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Summary: Change of Pace Next Time Please!
Review: Once again, this author has presented her political views on Cuba under the guise of a novel.Lupe is an interesting character and the books are well-written. However, they continue to be so overrun with everything Cuban (obviously the author's personal feelings on the subject) that they end up turning intolerable. Couple this with the author's constant need to hit us over the head with Lupe's wealth and background, and the whole concept of the novel gets lost under the trivialities. Pages and pages on Cuban sugar mills is not why I picked up this book. Had I wanted to learn about that, I would've bought a history book. I find it hard to believe that the author can't find anything in such a vibrant city as Miami to write about without drowning the entire story in Cuba. She'd do herself and readers of her books a great service if she could manage to produce one novel that wasn't a history of Cuba and its politics, and that didn't focus on her obvious obsession with the country.
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Summary: Meant to Be Enjoyed Like a Fine Wine
Review: This first-person detective novel about private investigator Lupé Solano, set in Miami sometime after the Elian Gonzales affair, is a wonderful woman's FANTASY!! I came across this book because I was specifically looking for books with WOMEN as the private investigators. The exotic setting also attracted me. This book has far exceeded my expectations-so much so, that I anticipate reading the book again and again. I LOVED this book. Lupé is a bright, intelligent young woman out of the Cuban community in Miami, who has become a private investigator, much to the chagrin of her conservative Cuban family. The character is single, either late 20's or early 30's. She tools around in a Mercedes, conducts half her meetings in lavish restaurants, and has dashingly handsome men coming in and out of her life like a revolving door! This is what I mean by the book being a woman's fantasy. This lightens up the book compared to other, male private investigator books. It was a nice change from the PI books where the main character is barely making ends meet, and always dealing with one scruffy person after another. I enjoy exotic settings and foreign cultures, and that made this book doubly enjoyable for me. I learned a lot about the Cuban community in south Florida, and was quite favorably impressed! I also learned about what it was like for the Cuban exiles before, during, and after they left Cuba, as well as how and why they left. Lupé investigates a double-homicide with all sorts of interesting characters. But she does it all in STYLE. This book is definitely NOT a thriller, in terms of not being able to put it down. It's a book to be read leisurely, and savored, page by page, just like a fine wine. The first thing I'm going to do now is see if this author has written any more books for this character, as it appears to be first in a possible series. If there are any more, I intend to buy every one!
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Summary: ONE HOT SUMMER
Review: THIS IS THE HOTTEST BOOK I'VE EVER READ,FROM THE MOMENT I STARTED READING IT TO THE END, I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN. I THOUGHT THE END WAS VERY SICK WHAT THEY DID TO MARGARITA, I THINK I WOULD'VE JUST LEFT HIM.
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