Can I start off by saying how
seriously excited I was about this book when I found out about it and that
it had been released early! If any of you have read Mariana Zapata before
you would know that she surprises her readers with her releases and well everything
really. A friend of mine actually told me it was released and then what it was
about. I saw it on her social media but I didn't really look into it further
because I was in a book slump. (I hate those :/ ) Well as soon as I heard it
was out I one-clicked that thing like it was my job!
One of the reasons why I am so
excited about this book is because everything I've read by Mariana has been
amazing and I had no doubt this would be too. The other reason is that my
daughter skates. Yup, my oldest realized one day that she liked figure skating
and has been obsessed with it. Now, don't get me wrong, I've always enjoyed
watching it but I was not a die-hard fan like her. She has been slowly
pushing me into the figure skating world and the rest of our family. Now
all three of my kids are skating it's expensive, but they have so much
fun. I can say that we are probably at the rink at least 3 times a week
for no less than 2 hours at a time. I swear my Hawaiian blood is getting used
to the cold. The power and grace that those skaters have on the ice is awe
inspiring. I wish I could move like that normally, let alone on the ice.
Why did you need all that back?
Well you didn't but I was excited to share with you why I was so excited about
this book. So without further ado, my review for From Lukov with Love by
Mariana Zapata.
Title: From Lukov With Love
Author: Mariana Zapata
The Queen of the slow burn does
it again.
What I love about Mariana's
writing is that all of her characters, not just the leads have so many layers
to them. We get to know them fro who they really are and not just some cheap
face value. This story is heartbreaking, beautiful, triumphant, and just enough
slow burn to sizzle. I had to read it again because I couldn't get enough of
it.
If you haven't guessed by now, I
am absolutely in love with this book. I swear Jasmine is one of my favorite
characters ever. She is so strong and so confident, but has such an a
vulnerability that she would probably hockey stop and spray me with ice if she
heard me say it. She is such a dynamic character and with her personality,
humor, wit, and some of her family situations I was really able to relate to
her and I thought for a second Mariana was writing about me. Did I mention
Ivan... Oh Ivan, I don't even know where to start, but I will say that he is a
cocky, self-important, amazing individual.
Ever book that I have read by
Mariana Zapata hasn't disappointed, it's exceeded my expectations and this book
is so far beyond that I am now officially in my book hangover stage and will be
reading other hockey and ice skating books just to feel the same as I did with
this book knowing it will be difficult to
do so.
****Review Links****
Goodreads: http://bit.ly/MBsFLWLGoodreadsReview
About the Story
If someone were to ask Jasmine Santos to describe the last few
years of her life with a single word, it would definitely be a four-letter one.
After seventeen years—and
countless broken bones and broken promises—she knows her window to compete in
figure skating is coming to a close.
But when the offer of a lifetime comes in from an arrogant idiot
she’s spent the last decade dreaming about pushing in the way of a moving bus,
Jasmine might have to reconsider everything.
Including Ivan Lukov.
About the Author
In her teens, she wrote boy band fanfiction (there’s still a
website up somewhere on the internet with those masterpieces), and in her early
twenties, she picked it back up again with Sookie Stackhouse and Twilight.
Eventually, her significant other finally told her to do what she wanted to do
and she began working on her original work. Her novels tend to include potty humor,
bodily functions, and bad words.
Mariana lives in a small town called Pagosa Springs, Colorado
with her husband/best friend, Chris Letchford, and their two well-beloved
(and emotionally manipulative) Great Dane children, Dorian and Kaiser. When
she’s not pretending to write, she’s reading sci-fi, fantasy, steampunk or
historical romance novels. You can usually find her harassing her dogs, being a
hermit at home or cracking jokes at the expense of her family members.
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