hello earthlings!
after the previous entry, I feel like I should update my "what I read this week" weekly (duh) and shouldn't wait until the end of the month because like the previous entry, I forgot what I wanted to say especially for the best books. for this entry, I will be including ratings I gave them on goodreads and including the spice rating.
Punk 57 by Penelope Douglas
unfortunately, this was my first book of august. I heard so many good things about this book, including the spicy scenes and a lot of comments (good ones) about the male character named Misha. after reading, I really don't get the hype with this one. like any other spicy books I've read, I would always comment how it is written like a teenager who doesn't know anything about intercourse and is written in a rush after a whole 30 minutes of pleasuring themselves. yes, this book felt like that. I really don't like Misha's treatment with Ryan as well. If this was enemies to lovers, Misha didn't have to get physical with Ryan.(the scene where he throws her to the pool. really?) maybe I'm just basic or vanilla one might say, most enemies to lovers I've seen are only verbal petty fights with one another and a good teasing here and there. even if he was grieving over the loss of his sister, he didn't have to change that way and treat Ryen differently like its her fault and yes, I did note that Misha treated Ryen that way because the first time he saw her, she was like any other girl and isn't as sweet as she seem in the letters she sent to Misha. the spicy scenes are alright but I did not give this plot any justice whatsoever. it ruins the whole point of the story. I did not like both of the characters too.
Ratings:
Plot: 2/5 stars
spice: 2/5 stars
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata
this, was my first book of Mariana Zapata. It was also my first love with Mariana Zapata. I was aware that this book was slow burn and I loved every pages of this. Despite the whole thing being fake, how natural Aiden to get to call Vanessa pet names in front of people who flirted with him had me swoon. "My girl" "My wife" all had my stomach churning in all places. I knew this was a slow burn romance but I was expecting when will a spicy scene come up and I was around 400 pages in with no sexy scene at all. But I waited...and it was worth it. I loved how it only happens when both characters realise they love each other and care for each other. and this book was the standard (for me) in all romance novels. literally. because I couldn't move on to reading any romance books if it was not written by Mariana Zapata.
Ratings:
Plot: 5/5 stars
Spice: 5/5 stars
Kulti by Mariana Zapata
Yes, I literally couldn't move on from Mariana Zapata's books. This book was refreshing because every time I read something related to Sports Romance, it's always about Football and not Soccer (although I pretty much prefer soccer as football...). So finding out about my favourite author writing about soccer? Consider me sold! I was really excited about this one and there's a lot of good reviews about this. Despite that, I did not enjoy this as much as I wanted to. It was great but it was not as swoon worthy compared to the previous book.
Plot: 3.5/5
Spice: 2/5
Her Soul to Take by Harley Laroux
I was convinced by a tweet to read this with a little spoiler on what happened in the book so I had to give this a shot. This is my first fantasy romance and I was grateful enough to really like it, and something that has to do with demons and monsters? I'll take that anyday!
Rating:
Plot: 5/5 stars
Spice: 5/5 stars
Hands down by Mariana Zapata
No, I was not done with reading Mariana Zapata's books. I truly loved Zac's character in The Wall of Winnipeg and Me and his friendship with Vanessa and I read the description that its a childhood friends to lovers AND falling in love with your cousin's friend trope. I really had to read this on the spot and not wasting any time to finish this. though I might have to say, I loved this book but I didn't feel the sparks because of the pet names/endearments he uses to call Bianca. Sort of made it seem like it was not special anymore..but I truly enjoyed this one!
Rating:
Plot: 4/5
Spice: 3.5/5
From Lukov With Love
Another sports romance but Ice Skating. I love watching Ice Skating sports and finding out Mariana also writes for this sports? Please TAKE MY LIFE!! Ivan is the perfect boyfriend-husband material there is, he's in the line as male characters that had me WISHING there is somebody like him in real life (although, we have to accept this is fiction, no one as perfect as fictional characters..as cheesy as it sounds). he was so gentle about her insecurity, her bottled up feelings and problems with her dad. Ivan was so patient and so loving. Again, my weakness if when a character taking care of the other and they subsciously call them "baby". In fact, this happened twice when he told Jasmine to choose to either stay with her brothers or to stay with him because Jasmine said she has a stalker. Wait, I'm not done yet. She chose to stay over to his place, lo and behold. He has so many babies!! So many pets and his mother told Jasmine that he rescues them. My goodness, Ivan setting my standards so high for men now I'm gonna sue him. He's really grateful that he's only a fictional character, a pigment of my imagination...
Ratings:
Plot: 5/5
Spice: 4/5
Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
I was sceptical and worried about this because of the synopsis, it made it sound like a Colleen Hoover book but nonetheless, I gave it a shot. Just like how I read Hands Down, this had no sparks to it because they were already childhood friends to lovers before but only with miscommunication that they didn't get to talk about because of the loss the female character had to go through. In fact, this book was really cute as it shows the progress from years before when both characters were young and they've noticed the change on each other. from their personality and their looks. This book wasn't all that bad and I enjoyed reading this.
Ratings:
Plot: 4/5
Spice: 3.5/5
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