It is very well done, and I can’t wait to see what Zapata has in store for us next. Wait for It reached 2 on the Amazon Overall Best Seller list and stayed in the top 100 for six weeks it was chosen as a 2017 Goodreads Choice Award. This story grabbed my attention and I couldn’t stop reading until the very end (even when the end came at 4 am!). Her book The Wall of Winnipeg and Me was a 1 Amazon Overall Best Seller, and was chosen as a 2016 Goodreads Choice Award nominee and also included on Amazon's Best Books of 2016 for Romance. I love getting to know the characters, seeing them in all their quirky glory, and falling in love with them despite their faults. While some may complain that the pacing is slow, I didn’t find that to be the case.

He’s got a gooey center, even if it doesn’t come out very often. Once they become friends, you start to see that it’s just Aiden’s nature to behave the way he does and you can’t help but fall in love with him. From her perspective, though, he’s an ogre and a slave-driver for most of their professional partnership. The Wall of Winnipeg is told in Vanessa’s POV, so we don’t really get to hear what is going on in Aiden’s head. Vanessa took a lot more of Aiden’s crap than anyone should have had to–although, her theories for getting away with murder and disposing of bodies should have scared Aiden straight. She’s a fighter and a survivor while being very giving and completely loyal. However, when Aiden needs help, she changes her entire life for him and maybe commits a felony in the process. Vanessa can’t wait to quit and leave Aiden and his foul mood behind. So serious, he doesn’t put any time or energy into friendships or relationships. Aiden is known as The Wall of Winnipeg and he’s very serious about his career. The Wall of Winnipeg is about Vanessa, a personal assistant/chef for a professional football player, Aiden. In my opinion, Mariana Zapata is the absolute best at writing these kinds of romances.

When an author is patient enough and the writing is strong enough, the story and the characters are allowed to come alive inside your imagination. There is something about a slow-burning romance that I just love.

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