Luna and the Lie

I liked Luna. She's a saint with ninja skills (though I wish she'd take less shit from the people she loves). And I love Rip. He's an angry bear 80% of the time but it mostly comes from relationship (not necessarily sexual...) frustration. And I love them together. But the writing style here was just too long for me. I adore how Zapata dishes out the heroines' thoughts in Kulti, Wait For It, and Under Locke. She laid it down and explained everything logically. But here...I don't know if it's a reflection of what Zapata was going for in Luna, but the redundancies in Luna's mind could've been achieved in a different way. The story took twice as long as it needed to. I love me a slow burn. There's nothing better than getting riled up at 3 AM and screaming at the hero to “HURRY UP AND MAKE A MOVE ON HER WE CAN ALL SEE YOU DON'T EVEN PRETEND JUST SNATCH HER HAND AND LAY A SMOOCH ON HER.” But the burn I felt here was more about “JHo I know you can read through this faster.” I loved the plot but it could've been thicker and juicier had the writing been condensed.