A review by jacieandbooks
Agustina de Aragón by Gail Meath

Did not finish book.

3.0

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. I’m still going back and forth between 2 and 3 so maybe 2.5 is fair? Here’s what I loved: The persons being written about, the premise, time frame, clearly researched material. My issues lie in pacing and writing style. The love story part is well done, zooming in on cute moments as the couple meets and gets to know each other. But it lacks so much in emotion. I read how the characters feel, but *I* didn’t feel much. This is specifically noticeable when Agustina and Juan start to encounter real challenging situations, heartbreak, bravery, fear, etc. but it reads much more like a textbook. These scenes that are important and life changing events are maybe a paragraph or less, where it’s barely had time to sink in for me.. and then we’ve already moved on. I think telling it from such a “removed” perspective is a mistake considering she was clearly a passionate woman that has experienced such a rollercoaster of life events. I did enjoy the little twist at the end but, again, I wasn’t all that emotionally invested.