The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️ | Plot: 📚📚📚 | Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Length: 448 page | Genre: Contemporary Romance | POV: First


🕊️ ➞ Tropes:

😍He Falls First 😍
😒👫Forced Proximity👫😒
⚔️❤️‍🔥Enemies to Lovers❤️‍🔥⚔️
🚫👩🏼‍❤️‍👨🏻Fake Relationship 👩🏼‍❤️‍👨🏻🚫
🛏️Only One Bed 🛏️
🐌❤️‍🔥Slow Burn ❤️‍🔥🐌
☕️🍂❤️Cozy Romance ❤️🍂☕️
🥰😒 Grumpy / Sunshine 😒🥰


✴✴✴ TW: Bullying, Student-Professor Relationship ✴✴✴


🕊️ ➞ Progress Notes & Initial Thoughts:


I was lied to again. I’m ready to start throwing hands.




🕊️ ➞ Plot Breakdown & Commentary:


Catalina’s sister is getting married back in Spain and Lina’s ex, who destroyed her, will be in attendance with his new fiancé. Lina told her overbearing family that she had an American boyfriend as a way to get them to stop pitying her and setting her up on dates.

Overhearing Lina’s conversation with their coworker, Adam butted in and offered to be her fake boyfriend for the wedding. Adam and Lina’s was strained due to his rebuff of her initial welcome and bubbly personality. Lina had also overheard Adam tell their superior that he refused to work with her. Since then, Lina had given him the ice queen routine.

After she spent the first 200 pages debating whether or not she’d take Adam. Once they got to Spain, things slowly began to spice up.

We learned that Lina’s ex, Daniel, used to be her professor and was approximately ten years older than her. When word of their relationship surfaced, Lina endured sl*t shaming, harassment, and slander. Daniel provided no support and ended up breaking things off due to the backlash. Devastated, Lina jumped at the opportunity to study abroad and start fresh.

Most of the time in Spain was made up of Lina slowly realizing that Adam wasn’t acting. They solidified their relationship and returned home. Before their trip, Adam was promoted to Lina’s boss. They decided to make the most out of the remainder of the weekend back in the city before dealing with work and went out to dinner. Unfortunately, they were spotted by a coworker and when Lina returned to work she was accused of sleeping her way to the top and was berated for it by her peers. This caused Lina to break things off for a little bit.

The story ended with the coworker being fired for harassment, and the couple resumed their relationship.


🕊️ ➞ Closing Thoughts:

A Spanish Love Deception was most definitely another Booktok deception. I feel betrayed, bamboozled, and hoodwinked. I don’t mind a fluffy cozy romance but for the love of all things good and sinful, THIS IS NOT A SPICY NOVEL TF.



If I wasn’t misled and if it hadn’t taken me a millennium to finish this novel, I’d have given it a better rating but I found it to be an overhyped book. It’s a decent read, just wish it was properly advertised. Anyway, if you’ve read The Spanish Love Deception, leave a comment!

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