theboricuabookworm's reviews
492 reviews

Adriana's best Leona (and possibly book) yet omfg. I loved this book. I needed this book. I'm so grateful to exist at the same time as this book, trying times as they are, because Adriana will always remind us the importance of love and being loved and how that love will always lift us up and give us strength. Women who fiercely fight for each other and but also are able to be soft and cared for without it having any bearing on their independence.

Apollo. I know Adriana will always write a man down bad but Apollo Cesar Sinclair Robles takes the freaking cake. Aurora is the sun around which he orbits and that is that. Aurora, mi Leona. These two were destined for each other like no other pairing. Their stubborn and fierce and loyal and so so loving it hurts. They brought out the absolute best in each other and never shied away from when the other show them their worst. I have not loved a couple like this in quite some time and I'm so glad they're out in the world now.

Lola James was the most perfect narrator for this book. She brought Apollo and Aurora to life in the best way possible. 

Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin/Canary Street Press for my advanced listening copy!

 Adriana's best Leona (and possibly book) yet omfg. I loved this book. I needed this book. I'm so grateful to exist at the same time as this book, trying times as they are, because Adriana will always remind us the importance of love and being loved and how that love will always lift us up and give us strength. Women who fiercely fight for each other and but also are able to be soft and cared for without it having any bearing on their independence.

Apollo. I know Adriana will always write a man down bad but Apollo Cesar Sinclair Robles takes the freaking cake. Aurora is the sun around which he orbits and that is that. Aurora, mi Leona. These two were destined for each other like no other pairing. Their stubborn and fierce and loyal and so so loving it hurts. They brought out the absolute best in each other and never shied away from when the other show them their worst. I have not loved a couple like this in quite some time and I'm so glad they're out in the world now.

This book is highlighted top to bottom and I'm going to have several copies. 

 Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin/Canary Street Press for my advanced copy! 

This was such a ride I loved it so much 

I don’t know if I could love my women any more or I might burst 

This was a gut wrenching story about one woman's experience as a slave during the mid-1800s in Puerto Rico, an often forgetting part of the history of slavery.  Resilience and magic because of the women she has around her shine through some of the worst atrocities man have ever committed.  Our ancestors provide strength and guidance like no other and Pola survived because of that. It is an incredibly tough book to read as Llanos-Figueroa did not write over what Pola and some of the other women went through with flowery, metaphorical language. There is not necessarily a happy ending but rather a hopeful one that made the realities of the story all the more stark. 

A raw and necessary story of an often forgotten part of history. 

I loved them so much. A few out of date mentions that I need contemporary romance authors to leave alone but otherwise such a solid addition to Chloe's ever growing repertoire. A thoughtful and sweet romance that had me giggling and kicking my feet. If there's one thing - okay two - it is write disabled main characters getting their happy endings without needing to be "healed" and dialogue and interactions that aren't always banter but are always both somehow so real and so there's no way a white man said there (non-derogatory). I will miss the WIlmots but I think Juliet and Will were the perfect couple to end this trilogy. 

Thank you Berkley and NetGalley for my advanced e-copy!

I was enjoying this for a while but then by ~65% it just started to drag and get repetitive. I found myself skipping over lines and still didn't miss any of the points. Good if you want to get away from bland, white hockey romances, bleh if you wanted something *more*

A delightful sapphic romp in a small town! Jessica and Vinny had irresitable chemistry from the very beginning it jumped off the page everytime they were together. A situationship turned oh-sh*tuationship is so fun and this one was scorching. I do wish we had a bit more relationship development prior to their third act conflict because once Jessica had her "oh sh*t" moment and recalled all these times when she was treating Vinny like they were in a relationship, I would've loved to see some of that bleed through when they were still sneaking around, etc. However I will never complain about avoiding conversations when you can be kissing.

Karmen Lee needs to be a romance staple on peoples shelves!!

Thank you Harlequin for my advanced copy!

Ugh I love my leonas so much and on audio? adriana cannot write a bad book and it works across all formats