The Wall of Winnipeg and Me: A Novel

5 star book for me except for the female narrator. She’s a little singsong-y also it sounds like she needs to blow her nose. It’s driving me crazy.

Loved loved loved this! Such a great story about overcoming your past and accepting the love you deserve.

Good if you're a high school girl. I'm not that.

I am at chapter 12 and her voice is killing me plus wow so boring. Skipped chapters like crazy. Chapter 32. She is really bad

DNF. Female narrator makes me crazy, she sounded terrified and on the edge of the tears all the time. Just couldn't focus on book with all that whining.

Loved this version it brought Aiden and Vanessa to life.

I don’t usually write reviews like this. But I had to for this one. I LOVED this story. And the two voice actors did such a phenomenal job that I was completely lost in the performance. I’m not a huge fan is sports romance but this one…. This one is special. I enjoyed it so much. I’ll be giving Mariana Zapata’s other books now. Highly recommended. You won’t be disappointed.

5 ⭐

I flew through all the 16 hours of this book in a couple of days ?

My goal for 2023 was to read a Mariana Zapata book. Of course I was dreading it due to the size, amount of angst and basically one spicy scene. I couldn't have been more foolish. It was funny, emotional and gripping.

But the narration?! Oh my God, Emma Wilder is in a league of her own! She made me laugh and (almost) cry. I felt everything thanks to her! Even though it's a single POV, all the male dialogue is spoken by a male narrator. This style of narration is the second best thing to a double POV.

This is a love story between an NFL player and his (former) assistant. Aiden has a single focus: football and his whole life and Vanessa's professional one revolves around the sport. However, she doesn't plan to assist him till his retirement, she wants to be her own boss and focus on graphic design, so she quits. After some time passes, Aiden reaches out to her with an offer that will bring Vanessa back into his life and it's one she can't refuse.

This might have been my first, but it will definitely not be my last MZ book. I loved all the emotions this book brought and all the new aspects of distorted family life it put a light on. The chemistry was there, but I was surprised to discover that the story hooked me up so much so I didn't scream at the characters to just jump their bones already. It was that well paced.

Loved this book but know that it’s a SUPER SLOW BURN. So be prepared for a very long buildup. The end was worth the wait though. This is NOT for the insta-love readers however

I loved the new narration! They did a great job!!

I really loved this book! Fav so far this year!

It was slow and sweet. I wish there was more about male character. I didn’t really understand him. Why was he so rude and cold towards her for 2 years and when did he fall in love.

took a while to get into it but got totally drawn in to the story. very good narration.

Long listen but totally worth it. As the book came towards the end I was sad it was going to be over.

Cozy. Liked it. Very long though. Heard it in a 5 days. Probably the longest audiobook ive heard ever.

I enjoyed this book very much. Little spice but it comes at the very end. I enjoyed Van’s nerdiness and Aiden’s personality! Definitely a grumpy x sunshine dynamic!!