Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Cuban Heiress by Chanel Cleeton

8 reviews

keelirae113's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Murder, Blood, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Classism, Death, Gaslighting, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Medical content, Infidelity, and Abandonment

tctimlin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Cleeton has taken a real event (the unexplained fire in 1934 on the cruise ship Castle Morro on its return from Havana to NYC) and used it as a jumping off point to craft a tale of intrigue.  The two women protagonists include a Cuban woman believed to be dead stowing away to Havana and a servant-class woman posing as an heiress to snag a rich fiancé.  Or at least that’s what appears to be going on when the book opens.  But there are deceptions, murder attempts, smuggling, and thievery, and a little bit of romance, all of which keeps the book moving quickly, until our fictional characters run into actual history and the boat catches fire.  

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Content Warnings

Minor: Classism, Death, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

chelseylb1988's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Gun violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death of parent

jilliebeen2003's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Violence

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This is a super fast read.  I finished it in one sleepless night.  I loved the mystery, the 1934 setting, and the story based upon the SS Morro Castle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, Blood, Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Dysphoria and Alcohol

emmas_bookshelf's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I have enjoyed and learned something from all of Chanel Cleeton’s historical fiction books and this was no exception! One thing I did think was a bit different about this one is that while political tensions in Cuba are certainly mentioned, they’re much more in the background than being a focus of the story. The actual focus here is the POVs of two women on a round trip cruise from NYC to Havana in the midst of the Great Depression, and unraveling the mystery of why they’re on the ship and what their missions are. It was very twisty and intriguing! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Death, Murder, and Violence

lindsayerin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

100_pages_hr's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Always love revisiting Cleeton's Cuba series. This book wasn't connected to to the Perez sisters but was really good on it's own. I loved how she took a true historical event and added her own characters and plot to it. The addition of the mystery only added to the allure.

I absolutely loved Catherine and Elena. Both were quite impressive women. But I have to say my favorite in the book was actually Julio. I loved his activist activity helping Cubans and I would dearly love an extended epilogue with more of him.

I really loved the romance in this story even though it wasn't the main feature. It was kind of fast but it felt very genuine in its own way. I loved how eventually trust was completely earned.

This book is hard to review without spoilers but the plot twists were everything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content