I feel like Ruby shared a lot more with him than he did with her and it felt a bit imbalanced to me. Since him and Ruby had such an open and communicative relationship, it bothered me how Aaron kept things from Ruby at certain times and I wish he would have been more open with her in general. MZ generally has this way of writing male characters that don’t talk a lot and only share the bare minimum, yet somehow they say just enough that you end up loving them anyway because their actions speak louder than their words… and I don’t think Aaron is any different in that regard, but I think that it hinders his character in the specific situation of this story and it made me like him less because of those character/personality traits. But… this time around I did realize that even though I like Aaron and think he’s a solid love interest, I don’t like him as much as my other favorite MZ men (like Ivan, Reiner, Aiden, Ripley, Tobias, Dex and Dallas). I said this the last time I read this book, but I’m saying it again… it reminds me so much of when I was a teenager and I used to text guys all hours of the day and we’d have these super deep conversations that just never ended… the feeling of getting excited for your phone to buzz, waiting for that next message… the slow build up of that type of friendship… this book brings back all those feelings and I love it for that.

Dear Aaron by Mariana Zapata book review #booktok #bookreview #romancebooktok #marianazapata #dearaaron #penpalromance #militaryromance _ SYNOPSIS: Ruby gets set up to be pen pals with Aaron through the Help a Soldier organization while he’s deployed _ REVIEW: I get that the format of this book is not something that would work for everyone… but I absolutely love it.

Mariana zapata dear aaron