Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera

14 reviews

overthinkereading's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Racism and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment

emfass's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.5

FUCK YES to Adriana Herrera's first (I'm pretty sure??) full length historical romance, she knocked it out of the park. I am in love with Luz and Evan and the whole crew. I really didn't like the violence-adjacent climax, it felt unnecessary to me, but otherwise I loved a whole lot about this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol

Moderate: Racism, Misogyny, Sexism, Classism, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Slavery

citymouse's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Gun violence, Abandonment, and Grief

discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.75

This was so delightful! Adriana Herrera’s talent for writing just leaps from the page. The flow and pacing are effortlessly propulsive, the characters are so charming, and the romance had me GIGGLING.

What a treat to read, can’t recommend this enough!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, Grief, Alcohol, and Misogyny

Moderate: Colonisation, Slavery, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse and Gun violence

qrschulte's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative 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

5.0

What a fun and sexy romp. So steamy, and I can’t wait to read the next one! I liked this one a lot more than Mangoes & Mistletoe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, Colonisation, Misogyny, Sexism, Abandonment, Cursing, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Slavery, and Gaslighting

Minor: Infidelity

astropova's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

3.75

I feel like I enjoyed everything else in this book more than the romance. Maybe I just didn't like the main dude that much. I felt like the romance aspect was less developed than the rest of the plot. It kinda felt like there was no build up, they just met and then were suddenly in a marriage-with-benefits.

I feel like the fact that they were already attracted to each other and making out and stuff kind of undercuts the marriage of convenience idea. Like "we're attracted to each other but no we're definitely not in love, what are you talking about, this is purely a business arrangement" was a bit odd.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Racism and Colonisation

Minor: Abandonment and Fire/Fire injury

Abandonment - references to character's past. Fire - off-screen arson/fires set on buildings

but no people are harmed.

Colonisation & Racism - frequent mention/discussion; occasionally faced by characters. Misogyny & Sexism - frequently faced by characters on-screen. Sexual content - very steamy, many detailed sex scenes.

thefatpaperback's review

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Mental illness, Racism, Misogyny, Sexual content, Classism, and Grief

Moderate: Colonisation, Xenophobia, and Genocide

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

caribbeangirlreading's review

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? No

5.0

Yes my reading friends, your eyes are not deceiving you. I have given a historical romance FIVE STARS. Adriana Herrera has broken the mold and blown up the historical romance myth that the only people living their best lives in 19th century Europe were white and British. Black and brown people were traveling back and forth across the Atlantic. The engaged in trade and diplomacy. They attended balls. They created art. (I LOVED how Adriana referenced so many 19th century Latinx artists – writers, composers, painters.) I LOVED that Adriana did not shy away from the elephant in the room in historical romance genre – how all those titled Englishmen got rich to begin with. I LOVED how this book is full of BIPOC and queer characters just living their best lives, and not one of them is a plot device or someone’s token friend. And then there is Luz Alana herself. Apollo said it best – “Caribbean women will turn your life upside down in mere hours . . . Once you’ve been bitten there is no cure.” Y’all better get ready for Luz Alana because she is the complete opposite of the stereotypical dainty English rose that needs to be rescued by a man. She is a badass in the “boardroom” and does not hesitate to ask for what she wants in the bedroom. And what she wants, is some steamy s*x with a Scottish Earl. 🔥🔥🔥 

 

Last, but not least, I NEED to know more about the other two leonas, Manuela and Aurora. Books two and three cannot come fast enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Racism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Colonisation, and Gun violence

Minor: Death of parent

sdupont's review

lighthearted 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

4.0

While I don’t tend to read many historical romances I did enjoy A Caribbean Heiress in Paris. This book was a slow start for the first few chapters but was really engaging once the scene was set and the pace picked up. It’s a fun spicy read that I would recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexism

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse and Abandonment

madsmcw_reads's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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? No

3.75

This was a wonderful start to a new historical romance series! Luz Alana is a fierce Caribbean rum heiress trying to run her family's business after her father's death and crosses paths with a dashing Scottish Earl who's got some troubles of his own.

I really enjoyed the relationship between Luz Alana and Evan. It was spicy, fun, with wonderful depth as they helped one another work through their respective issues. I also loved the friendship with Luz and her two best friends. Those girls are fiercely protective and the kind of people you want in their corner. I also really loved the plotline of Evan dealing with his devious duke of a father, it kept me intrigued and wanting to know how it would all play out.

The downsides for me were that the beginning of the book was kind of slow and some of the word choices felt a little odd. The pacing of the book picks up around the 50% mark which makes it a much quicker and fun read. I don't really know how to explain what bothered me about some of the word choices but somethings just felt off at certain points.

Aside from those couple of hang ups, this is a steamy, intriguing, read with wonderful representation that I think a lot of people will enjoy!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Abandonment, Misogyny, and Sexual content