Tropes: (very) slow burn, friends to lovers, found family, single-parent, grumpy x sunshine, age gap, and some quality latinx rep (that totally reminded me of my extended family). Overall, I just loved LOVED this book and cannot recommend it enough. (This book has made me discover my love for the slow burn trope.) If you’re a fan of steamier romance novels, this book might not be for you. We see Diana and Dallas’ relationship evolve from the very first moment they meet and through all its ups and downs, but the actual romantic feelings and moments don’t truly make an appearance until much later in the book.

The romance was somehow always a part of the story and not. Diana is raising her two young nephews, and I didn’t think they’d be a big part of the story at first, but I was surprised by how meaningful their presence was and by the emotional depth they really added to the story. On a side note, I don’t read a lot of books with children in them, so I was unsure what to expect about this aspect. I LOVED her! So selfless and resilient in spite of it all. This is a character-driven story, and plotwise it seems a bit overly plain or lacking because it focuses on Diana’s journey being there for her boys and… living life in general? But I thoroughly enjoyed it.Īnd Diana is such a fiercely loving person, so so kind, brutally honest when she needs to be, and just overall a fricking badass who won’t take any shit. It immediately gripped me with the best kind of main character and quirky, sort of hilarious writing that also constantly made me bawl my eyes out at the most evocative, heartwarming scenes. Wait for It made me feel so many things while reading it. ( I also have a shorter bullet point review on my bookstagram and goodreads account.) And then, I finished Luna and the Lie, but it’s still really high up there. But who needs either one of those?Īs soon as I finished this book I knew it was my favorite romance of 2021. With a new house, two little boys she inherited the most painful possible way, a giant dog, a job she usually loves, more than enough family, and friends, she has almost everything she could ever ask for. Being a grown-up wasn’t supposed to be so hard. How she’s made it through the last two years of her life without killing anyone is nothing short of a miracle.

Diana Casillas can admit it: she doesn’t know what the hell she’s doing half the time.

Goodreads: If anyone ever said being an adult was easy, they hadn’t been one long enough.

Wait for it by mariana zapata