{"id":31010,"date":"2024-03-01T12:59:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T16:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=31010"},"modified":"2024-03-01T12:59:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T16:59:03","slug":"review-all-rhodes-lead-here-by-mariana-zapata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/01\/review-all-rhodes-lead-here-by-mariana-zapata\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-31010\" data-postid=\"31010\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-31010 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_q35r766 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-narrow tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_4onb766 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_p7dk766 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"942\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/all-rhodes-lead-here-mariana-zapata.jpg?resize=640%2C942&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-31011\" title=\"all-rhodes-lead-here-mariana-zapata\" alt=\"all-rhodes-lead-here-mariana-zapata\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/all-rhodes-lead-here-mariana-zapata.jpg?w=1019&amp;ssl=1 1019w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/all-rhodes-lead-here-mariana-zapata.jpg?resize=204%2C300&amp;ssl=1 204w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/all-rhodes-lead-here-mariana-zapata.jpg?resize=696%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/all-rhodes-lead-here-mariana-zapata.jpg?resize=768%2C1131&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/all-rhodes-lead-here-mariana-zapata.jpg?resize=400%2C588&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_cho9766 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em><strong><span class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\">The people we lose take a part of us with them\u2026but they leave a part of themselves with us too.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Aurora De La Torre, or Ora to her friends, knows moving back to Pagosa Springs, Colorado, a place that was once home and is now full of bittersweet memories of her late mother, isn\u2019t going to be easy. Starting your whole life over probably isn\u2019t supposed to be.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">But after breaking up with her longtime, famous musician boyfriend, hiding out in a small town in the mountains might be the perfect remedy for a broken heart. And checking out her landlord who lives across the driveway just might cure it, too.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Only Tobias Rhodes didn\u2019t rent out the apartment to her, rather it was his teenage son, Amos. Fiercely protective of his family and distrusting of strangers, gruff and grumpy Rhodes initially keeps little miss sunshine Ora at a distance. But over days and weeks, long hikes and fireside chats, Aurora breaks down his walls and soon an unbreakable friendship blossoms into a once-in-a-lifetime love.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_2zei766 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_izsv766  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25879 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-top-pick-banner-1-2.png?resize=296%2C72&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jan 30, 2024<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0HarperCollins<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Avon<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $11.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Aurora De La Torre<\/strong> has moved back to home. She is renting out a small place from a grumpy neighbor, <strong>Tobias Rhodes<\/strong>. She has bonded with his son, Amos. She just can\u2019t seem to penetrate through the walls he has built around himself. It is probably better that way since she needs to repair a broken heart and learn how to move forward.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Ms. Zapata is truly the Queen of the slow burn. I have not read an author who does this so well. While I tend to swing one way or the other in my taste when it comes to her books, I found myself swinging all the way to loving this. Maybe it was my mood. Maybe it was the way the hero was so well written. Either way, she knocks it right out of the park.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Let\u2019s dive into Rhodes. Oh, my goodness. He is so grumpy and distant. He doesn\u2019t want to interact with Aurora. He doesn\u2019t want her there on his property. He is so resistant to even trying but she chisels away at his defenses. For the first time in a really long time, he is fine with allowing someone new into his life. The friendship develops and the romance moves very slow but when the readers get a chance to see how much Rhodes cares, you can believe that he clearly knows how to knock it out of the park.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">While I clearly like Rhodes, Aurora is the typical sunshine heroine. She is the balance to his character. I love that the author uses her sweetness as a strength. She is not a pushover. She is a character who experienced heart break but she stands up for herself.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">I did love this book because the author really took time to flesh out the characters and their issues. However, it is the same reason, I knocked off a half-star. They didn\u2019t even kiss or anything until 80% of the book. The first half of the story there is little to no interaction with them. I found myself forgetting that I was reading a romance.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Overall, I\u2019m a fan of the author. 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src=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/all-rhodes-lead-here-mariana-zapata.jpg\" title=\"all-rhodes-lead-here-mariana-zapata\" alt=\"all-rhodes-lead-here-mariana-zapata\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/all-rhodes-lead-here-mariana-zapata.jpg?w=1019&amp;ssl=1 1019w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/all-rhodes-lead-here-mariana-zapata.jpg?resize=204%2C300&amp;ssl=1 204w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/all-rhodes-lead-here-mariana-zapata.jpg?resize=696%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/all-rhodes-lead-here-mariana-zapata.jpg?resize=768%2C1131&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/all-rhodes-lead-here-mariana-zapata.jpg?resize=400%2C588&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>The people we lose take a part of us with them\u2026but they leave a part of themselves with us too.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aurora De La Torre, or Ora to her friends, knows moving back to Pagosa Springs, Colorado, a place that was once home and is now full of bittersweet memories of her late mother, isn\u2019t going to be easy. Starting your whole life over probably isn\u2019t supposed to be.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But after breaking up with her longtime, famous musician boyfriend, hiding out in a small town in the mountains might be the perfect remedy for a broken heart. And checking out her landlord who lives across the driveway just might cure it, too.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Only Tobias Rhodes didn\u2019t rent out the apartment to her, rather it was his teenage son, Amos. Fiercely protective of his family and distrusting of strangers, gruff and grumpy Rhodes initially keeps little miss sunshine Ora at a distance. But over days and weeks, long hikes and fireside chats, Aurora breaks down his walls and soon an unbreakable friendship blossoms into a once-in-a-lifetime love.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-top-pick-banner-1-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jan 30, 2024<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0HarperCollins<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Avon<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $11.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Aurora De La Torre<\/strong> has moved back to home. She is renting out a small place from a grumpy neighbor, <strong>Tobias Rhodes<\/strong>. She has bonded with his son, Amos. She just can\u2019t seem to penetrate through the walls he has built around himself. It is probably better that way since she needs to repair a broken heart and learn how to move forward.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Ms. Zapata is truly the Queen of the slow burn. I have not read an author who does this so well. While I tend to swing one way or the other in my taste when it comes to her books, I found myself swinging all the way to loving this. Maybe it was my mood. Maybe it was the way the hero was so well written. Either way, she knocks it right out of the park.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Let\u2019s dive into Rhodes. Oh, my goodness. He is so grumpy and distant. He doesn\u2019t want to interact with Aurora. He doesn\u2019t want her there on his property. He is so resistant to even trying but she chisels away at his defenses. For the first time in a really long time, he is fine with allowing someone new into his life. The friendship develops and the romance moves very slow but when the readers get a chance to see how much Rhodes cares, you can believe that he clearly knows how to knock it out of the park.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">While I clearly like Rhodes, Aurora is the typical sunshine heroine. She is the balance to his character. I love that the author uses her sweetness as a strength. She is not a pushover. She is a character who experienced heart break but she stands up for herself.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">I did love this book because the author really took time to flesh out the characters and their issues. However, it is the same reason, I knocked off a half-star. They didn\u2019t even kiss or anything until 80% of the book. The first half of the story there is little to no interaction with them. I found myself forgetting that I was reading a romance.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Overall, I\u2019m a fan of the author. I loved this story and I would highly recommend it for fans who like watching a gruff male fall hard.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Samantha<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/42ZDrk2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/42WRKWL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/all-rhodes-lead-here-mariana-zapata\/1139195097?ean=9780063325975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/all-rhodes-lead-here-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Mariana_Zapata_All_Rhodes_Lead_Here?id=3-28EAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31010"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31017,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31010\/revisions\/31017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}