The Wall of Winnipeg and Me By Mariana Zapata
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He literally was a wall for most of the book Zero emotion ZERO I prefer my slow burn with banter Also he tells her to shut up a lot which bugged me The amount of times I had to hear how big he was as a person as well. Pdf the wall of winnipeg and me book review little much Some of the backstory too with both characters various traumas didn t ring true to me That part of the story felt very two dimensional and not well written Did I hate this book No Is it a new favorite No It felt like turning a Hallmark movie into a miniseries Fine to watch in the moment but way too long and shallow to enjoy over and over for me I do plan on reading of this author just to have some pleasant enjoyable filler around when my brain needs a break English
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Vanessa Mazur knows she s doing the right thing She shouldn t feel bad for quitting Being an assistant housekeeper fairy godmother to the top defensive end in the National Football Organization was always supposed to be temporary She has plans and none of them include washing extra large underwear longer than necessary. The wall of winnipeg and me pdf full book For two years the man known as The Wall of Winnipeg couldn t find it in him to tell her good morning or congratulate her on her birthday Now He s asking for the unthinkable. The wall of winnipeg and me ebook What do you say to the man who is used to getting everything he wants The Wall of Winnipeg and MeNo thoughts justTouch my wife again and I ll break every bone in your goddamn body English ONE OF MY TOP FAVORITE BOOKS OF ALL TIME So many re reads it s not even funnyREVIEW 5 I Would Lick the Sweat Off Aiden s B lls All Day Every Day StarsAfter reading 2014 s Under Locke and 2015 s Kulti I knew I enjoyed Mariana Zapata s shit But 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 NFLNFOwho even cares activity I shall hereafter refer to asdrum roll pleaseSTEALTH CHASEOr perhapsBut we don t let felonies get us down here at the Stealth Chase Organization. The wall of winnipeg and me kindle review And at least in prison we could have unlimited Zapata reading time Anyprisonrape if you aren t familiar with Zapata s work bear this in mind Pay attentions smut scalers Zapata s books are very slow burn 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 Now this is usually a HUGE problem for me. The wall of winnipeg and me audiobook I have no shame in my game so I will plainly state 1 As I get older I seem to have the attention span of a fruit fly I swear I m like Benjamin Fucking Button maturity wise I get childish the older I get Life s too short So slower reads are not usually my bag 2 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 Which makes me well cue tantrum But with Zapata especially in this one the trade off is SO worth it 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 Also even though the pace of the story is slow it doesn t feel slow Something about the way Zapata writes makes it seem like really big stuff is happeneing during really small moments because it is 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 Honestly I found that scene and other scenes in this book sensual than 90% of the sex scenes I ve read And you know I ve read a fucking LOT of those Something I also love about Zapata s writing style which others might not is that she only gives the h s POV We never get Aiden s POV And I dig it 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 You have to read to get to know the characters You have to read to get to the love story It s not handed to you within 50 pages there is no insta ANYTHING It s almost like you have to earn it in Zapata s books And like anything in life the things you earn are the things you appreciate the most And you seriously appreciate this love story by the time you get to end I adored this book and I adore Zapata s writing style Everything is shown to you Not told And to me that s the sign of a truly talented author 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 English 5 Team Graves Stars The Wall of Winnipeg and Me was a seriously addictive slow burn romance Once I started the audio I couldn t stop listening It was over 16 hours long but I finished it within 48 hours There was nothing about this book I didn t love Vanessa Mazur has worked for pro football player Aiden Graves for 2 years Aides is quiet curt and drives Vanessa crazy She s his assistant but she wants than that So she decides to quit and follow her real passion Aides is a bit lost without Vanessa When he shows up at her door weeks after she quit Vanessa is in shock But that shock becomes even shocking when she finds out the favor he needs Vanessa is torn Help Aiden or not He didn t treat her the best when they worked together but the stakes are high for her here I would have done just about anything for you back then even when you got on my nerves I might have just waited until the last minute to push you out of oncoming traffic but I d still push you out of the way As I said before the story is a slow burn romance but the pace is fast The story between Aiden and Vanessa had such a great and natural flow I loved watching them turn into friends trusted confidants and so much This book was seriously perfect Aiden is the strong and silent type He s not close to anyone really but he slowly lets Vanessa in There were a few moments between them that left the biggest smile on my face When Aiden showed up at a certain convention to support Vanessa I had a perma grin and