Name: Dear Aaron
Rating: 3.880208333333333 (192 reviews)
ISBN: 9780990429265

Mariana Zapata

Some days, all you need is a message from a stranger. Ruby Santos knew exactly what she was getting herself into when she signed up to write a soldier overseas. The guidelines were simple: one letter or email a week for the length of his or her deployment. Care packages were optional. Been there, done that. She thought she knew what to expect. What she didn't count on was falling in love with the guy.

Dear Aaron

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Priyanka

Too damn slow in the beginning. It is all emails and instant messaging at first. Though I liked their back and forth conversation, I just couldn't wait to...ummm... meet/see them in their real life. <br />Waiting for the actual story to begin was worth it though. It's a slow burner so yeah, don't give up in case you read it. <br />4 stars

Just as Ruby Santos is about to give up on her pairing with Aaron Hall, the man assigned to her by the Help a Soldier Foundation, he finally writes back to her.  They continue communicating and getting to know one another for months before Aaron comes home on leave.  Aaron invites her to spend time with him and his friends in Florida, but she is not sure about meeting a man who is essentially a stranger in a strange place but decides that she needs to take the chance.

The first half of Dear Aaron is structured as emails, letters, and messages between the protagonists.  The last half is when they meet face to face.  As well as these two characters work as friends, they just don't have any romantic chemistry.  The conflicts are minimal and the plot is low angst.  Aaron's perspective in never included in the book, so we really don't know what he is thinking or feeling unless he says something to someone else.  Not much really ever happens in the story, making it move very slowly.  Since this is by Mariana Zapata, I expected it to be slow burn, but actually, it is no burn.  Overall, Dear Aaron is a cute story that feels like it goes nowhere. 

Lynn Braden

Just as Ruby Santos is about to give up on her pairing with Aaron Hall, the man assigned to her by the Help a Soldier Foundation, he finally writes back to her.  They continue communicating and getting to know one another for months before Aaron comes home on leave.  Aaron invites her to spend time with him and his friends in Florida, but she is not sure about meeting a man who is essentially a stranger in a strange place but decides that she needs to take the chance.

The first half of Dear Aaron is structured as emails, letters, and messages between the protagonists.  The last half is when they meet face to face.  As well as these two characters work as friends, they just don't have any romantic chemistry.  The conflicts are minimal and the plot is low angst.  Aaron's perspective in never included in the book, so we really don't know what he is thinking or feeling unless he says something to someone else.  Not much really ever happens in the story, making it move very slowly.  Since this is by Mariana Zapata, I expected it to be slow burn, but actually, it is no burn.  Overall, Dear Aaron is a cute story that feels like it goes nowhere. 

Marcie Allen

sydney

i absolutely loved that the first half of the book is told in email/messaging format. i feel like that let me get into both of their heads

lalitha

such a slowburn mariana zapata is an icon

catia

“I love you, Rubes, and I know you love me too,” he whispered. “You’re the one who told me a few thousand miles wouldn’t really matter in the grand scheme of life, remember?”


This was such a beautiful freaking story that I need a minute to process!! Ruby and Aaron mean the world to me omg, I knew I was going to love them but damn I really really am obsessed! So damn beautiful I can't even express how much this book means to me! Mariana Zapata did it again like always just so perfect. Go read this book now please go and fell in love with Ruby and Aaron, they deserve more love!!


  “Maybe this is the wrong time, but I don’t care. I love you, stalker.”

Dear Aaron

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