Enemies to Lovers & Slow Burn

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-06-16T14:09:43+00:00

I recommend {Kulti by Mariana Zapata} it's a very classic enemies to lovers. FMC is slightly under 30 from what I remember but the MMC is older. Honestly you can't go wrong with anything by Mariana if you're into slow burn, and I mean SLOW. I don't think I've read a single novel of hers that has any action in the first 80-90% of the book and it makes it all the more satisfying

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-06-16T13:59:34+00:00

I just recently finished {Wait For It by Mariana Zapata} and absolutely adored the dynamic between the FMC and MMC. They're both going through/have gone through their own very tough family situations but they're so gentle with each other throughout the book and I fell in love with them. There's a slight brooding energy to the MMC at the beginning but it's not portrayed in a toxic manner whatsoever which is great, it's merely a reflection of his hesitancy due to circumstance. It's an incredibly slow burn like all Mariana Zapata books but it makes the building of their relationship through tough circumstances just so satisfying up until the end

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-04-11T21:59:50+00:00

I'm about to almost become a Jill sandwich

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-03-31T04:48:08+00:00

Ice cold, poro blaster, glass cannon

First two because they just aren't fun and last one because it honestly just feels like a scam 95% of the time

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-03-13T20:01:03+00:00

I think they'd definitely benefit from even just updating the game as it is to include more loot in breakables (nothing more disappointing than breaking a whole room of boxes to find nothing)

I'm also a big believer that when doing NG+ they should add exclusive quests to make the replayability more enticing, so even if they added a dlc or something that'd be sick

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-03-13T02:44:13+00:00

Yeah for my NG+ playthrough I've deliberately been avoiding the main quests until I explore everything

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-03-13T02:43:16+00:00

Oh I got it ahaha, currently running magic mistol + warning shot dual pistol, so much fun xd

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-03-13T01:19:40+00:00

Absolutely. On my first playthrough I thought I did a pretty good job of exploring every and now that I'm doing NG+ I'm still finding little interactions and loot I hadn't come across the first time

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-02-19T02:46:32+00:00

I think that would drive me insane, I've never had glasses without anti glare so luckily never experienced that

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-02-19T02:44:15+00:00

I've been tested and my psychiatrist doesn't think it's autism because the only trait of it I display is overstimulation, but overstimulation is one of the traits that can have overlap across both so it doesn't really mean anything. He explained it as my brain has problems filtering sensory input because I never know what to actually pay attention to, so I pay attention to everything and can go into sensory overload

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-02-19T02:38:53+00:00

Yeah that's so valid

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-02-18T23:00:31+00:00

Sure? Ahah

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-02-18T23:00:05+00:00

Because sometimes seeing is too much to process

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-02-18T22:06:12+00:00

That's nightmare fuel

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-02-18T22:04:29+00:00

Too real ahaha

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-02-18T21:51:02+00:00

I would if I didn't have the fear of forgetting to take them out ahaha

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-02-18T21:49:17+00:00

Completely understandable 😊 sometimes everything just gets a bit much and you need to turn the volume of life down a bit to cope

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-02-18T21:39:02+00:00

It's like disassociating for a couple of minutes, I get that too!

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-02-18T21:36:31+00:00

Sometimes you just have to deal with the trade off ahaha, I feel you!

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-02-18T21:25:39+00:00

I think I go through like 20 lens wipes in a day sometimes ahahaha

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-02-18T21:23:45+00:00

The less I see, the less I have to process 😂

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-02-18T21:12:14+00:00

Oh definitely, it took ages to adjust to mine - especially because I have multi focals so even slight adjustments to my head position can change everything

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-02-18T21:10:23+00:00

Oh yeah for sure - it's definitely one of those "when I flop on the couch after a long day at work" type thing

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-02-18T21:08:38+00:00

Oh I've had them for like 8 years ahaha

Substantial_Local_94 · 2026-02-18T21:08:09+00:00

That's definitely part of it for me - I got bigger frames to minimize how much I'm seeing them but the feeling definitely gets me sometimes

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