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A review by sailormar
After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I would give this book 6 stars if allowed. Wow. WOW. UGH so good.
Warning that you will need to love an unlikeable heroine, like I do. Alex starts off the book as mean as a snake and shitty and guarded and above her hometown, but the redemption arc here is CHEFS KISS. Alex grows on you as you learn about her past and how she came to be how she is, and her journey of growth made me shed a tear or two (who hasn’t had to get out of their own way in order to become the person they dreamed of being??).
Jeremiah. What a stud. What a beautiful, kindhearted, marshmallow soft, exuberant, giant nerd of a man. I haven’t ever seen a grumpy sunshine with a man that I felt pulled it off but BOY is Angelina M. Lopez a sorceress and she figured it out.
I loved their individual journeys. I loved the ghost in the bar. I loved the quest involving the secret treasure and the history of traqueros in the south and Midwest and their colonias in the US. I loved the personal and familial redemption. This book truly had everything. A damn near perfect book.
Warning that you will need to love an unlikeable heroine, like I do. Alex starts off the book as mean as a snake and shitty and guarded and above her hometown, but the redemption arc here is CHEFS KISS. Alex grows on you as you learn about her past and how she came to be how she is, and her journey of growth made me shed a tear or two (who hasn’t had to get out of their own way in order to become the person they dreamed of being??).
Jeremiah. What a stud. What a beautiful, kindhearted, marshmallow soft, exuberant, giant nerd of a man. I haven’t ever seen a grumpy sunshine with a man that I felt pulled it off but BOY is Angelina M. Lopez a sorceress and she figured it out.
I loved their individual journeys. I loved the ghost in the bar. I loved the quest involving the secret treasure and the history of traqueros in the south and Midwest and their colonias in the US. I loved the personal and familial redemption. This book truly had everything. A damn near perfect book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
Minor: Abortion and Alcoholism