🙃I missed your three thousand questions and the way you hold my hand. I missed my little monster. Missed her a lot” Friends don’t let friends die. Everything is gonna be fine. You’ve got something better than that knife. You’ve got me.”
i must say, i’m glad MZ didn’t release a single promo for this book prior to releasing it because i may have actually disliked it The consequences of this were so badly explored. The trauma was really a way to show how close they are but she's the one that got tortured and waterboarded - I wish zapata didn't skip the process to recover emotionally or make light of it by associating it with Alexander (and obviously he can care and it's nice that he does but it wasn't about her. It was about the romance and thus it felt flat).She’s done it again! This book didn’t disappoint, I can buy any book by Mariana without reading anything about it and know I’ll love it!’ My nod was so serious, even I almost bought it. “I’m sure.” He was gorgeous after all. “As long as you didn’t actually open your mouth.❞ But Gracie was okay. She got a lot better as the book went on because she stopped crying so damn much.
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