happy tears Both of these characters were completely fantastic I can t even tell you who I loved I feel so gushy about this book right now I read Kulti over a year ago and adored it as well It s apparent to me that Zapata is not a one hit wonder I ll definitely be auto buying every book of hers from here on out A for sure favorite of mine this year The Wall of Winnipeg and Me is one you don t want to miss out on English Reread July 13 2020Shit. The wall of winnipeg and me ebook summary You know eating crow As in admitting I erred Trying to be humble because I made a mistake Screwed up Put my foot in my mouth By the way the said phrase with that godawful bird is disgusting No offence my English speaking friends but the equivalent phrase in my native language does sound slightly better literal translation dust oneself with ashes. Book the wall of winnipeg and me review Anyhow I took this book for granted You see this was my first MZ book and thinking back I think I was intimidated by its size Too many pages too much internal ramblings I didn t give this book a real chance So I just skim skipped the boring parts Stupid There are no boring parts in this book In my defense I was used to different kind of writing the one that is story driven instead of character driven. The wall of winnipeg and me audiobook free The first indication that I may have been wrong was the fact that everybody loved this book Even my book soulmates Still I continued living my pitiful reader s life completely clueless and unaware of the awesomeness that is Maria Zapata Stupid me. The wall of winnipeg and me book 2 Because Aiden OH MY GOD He s Archer Remy Sebastian Stark Diaz Erik Ripper Jacobs Gabe Bonner Cal Bonner Ian North Levi call sign Ace Theo Ghost Teague Ronan Grayson Axel Carillo Paul Langdon Jimmy Nate Sawyer Ben Hector Tanner Lee Nightingale and Joe Callahan all wrapped up in one big hot YUM And because Van I have a girl crush No seriously I love her LOVE. The wall of winnipeg and meo order I am so happy I was bored to death with Hands Down Otherwise I wouldn t have read all of those reviews you know trying to confirm my thoughts and my unpopular opinion I wouldn t have seen how everyone was gushing how much better how epic The Wall of Winnipeg was I wouldn t have made myself reread it. The wall of winnipeg and me book 2 And you know where The Wall of Winnipeg ended up On my Utter Perfection shelf Only six books reside there Only 6 Out of 1589 That s how much I adore this book So let us forget my original review and rating shall we Consider it a lapse of judgement After all we all have bad daysAnd yes I am sure I don t like Hands Down Dear Aron and Luna and the Lie I m not too fond of the heroines And the stories are boring and repetitive Original review when I was dumb and clueless March 6 20163. The wall of winnipeg and me book cover 5 StarsOkay I have some good news and some bad news Let s start with the good news shall we The theme This is my first book by this author and I hope it won t be my last I m a sucker for romances where the couple starts out as friends or enemies Combine that with a sports theme and I m a goner The characters I really liked both the hero and the heroine The character build up was fantastic. The wall of winnipeg and me spicy chapters VANESSA I think she s awesome and I like her despite her constant insecurities about everything She has a funny personality Funny heroines usually tend to be annoying but Vanessa is lovable and compelling She s smart strong and independent AIDEN Gotta love assholes You see I have a thing for the big jerks who redeem themselves by the end of the book especially if they are the brooding grumpy and uncommunicative types Aiden is a perfect combination of all of the above. The wall of winnipeg and me pdf full book The story I really liked the storyline I learned from other reviews that this would be a slow burn romance so I went into this book completely prepared Honestly I m sick and tired of insta love I believe that a slow build up is what usually makes a romance good It makes it somehow believable and realistic So if you like love at first sight books or books where the heroine jumps into bed with the hero seconds after meeting him then this book is not for you. The wall of winnipeg and me tropes The writing Don t get me wrong this book is very well written and there were many funny parts which had me cracking up BUT there was too much repetition and internal monologue for my liking I started off really enjoying this book but as it went on I started to lose interest and I found myself struggling Overall this book was a pretty good read It just didn t wow me like I had hoped it would So I m giving it a solid 3 stars. Ebook the wall of winnipeg and me book review Overall rating 3 starsWriting style 3 starsStory 4 starsFlow of the story 3 starsCharacter development 5 starsHero 4 starsHeroine 5 starsSecondary characters 4 starsTone of the book 4 starsEmotion evoking 3 starsOriginality 4 starsEnjoyment 3 starsEffect on me 3 stars English Since I ve started reading romance I find it s harder to rate than other genres 2 stars for other genres would mean I didn t enjoy this book Which isn t true I was okay reading it I just saw a lot of flaws and felt it could do with some serious editing This book could have been shorter So much is filler I get it it s slow burn romance But I would have been so much engaged had there been interactions between the characters Even a hint at romance didn t start until 60% in Also although I liked Aiden by the end Mariana Zapata delivers a SLOW BURN story of a personal