Book Review: The Wall of Winnipeg and Me

Overall: 5/5

Plots and Themes: 5/5

Characters: 5/5

Writing Style: 4/5

Attention Grabbing: 5/5

This is my second time reading this book this year, but I didn't review it the first time so I felt like I'd do it justice here. The Wall of Winnipeg and Me follows Vanessa Mazur, assistant to Aiden Graves AKA the Wall of Winnipeg. He's an NFL superstar and he's been annoying her for two year with his random demands and lack of gratitude. So she's quitting, not in a dramatic way (at first), just in a way that allows her to finally pursue her dream of freelance graphic design work. That is, until Aiden Graves decides he wants her back and is willing to do anything to rehire her, even if it's as his temporary wife to fulfill his visa requirements. 

This book isn't some super deep masterful book, but it's extremely entertaining and I think that's worth more than any classic. If you're the kind of person who appreciates all your standard tropes like marriage of convenience or trauma bonding, this is the one for you. It's not exactly like all the books you see on Tiktok with this trope though, because Vanessa is a well-rounded protagonist who makes her own decisions. She's a little weird at times, but she's entirely realistic and totally relatable. Mariana Zapata has a gift for writing situations that are obviously made for romances but animating them through female protagonists that feel like real people. 

I love Mariana Zapata and this is largely known as her best work. I think it definitely has a chokehold on me and it's just super comforting and I could read it a million times and find all new reasons to love them.