When Gracie Met The Grump: From the author of the sensational TikTok hit, FROM LUKOV WITH LOVE, and the queen of the slow-burn romance!

Only read it if you’re into slow burns. And I’m talking slow slow sloooooooooow burn. You’ll almost think that the book has ended and there wasn’t even kissing. But it was an okay read.

I'm a diehard fan of all MZ books, having read them all multiple times. I couldn't wait to see what came after my eternal loves Kulti, Lukov and Rhodes. When I got to know that Gracie and Grump had a superhero angle, I was sceptical, but boy oh boy, was I wrong. I love, love, love them. I've slept all of 4 hours to sleep once I started reading it. Gracie and Grump are everything that I adore about MZ --- the protectiveness, the banters, the slowburn, the chemistry, and above all the plot development. I have another favourite for life 💞

This book has everything, action, romance, slow burn, family, bickering, EVERYTHING. Sometimes I was smiling so hard my cheeks hurt. It's a book for everyone. I knew the Slow Burn Queen wasn't going to disappoint us in the least. I felt excited, I cried, I laughed and at last I was content.

I went into this book blindly when saw the release notification, and I loved it. Th one was surprisingly different from all of MZ's previous books and yet had all the good things I loved from her previous works. Hope she makes a new series out of this!!

So this is typical Mariana. Slow burnt, slow read, slow steam and slow character build up. But it keeps you hooked and engrossed with not one dull moment ever.

What is this.... Is there a second book ..... I mean the story is still incomplete.... What about the cartel, or what grandma said that Gracie will become so much more. In the starting the story was very slow going... So much unnecessary monologue of Gracie .... So many chapters wasted for when alex was recovering in gracie's home and so many chapters wasted for the kidnapped scene then escape scene.... Aaahhh... Irritating.... End the happily ever after is the SEX scene??? 🤨 Really???...

Just one word dream should havey...so beautiful. Do not even give thought go for it. It has everything a good romance novel should have.😇

I love Mariana, her books are a one click buy for me and one of the few authors where I constantly find myself rereading her books. For the first time I've struggled alot to finish this one and have found myself skimming multiple pages. Mariana is known for her slow burns but this story is just slow. I honestly feel that the other 5* and 4* reviews are based on how liked the author is rather than the quality of the story. Marianas characters are usually relatable and full of depth, there character building in this book for me was lacking. Its mentioned a few times that the main FMC is dramatic, but I just found her annoying and her inner monologue tedious at times. Considering the book was based around superheros very little action happened. Overall I just found this book boring. I'm still a fan of Mariana and look forward to her next release but this ones a hard no.

This author is an automatic buy for me. I saw the fb post that said it was out and I immediately bought it.Then I read the blurb and thought superhero? Really?Then I read the book. I absolutely loved it. I had to eek it out or I would have devoured it, as it is I read it in 24 hours. Lexi was was moody, bossy and as the title said grumpy. Gracie was sarcastic, blunt and real.Can we have the rest of the family now? Please?

Gracie has spent almost her entire life on the run. In hiding. She’s never really had a friend, and now that her grandparents are both gone, she’s never felt so alone.She knows she should be looking to move on to the next town again, and yet every time she thinks about choosing somewhere, she can’t make herself do it.So one night, when she has a particularly strong sense of foreboding, she isn’t totally surprised when something crashes in her yard. But then she could never prepare herself for what she finds…none other than The Defender, injured and grumpy as hell. A superhero. In.her.garden!OMG I am almost lost for words, I loved this so much!I’ve never read a superhero romance before, and it certainly wasn’t a trope I was expecting from Mariana Zapata, but it was everything! Although a new subject for her as an author, it was still very true to her writing, the hero just happened to also be an actual hero. With superpowers.I felt Gracie’s loneliness and perceived rejection deep in my soul. I always resonate so hard to these things in books for some reason. It makes for such an immersive read because I felt like I was experiencing everything in tandem with Gracie.The Defender was so damn grumpy. Until he wasn’t. I absolutely adored their banter and the slooooooow progression of their relationship.Zapata is the queen of the slow burn for a reason, and I love how well she writes the trope. I spent 80-90% of the book wishing for it to go quicker but not wanting to skim read, and then at the end I wished it wasn’t over!And that epilogue…are we getting a sequel???

I'm a big fan of MZ. I have read most of her books (apart from 2) and I know her style. The books are long and super slow burn. And I love them - usually.But this time I felt it was quite repetitive when it came to Gracie and her hang ups. Her not understanding things between them that was obvious. And I felt the superhero family (which was super interesting) wasn't utilised to its fullest potential.Yes, there was a HEA. But I feel the epilogue should have shown us grandma's visions in greater detail. So perhaps a second epilogue?It really felt like dragged and if I didn't like the superhero concept so much I thought this would have been Mariana's first book I was going to DNF.If it had been an unknown author I would have given up. But I love Mariana and so I continued. I didn't hate the book. But I also didn't love it. It was OK - hence the 3 stars.So if you have a lot of time and really love the author and think it's cool she's embarking in the supernatural world, like me, I would still recommend this book. Of you don't tick these 3 boxes than I would recommend another book from MZ.

💖grumpy sunshine💖all the angst💖he takes care of her a lot💖forced proximityi have 97 kindle highlights for this book and i cannot choose my fav quotei finished this earlier this week and i have to say, the queen has done it again!!!! i love the defender, lol soz i will not be saying his name for a while, not sure why it feels like such a spoilersuperheroes and romance MY FAV THINGS and the subtle references to greek mythology!!!mariana i am begging you please write a greek mythology inspired romance PLEASElisten i did not care for all the plot lines that were left open, i have a feeling she left them open for another book in this world, or i'm just wishful thinking for another one.gracie was super relatable to me. i love the fact that she really finds herself in this book, one quote that really stood out to me in the beginning was this one, when she was talking about living alone"It was the closest thing to a hug I was going to get anytime soon, after all. I missed hugs. I missed them a lot.Hugging yourself didn't release any oxytocin in your body, so it didn't have the same effect as getting one from another person.”"But this place was the closest thing to home l'd known in forever. I'd settled in. I had found peace and, honestly, part of myself too while being on my own.”i truly felt these two in my bones because it reminded me so much of the vear i spent living alone.and the love interest.. i have added another to the topMZ men listi cried, i laughed and i cried some more. another great book i cant wait to reread before the year is over !