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meganpbennett's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
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? Yes
3.0
I picked this up as a Hoopla Bonus Borrow and found it very interesting. On her journey from Spain to Equador to hear her father's will, Puri's husband (Christopher) is murdered by an assassin. Immediately suspicious of the siblings she's never met, Puri pretends to be her husband, saying that Puri was the one who died on the boat. The story is a little slow going, with a gigantic cast of characters who were hard to keep separate. I saw half of the twist coming, but it took an unexpected turn with the who and the why. I'm looking forward to the reading the sequel at some point.
Graphic: Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Alcohol, Body horror, Classism, Colonisation, and Cursing
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.
Graphic: Infidelity, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Death
Moderate: Infertility, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Murder
Minor: Abortion and Miscarriage
indiarose8's review
emotional
lighthearted
relaxing
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This could have been a really interesting story about the history of chocolate and cacao, or an exploration of its role in Ecuador. But it mostly became a romance that felt like a soap opera. The writing was so cliche and at times way too predictable.
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Sexual content
sarahaf712's review
slow-paced
2.0
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
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