
Dear Aaron
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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.

Now I get the Mariana Zapata hype. Omg i have never enjoyed a slow burn this much. It really hit and i went skeptical about because honestly romance with a military person is a turn off somehow. But nope the focus wasn't on it and the MCs share so many things together it was so nice and so cute to see their friendship flourish. And i just got obsessed and was rooting for them so hard. So well done.
The way the MCs felt and every little subjects felt so relatable as well. It's been in a while since i felt the need to annotate in a romance book.
Also, the love story was so beautiful it just reminded me how single I am lmao but ok. There was no way my standards could go any higher but here we are lol.
Guys this is why i mostly read dark romances at least when i read those i won't wish something similar will happen to me đ
Here two of my favourite quotes, you're welcome:
âThe way he hugged me the hell out of me would be something that sickness and death could never take away.â
"There was nothing worse than comparing yourself to another woman because there was always going to be something that they had that you didnât."
And honorable mention because I could never:
âYouâre gorgeous,â I said to him almost painfully, prying the words out. âLike⊠the army should put you on thei recruitment ads or put you as the face of their website. I feel like I canât look you in the eye or Iâll turn into stone, and theyâll need to add my statues to a garden of other women who have made eye contact with you before and lost their lives.â

2/5 Sadly my least favorite Mariana Zapata book. I dnfed it two times, then decide to finish it, and yeah it was not the best decision as I pretty much hated it. The quotes are cute though. "The smile that came over his face at my last word was worth⊠everything. Everything in my kingdom for that smile. Iâd never felt more powerful in my life than I did in that moment." "Youâre so damn beautiful, Ru,â âI canât think when Iâm looking at you like this." âYou are so goddamn special, Ruby. Iâll tell you every day if I have to."

This book gave me serotonin boost. This is such a cute and easy read!! It was just too much of the emails/text which I understand why it was written that way given their circumstance, but I wished we got to see more of the characters. I got bored at some point because of the amount of emails/text, and I wasn't a fan of the epilogue because I wanted to see more of them; I didn't think it was enough of a conclusion. The fluff was everything!! I love reading fluff stories, so I'm all here for that. Nevertheless, I still enjoyed it. I liked it, but I would say it isn't really my favorite MZ book.

Reread I love Mariana Zapatas books even more the second or tenth time I read them. This book always brings a smile to my face and has me laughing out loud multiple times

4.8 Ruron â Ruron forever!!! Some readers might not be too crazy about this book due to its partial epistolary form, but me? I LOVE LOVE LOVE this book. There's just something so utterly romantic about a slow-paced love story between a sweet, shy, insecure girl and a gallant soldier that started off as penpals. I stayed up all night to finish it simply because I couldn't put it down. I've read Winnniepeg before this, and I loved that one. But after this book, MZ has definitely carved her place in my heart as one of my favorite romance authors. I took off 0.2 stars from the rating simply because I'm craving for more Ruron in that epilogue! It's simply not enough! I know we'll be reunited with Ruron through Jaz's story in FLWL, but since that book will, of course and righteously so, focus on Jaz, we'll only be getting glimpses of Ruron. And as their shipper, I'm just that greedy and wish to have more...

4.5/5. BAGUDHQFUDV i wasnât sure if iâd like this book BUT IâM SO GLAD I READ IT

I have to be clear here that this book is loved by a lot of other readers and even though Itâs good The letters trope and email thing is really not for me because I didnât think any of it was real I donât think someone might be able to fall in love over texting or Emailing each other. Yeah sharing and being there for each other is very good way to start but I thought It would be different. Aaron and Ruby didnât meet til the middle of the book and I didnât see a relationship growing it was mostly flirting and taking a really good vacation together. Anyone would thing they were in love. Most Marianaâs books are very good for they show how a relationship gets stronger passing by hardships. This one wasnât the same. But it was okay.

the ending????? helloooo????? tf?? that was the shortest epilogue I've ever read :// this is the first mz book where I hated the fl sm I wanted her to get lost somewhere and disappear.. she really ruined the story. Aaron is literally perfect and has been treating her well since the start but she's always assuming he doesn't like her or he's babysitting her or some shit like stfu!!!!!!! I see why no one dated her or like why hunter dumped her đ (yeah not sorry) she's so unlikable and I don't think an existing human being thinks the way she does. anyways Aaron đđđđđđđđ also I feel like mz just wanted to end this quickly cuz she fell sick or smtn... I'm so mad ugh.

This book was cute but nothing special

So, so, so cute!!!! Adorei o facto de metade do livro ser apenas emails e mensagens sem qualquer ponto de vista de ambos, isso faz com que o leitor mergulhe na relação dos protagonistas da mesma forma que ambos fazem e apenas nos faz querer ainda mais que eles falem dos sentimentos que possivelmente estĂŁo a desenvolver uns com os outros. Senti que acabava por interpretar as mensagens dos dois como os prĂłprios estariam a pensar âo que Ă© ela quererĂĄ dizer com isto?â âSera que ele estĂĄ com ciĂșmesâ e isso foi o que tornou o livro tĂŁo diferente dos outros da Mariana, para mim. Apesar disso, quando finalmente temos os pensamentos da protagonista vale muito a pena e a histĂłria ainda melhor. Super querido e fĂĄcil de ler. Mal posso esperar por From Lukov With Love para saber mais sobre a Jasmine e pelos cameos da Ruby e do Aaron.

