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caseythereader 's review for:
You Had Me at Hola
by Alexis Daria
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thanks to Avon Books for the free advance copy of this book.
Soap opera star Jasmine just had a very messy, very public breakup. She hopes her new gig as leading lady on the streaming series Carmen in Charge will help her reset her life and priorities. That is, until she meets her new costar, telenovela heartthrob Ashton Suarez, and all her planning goes out the window.
YOU HAD ME AT HOLA has it all. A heroine striving to be a "badass queen making jefa moves." A standoffish hero who is really a sweetheart. Actual conversations between the characters...when they're not...ahem. It's so good, y'all.
This book is about family, both in the sense of blood family and the larger Latinx community. Jasmine speaks often about how lucky she feels to be working on a show with largely Latinx actors and staff and how rare that is. There's also a lot of Spanish mixed into conversations with little to no translation, just as these characters might actually speak in real life.
Now, I really want books about Jasmine's cousins and books about her coworkers! Pretty safe to say I'll be reading whatever Alexis Daria writes from here on out, though!
Content warnings: stalking, home invasion.
Soap opera star Jasmine just had a very messy, very public breakup. She hopes her new gig as leading lady on the streaming series Carmen in Charge will help her reset her life and priorities. That is, until she meets her new costar, telenovela heartthrob Ashton Suarez, and all her planning goes out the window.
YOU HAD ME AT HOLA has it all. A heroine striving to be a "badass queen making jefa moves." A standoffish hero who is really a sweetheart. Actual conversations between the characters...when they're not...ahem. It's so good, y'all.
This book is about family, both in the sense of blood family and the larger Latinx community. Jasmine speaks often about how lucky she feels to be working on a show with largely Latinx actors and staff and how rare that is. There's also a lot of Spanish mixed into conversations with little to no translation, just as these characters might actually speak in real life.
Now, I really want books about Jasmine's cousins and books about her coworkers! Pretty safe to say I'll be reading whatever Alexis Daria writes from here on out, though!
Content warnings: stalking, home invasion.