There was a lot more complexity to this story than I originally thought there would be. It was heartbreaking, heart healing, and real. There were real conversations had about topics in this book, like with immigration and the reality of that. It was so much more than an "enemies to lovers" or "fake dating" romcom.

As Long As You Love me was so much more than I had anticipated when I first read the description. I thought it was going to be a cute enemies to lovers fake dating story with a twist when it came to her immigration status. And it was that, but it was also so much more. I loved this book and these characters and their story. There were heartbreaking parts of this story and some really tough realities of what life in Venezuela can be like, as well as a wonderful representation of how families can be hard but also wonderful at the same time. Though this book was set up as an enemies to lovers, the way Gabe loves and cares for Catalina consistently throughout this book is swoon worthy. I liked that they didn’t spend the whole book fighting like cats and dogs, no one did anything inherently or purposely cruel to each other, instead they supported each other, apologized when needed and at the end of the day you knew there was a love there between the two of them in everything they did wether they realized it or not.

This book was a safe for work read that had a lot of heart and didn’t leave me longing for spice because the story itself was so engrossing and the characters so endearing.

This book was a great read and I do think people would be remiss not to check it out when it comes out on September 12th.

Thanks to NetGalley, W by Wattpad Books and the author Marianna Leal for providing me with a e-arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.