The Spanish Love Deception: A Novel (The Love Deception Series Book 1)
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A TikTok sensation, this rom-com about a young woman who agrees to fake date a colleague and bring him to her sister’s wedding has “everything you could want in a romance” (Helen Hoang, New York Times bestselling author).
Catalina Martín desperately needs a date to her sister’s wedding. Especially since her little white lie about her American boyfriend has spiralled out of control. Now everyone she knows—including her ex and his fiancée—will be there and eager to meet him.
She only has four weeks to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic and aid in her deception. New York to Spain is no short flight and her raucous family won’t be easy to fool.
Enter Aaron Blackford—her tall, handsome, condescending colleague—who surprisingly offers to step in. She’d rather refuse; never has there been a more aggravating, blood-boiling, and insufferable man.
But Catalina is desperate, and as the wedding draws nearer, Aaron looks like her best option. And she begins to realize he might not be as terrible in the real world as he is at the office.
A TikTok sensation, this rom-com about a young woman who agrees to fake date a colleague and bring him to her sister’s wedding has “everything you could want in a romance” (Helen Hoang, New York Times bestselling author).
Catalina Martín desperately needs a date to her sister’s wedding. Especially since her little white lie about her American boyfriend has spiralled out of control. Now everyone she knows—including her ex and his fiancée—will be there and eager to meet him.
She only has four weeks to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic and aid in her deception. New York to Spain is no short flight and her raucous family won’t be easy to fool.
Enter Aaron Blackford—her tall, handsome, condescending colleague—who surprisingly offers to step in. She’d rather refuse; never has there been a more aggravating, blood-boiling, and insufferable man.
But Catalina is desperate, and as the wedding draws nearer, Aaron looks like her best option. And she begins to realize he might not be as terrible in the real world as he is at the office.
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I felt that the The Spanish Love Deception is one of those books that you could not escape from on Booktok/booktube/Bookstagram, so I finally caved and bought it.
I’m a sucker for a good rom-com (despite me quickly and frequently denying this fact when asked in public 100% of the time by feigning having a heart of stone) and this one has a lot of popular tropes and qualities that should scream my name: Enemies to Lovers romance , Fake Dating, a diverse cast of characters. This was a quick and easy read, but I’m not rating it higher because I didn’t love this one as much as I hoped.
So much of this book I enjoyed, sure. But I had a major issue with the pacing of the book. The big ole conflict and makeup didn’t seem to happen until the last maybe ~40-60 pages? So it felt like the major “breakup” and “makeup” conflict was rushed and didn’t really impact me as much as if probably could have been if the pacing of the story was more evened out. The actual story started out slowly and continued to build up super slowly. The “inciting incident”/catalyst that gets the plot/rising action really moving happened what feels like so much later in the book than I anticipated. Again… like I said: pacing was a little wonky.
Some of the characters felt one dimensional and I think the plot and pacing affected that to some degree. There were definite qualities about Lina that I admired but I think the biggest thing I had an issue with was how overplayed the damsel in distress trope was when it came to Lina. For a character that others described as a “firecracker,” there were so many times where I felt like shaking her and telling her to stand up for herself and get a grip.
Overall, this was a quick easy read. I had fun with it, for sure, despite the flaws I did find within the book.
I felt that the The Spanish Love Deception is one of those books that you could not escape from on Booktok/booktube/Bookstagram, so I finally caved and bought it.
I’m a sucker for a good rom-com (despite me quickly and frequently denying this fact when asked in public 100% of the time by feigning having a heart of stone) and this one has a lot of popular tropes and qualities that should scream my name: Enemies to Lovers romance , Fake Dating, a diverse cast of characters. This was a quick and easy read, but I’m not rating it higher because I didn’t love this one as much as I hoped.
So much of this book I enjoyed, sure. But I had a major issue with the pacing of the book. The big ole conflict and makeup didn’t seem to happen until the last maybe ~40-60 pages? So it felt like the major “breakup” and “makeup” conflict was rushed and didn’t really impact me as much as if probably could have been if the pacing of the story was more evened out. The actual story started out slowly and continued to build up super slowly. The “inciting incident”/catalyst that gets the plot/rising action really moving happened what feels like so much later in the book than I anticipated. Again… like I said: pacing was a little wonky.
Some of the characters felt one dimensional and I think the plot and pacing affected that to some degree. There were definite qualities about Lina that I admired but I think the biggest thing I had an issue with was how overplayed the damsel in distress trope was when it came to Lina. For a character that others described as a “firecracker,” there were so many times where I felt like shaking her and telling her to stand up for herself and get a grip.
Overall, this was a quick easy read. I had fun with it, for sure, despite the flaws I did find within the book.
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