You Had Me At Hola is Latinx at its core. With a full Latinx cast, it shows the joy of the Latinx community, their relationships, their struggle to move up in the entertainment industry, and the big chaotic families. It has everything that you can expect from a good romance book - well-defined characters, compelling chemistry between the main leads, emotional arcs and necessary conflicts.

Jasmine is a Puerto-Rican-Filipino soap-opera actress who lands a big role in a telenovela remake for a popular streaming service, after her very messy public breakup. But just before the shoot starts, her opposite lead is replaced with Ashton, a Puerto-Rican telenovela star who is always guarded because of the secrets he has to protect. Their first meet-up was awkward but soon that turns into an amazing friendship. The sizzling attraction between them soon turns into a secret relationship where they both are trying to protect themselves from unwanted attention from the paparazzi. But how long the secrets can be hidden?

The show that Jasmine and Ashton are playing leads in the book is like a second story and is going parallelly. They find that their real life is not much different from the ones they are pretending to play. Their character arcs developed as they grew up in their respective relationships. You can call both of them cinnamon rolls. The romance is slow-burn but it was well written.

We get to see many aspects of the entertainment industry. It was a joy to see an all Latinx crew for the show and the kind of friendship they formed altogether was amazing. Both Jasmine and Ashton have high regard for their families and that shows in their relationships.

Absolutely enjoyed this fun and lighthearted read which is a perfect combination of drama and romance.