Beyond the Book

  "Book-tok" has the ability to fit certain book titles in your head and you surely end up reading them because hello, fomo?? The Spanish Love Deception is one of those books that gives so much away from the title itself but you have to give it to Elena Armas for creating so much more with the simple and steaming trope of enemies to lovers. Armas has the capability of enriching the plot with her writing, especially with a trope that is so common and a big cliche which makes it an absolute gamble to play with.  Catalina or Lina is a hardworking Spanish woman who is unbelievably cheerful for an engineer (sorry but it's true). While all aspects of her life, and especially her career are absolutely thriving, her love life seems to be in the opposite direction and possibly moving towards a dead-end. What makes things even worse for her is the upcoming wedding of her sister where the best man is her ex with whom things ended on an extremely sour note. A call with her mother ta