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Here to Stay
by Adriana Herrera
4/5 stars
3/5 steam
Here to Stay by Adriana Herrera is a steamy contemporary romance and the first book in her Dating in Dallas series. I listened to the audiobook, which clocks in at nine and a half hours and is narrated by Carmen Vine and Sean Crisden. We follow our two main characters with first-person points-of-view.
Julia del Mar Ortiz moved to Dallas with her boyfriend, until he dumped her and scuttled back to New York City after less than a month. She is working at her dream job--running a charitable foundation for one of the most iconic high fashion department stores. Then the store hires Rocco Quinn, a consultant with a smart mouth and beautiful blue eyes, to help take the company public. But in order to go public, they'll have to make some budget cuts, and the foundation may be on the line.
I'm a big fan of the enthusiastic consent and female empowerment that Herrera includes in her books so often. She works as a trauma therapist in NYC as her day-job and shows a bit of that side of her here as Julia is a social worker.
Warning: this book may make you really hungry for Dominican food.
Tropes in this book include: latinx main characters, found family, curvy main character, friends to lovers, nyc transplants
CW: domestic violence, deportation of immigrants, gaslighting, toxic family members, racism
If you want to see more from me, check out my blog and my bookstagram!
3/5 steam
Here to Stay by Adriana Herrera is a steamy contemporary romance and the first book in her Dating in Dallas series. I listened to the audiobook, which clocks in at nine and a half hours and is narrated by Carmen Vine and Sean Crisden. We follow our two main characters with first-person points-of-view.
Julia del Mar Ortiz moved to Dallas with her boyfriend, until he dumped her and scuttled back to New York City after less than a month. She is working at her dream job--running a charitable foundation for one of the most iconic high fashion department stores. Then the store hires Rocco Quinn, a consultant with a smart mouth and beautiful blue eyes, to help take the company public. But in order to go public, they'll have to make some budget cuts, and the foundation may be on the line.
I'm a big fan of the enthusiastic consent and female empowerment that Herrera includes in her books so often. She works as a trauma therapist in NYC as her day-job and shows a bit of that side of her here as Julia is a social worker.
Warning: this book may make you really hungry for Dominican food.
Tropes in this book include: latinx main characters, found family, curvy main character, friends to lovers, nyc transplants
CW: domestic violence, deportation of immigrants, gaslighting, toxic family members, racism
If you want to see more from me, check out my blog and my bookstagram!