assistant Vanessa Mazur who has finally saved enough over the two years of working for the NFO s best defenseman Aiden The Wall of Winnipeg Graves to quit Throughout her two years of working for Aiden he doesn t even return a hello or appreciate her in slightest To her surprise when this man of few words shows at her doorstep asking for her to return working for him and then further presents a deal to pay off her overwhelming about school loans to pose in the eyes of the law as his wife she than taken back Still the arrangement is too good to pass up especially nixing the aspect of being his personal assistant and letting her focus on her own career Vanessa s feelings of hurt over their non relationship are sad to face I wished you had respected me enough to appreciate me back when it would have meant something I liked you I admired you and in the course of a few days you killed that Aiden isn t what readers are used to encountering and he s not a man whore at all In fact he actually hasn t bother with women messy since his high school years He s been one hundred percent focused on his career and ignores woman fans and really lives up to the comparison of a wall Marrying Vanessa to him makes the most sense and this is how he woos her I like you as much as I like anyone Moving into his home for the next five years while she builds her career from her computer has these two characters falling for one another slow but believable I loved both of their characters Leo the puppy Halloween Christmas the elevator scene and I adored the fierce way Aiden protects Vanessa and how they become a team Vanessa s family aspect of the storyline was well done and quite frankly she was a terrific main character that friends will surely love Aiden s a man of few words but just like with the book Kulti the story comes together in the end Like football and art like anything that anyone in the world has ever wanted love was a dream And just like a dream there were no assurances behind it It didn t grow on its own It didn t blossom without food to feed it It was the greatest in its subtleties It was the strongest in its selflessness And it could be forever with someone who wasn t afraid to never give up on the possibilities it presents English RE READ April 5 2020 Me re reading this like I wasn t about to waste my life away upset because I was raised by people who couldn t commit to anything in their lives All they did was show me the kind of person I didn t want to be Now this this is the slow burn romance I crave After two years Vanessa has had enough of Aiden The Wall of Winnipeg Graves For a while now she s thought about quitting her job She knows it isn t the best idea After all she knows how many people would give to have her job being an assistant housekeeper for the best defensive in the NFO isn t an easy job to find But as much as this job is helping her she can t continue putting her dreams of graphic design and starting her own business behind So when she tells her boss Aiden that she is quitting she at least expected him to feel bad to ask why or give some sort of feeling but after seeing nothing Vanessa knows she s making the right decision. The wall of winnipeg and me ebook summary And so she leaves After a couple of weeks pass by Vanessa feels relieved but then Aiden unexpectedly shows up at her apartment door asking for her to come back As much as he asks or so demands Vanessa continues rejecting That is until Aiden gives an offer if she marries him he ll pay off her student loans and buy her a house The reason for why Aiden is asking Vanessa to marry him is because Aiden is Canadian and his visa is set to expire the year after The thing is Aiden doesn t want to go back to Canada and in order to become a resident in time he needs to marry a U. The wall of winnipeg and me spicy chapters S Citizen and Vanessa seems to be the best option It s an offer Vanessa knows she can t reject Her student loans are putting so much weight on her shoulders and paying them off by being in fake marriage with one of the current best football stars wouldn t be that bad would it If you had told 15 and 16 year old me that I would finally read a Mariana Zapata book in 2020 I honestly wouldn t have believed you Her books always intimidated me simply because they re contemporary adult romance that are than 500 pages Honestly speaking I dread books longer than 400 pages But here I am now and I couldn t have been happier. The wall of winnipeg and me ebook summary Let s start with Aiden When Vanessa Mazur said that Aiden wanted a dog before a family I knew I was sold Aiden Graves is described as cocky arrogant stubborn and overall rude and while he is all that I couldn t help but love him As a matter of fact I didn t mind the cockiness arrogance stubbornness or even the rudeness I think the biggest reason for this was because he was actually never directly mean to Vanessa per se While he never told her a thank you please or even wished her a happy birthday there was never that toxicity that is common in adult romance reads and that s the stuff I live for I never found Aiden surprisingly being mean for no particular reason Say he never called Vanessa rude names or never brought up unnecessary past to make her feel bad or was generally a bully. The wall of winnipeg and me book Aiden was clearly lonely He had no friends He didn t know what it was like to have a friend not until Vanessa became than just his assistant He was emotionless expressionless cold and serious showing no sign of pity or remorse which was why many including Vanessa found him to be arrogant and rude But the