Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera

16 reviews

purplepenning's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Body shaming, Slavery, and Fire/Fire injury

peachani's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Colonisation

overthinkereading's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Racism and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment

emfass's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

FUCK YES to Adriana Herrera's first (I'm pretty sure??) full length historical romance, she knocked it out of the park. I am in love with Luz and Evan and the whole crew. I really didn't like the violence-adjacent climax, it felt unnecessary to me, but otherwise I loved a whole lot about this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Gun violence, Slavery, and Fire/Fire injury

citymouse's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

This was so delightful! Adriana Herrera’s talent for writing just leaps from the page. The flow and pacing are effortlessly propulsive, the characters are so charming, and the romance had me GIGGLING.

What a treat to read, can’t recommend this enough!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Slavery, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Child abuse and Gun violence

qrschulte's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What a fun and sexy romp. So steamy, and I can’t wait to read the next one! I liked this one a lot more than Mangoes & Mistletoe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Infidelity

astropova's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I feel like I enjoyed everything else in this book more than the romance. Maybe I just didn't like the main dude that much. I felt like the romance aspect was less developed than the rest of the plot. It kinda felt like there was no build up, they just met and then were suddenly in a marriage-with-benefits.

I feel like the fact that they were already attracted to each other and making out and stuff kind of undercuts the marriage of convenience idea. Like "we're attracted to each other but no we're definitely not in love, what are you talking about, this is purely a business arrangement" was a bit odd.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Racism and Colonisation

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Abandonment

Abandonment - references to character's past. Fire - off-screen arson/fires set on buildings

but no people are harmed.

Colonisation & Racism - frequent mention/discussion; occasionally faced by characters. Misogyny & Sexism - frequently faced by characters on-screen. Sexual content - very steamy, many detailed sex scenes.

thefatpaperback's review

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Genocide, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

caribbeangirlreading's review

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Yes my reading friends, your eyes are not deceiving you. I have given a historical romance FIVE STARS. Adriana Herrera has broken the mold and blown up the historical romance myth that the only people living their best lives in 19th century Europe were white and British. Black and brown people were traveling back and forth across the Atlantic. The engaged in trade and diplomacy. They attended balls. They created art. (I LOVED how Adriana referenced so many 19th century Latinx artists – writers, composers, painters.) I LOVED that Adriana did not shy away from the elephant in the room in historical romance genre – how all those titled Englishmen got rich to begin with. I LOVED how this book is full of BIPOC and queer characters just living their best lives, and not one of them is a plot device or someone’s token friend. And then there is Luz Alana herself. Apollo said it best – “Caribbean women will turn your life upside down in mere hours . . . Once you’ve been bitten there is no cure.” Y’all better get ready for Luz Alana because she is the complete opposite of the stereotypical dainty English rose that needs to be rescued by a man. She is a badass in the “boardroom” and does not hesitate to ask for what she wants in the bedroom. And what she wants, is some steamy s*x with a Scottish Earl. 🔥🔥🔥 

 

Last, but not least, I NEED to know more about the other two leonas, Manuela and Aurora. Books two and three cannot come fast enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Death of parent