y’all i fucking get it now. zapata IS in fact the slow burn queen! 😤i was there for every page of this story. it sucked me right in from the beginning and i had the biggest smile on my face when i finished it. 🥹if there’s anything i want more of it’s the slowest of slow burns. this book had me crawling on my knees, on my last breathe, and i barley made it. i was fighting for my life yall but it was absolutely fucking worth it. zapata takes us to WAR with this one and now you can consider me a ve...

A conversation between ignorant Bibi and slightly less ignorant Bibi, let's call them B1 and B2B1: Five stars? Really? After all the bitching and moaningB2: *smiles at her e-reader*B1: But you hated Jasmine at the beginningB2: *widens smile*B1: You also said and I quote "what kind of fuckery is this? No 30-yr-old man speaks like this"B2: *ignores bitch1 B1*B1: *wrings hands* but....you dislike slow burn romanceB2: *casts a pitying look at B1*B1: You said Ivan and Jasmine were too old. I was ther...

the fact that the author did not feel the need to create a stupid fight in the end because their relationship development was enough by itself ✨✨☺️😌😌☺️✨✨😌

Have you ever seen the amazing 1992 movie that was The Cutting Edge? No?Well, I loved this movie growing up. LOVED it.ADORED it. So much in fact that I had it on VHS - for you youngun's, that was like a big tape cassette that played movies. Oh wait, young people might not know what a tape cassette is either. Here's a visual: Those were the days, folks. Such amazing clarity...Such clear and concise user instructions...But anyrewind, as I was saying...I had it on VHS.And when those went out, I go...

"If I can’t skate with you, I don’t want to skate with anyone else.” Well this is awkward...This started off as a solid 4 star read for me, and it all went downhill from there. Not to say that this was not a fun read - because it was. I was just expecting more*ahem* Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce you to one of the slowest slow burns in the history of slow burns. ____________ Here's what I think's going to happen This was a unique romance novel. I would even go as far as saying th

5 CHAMPIONS Stars! ... I simply love it.Note: This is an enemies to lovers, sports romance.Dear Ivan and Jasmine,When Jasmine started the story by stating that she was jealous of you, it completely got my attention. I laughed at the names that she used to describe you. Jackass, jerk, devil, and worse Satan. I understood why she was jealous of you. It's because you were always remembered and she's not. That you often won and she never had. That she did all her best but only for nothing. But, s

i have seen nothing but good things about mariana zapata, so i was really excited to finally read one of her books. and knowing that this was a goodreads finalist in the romance category only got me even more hyped. so maybe my expectations were a little too high because ughhh! this was a massive let down. and thats mainly because i wouldnt consider this a romance book (which is what i was in the mood for). i honestly would just call it contemporary fiction or even new adult. nothing romantic ha...

5 stars ☆ THIS IS THE BEST SLOW BURN I’VE EVER READ. I love love love loveeee Ivan & Jasmine. They are definitely my comfort characters and this book would be one of my comfort reads for sure. And how the enemies to lovers trope put in here?! *chefs kiss* The slow burn was just impeccably good. Like i’m smiling ear to ear that made my cheeks hurt when they banter and ofc when they finally kissed AHHHHH I LOVE IT.“𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒, 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑒.““𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚...

4.5 starsA slow burn hate to love SPORTS ROMANCE!? UGH! This was everything.

I'm considering myself confused here. I wanted to fall in love with this book, because who doesn't love slow-burn romances?! The characters and the plot had little substance and neither was their relationship convincing to me. It took place in a span of a year (I think) and jumped from season to season. Was that meant to be the slow-burn aspect? I mean, this is close to 500 pages! There could've been so much more better development, if half the monologue was removed and the pacing was allocated

I give up. And I feel like a traitor. Maybe one day, many, many years from now, when I retire, I will decide to finish this book while I wait for my georgeous future grandkids to wake up from their midday nap. Maybe. Not today, though. The thing is, right now I don’t have time nor patience for this story and this heroine. I can't spend one more second in her head. When you've got a lot of shit going on in your real life, you don’t need annoying heroines with their overblown problems. I still cr...

4.25 stars!!! I am obsessed with Mariana Zapata's audio books. I'm kind of just obsessed with her books, period, but I love listening to them. They have the amazing narration and make my heart happy. From Lukov with Love was the best enemies to lovers/friends to lovers/slowburn/sports romance. Ivan Lukov and Jasmine Santos have been in the same ice skating circuit for many years. Not only that, but Jasmine's best friend is Ivan's sister. Still, these two have not had the best relationship. On...

4.45/5 ⭐Full review on my Blog: The Dacian She-Wolf 🐺I honestly was far from expecting this book to make me tear up a bit at the end. But it happened. And it was more like a tiny wet something in my eyes though…but hey, no one is crying here, okay? Mind your own business. From Lukov with Love , huh?I would definitely not lie if I told you that I have heard about this book multiple times a couple of years ago when everyone around me was reading it and I was just sitting there with my Crime a...

I think this will definitely be my last Zapata book for real this time..Whilst I enjoyed reading about the ice-skating, the family relationships, Ivan and Jasmine's hate to love friendship and loved Jas's personal growth, I just couldn't buy into the fact that she was meant to be 26 and him 29! I kept thinking they were 15/16?! I've never spent so much time in the head of such an immature, insecure drama queen! I really didn't like Jasmine, the heroine for most of the book; she was rude, obnoxio...

“I believe in you. In us. Regardless of what happens, you will always be the best partner I’ve ever had. You’ll always be the hardest working person I’ve ever known. There will only ever be you.” You know, I’ve never written a proper review for any of Mariana Zapata’s books before, because I feel like everything I write is just going to be sooo inadequate. Like, honestly, if you love a good slow burn sports romance, just read this book… in fact, read ALL of MZ’s books! Just do it! Y

“I’m not going to give up what I love just because I might not have it forever.”Jasmine is my hero!! I loved her character so much, maybe not immediately, but as I learned more about her, the more I aspired to call her many traits my own. Jasmine Santos is a talented figure skater who is offered Ivan Lukov as a partner. She doesn’t want to do it at first but she sees an opportunity there and accepts it. From there, we get a lot of banter between them illustrating their dislike for each other. Za...