From Lukov with Love

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From Lukov with Love is a kind of sort of hate-to-friends-to-lovers slow burn contemporary romance. It follows two talented figure skaters, Jasmine Santos and Ivan Lukov, who, after years of bantering finally decide to join forces and become partners in pair skating. I believe in you. In us. Regardless of what happens, you will always be the best partner I’ve ever had. You’ll always be the hardest working person I’ve ever known. There will only ever be you.”

But when the arrogant asshole she loves to hate offers her a partnership, she needs to consider if he may have a hidden agenda. Or is there more to Ivan Lukov than what meets the eye. From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata – My Review You know, I’ve never written a proper review for any of Mariana Zapata’s books before, because I feel like everything I write is just going to be sooo inadequate. Like, honestly, if you love a good slow burn sports romance, just read this book… in fact, read ALL of MZ’s books! Just do it! You don’t even have to finish reading this review. Just go!! Her books are hella chunky, but they're so worth it...You’re such an annoying shit. God, I just want to punch you in the face sometimes. Who’s a champion? Shut the hell up.” Nothing can indeed replace the joy of reading a physical book. I am a conventional reader who prefers to read Physical books. But we can't ignore the ease of using audiobooks and their immense role in helping the newer generation to listen to books amid their busy lives. We can see that the author also loves and gives more importance to physical books, which is great. But her approach to audiobooks is a debatable topic. Jojo: SHE DIDN’T TELL US FIRST THO. What is the point of being related if we didn’t get the scoop before everybody else? Pictured above: My beautiful teammates, posing for some behind-the-scenes highlights after our December 2021 show.

This is, yet again, another crusty-on-the-outside-soft-on-the-inside romance that Mariana Zapata serves us and – with the risk of repeating myself – I honestly believe that it’s one of my favourite contemporary romances ever. This is a highly personal topic for people and varies depending on the individual's personality and situation. i know mz's smut scenes are bad... but pls, ma'am, i'd rather you leave it out of the picture if you're gonna write such traumatising one line smut scenes <3

Books Multibuys

No surprise, the audiobook was fantastic! I love Callie Dalton and Teddy Hamilton individually and knew the narration would be amazing, but I was not expecting the audiobook to be in a duet style. It was a great way to experience the book and I loved that any time Ivan spoke, Teddy Hamilton voiced it. Definitely recommend the audiobook! Jojo: And I found out by going on Picturegram. Someone at the rink posted a picture of them in one of the training rooms. They were doing lifts. One of the many things I love about MZ’s books, is that she never fails to deliver in the family dynamic department. Family can be simultaneously the most messy and wholesome part of anybody’s life. They’re the ones who can build you up or tear you down, and most of the time, they do both. Jasmine had some incredibly touching moments with her family, as well as some incredibly heart-breaking ones. I cried for her relationship with her father because that really hit home. The feeling of inadequacy and feeling guilty in pursuing one’s own dreams was so prevalent in Jasmine’s journey and development as a character and I love that MZ is never afraid to really tap into those hard-hitting emotions. It was raw, gripping, and authentic as hell. the ending was rushed and very anticlimactic but i still enjoyed this book so i’ll let it slide <33

i was a bit worried about jasmine, especially because i just read dear aaron and i was scared she'll be 19 years old here but i'm glad that its like 6 years later because she matured so much. i loved the family interactions in this book. jojo and james <3 my heart <3

Diaries & Calendars

Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce you to one of the slowest slow burns in the history of slow burns. Why else? I barely have enough time now. I couldn’t imagine trying to train and have kids. My baby daddy would have to be a rich, stay-at-home dad for that to work.” the development of the relationship? excuse me, where even was it?? there was no chemistry between the characters, nothing that'd make it believable to me, at least I typed out a reply, because knowing them, if I didn’t, the next time I looked at my phone, I’d have an endless column of JASMINE on there until they heard from me.

be forewarned!! anyone who liked this book should DEFINITELY NOT READ THIS REVIEW bc it has a lot of ranting against some people's favorite characters.) Her story ends with an epilogue. I won’t spoil it, but Jasmine finds her place in the world, and it includes a career in figure skating with which she’s made her peace. More than peace. Jasmine is happy, and she’s happy because she is simply herself, and she has found her version of success. She understands that she deserves unconditional love, with no stipulations and no strings attached— from her family, from her boyfriend (a total babe), and from herself.also, jasmine is super unlikable. i get the whole ‘im tough because ive had to work hard for what ive earned, even when people put me down about it.’ but goodness, girl. theres no need to be a massive jerk to literally everyone in your life. tone it down a bit.
and the last point is, as someone who has been involved in competitive figure skating on both an athletic and coaching level, i appreciate the effort zapata put in to represent the sport accurately. there are a lot of things i thought she got right about it, but it still makes me cringe every time when having to read someone explain a sport they have obviously never participated in. even though i expected as much, it was still difficult to ignore. I really do believe that people – and I think mostly girls, but I don’t want to generalise – put up with things like this and don’t tell anyone because they are either afraid or ashamed. And that is why those people start to disintegrate mentally. Y de Ivan Lukov no se diga. Ese hombre es el dueño de mi corazón. Encantador, mamón y sarcástico. Literalmente no ocupo nada más. Me encantaron las capas que tiene y como poco a poco se empiezan a revelar mientras continuas con la lectura. El cariño que le tiene a Jasmine es para enamorarse, y es de esos personajes que tienen un frente duro pero un lado sumamente gentil oculto. Amé amé amé.