not the best mariana zapata, but also not the worst romantasy nor nearly as bad as some people made it out to be. felt overlong and some characters didn't need to come up nearly as much. nice enough.

i always keep expecting more steam from zapata, tho, and i'm starting to realize that i really shouldn't and that's not as much of a non-issue as i made it out to be in my head. i think it's because she does emotional investment well, that i keep expecting to the physical intimacy to be as intense — it would only make sense, right? — and it never is.