You love that boy like you love the kitchen. . .but you add yourself like too much sugar sometimes.
Rating: ★★★★
This book was a total bookstagram made me do it! I was all over this Latina protagonist – we are rarely the main character so of course I had to read, and found this really enjoyable.
Lila is a Cuban girl from Miami who is sent to England for the summer to get away from grief and heartbreak, but the last thing she wants is to be away from her home and her bakery, which she has spent her whole life wanting to run. However, can she adapt to life in England and will she ever want to return?
My favourite part of this was definitely the representation of Cuban culture and Latin culture generally. I really enjoyed reading about the food I eat, the music I listen to, and characters who sounded like my own family and friends. I enjoyed that Lila learning about another culture does not diminish her love for her own, and this found a really good way to show multiple cultures in a good light.
I am not a huge fan of romance plots and so thankfully there were other things to keep me interested. I liked Lila’s personal plots regarding her baking career, her friends and her grandmother’s death. I liked the range of friends which Lila made and how they all brought their own individual stories, and I loved the stories about Orion’s family. The romance was not a bad romantic relationship, but I just don’t love romance plots and this one, much like others, did not bring many surprises or plot twists.
Overall this book was a fun and light read which I would definitely recommend! However one thing I would flag, which does not count against the book at all, is that the audiobook recording has the worst English accents I have ever heard 😂
Ink Drops Books 