Her character is way too immature for her age.

Jasmine Santos’ character is the epitome of the word stubborn. It was a slow burn kind of romance, so slow you’ll get tired waiting for it. Is there something completely wrong with that? Well none really, I just wished I wasn’t led to expect a passionate love affair to bloom between the two, when in fact I am not getting any of it. And the romance? Well, don’t let it mislead you, it wasn’t really a romance book, partly yes, but it was only at least 70% of the book that Ivan and Jasmine’s romance were emphasized. It was more of a book about loving one’s self despite the flaws, letting people love you despite of it, put some family drama and solid friendship and tadaaa that’s basically the whole gist of the book. This book revolves around Jasmine’s self-discovery and coming to terms with the hands she was dealt. Sounds like a solid premise, if you ask me. They were both partnered up to compete together. And then we have Ivan Lukov, the golden boy, he has won a lot of championships in figure skating. The book is about Jasmine Santos, she’s a half filipino, so yayyy! She’s a figure skater whose career is hanging by a thread. I went ahead reading this book with a very high expectation, an expectation, unfortunately that wasn’t met. But then again, and I always forget this, we all have different tastes in books and there isn’t any guarantee that what the majority likes, you’ll like too, or even what the majority hates, you’ll hate too. Who could blame me? It was constantly recommended to me by people whose judgments I really trust. What attracted me to read it is the glamorous review it has been getting. From Lukov with Love is maybe the first and only book I have read about figure skaters. Now let’s get down to what we are all here for. In case you were wondering, yeah, I was shouting. WHY IN THE WORLD DOES THIS BOOK HAVE TO MENTION THAT THE CHARACTERS ARE BLINKING? DO THEY HAVE SOMETHING IN THEIR EYE? IS THEIR A ROCK IN THERE OR SOMETHING? NEWS FLASH, people blink, it is no rocket science, you need not be gifted to be able to blink. Never have I read a book that the characters’ blinking is given too much emphasis. WHY DO THEY BLINK SO MUCH! THEY BLINK SO MUCH AS IF THEY WOULD HAVE A SEIZURE OR SOMETHING IS AWFULLY WRONG WITH THEIR HEAD. Okay let me just say this first, before everything I’ve been meaning to say slip out of my head.

If someone were to ask Jasmine Santos to describe the last few years of her life with a single word, it would definitely be a four-letter one.Īfter seventeen years-and countless broken bones and broken promises-she knows her window to compete in figure skating is coming to a close.īut when the offer of a lifetime comes in from an arrogant idiot she’s spent the last decade dreaming about pushing in the way of a moving bus, Jasmine might have to reconsider everything.

From lukov to love