A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

I listened to the audiobook which probably affected my enjoyment. The narrator did a good job, except for some reason she gave all the British characters ridiculously posh accents which was off putting and not at all attractive for the love interest. The dialogue was often oddly formal through, so perhaps that was the intention.

I had zero interest in the romance (I had to go back to check when the love interest said ???can???t do weeks of some shags with an end date in my head???. Maybe that was lost in translation, but talk about presumptuous! There was nothing to indicate our 17 year old main character would???ve shagged him.

Other than that it was a clean read, but I think it would???ve worked better as more of a coming of age, finding myself abroad, type story. I agree with other reviews that the main character was a bit annoying (explains why her boyfriend and best friend had had enough of her) but she wasn???t bad enough that I wanted to quit. (I don???t hesitate to dnf books with unlikeable protagonists.)

Overall it was okay, but there are better books out there. Fellow Brits might be irritated by some unnatural slang, but might also enjoy some of the details such as mentions of Walkers (smoky) bacon crisps. Yum.