3.94 AVERAGE

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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
adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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DID NOT FINISH: 24%

Not vibing with it
emotional sad medium-paced

Absolutely heartbreaking but so beautiful 
adventurous emotional informative 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
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

I thoroughly enjoyed Salome's story line. I thought it held the most drama and cunning, dialogue between the characters were carefully threaded. The parallel story with Vera was okay, although predictable. Still an engaging book.
challenging dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

the ending of this book is quite devastating. silvia moreno 
-garcía is a mastermind and i have adored every bit of work by her. her representation of mexican characters and culture and tradition will never fail to hit home for me. 

“salome was a chimera. part dove and part lioness.” oh so you’re saying she was a gemini???? 
reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

It took a while for the story to really pull me in and unfortunately I was only pulled in the last 20 pages.
To be honest I would’ve rated it higher it they hadn’t killed Jay. I really wanted him and Vera to have their own happily ever after, however that may look
 
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot