The Spanish Love Deception

Title: The Spanish Love Deception

Author: Elena Armas

Genre: Romance

Published in: 2021

Age suggestion: 18+

Spice-o-meter: 2 of 5

My rating: 3 of 5

My thoughts:

I rated this book 3 out of 5 stars. I was going to do 2 out of 5 initially, however I did enjoy the last portion of it. I forced myself to read the last 60% of this book in one day because I had been trying to read it for almost a month and was struggling to find the urge to read. I didn't really find it interesting until the end. The main character, Lina, had a ridiculous long-lasting grudge against a coworker of hers, Aaron, who was the love interest. I understood it after it got explained in more detail, however it kept the plot from moving for longer than it should've.

I know this book is super popular, so this is probably a very unpopular opinion, but this book was far longer than it should've been. In one word, this book was overhyped. It is definitely something for people who enjoy slow burn romance because it took almost 400 pages for the real romance to start. Apparently it's the first book written by this author. I might read a book of hers in the future to see if it was just the first one that I didn't care for because I do think she has potential to make a great story.

This book may be for you if you like:

Slow burn romance
Enemies to lovers
Fake dating trope
"There's only one bed" trope
A little bit of "spice" - the scenes in the book are fairly explicit, but there are not many of them - for 18+ readers

If you don't like those things, you won't like it, or you will at least find it harder to enjoy.

Photo courtesy of Elena Armas on Twitter - I read this book on my Kindle so I don't have an actual photo that I took.

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