First of all, let me start off by saying that I loved seeing previous characters from, “Under Locke”, “The Wall of Winnipeg and me”, and “Kulti”. I feel like this book had a good amount of characters from previous books interacting with the main leads such as, Diana and Sal being cousins, and obviously Kulti making an appearance since he married Sal. Seeing Vanessa and Aiden again and Vanessa with her first pregnancy/ first child. All the happy feels with this book (despite the hard things mentioned that Diana went through). This book mentioned some of my favorite characters (but honestly I love everyone from Mariana’s books!) so it was lovely getting to have these little check ins with everyone, and part of me was kind of shocked why I didn’t put two and two together that Diana and Sal were cousins especially with Diana mentioned in passing she had cousins who played soccer professionally or the fact that Sal and Diana have the same last names!! I was a little slow on that part smh.

Diana Casillas was a character previously mentioned in, “The Wall of Winnipeg and me”, and she was a sassy, stubborn character that was the absolute best friend to Vanessa. Now in, “Wait For It”, it focused on Diana’s story and how she ended up raising her two nephew’s, Josh and Louie. Right away from the beginning, it was established that it had been two years that Diana became Josh and Louie’s legal guardian after the passing of her brother, Rodrigo (Josh and Louie’s Dad). Diana juggled a lot of responsibility from trying to be the best parental figure and role model for the boys, constantly trying to give her best for her family, despite still learning things along the way. Obviously being a parent is no joke, and I loved reading about how Diana was dedicated and trying to give her nephews the best life. 

Along with trying to raise her nephews, Diana also had to deal with trying to meet the expectations of her mother, no to mention said mother always being too strict and critical to Diana. I felt bad whenever Diana’s mom made certain comments to her, I wanted to walk into the book and give Diana the biggest hug possible. On the bright side, despite having a lot of deal with, thankfully Diana had the helpful hand of her gorgeous, manly neighbor, Dallas. 

Now, Dallas was a fine man to begin with, but what made him even more attractive was the way he was around Josh and Louie, being kind, attentive, helpful, and having patience when it came to coaching the baseball that Josh played for. Dallas was a great combination of everything you would want in a man, he was a handyman, family man by trying to help his troublemaker of a brother, and overall a great friend to Diana. 

Obviously, Dallas and Diana weren’t well aquatinted partly due to the reason that Dallas assumed Diana was flirting with him (which she wasn’t) and therefore acted stand-offish whenever Diana was around. This book being a slow burn (well known trademark of Mariana Zapata), Diana and Dallas got to know each other gradually and went from neighbors, friends, and of course…. LOVERS! I will always love a slow burn romance because, not only does it build up the romance, but you’re able to appreciate all the little significant moments leading up to the big moment between the main leads.

One of the things I loved about this story was, the story of a family, Diana raising Josh and Louie, and finding love later on in life, in this case, Dallas appearing in Diana’s life when she least expected it. I loved Louie and Josh’s relationship with Diana, it was so heartwarming and sweet. Through out the story, I fell more and more in love with Diana, Dallas, Josh, and Louie. This was a sweet, heartfelt story that mentioned some tough topics, but also maintained a sense of lighthearted energy that made me happy. Of course, I love epilogues, and Mariana did an amazing job providing a glimpse into Diana and Dallas’s life together.