My favourite book of the month so far! This was so, so good, Acedvedo you did it again! This novel centers around 17-year old afro latin Emoni Santiago whose cooking is an instrument of wonder. As an aspiring chef, she dreams of attending culinary school but her 3-year old daugher's face would not let them take root.
The heart of this book is motherhood. It was an amazing also emotional journey to read the story of struggling Emoni. She's taking responsibility of her baby girl to give her the best opportunities even if she is still too young.
The author achieves a perfect balance between realistic and poetic, lyrical fiction that makes you love all the characters and accept them with their flaws and faults. You feel like they're your real family members, lifetime friends, your school teachers, your boss or your boyfriend.
This is such a genuine and heart melting story, can't recommend it enough!
The heart of this book is motherhood. It was an amazing also emotional journey to read the story of struggling Emoni. She's taking responsibility of her baby girl to give her the best opportunities even if she is still too young.
The author achieves a perfect balance between realistic and poetic, lyrical fiction that makes you love all the characters and accept them with their flaws and faults. You feel like they're your real family members, lifetime friends, your school teachers, your boss or your boyfriend.
This is such a genuine and heart melting story, can't recommend it enough!