4.04 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nlbohr22's review

4.0
challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Three generations of traumas, love, and dreams. All families hold their secrets but it’s amazing how support from your core people can make a difference. Reading today made me grateful to have the chance to spend time con mi mami y mis chiquitos. 

abercrombie1986's review

4.0
emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I loved that this was centered around likable POC characters.  Living their lives and trying to make the most of everything.  So relatable and I was so rooting for everyone from the start.  Trying to be strong as they all deal with being widows in a different way.  Such a strong showing of mental health and the resiliency of human kind.  The family secrets that emerge and their courage to deal with it all.

Karla Serrato and Cynthia Farrell did an excellent job representing the generations and the angst and grief the woman had.  I'm not always great listening to emotional books, but these two definitely kept to the story and did not add additional emotion into the mix.
emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional medium-paced
hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lisawhelpley's review

4.0
hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
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kaylaco_'s review

3.75
emotional inspiring sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I really enjoyed this read and was not what I thought it would be. It was not as sad as I thought it would be. the advice on how to deal with grief was great and spot on. The glimpses of romance were so sweet; however, this is not the main plot of the story. The lack of communication could be frustrating at times, and I wished we may have gotten past timelines to see the deceased husbands' falling in/out of love with the FMCs.