A contemporary book just shouldn't be so long without an extremely complicated plot.
It's not flowery at all, but while it's straight forward, there is also A LOT of it. Zapata's writing style is very straight forward, it always has been, which is not an insult in the slightest. So I was super interested to read Luna and the Lie with all of that in mind, but still hoping I'd enjoy it. In retrospect I can see those things absolutely were present. I've also seen other people call attention to slut shaming, the 'not like other girls' trope, and worst in my eyes, in Lukov that the book brushes over a character's race and does not explore it fully enough to the point that they could have been white and it would have made no difference. Winnie was so bad with that I almost gave up multiple times but the plot kept me going. The largest being that they need better editing. The books were not without their faults, to be sure. I've loved Kulti, The Wall of Winnipeg, Dear Aaron, and From Lukov With Love. But somehow the way she's written these books has kept me hooked. A kiss might happen as early as 70% if she's feeling particularly frisky. Her unique slow-burn style of romance surprised me with how much it appealed to me since the physical romance between her characters usually doesn't even begin until *maybe* 90%. Mariana Zapata has been one of my favorite authors over the last few years.
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