A review by mybookishlife2
A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I want to preface this, my rating is a high 3 so I rounded to 4 on GR. I’m a sucker endings, what can I say?

I feel like I’ve said this a lot but I’ve been distracted and have not been able to just sit and read. Which makes me frustrated and then my books pay for it. But I’m a mood reader and rater.

This book is cute. Being a Cuban, I know how all that delicious food tastes and smells. I love the Hispanic culture brought into this. I love that it’s in London. The way Lila grows as a character and makes meaningful relationships is so wonderful.

But I also got very annoyed with Lila, I don’t know why. Something just rubbed me wrong. Also, and I get why it was done. It’s something I think should be done, but I guess since I understand it, the sentence or saying being translated was so repetitive but again, I understand why it was done.

Oh but her birthday. Omg. The present they all gave her. 😭 it was so sweet.
The way she gave Flora a safe place too that was fantastic.
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