3.5/5 This was definitely a very VERY slow burn romance. I would say 3/4 of this book is just about Aaron and Rubyâs friendship they had been building through email and text, but things definitely started to speed up once the two main characters had finally met. This definitely wasnât my favorite Mariana Zapata book but I still really enjoyed it. I did really like the relationship between Aaron and Ruby, and I did like that they opened up to each other about things they felt they couldnât tell anyone else. There wasnât really to much of a plot, as in my opinion, the book was mainly building up to Ruby and Aaron eventually meeting but I didnât mind it to much. Overall, I did enjoy my time reading this book but I did feel like I was reading they same thing over and over again at times.

reading this bore me out :/

** spoiler alert ** pues creo que me siento ligeramente decepcionada tras terminar este libro. a ver, al principio me estaba encantado, o sea⊠literalmente el 45% de esta historia estĂĄ redactado en forma de mensaje/correo electrĂłnico. y me mal acostumbrĂ© a eso, porque cada vez que la historia pasaba a primera persona y MZ se lanzaba esos tremendos pĂĄrrafos de monĂłlogo interno, como que desconectaba de todo. luego me puse a pensar, bueno esto parece mĂĄs un insta love que cualquier otra cosa, porque aunque hayan estado que si nueve meses hablando por internet, estos dos no se habĂan visto ni tenĂan idea de cĂłmo lucian. Y solo tardaron un par de dĂas en Florida para poner las cosas en orden, y decirse mutuamente que se amaban. O sea⊠estoy MUY mal acostumbrada al forced proximity de la Mariana Zapata y acĂĄ aunque lo hubo un poco, como que no me gustĂł o sencillamente no lo sentĂ natural (dios quĂ© exigente salĂ pero las cosas como son) si hablamos de Aaron, por alguna razĂłn me dio vibes tanto de Zac (hands down) como de Ripley (Luna and the Lie). Creo que a Zac porque como que ambos tienen esa vibra carismĂĄtica y juguetona que los vuelve juveniles; pero a su vez Ripley por esa faceta estoica que a veces parecĂa tener, y como hablaba de manera encriptada, o tenia esos cambios de ĂĄnimos confusos o volĂĄtiles. De igual manera fue un MC encantador, pero no lo amĂ© y siento que no conocimos mucho de Aaron realmente đ€·đ»ââïž (y si fue asĂ, como que no fue suficiente para mĂ jeje) con ruby si sentĂ una gran afinidad, literalmente es mi personaje fav de MZ (junto con Luna) porque me he identificado con ella de una forma sin igual y creo que nunca podrĂa haber explicado algunas cosas de mi ansiedad, o cĂłmo se siente, o lo rĂĄpido que va mi cabeza en ciertos momentos, o sencillamente aquella incomodidad de ciertas situaciones, y con ruby estaba todo el rato en plan âoh sis, te sĂșper entiendo. aguanta un poco mĂĄs. no dejes que la ansiedad te ganeâ. AdemĂĄs, un fun fact es que ruby fue operada del corazĂłn de niña⊠al igual que yo; y aunque eso sea intrascendente y no hayan sido por el mismo diagnĂłstico, eso me hizo sentir un gran amor por el personaje en sĂ, mĂĄs que nada a nivel de compresiĂłn. No lo sĂ©, mejor ignoren eso Ășltimo, pero siento que esa gente hater de Ruby estĂĄ super desubicada y me provoca hacerles un crimen de odio. ÂżPor quĂ© el final fue tan atropellado? Yo que pensaba que no habĂa nada peor que el primer epĂlogo de kulti, pero esto ???? una falta de respeto, en quĂ© pensaba MZ ??? sinceramente me dejĂł descolocada y es por eso que este libro no tiene cinco estrellas para mĂ (entre otras cosas) en fin, algo que me derritiĂł de amor fue todo el asunto de «Ruron» đ«¶đ»đ«¶đ»đ«¶đ»

AARONRUBY MY BELOVEDS

i adored this. however, I felt like I needed more in the end, a more elaborate epilogue, an explanation of how they managed to make it work, what are their jobs, etc etc. i feel like something is missing and for that reason itâs a 4-4,5 star read 4-4,5-ruron-stars âš

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

honestly not my favorite book by mariana zapata and it felt kind of underwhelming but aaron and ruby are so adorable i still enjoyed it. canât wait to reread from lukov with love and appreciate all the ruron crumbs this time

5 stars!! mariana zapata, BEST AUTHOR!!! i finally got around to finishing this and im so glad i did!! ruby and aaron were nothing but the cutest things ever from the text messages to them meeting person⊠I LOVED IT!! them calling each other their ship name, come on isnt that just so cute?? love this so much, highly recommend!

this was so very sweet ruron my bffs

such a slowburn mariana zapata is an icon

âI love you, Rubes, and I know you love me too,â he whispered. âYouâre the one who told me a few thousand miles wouldnât really matter in the grand scheme of life, remember?â 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!! âMaybe this is the wrong time, but I donât care. I love you, stalker.â

âI was a goner from the first time you gave me hell. Maybe even before thenâ Aaron is⊠everything.

absolutely loved ruby & aaron!! just wanted to see more of them together irl :(
Highlights

Anything can happen any time, Aaron. You have to take what you can get when you can get it.



âHow the hell could I let anything happen to the one person whoâs made me laugh when it was the last thing I wanted to do?â