She has easily become one of my top authors and I will forever hereafter be the front runner in the Stealth Chase games to stalk her whenever she releases anything new. And to me that's the sign of a truly talented author. I adored this book and I adore Zapata's writing style. And you seriously appreciate this love story by the time you get to end. And, like anything in life, the things you earn are the things you appreciate the most. It's almost like you have to earn it in Zapata's books. It's not handed to you within 50 pages, there is no insta-ANYTHING. You have to read to get to the love story. You have to read to get to know the characters. It made him so enigmatic and interesting that it made this story even richer for me in much the same way that the details and the pacing does. Something I also love about Zapata's writing style (which others might not) is that she only gives the h's POV. And you know I've read a-fucking-LOT of those. Honestly, I found that scene (and other scenes in this book) more sensual than 90% of the sex scenes I've read. I remember reading a scene where Aiden is holding Vanessa in his lap and the way Zapata wrote about how his arms hung over her thighs and his hands wrapped around her knees had me fucking enthralled. Something about the way Zapata writes makes it seem like really big stuff is happeneing during really small moments - because it is. The richness of this story is so hard to explain and the time she takes to build the relationship between Aiden and Vanessa makes it so beautiful.Īlso, even though the pace of the story is slow, it doesn't feel slow. So slower reads are not usually my bag.Ģ) I get blue balls in my girls parts like a priest at a Playboy party if I don't get any smexy times by the 50% mark.īut with Zapata - especially in this one - the trade-off is SO worth it. I swear I'm like Benjamin Fucking Button, maturity-wise. I have no shame in my game, so I will plainly state:ġ) As I get older, I seem to have the attention span of a fruit fly. Now this is usually a HUGE problem for me. In fact, some might consider them plain slow moving as a whole, especially considering the smexy times are always a looooong time coming (haha! pun!).

***ONE OF MY TOP FAVORITE BOOKS OF ALL TIME***ĥ 'I Would Lick the Sweat Off Aiden's All Day, Every Day' StarsĪfter reading 2014's Under Locke and 2015's Kulti, I knew I enjoyed Mariana Zapata's shit.īut after reading this one I am officially so fucking #TeamZapata #TeamAiden #TeamMuscledHunkofSexyManMeat #RidiculousInstagram-likeParagraphofIdioticHastags that I'm going to make up my own nationally organized sport league (cause you know even cares) activity I shall hereafter refer to as.īut we don't let felonies get us down here at the Stealth Chase Organization.Īnd at least in prison we could have unlimited Zapata reading time.Īnyprisonrape, if you aren't familiar with Zapata's work, bear this in mind:

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