Thank you Crooked Lane Books and NetGalley for the eARC of Barbacoa, Bomba, and Betrayal! All opinions in this review are my own.

I ended up listening to this one as an audiobook and I'm glad I did.  There is a lot of Spanish in this book and I liked hearing the language spoken.  As a cozy mystery, I loved the focus on food and how it contributes to the culture that Miriam is studying.  I would have loved even more of Miriam's show incorporated into the book.

The only thing I couldn't stand was her husband and his mother.  Although I haven't read the previous books in the series, it sounds like her husband makes questionable decisions at best, and his mother is absolutely horrible to Miriam.  I would rather just have her and her friends as the main characters of these mysteries.

Overall, I appreciate that the mystery deals with a current issue in Puerto Rico and that the author is able to weave important information into the mystery.  I look forward to reading the other books in this series!