way he tries to become Vanessa s friend after realizing he messed up warmed my heart and actually not even kidding had me squealing I know you think I wouldn t care he said in that whisper voice that bled solemnness but I would I do We re in this together He was so adorably awkward with Vanessa even if it wasn t directly stated Even though the entire book is told through Vanessa in first person I m sure it s easy to imagine how difficult it might have felt for Aiden to become friendlier social and happier around Vanessa His slow development took a while for him to get used to but little by little he started doing and noticing the smallest things in order to become that friend he said he would try to be with Vanessa and it was nothing but adorable He was truly a softie I can be your friend I can try he said in a low earnest voice Friends take a lot of time and effort but Aiden looked up at me again with a sigh I can do it If that s what you want Yeah sex may be great but when Aiden and Vanessa were in Las Vegas and Vanessa decided to walk around Las Vegas at night alone Aiden decided to wake up from his nap and walk with her because he was worried even if he didn t admit it Maybe you re used to doing things by yourself but don t be an idiot He started off calmly totally in control I didn t know where you were There s crime here don t give me that face I know there s crime everywhere We might not be doing this for the reasons most people do but I made a vow Van And I promised you we would try to be friends Friends don t let friends wander around alone He pinned me with a glare You aren t the only one who takes their promises seriously Or when he decided to run with her as she trains for her marathon because he was worried again since it was getting dark soon even though he was breaking some of the rules he put on himself Or when he didn t hesitate to think about beating Ricky up after seeing her bruised wrists Or when they both got stuck in an elevator and he held her on his lap as he tries his best to comfort her and learns about her phobia of the dark comforting her so she doesn t panic as she did before I was in Aiden s lap He was cross legged on either side of me each of his muscular thighs cocooning my hips his chin just behind my ear I shivered Behind me Aiden straightened under my butt his thighs tightened and strained It was then that I felt embarrassed I m sorry I apologized already lifting up to lunge off him Shut up he said as his hands landed on my bare knees shoving me back down onto him my back hit the solid wall of his chest and it was right then I realized his shirt was soggy from the rain I didn t care Under me his legs relaxed my bottom settling on top of his feet The big guy hummed into the shell of my ear his breath warm and way too comforting You want to tell me what that was about he asked in a whisper Or when the lights of the house went out so Aiden immediately went to go check up on Vanessa and decided to sleep with her in order for him to again comfort her Aiden I whispered Hmm he murmured Thank you for coming in here with me Uh huh That big body adjusted itself just slightly before he let out a long deep exhale Or when Aiden started naming off the things he knew about Vanessa the small details he s noticed of her such as her favorite things or what she does when she s annoyed Or when he beat up Christian and realized that he in fact really cared about her I ve let you down too many times I won t do it again Or when he gave her a proper wedding ring for Christmas with her birthstone Or when he flew four hours to go to Canada just to see her at the book convention she was at and read a romance novel Or when he immediately texted her updates after he arrived in Colorado Or when he surprised her at her marathon I missed you You what His arms tightened around me I missed you very much Now that is sexy. Pdf the wall of winnipeg and me book review The Wall of Winnipeg and Me delivered than I could ask for While the relationship is slow burn the story itself is not slow whatsoever Zapata managed to make her 500 page book a page turner simply because there was always something happening whether it was related to the football games Van and Aiden their friends Van s family or generally anything else and for the majority of the time it was a ride I d want to experience again I somehow managed to read 100 pages in one sitting and before I knew it I was halfway done. The wall of winnipeg and me audiobook free While I fell in love with Aiden I also really adored Vanessa s character I appreciated the history Mariana added about both characters and explaining it as the two were getting to know each other really made the experience better I found Vanessa to be strong and patient but also vulnerable and sad While she annoyed me at times such as how she tried having a relationship with her mother I still accepted her bravery for walking away and not letting herself go through her trauma again Vanessa had also gone through a lot and I couldn t do anything but sympathize with her especially as she explained what she went through with her sisters The Vanessa who was fifteen and older had felt a different emotion for so long anger Anger at my mom s selfishness Anger at her for not being able to clean her act up until years after we d been taken away from her Anger for being let down for so long time and time again I am a fan of romance developing in a mediocre pace not too slow and not too fast but the time between Vanessa and Aiden was perfect Their banter had me wanting to highlight it all Full of humor and sarcasm the two took a