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A review by lizzy_reads
Don't Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno
5.0
I'm a mess. How is it possible that one book is at the same time heartwarming and -breaking?!
CW:mentions of death of a loved one, death of a loved one, grief, heart attack, anxiety
Rosa Santos is bi Cuban-American teen who lives is a small coastal town called Port Coral. She lives with her abuela and her mother is a traveling artist. Rosa has a big decision ahead of her, where to go to college. Then she meets Alex who is a baker and owns a boat, which is a problem because of the family curse.
This book is a love letter to Cuba and its culture. All of the characters are so unapologetically Latinx. They use Spanish in really natural ways and it made me want to learn it. Also, I just want to visit Port Coral. I can't talk about the rep, so here is one review that I highly recommend to check up: Angelica's review
What I can speak on is Rosa's will to go to Cuba and to experience her culture, the feeling that because you haven't lived in your home country are you enough. It brought me back to a time when I thought the same thing, even when I had visited my home country, I wasn't sure if I was enough because I hadn't lived there.
The love that the three Santos women have towards each other is so clear. They have their struggles like communication and the fact that they have lived in so different worlds. All of these things make their world-views different but they care for each other.
The ending was a little rushed but I still enjoyed it immensely.
I would recommend checking some content warnings as they helped me a lot. That being said, I was still crying my eyes out and get why the story took the turn, but I'm heartbroken.
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Rosa Santos is bi Cuban-American teen who lives is a small coastal town called Port Coral. She lives with her abuela and her mother is a traveling artist. Rosa has a big decision ahead of her, where to go to college. Then she meets Alex who is a baker and owns a boat, which is a problem because of the family curse.
This book is a love letter to Cuba and its culture. All of the characters are so unapologetically Latinx. They use Spanish in really natural ways and it made me want to learn it. Also, I just want to visit Port Coral. I can't talk about the rep, so here is one review that I highly recommend to check up: Angelica's review
What I can speak on is Rosa's will to go to Cuba and to experience her culture, the feeling that because you haven't lived in your home country are you enough. It brought me back to a time when I thought the same thing, even when I had visited my home country, I wasn't sure if I was enough because I hadn't lived there.
The love that the three Santos women have towards each other is so clear. They have their struggles like communication and the fact that they have lived in so different worlds. All of these things make their world-views different but they care for each other.
The ending was a little rushed but I still enjoyed it immensely.
I would recommend checking some content warnings as they helped me a lot. That being said, I was still crying my eyes out and get why the story took the turn, but I'm heartbroken.