Twice a Quinceañera

Thank you, Yamile Saied Méndez and Kensington for sending me this book! It is a beautiful book with a bright orange cover with a cute picture that automatically pulled me in the moment I recieved it in the mail. This is a romcom story of thirty year old Nadia Palacio who finally stands up for and decides to celebrate herself after breaking up with her lying, gaslighting boyfriend (fiancé) of five years.

CW: body shaming, ED, infidelity, death of parents, and car accident.

This novel gave me two things that I will be forever grateful for, a new book boyfie, and an excellent idea for my 30th birthday.

I came into this book thinking I would be head-over-heels in love with it, especially after loving some of Méndez's backlist works. Sadly, it wasn't. This book had so much potential, but unfortunately, it wanted to tackle so many things at once. I wish that the author would've taken more time to develop the characters and the plot a bit more. Instead of tirando muchas vaina al sancocho sin sazonarlo bien. It tried to juggle too many things at once. So much happened in the last 50 pages that I got whiplash. I never say this, but I wish this book was longer. In doing so, the author could have more time to flesh out some plot points and developments while also discarding things that were unnecessary to the story.

Nadia should've been developed a bit better. The author constantly tells the reader that she's supposed to be some badass lawyer with insecurities for the reader to connect to her. We see all of her insecurities, which is nice. However, we're not shown much of her in lawyer mode. At the end of the story, she makes a 180. In a matter of seconds, she goes from insecure to fearless. Yes, I love that for her, but I wish it had been better developed. She should've grown into her badass era, rather than it happening with no real explanation.

I liked Marcos so much. It was wonderful to see him grow and develop throughout the book. He went from being a man with many regrets who constantly is beating himself up. To a MAN who accepts his flaws and is trying to grow from them. It was beautiful to see him get closure and become someone who doesn't run away from his problems.

Overall, I came into this wanting a fun and cute second-chance romance and came out bored and only finishing it for my man Marcos.

Also, this book read like a YA book with 30-year-olds and I don't know how I feel about that lmao...