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A review by andreasromancebooks
Out of Focus by Cristina Santos
5.0
5 ⭐️ This is the first book I read from Cristina Santos, but it will definitely, definitely not be the last!
I feel like I need to clarify something before starting this review. My ultimate favourite books always have a few things in common:
As you can see, this book checks every single one of my boxes, so really, I knew within the first hundred pages that this was probably going to be a 4+ star read. It reminded me so much of Chloe Liese's (one of my top 5 authors of all time!) books. What I didn't know was that I would finish this book having fallen head over heels for these characters, that their struggles and quiet moments would bring me sorrow and peace in equal measure, and that I would have this absolutely massive book hangover!! I might have to reread this book again within the span of a week (which I haven't done since I was a teen and discovered the Twilight books lol) because I miss these two so much already! Charlie and Rafael are incredible characters, beautiful inside and out and so perfect for each other... every detail about themselves makes this story so much sweeter.
I feel like this is a series -and an author- that I cannot let pass me by. I am so very glad I applied for this eARC because, even if I always give my honest and unbiased opinion on every book I read, sometimes it's hard to finish ARCs when I'm not really feeling them - and I often struggle to DNF them. This book, however, sucked me right in and I haven't been able to stop reading since. Seriously, this is one of those books that make me frustrated I have a life and responsibilities to attend to that require me to put down my Kindle for even 5 minutes lol.
I will find a way to read every single book in this series, and I cannot wait for Arthur's book and the Machado Brothers Series!!
I feel like I need to clarify something before starting this review. My ultimate favourite books always have a few things in common:
- It's written by a woman ☑️
- It has sensitivity and respect at the core of its values ☑️
- It displays some beautiful examples of diversity, and endeavours to step away from biases like sexism, racism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, and/or any other attack on our lovely Alphabet Mafia (aka the LGBTQIAP+ community), etc. ☑️
- It is a romance (or has a leading romantic aspect) ☑️
- It's adult / explicit and has some spice to it ☑️
As you can see, this book checks every single one of my boxes, so really, I knew within the first hundred pages that this was probably going to be a 4+ star read. It reminded me so much of Chloe Liese's (one of my top 5 authors of all time!) books. What I didn't know was that I would finish this book having fallen head over heels for these characters, that their struggles and quiet moments would bring me sorrow and peace in equal measure, and that I would have this absolutely massive book hangover!! I might have to reread this book again within the span of a week (which I haven't done since I was a teen and discovered the Twilight books lol) because I miss these two so much already! Charlie and Rafael are incredible characters, beautiful inside and out and so perfect for each other... every detail about themselves makes this story so much sweeter.
I feel like this is a series -and an author- that I cannot let pass me by. I am so very glad I applied for this eARC because, even if I always give my honest and unbiased opinion on every book I read, sometimes it's hard to finish ARCs when I'm not really feeling them - and I often struggle to DNF them. This book, however, sucked me right in and I haven't been able to stop reading since. Seriously, this is one of those books that make me frustrated I have a life and responsibilities to attend to that require me to put down my Kindle for even 5 minutes lol.
I will find a way to read every single book in this series, and I cannot wait for Arthur's book and the Machado Brothers Series!!