obstinateheadstrongcurl 's review for:

Guava Flavored Lies by J.J. Arias

2.75

lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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A fluffy warring families romance, although pretty light on the enemies to lovers. Sylvie and Lauren get together pretty fast and then there’s just a few scenes where they try to convince their families to get along. The root of the families’ conflict is they each accuse the other of stealing recipes used in their bakeries, but it’s revealed early on that they actually stole the recipes from another baker in Cuba, and there’s never any acknowledgement that maybe they should do something to compensate those people, which seems pretty shitty. Also, bit nitpicky, but I was very confused by how wealthy these families are. They each own bakeries, which do have multiple locations across Miami, but these people are loaded to an extent that seems way beyond pastry money. Like at one point multiple Fabergé eggs are mentioned??? And finally, at the end there’s a bit of cop love at the expense of the fire department which I was not impressed by.