“You probably sit in your Tesla and cry every time you wrinkle your sweaters.” Ivan barked out another laugh that was pretty much shouted up at the ceiling.' However, The banter and the budding relationship between Ivan and Jasmine was something that I loved! I laughed out loud multiple times and longed for more screen time of them just going back and forth with comebacks. And I hoped it had a diarrhea-like texture so it would go everywhere' “I… I… I…,” one of them stuttered while the other looked like she was about to crap her leotard and tights. Cheers to the author for showing that so well.įurthermore, I felt like there was a lot of elements to this story that just dragged on or was all together unnecessary.

The character development was so strong with Jasmine.

I loved Jasmine as a character because even though she was a bitch, and different to any other MC we usually get, she showed how she developed as a person as the story unfolded. The inner monologue felt odd and frankly, a bit too much at times. The narration in this book worked in two ways for me: Unfortunately, I speak for myself when I say this story just did not do it for me as a romance, but did so much more as a self journey. I also think a lot of people will love this story for what it is - just like I have. I really think a lot of people, like me will enjoy this. It was her story about learning to love herself as she was, forgiving and growing. I was expecting a chemical and passionate story about two people falling for each other, instead I got a fiery little cracker who at first was someone I thought I wouldn't get along with, but I grew to love Jasmine. 'I could have been the bigger person, but fuck it, I was five foot three and I wasn’t built to be that person ever.'

Romance wasn't even an undertone until about the 70% mark. I mean, yes it had romantic elements to it, but this story was revolved around people finding themselves and developing and friendships and family and so so so much more. I will go even farther and just put it out there. I would even go as far as saying that this was more than just a romance novel. Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce you to one of the slowest slow burns in the history of slow burns. Not to say that this was not a fun read - because it was. This started off as a solid 4 star read for me, and it all went downhill from there. 'If I can’t skate with you, I don’t want to skate with anyone else.”

From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata