
The Book:
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata
Published: July 4, 2023 by Avon
Date read: April 4, 2024
The Characters:
Vanessa and Aiden
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The Plot (from Goodreads):
Vanessa Mazur refuses to feel bad for quitting—she knows she’s doing the right thing. The thankless job of personal assistant to the top defensive end in the National Football Organization was always supposed to be temporary. She has plans for her life, and none of them include washing extra-large underwear one more day for a man who could never find it in him to tell her good morning, congratulate her on a job well done, or wish her a happy birthday—even when she was spending it working for him.
The legendary “Wall of Winnipeg” may be adored by thousands, but after two years Van has had enough.
But when Aiden Graves shows up at her door begging her to come back, she’s beyond shocked. Mr. Walled-Off Emotions is actually letting his guard down for once. And she’s even more dumbstruck when he explains that her job description is about to become even more outrageous: something that takes the “personal” in personal assistant to a whole new level.
What do you say to the man who is used to getting everything he wants?
My Review:
Thank you to @bookclubgirl for this gifted copy @librofm for a gifted ALC of this book! I was excited to join the hype around this one. Join LibroFM here to get two free audiobooks of your own!
This was the longest book on my list for the #backlistbooks24 challenge. For 475 pages, the audiobook of The Wall of Winnipeg and Me went by pretty quickly. The narrator was great! I haven’t been much of a sports romance reader in the past, but I can definitely see why people like them so much.
For the most part the slow burn worked well, but I do think it could have been 100 or so pages shorter. I liked Vanessa and Aiden overall, although I have to say I hate how often she called him “big guy”. It was bizarre! In my opinion that’s how you refer to a toddler.
Overall I liked it well enough, but I didn’t love it as much as some of the other reviews on Goodreads seem to.
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