Dear Aaron

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Vannak az életünkben olyan időszakok, amikor úgy érezzük bizonyos könyvek pont a megfelelő pillanatban kerültek a kezünkbe. Nálam a Kedves Aaron is egy ilyen volt. Honestly? A lot of that "slow" burn is just plain slow movement in the plot. And it's not like there's any character development happening during that time either. I cannot stress enough how the length of this book is due mostly to unnecessary, irritating repetitive crap. She is one of the most mature h I've ever read and even though I wanna beat the shit outta the ppl who treated her like dirt (yes, even some of her sisters) she STILL rises above them in a way that shows how understanding and patient she is. Like GIRL. She's a good person-no, the BEST person- because she doesn't want to treat people the way she was treated her whole childhood. She knows the feeling of being unwanted and unloved and she doesn't want to spread that kind of negativity to EVERYONE, even those who wronged her. I'm disappointed. And really I just want to read 'Winnipegg' again. You know what? That's what I'm gonna do. Can someone, who’s read the book, tell me if I overlooked something (because honestly, I started skimming a little towards the end) but have Aaron and Ruby ever talked about safe sex and whether Ruby was on the pill? Did I miss that conversation? Because if not, I found it kind of a questionable move on Aaron’s part to just plunge his dingdong in there - bare - without even bringing up the topic of protection. I mean, the guy did have sex with quite a few people, they’ve known each other irl for like a week, and considering how innocent Ruby was and the fact that she even told him that her mom never had the birds and bees talk with her, it kinda irked me that he would just do that. And is pulling out an approved method of contraception now? Cause the way Zapata wrote that (slightly clinically) sex scene, made it seem like it was the most normal thing in the world. Even in the raunchiest romance novels I’ve read, safe sex was always a topic. And for the record, pulling out just doesn’t cut it and it certainly doesn’t protect you from STDs.

You’re trying to be my friend? Be my friend by giving me some space before I say or do something I’ll end up regretting later. Give me some space so that later on I don’t have to feel bad for making you feel bad.” This book was really a double edged sword for Zapata, and by that I mean the way it's written is a tough balance. Too much written interaction and it's too long, not enough and then people would complain it's not developed enough. While it's not perfect, I think she did an excellent job in building the relationship she did and that many readers will enjoy it. This was so much better than I expected it to be. I really wasn’t sure how I would vibe with the format of this book… but I loved it! So freakin much! I'm doing this because I care. Here, watch me finally spell it out because clearly you don't get it."

MZ is really good with all these subtle hints that make the readers KNOW that the H is in love with the h even though the h is like huh, what? He's in love with me? Nahhhh bish. you could definitely call this just a case of "it's not you, it's me" since i knew what to expect going into another zapata book. but since 90% of her books work for me... I go by Ruby. Rubes. Rubella (only my mom calls me that). Squirt (everyone I’m related to or knows me through family calls me that.) IT DOES NOT COMPUTE IN MY BRAIN HOW THE WOMAN WHO WROTE WINNIPEG AND RHODES ALSO WROTE THIS and Lukov.

She has had her heart broken by the person she’s been in love with her whole life, everyone knows she loves him but no one knows what happened between them. The classic big brothers best friend.. rip and luna are in a waiting room and rip is so clearly anxious and stunned. he is stressed and going through a lot of emotions. luna keeps asking him and wanting him to open up about it all. here is what he says:

That said, my biggest issue with this book is that I wanted to DNF in the first half. :::cries sadly::: I literally had to force myself NOT TO GIVE UP. I did not love the first half of Dear Aaron, and here's why. The letters and the IM's were a good, cute idea and I liked they way the author used those to give the readers information on the characters, to grow Ruby and Aaron's friendship, but it was too much, too long, and after awhile it felt tedious and never ending. I got to a point where I was just desperate to SEE these characters, not just read what was going on in their notes. I felt as if it was void of any and all emotion. And I, personally, felt nothing. Nothing at all. It took forever for me to feel a flutter of affection toward Aaron and Ruby. And because almost half of the book is the letters and the instant messages it was a struggle for me to continue. RubyMars: Compared to how I was feeling three weeks ago, a thousand times better. Compared to how I felt two months ago, still like crap. The found family trope here might be my favourite thing about the book. I loved mr Cooper, Lenny, and all the guys at the car shop. I loved how they were all there for Luna. It took me some time to get into the book and to start liking the characters, but we managed to get there eventually. Also, I really didn’t like how that thing with her sisters was resolved?? Because yeah I wouldn’t have forgiven them like ever. I liked the message-exchange idea of the first half; this is how we see Ruby and Aaron bonding, becoming friends and then slowly catching strong feelings for each other. And that’s great because they are EXTREMELY adorable together. Furcsa volt oldalakon keresztül a levelezésüket olvasni, de hamar belerázódtam és onnantól már gördülékenyebben ment.

luna is a body shop artist so she basically paints cars, ripley is half her boss. her other boss is mr. c who is a father figure to her and when she escaped her awful home life he was the first person to give her a chance and help her get to where she is now. luna is this little ball of sunshine while rip is all woof woof grrr i hate everyone. so let me elaborate on them some more. I really don't want to say more than that, go into this knowing it's a slow burn, the first half the interactions are all written, and that it's a long book and you'll be good. Mariana Zapata writes the best slow burn romance. Hands down. You want a romance you'll long for? Turn to this woman's books. And while this one was on the sweeter side for me, I still found myself smiling as I was reading it.Firstly, this was my first Mariana Zapata read and I. FREAKING. LOVED. THESE. CHARACTERS. I really want to give this book five stars because the second half of this novel ran away with my heart. I couldn't stop reading. I just could not stop reading this story and I ate up Mariana's writing. It was breathtaking. I felt everything these characters were feeling. My heart raced, my chest ached, my eyes bled tears, I was just in it. I loved the pacing of this book. Sure it was a slow burn but in that second half it just felt like an organic unfolding of the sweetest romance. And was wow. But did she tell them off and beat them up like I wanted her to?? Nope. She KILLED THEM WITH KINDNESS So .. here's the thing, I'm not going to do a huge review. I'm just going to jot down a few random thoughts on this book because I don't know what to rate it. I wouldn't consider this a huge spoiler review, however, I don't like knowing ANYTHING about a book before I go into it, and if this were me reading this review, I would say LIGHT SPOILER ALERT in paragraph 2! OK? Okay!

i tend to usually like this author's heroines, and i definitely liked this one. Luna was truly like a little sun, so kind and selfless. as much as i liked her overall, i gotta say she was also a little clueless at times. definitely a little bit of a doormat, and definitely insecure. none of that was surprising considering her past though, which is probably why i didn't find any of those qualities annoying here. Wow! I couldn’t put this book down, yet I never wanted it to end . . . This really is a truly fantastic friends to lovers book, you MUST read it!!’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review My only criticism was how the story ended. Once they admitted feelings for each other, the secondary characters input to the narrative seemed to disappear and I felt their active presence could have enhanced the story and plot more. Also though there was love (and I liked that they fell in love before even meeting and hearing each other’s voices or seeing their faces), and a suggested build up of passion, their “encounters” could have been driven by a bit more heat. These aren't short books. We all know it. So I knew for every inch I still had a hundred miles to go -- and every inch took a lot of patience, a lot of grinding of my poor molars, and depleted most of my remaining sanity. Also yes, you don't need to say it, I know; had I just DNF'd I could've saved myself all that pain.. She just read really young and sheltered and wasn’t the kind of MC I usually like in my romance reads.I know I know, *groan* how could I, a die-hard MZ fan not like the book I had been eager anticipation? Here's why.