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lasafica_reads 's review for:
Lush Money
by Angelina M. Lopez
DID NOT FINISH: 8%
*UPDATE 10/18/23 this author thinks being neutral and both siding a genocide is cute so that sort of explains the whole vibe I was getting reading the 8% of this book I was able to struggle through*
This book gives off viva la raza vibes and I’m really not liking it. Every time either of the main characters are described as beautiful or handsome it’s in direct relation to their light skin, eyes, hair, ect., equating whiteness and proximity to whiteness as gifts and perfection. (Insinuating that the opposite is unattractive)
I’ve seen many people promote this as a Latinx romance but the MMC is a Spaniard which is part of Europe not Latin America therefore he is not Latino and this isn’t a Latinx romance. It’s a Latina x European romance. The FMC is Latina but very obviously white or at least very very pale so the fact people are referring to this as a part of the #brownnipplechallenge is weird as there are no brown main characters in this book and therefore no brown nipples. It’s obviously fine for characters to be pale/white but for people to review and promote it as 1) a Latinx romance with only one Latino character and 2)#brownnipple with no brown people is misleading and not an actual representation of what’s in the book.
Also the romance aspect is bordering on dub con which I’m not into however I’m only a couple chapters in so I’m not sure how that turns out with the spicy scenes and I’m unwilling to find out.
Some quotes off the top of my head that rubbed me the wrong way
-“…pale, perfect skin”
-“…The complexion, the light brown eyes, the blond he got in his hair every summer, the stature and shoulders—they were nothing more than a lucky combination of DNA, gifts from his parents” (lucky?? gifts?? 🤢)
Bonus quotes that sounded a little to close to eugenics.
-“Your IQ is 152, mine is 138, and neither of us have chronic illnesses in our families. We can create an exceptional child…”
-“These tests are just a formality. We’ve tested your father and sister and there were no genetic surprises“ (in reference to why she chose him as his “sperm donor”)
-“We’re testing for anything that might make the Golden Prince a less-than-ideal specimen to impregnate me.”
This book gives off viva la raza vibes and I’m really not liking it. Every time either of the main characters are described as beautiful or handsome it’s in direct relation to their light skin, eyes, hair, ect., equating whiteness and proximity to whiteness as gifts and perfection. (Insinuating that the opposite is unattractive)
I’ve seen many people promote this as a Latinx romance but the MMC is a Spaniard which is part of Europe not Latin America therefore he is not Latino and this isn’t a Latinx romance. It’s a Latina x European romance. The FMC is Latina but very obviously white or at least very very pale so the fact people are referring to this as a part of the #brownnipplechallenge is weird as there are no brown main characters in this book and therefore no brown nipples. It’s obviously fine for characters to be pale/white but for people to review and promote it as 1) a Latinx romance with only one Latino character and 2)#brownnipple with no brown people is misleading and not an actual representation of what’s in the book.
Also the romance aspect is bordering on dub con which I’m not into however I’m only a couple chapters in so I’m not sure how that turns out with the spicy scenes and I’m unwilling to find out.
Some quotes off the top of my head that rubbed me the wrong way
-“…pale, perfect skin”
-“…The complexion, the light brown eyes, the blond he got in his hair every summer, the stature and shoulders—they were nothing more than a lucky combination of DNA, gifts from his parents” (lucky?? gifts?? 🤢)
Bonus quotes that sounded a little to close to eugenics.
-“Your IQ is 152, mine is 138, and neither of us have chronic illnesses in our families. We can create an exceptional child…”
-“These tests are just a formality. We’ve tested your father and sister and there were no genetic surprises“ (in reference to why she chose him as his “sperm donor”)
-“We’re testing for anything that might make the Golden Prince a less-than-ideal specimen to impregnate me.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Racism, Toxic relationship