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This book was just so adorable!! I smiled so hard the entire time at Aiden's thoughtfulness and Vanessa's quirky ways. While this book may be long, it was perfect and I don't have any complains except that I wanted more! There wasn't even one detail that I found unrequired and I didn't feel bored for even a moment throughout the book. The Wall of Winnipeg stared down at the much smaller man, and in a voice that was as close to a cool, unattached statement as possible, he said, “Touch my wife again, and I’ll break every bone in your goddamn body.” I think after KULTI, WALL OF WINNIPEG AND ME is Zapata's second-best book that I've read so far, followed by DEAR AARON, and then RHYTHM, CHORD & MALYKHIN, and then LINGUS coming up dead-last. It certainly isn't a bad book but people were hyping it up to me and saying that it was better than KULTI and I disagree. KULTI is her best book by a long shot. THE WALL OF WINNIPEG AND ME is, at best, inoffensive. I don't regret reading it, but it's not great, either. Also, even though the pace of the story is slow, it doesn't feel slow. Something about the way Zapata writes makes it seem like really big stuff is happeneing during really small moments - because it is. Overall Opinion: This was ok. I know I'm the minority here, but I didn't find their connection all that moving. I honestly felt like it was one sided through the whole story and I just didn't get the swooning feeling that I think I was supposed to feel when he finally confessed his love at the end. I didn't find him all that likeable either. I wouldn't say that she was a doormat (thank goodness), but she definitely needs to be nominated for sainthood with all the crap she dealt with. With all of that and the fact that it was super slow, I would call this a "just ok" 3 stars.
Leaning in close to him again, I winked. “I’m taking your love of MILF porn to the grave with me, don’t worry.” The first non-YA romance I read was Listen to Me in June 2016, when I was 15, and Mariana Zapata was one of the first authors I heard about after, but I never got around reading her books. While I am not the biggest fan of smut and steamy reads, I do read it once in a while, but I can't complain that this had none of that smutty action. It's all towards the end, barely even there, and I couldn't be upset about it. I wanted nothing but that yearning between the two characters. Their chemistry was stronger when they were falling for each other. Don't get me wrong, the sex was still there just like any NA book, but even if it wasn't there, I would have loved this regardless. Give me that sexual tension that you can cut with a knife, physical touch, and care shown through actions and words instead of sex and we'll be good. You know, eating crow. As in admitting I erred. Trying to be humble because I made a mistake. Screwed up. Put my foot in my mouth.You could only try for so long to be friendly with someone and have them shut you down with their indifference before you gave up. This was a job—nothing more, nothing less. It was why I had worked so hard to get to the point where I could be my own boss, so that I could deal with people who appreciated my hard work. THESE WERE SUPER CUTE! This book had cute scenes, and I liked them, but to be honest, all of them kinda fell flat for me because Vanessa would just say THANKS x1000, which would ruin all the vibes for me! Aiden hated that too! She's appreciating him, that's fine, BUT FOR THE BARE MINIMUM?
He shouldn't have apologized for not interacting when it was not his personality! He can be however he wanted, and no one told her to put A LOT of extra effort for him! Her flipping him off again and again was so UNPROFESSIONAL, but no one's gonna talk about that! AIDEN WAS SO RIGHT TO SAY THIS, THAT HE NEEDED AN ASSISTANT, NOT A FRIEND! No one can force friendships 🙂 I know you think I wouldn’t care,” he said in that whisper voice that bled solemnness, “but I would. I do. We’re in this together.”As I said before, the story is a slow burn romance, but the pace is fast. The story between Aiden and Vanessa had such a great and natural flow. I loved watching them turn into friends, trusted confidants, and so much more. This book was seriously perfect. Aiden is the strong and silent type. He’s not close to anyone, really, but he slowly lets Vanessa in. I feel like I've fallen in love. For real. I'm not just using this phrase. I really feel like I'm in love. With no one in particular. I just feel it. Aiden isn’t what readers are used to encountering and he's not a man whore at all. In fact, he actually hasn’t bother with women (messy) since his high school years. He’s been one hundred percent focused on his career and ignores woman fans and really lives up to the comparison of a wall. Marrying Vanessa to him makes the most sense and this is how he woos her. AIDEN. Gotta love assholes. You see, I have a thing for the big jerks who redeem themselves by the end of the book, especially if they are the brooding, grumpy and uncommunicative types. Aiden is a perfect combination of all of the above.
When Van quits, it's no surprise that she gets no reaction from Aiden, not even a nod or a shrug, which only fuels her anger. But when Aiden shows up, and keeps showing up, at her door with an absurd offer she is perplexed, buuuuttt when he offers her a deal she can't refuse, she finally caves. But there were things in life you couldn’t do unless you stepped out of your comfort zone and took a risk, and working for myself was one of them.
‘The Wall of Winnipeg and Me’ publishes on June 4, 2023
Vanessa Mazur refuses to feel bad for quitting—she knows she’s doing the right thing. The thankless job of personal assistant to the top defensive end in the National Football Organization was always supposed to be temporary. She has plans for her life, and none of them include washing extra-large underwear one more day for a man who could never find it in him to tell her good morning, congratulate her on a job well done, or wish her a happy birthday—even when she was spending it working for him. I get blue balls in my girls parts like a priest at a Playboy party if I don't get any smexy times by the 50% mark. Vanessa Mazur, the girl who makes most of the noise when she is thinking and overanalyzing things. I felt for her. I really did. So yeah, if you like very slow-burn romance, sexual tension, (almost) no sex, relationships between the boss and the assistant, tough on the outside but soft on the inside heroes, confident heroines, and golden retriever puppies, then you will (hopefully) like The Wall of Winnipeg and Me. Vanessa — her inner monologue was torture! I tried to love her, but she was so whiny, and despite her saying again and again that she's being 'MaTuRe,' she wasn't! DAMN IT, SHE WAS SO IMMATURE. Her coping with her anger and striving to be the best version of herself were great, and most of the time, I actually appreciated how she dealt with the situations. But maybe I was tired of constantly being in her mind only! TORTURE, LIKE I SAID.
PDF / EPUB File Name: The_Wall_of_Winnipeg_and_Me_-_Mariana_Zapata.pdf, The_Wall_of_Winnipeg_and_Me_-_Mariana_Zapata.epub Then the words were out of my mouth before I could control them. “And you know what I’ll do? I’ll go sneak into bed with you, so ha.”I am a fan of romance developing in a mediocre pace, not too slow and not too fast, but the time between Vanessa and Aiden was perfect. Their banter had me wanting to highlight it all. Full of humor and sarcasm, the two took a while to like each other, but as the reader, it's easy to feel the tension between the two and how their marriage of convenience slowly becomes something much more real, much more emotional. And when Aiden kissed her for the first time? Yeah, I couldn't have asked for better timing. anyway, i don’t understand or know how is it possible to love and obsess this much over fictional characters and a couple but i do. i guess it’s time to reread WoW for 7th time and ' Wait For It' in the process for the 5th time🫠 I will miss it more than you'll ever know and I will never forget Aiden & Van and their amazing and beautiful love story for aslong as life.
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