A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

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WE DON'T DISRESPECT THE KITCHEN'S HIERARCHY AND THE HEAD COOK OF A ESTABLISHMENT JUST LIKE THE MAIN CHARACTER DID. If you go in wanting a cute read, then you'll get it! It just feels like one of those cosy reads with great emotional depth. lately, I have been OBSESSED with England and Europe in general, so this definitely helped my need to travel grow even more. I haven't been outside of the US except for a vacation to Canada and I need to go to Europe so much.

Well that ended up being quite a lovely book about family, friendship and having the courage to choose your own destiny. Instruments I can play: Piano, synth, other instruments with keys (except the accordion and probably a pipe organ) I hardly ever read books where the MC is from Florida (aka where I’m from), and it was so refreshing to see my home romanticized and painted in all its warm glory, instead of being made fun of 😂I loved England, too! I would have liked to experience more of it with our main character. I also would have liked to spend more time with the love interest. I didn’t care for him all that much, but I couldn’t help but swoon anytime he said “love”. To All The Boys’ Producer Ace Entertainment Adapting Latinx YA Novel ‘A Cuban Girl’s Guide To Tea And Tomorrow’; Maia Reficco, Kit Connor & Kate Del Castillo To Lead Film’s Cast The family, oh, I loved them SO much. I especially adored the relationship between Pilar and Lila, the two sisters. Far away yet so close, their Facetime and sharing and just, I felt their connection and loved it so much. I’m always all here for a good siblings’ relationship so, yay!Lila was such a great main character and her growth was absolutely stunning. She’s fierce and determined, she loves her baking and her family more than anything else… yet. She thinks she knows what she loves and what she wants, yet as the story goes along, she discovers new pieces of herself, shapes new dreams for herself that she didn’t see coming, at all. I just loved her so much and found myself relating to her and her struggles every now and then, which made this read even more of a hit, for me. Y ahora si hablamos de la historia; fue súper aburrida, nunca conecté con los personajes, para leer un párrafo tardaba de 3-5 minutos de lo poco que podía concentrarme. Speaking of incredibly young business owners, the English love interest himself practically owns his father's tea shop as well. One of his friends is also a successful singer/songwriter so y'know, no one is very relatable for those who have no idea what direction the rest of their life is going to go (i.e. MOST teenagers). Regardless, these are minor issues. Stars - Update: I've decided to round up to 4 because 2 hours after finishing I am still thinking about the last quarter of the book and that earns an extra half star because it has left an impression.

Like so many children of immigrants, there is a sense that first-generation children should have careers thought out, and Lila is realizing that she has power over her life’s direction. VERDICT: Readers who have often wondered about stepping outside their comfort zone can find courage in Lila’s story.” Para empezar la protagonista mencionaba cada dos segundos que era de Cuba y que vivía en Miami WE GOT IT. Fue súper repetitivo en ese aspecto. This book. THIS BOOK. Laura Taylor Namey has written the coziest love story I’ve ever had the pleasure to read. I want to sit in Abuela’s kitchen, wearing a hand-knit sweater and drinking my favorite tea while Lila and Orion take turns feeding my soul and filling my heart with their shared grief and sweetly blooming affection. Namey’s prose left my heart fit to burst into a million starlit pieces scattered between Miami and Britain. Beautiful.” –Erin Hahn, author of ”You’d Be Mine” and ”More Than Maybe” I'm so sad that I didn't enjoy this! I had such high expectations, especially as this sounded exactly like my cup of tea (no pun intended). I mean, a YA travel novel that takes place in England? Count me in! An avalanche of grief—the death of her beloved Abuela, first love lost, and the betrayal of a best friend—is just too much for 17-year-old Lila Reyes.

The story centers on Lila’s story after her grandmother passes away. Having spent most of her life at her Abuela’s Cuban bakery in Miami, Lila moves to Winchester to spend the summer cooking at her aunt’s inn. She finds herself charmed by the British countryside and, more specifically, a charming tea shop clerk. Who is Kit Connor playing inA Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow?

the fact that Lila's grandmother was someone so special to her hit me right in the heart- I feel like in many Latinx cultures, the grandmothers hold a special place in their grandchildren's hearts and I definitely felt this in this novel. The book, Namey said, “hails straight out of my family album,” noting that she is the daughter and granddaughter of Cuban immigrants and is grateful that she could pay tribute to them in this way. “Many places, traditions, foods, and life lessons from my childhood are woven into the story,” she added. “I tried to take the spirit of people I love, and the truths I learned about identity and legacy and reimagine them into a coming-of-age novel that teens could relate to.” This book has it all: the recipe for new, lasting, happy friendships, a dash of romance, and some gentle (albeit hard) lessons about honoring yourself and letting go of people as perspectives shift.” An utterly charming read that feels like a treasured recipe that will heal and feed a broken heart.' Nina Moreno, author of Don’t Date Rosa Santos

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Instead of the sweet travel romance I was expecting, essentially I got a very long monologue from a self-centered baker. There was so much that could have gone right with this book which made it more of a let down imo. I'm glad that Lila was so proud of her culture, and I'd like to see more Latino and Hispanic main characters, but this was so over the top. She is literally obsessed with Cuban cuisine and yet she claims that she has nothing left to learn about it because her abuela taught her everything. Excuse me? I'm not sure ANYONE can learn every single dish or variation from their culture, especially not an almost-eighteen year old. It takes time, plus every family has their own way of preparing recipes.

Winchester. Honestly? I'm just putting this in here as someone who's been to Winchester on many occasions and loved reading Lila's obsession with how old everything is. I will forever find a huge amount of entertainment in the way non-brits write about the UK. (It's all so twee but I love it?) Winchester has always been home for Flora, but when her mother dies, Flora feels untethered. Her family expects her to apply to university and take a larger role in their tea-shop business, but Flora isn’t so sure. More than ever, she’s the chaotic 'hurricane' in her household, and she doesn’t always know how to manage her stormy emotions. So she decides to escape to Miami without telling anyone – especially her longtime friend Gordon Wallace. The narration: The main character is a 17-year-old girl named Lila, and the story is told from her perspective. The narrator was a great fit for Lila and did a great job with the Spanish accent when there were Spanish words peppered here and there through the narration (I don’t speak Spanish but it sounded fluent to me). Her British accents were OK, and her male voices were OK, but her male British voices were not that great. What makes great audiobook narration for me is that it adds to the overall experience of listening to a book, or even makes the listening a better experience. The male British voices were distracting because of how unrealistic they were.

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The shuttle bus was fine,” I say into her itchy wool shoulder. Her blond low bun is the same as I remember, but her accent sounds flatter than ever. Is this what twenty-five years in England does to a Venezuelan woman, born Catalina Raquel Mendoza? Here, in this Hampshire medieval town, with this husband, she is Cate Wallace.