You Had Me at Hola

After Jasmine, a soap opera star, goes through a very messy, very public breakup, she decides it is time to focus on her career and stop letting men dictate where her life goes. She gets hired to lead a show on a popular streaming service alongside a very handsome telenovella star, Ashton. Ashton has a secret son and a deep distrust of the media. What follows is an lovely story about these two unlikely people coming together.

I really loved this book. I thought the conversations about boundaries and expectations were very mature and helpful as a reader to see. The discussions around Latinx representation in film and tv was very enlightening and showed the diversity of the community. Jasmine is my hero, and I loved every minute we got to spend with her. Even though she was struggling with her dependency on men, I never once felt like she was weak for it. She was such a strong voice, with insightful knowledge and ways of dealing with people. Her character really made me feel like I should be standing up for myself more.

Overall, a really lovely, fun book. I'm excited to read the next one, following Jasmine's cousin, Michelle!

TW: home invasion (past), hospitalization, PTSD, stalking (mentioned, past), trauma, Sexually explicit scenes