while to like each other but as the reader it s easy to feel the tension between the two and how their marriage of convenience slowly becomes something much real much emotional And when Aiden kissed her for the first time Yeah I couldn t have asked for better timing The Wall of Winnipeg stared down at the much smaller man and in a voice that was as close to a cool unattached statement as possible he said Touch my wife again and I ll break every bone in your goddamn body The first non YA romance I read was Listen to Me in June 2016 when I was 15 and Mariana Zapata was one of the first authors I heard about after but I never got around reading her books While I am not the biggest fan of smut and steamy reads I do read it once in a while but I can t complain that this had none of that smutty action It s all towards the end barely even there and I couldn t be upset about it I wanted nothing but that yearning between the two characters Their chemistry was stronger when they were falling for each other Don t get me wrong the sex was still there just like any NA book but even if it wasn t there I would have loved this regardless Give me that sexual tension that you can cut with a knife physical touch and care shown through actions and words instead of sex and we ll be good It s a long story I have time for you It s a really long story I insisted Okay In conclusion The Wall of Winnipeg and Me delivered than I wanted and it s gotten my standards of slow burn and enemies to lovers high So yeah if you like very slow burn romance sexual tension almost no sex relationships between the boss and the assistant tough on the outside but soft on the inside heroes confident heroines and golden retriever puppies then you will hopefully like The Wall of Winnipeg and Me Maybe that was the thing about love I never understood before Aiden Like football and art like anything that anyone in the world has ever wanted love was a dream And just like a dream there were no assurances behind it It didn t grow on its own It didn t blossom without food to feed it English I listened to the audiobook version of The Wall of Winnipeg and Me and it was fantastic Talk about a terrific slow burn romance I was completely sucked in to this story little by little Aiden Graves is the formidable top defensive player in the National Football Organization His single minded focus on the sport has made him the best He eats lives and breathes football paying little mind to anything or anyone else. The wall of winnipeg and me magyarul Accordingly he is kind of oblivious to the goings on around him that don t directly impact his game His personal assistant Vanessa Mazur is one such person Aiden relies on her heavily for everything from his meals to updating his social media accounts yet he hardly pays her any attention He takes her completely for granted not even giving her the most basic forms of acknowledgment like a hello in the morning To say the least he s very curt and kind of an ass. The wall of winnipeg and me spicy After working for Aiden for two years Vanessa has finally saved enough money to quit her job and pursue her real passion in web design Of course this comes as a complete surprise to Aiden who had never bothered to get to know Vanessa He was even unaware that she had designed websites for some of his teammates focused entirely on himself and his own career. The wall of winnipeg and me spicy chapters When Vanessa quits her job Aiden gets a huge wake up call He needs her back and is willing to do just about anything to have her After the way he treated her this will require some groveling and humbling on his part Let me just say that there is nothing that I love than some good old fashioned groveling I live for it in my stories. The wall of winnipeg and me age rating This time around Aiden wants to up the ante He faces deportation if he doesn t renew his contract soon something that he doesn t plan to let happen All he needs to secure his citizenship is a wife and we all know who he has in mind. Pdf the wall of winnipeg and melbourne What starts out as a tenuous work contract between Aiden and Vanessa soon morphs into For his part Aiden was pretty clueless of how cold and indifferent he had been Once Vanessa brings it to his attention he really works at being a better person and treating her well Even his lack of social graces was endearing I fell in love with Aiden right along with Vanessa He was just impossible to resist. The wall of winnipeg and me espaƱol As a heroine Vanessa was also very personable She was easy to relate to and I connected with her right away She was a strong heroine while not coming across as aggressive or heartless Her character was perfectly balanced and really rounded out Aiden s personality. The wall of winnipeg and mes mess This is a story that will grab your attention early on and hold it for the long haul You won t find any insta love here This is a very slow burn with a well developed storyline and characters Nothing feels rushed or implausible It was simply beautiful If you haven t read this one yet I highly recommend it English This one just really hit the spot for me Great characters slow burn romance funny interactions and when the heat finally hits it s delicious I read straight through the night and have thought about Aidan all day English I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH My first Mariana Zapata I wasn t sure how I d feel about the slow burn but I loved it Taking so long for the characters made it so much meaningful because I knew they really really cared about each other by the time they got together English .