Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes

9 reviews

clarabooksit's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Murder, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Sexism, Classism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Colonisation, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

ariana3's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was so much better than I expected! It kept me hooked, though it took some time for the plot to become clear as to what was actually happening. It's kind of a mysterious whodunnit that also explores inheritance, familial ties and controversies, and of course has romantic aspects.

The plot is about a woman, Puri, who leaves her chocolate business in Spain to collect her inheritance at her late father's cacoa plantation in Ecuador. On the boat over (this is set in like the 1920s), someone tries to kill her and ends up killing her husband. So she decides to pretend to be her husband, say she was the one who died, and investigate her half siblings (who she's never met) to see who tried to kill her. Long story short, it turns out to be yet another half sibling who sent a former foreman's son to go kill Puri, because this half sister was jealous and didn't think Puri deserved any of the inheritance. She develops kinships with her other half-siblings and decides to stay and open up a chocolate store (no one has ever tried chocolate here...again this is the 1920s), despite the hacienda being sold due to the plantation coming down with an uncurable disease. The only sibling she didnt get along with was Angelica, who turns out also loves the same man Puri falls in love with, Martin (aka Juan). Martin discovers Puri before the others but doesnt out her and helps keep her secret. He's a womanizer, but it seems he really cares for Puri. Turns out they later have a son together after a late-night rendez-vous (though I can't remember if that was revealed in this one or the second book)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Murder, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Infidelity

Minor: Infertility and Miscarriage

jordynkw's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Classism

kitkatkick's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcohol, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Fire/Fire injury

mels_reading_log's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

This is a story about a woman whose father left her and her mother when she was young to start a cocoa plantation in Ecuador. He has now passed and it is time to go collect her inheritance. And that’s when the story gets wild, there is murder, secret children, affairs, secret identities, and lies oh so many lies. This book was straight up like a Telenovela, it was twists and turns every step of the way and I loved it! I hate when I can predict a story, especially in a murder mystery, but I did not have a clue who did what until the very end. It was such an interesting nov and I highly recommend it. It had me gasping out loud , all the characters had a secret or two. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Death

Moderate: Infertility, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Murder

Minor: Abortion and Miscarriage

frenandjen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Misogyny, Miscarriage, and Infidelity

Minor: Abortion and Alcohol

kaneebli's review

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Murder

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Animal death, and Child abuse

sarahaf712's review

slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Death of parent, Classism, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Murder, and Misogyny

Moderate: Infertility, Sexual content, Sexism, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Terminal illness

Content warning: infant loss

katsant1's review

adventurous reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

 Puri, born and raised by a single mother in Spain, travels to Ecuador to meet her father's second family after he dies and claim her inheritance, a majority portion of a successful cacao plantation. Her journey encounters loss, love, mystery, deceit, prostitutes and secret identities.

Each chapter is dedicated to one of the main characters in the book and progresses the story along as well as offers excellent character building. 

Everything comes together. Very telenovela-esque at times, but without too much over the top storyline.... although a priest impregnating his secret half sister's cousin and a woman pretending to be her dead husband as her own death is faked does sound outrageous.

Just read it!!! IT WAS GREAT! I'm on the verge of re-rating it a 5 start review, because the more I talk about it the more I <3 it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Infidelity

Minor: Infertility