Tag: #latinx

• Salvación Review

  Lola de La Peña yearns to be free from the societal expectations of a young Mexican lady of her station. She spends her days pretending to be delicate and proper while watching her mamá cure the sick and injured with sal negra (black salt), a recently discovered magic that heals even the most mortal sicknesses…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 8, 2025

  Reviews

  #latinx, #latinxmcs, #magicalrealism, #rachelreads&reviews, #salvación, #sandraproudman, #st.martinspress, #st.martinspublishing, #wednesdaybooks, #YA

• Café con Lychee Review

  Sometimes bitter rivalries can brew something sweet. Theo Mori wants to escape. Leaving Vermont for college means getting away from working at his parents’ Asian American café and dealing with their archrivals’ hopeless son Gabi who’s lost the soccer team more games than Theo can count. Gabi Moreno is miserably stuck in the closet. Forced…

  rachelbeerwoman

  September 19, 2025

  Reviews

  #asianmcs, #caféconlychee, #comingofage, #contemporaryromance, #emerylee, #harpercollins, #latinx, #lgtbq, #quilltreebooks, #rachelreads&reviews, #YA

• Bold, Brilliant, and Latine & Leyendas

  Bold, Brilliant, and Latine by Alyssa Reynoso-Morris and illustrated by Sol Cotti For the lower school set as it gives one page biographies of each Latino with emphasis on how they were a role model, and that kids can be like them too.  It has several well-known figures like Lin Manuel Miranda, Rita Moreno, Gabriel…

  rachelbeerwoman

  September 12, 2025

  Book Suggestions

  #alyssareynosomorris, #boldbrilliantlatine, #chroniclebooks, #isadorazeferino, #latinx, #latinxhistory, #leyendas, #lowergrade, #middlegrade, #monicamancillas, #nonfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #solcatti, #wideeyededitions

• Contemporary Summer Romances

  Gold Coast Dilemma by Nana Malone During an opulent publishing party, Ofosua Addo crosses paths with Cole Drake for the first time. Their flirtatiously witty exchange culminates in a kiss that etches a permanent mark on both their hearts. But Ofosua’s identity as a Ghanaian heiress comes before Cole. She loves the vibrant traditions of…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 9, 2025

  Book Suggestions

  #africanamericanmcs, #alexisdaria, #alongcameamor, #asianmcs, #avonromance, #berkley, #berkleyromance, #can’tgetenough, #contemporaryromance, #danicanava, #disneyhyperion, #diverseromance, #forever, #foreverpublishing, #gallerybooksimprint, #goldcoastdilemma, #hachettebookgroup, #hispanicmcs, #indigenousfiction, #indigenousmcs, #jesseqsutanto, #kennedyryan, #latinx, #loveisawarsong, #nanamalone, #primasofpower, #rachelreads&reviews, #simon&schuster, #skyland, #somethingcheeky, #thienkimlam, #worthfightingfor

• Hailey Alcaraz Interview

  Hailey Alcaraz is the author of Up in Flames and the upcoming Rosa by Any Other Name. She graciously took the time to answer my questions and talk about her love for retellings, the impact of the Chicano Civil Rights Movement and more about her upcoming work. Enjoy! 1. Let’s start simple, what were some…

  rachelbeerwoman

  January 27, 2025

  Interview

  #haileyalcaraz, #hispanicheritage, #latinx, #rachelreads&reviews, #retellings, #rosabyanyothername, #upinflames, #YA

• Latinx History Month

  This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan No, this has nothing to the controversial Blake Lively movie. I’d actually argue it is more well-written than that storyline but I digress.

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 15, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #contemporaryromance, #familia, #fiction, #hispanicheritagemonth, #kennedyryan, #latinx, #laurene.rico, #lowergrade, #luludelacre, #rachelreads&reviews, #salsadreams, #thiscouldbeus

• Sandra Proudman Interview

  Sandra Proudman is a proud Mexican-American author and literary agent at the Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency. She graciously took the time to answer my questions in her first interview for her debut novel, Salvación. Enjoy! 1. To start from the beginning, who are some of your literary inspirations? It’d be too hard to just…

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 2, 2024

  Interview

  #fantasy, #fiction, #historicalfantasy, #historicalfiction, #latinx, #mexicanamerican, #rachelreads&reviews, #relitremix, #salvación, #sandraproudman, #YA, books, literary-agents, publishing, writing

• Liana De la Rosa Interview

  1. Why does the Late Regency/Victorian era appeal to you (and why do you think it appeals to so many others)? I think popular pieces of media, be that novels by Jane Austen or Charlotte Bronte or historical dramas, have made the Regency and Victorian eras recognizable and familiar, and yet an escape at the same…

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 11, 2022

  Interview

  #anamariaandthefox, #historicalfiction, #latinx, #lianadelarosa, #lunasisters, #onceuponascandal, #rachelreads&reviews, #regencyromance, #romance, #thecaptain'smidwinterbride, #toresistascandalousrogue, #totemptascandalouslord, #totomaeascandalouslady

• A Carribean Heiress in Paris Review

  Originally I was going to put this with the rest of my reads for Hispanic Heritage Month post, I loved it so much I had to spill all my thoughts here and now.

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 4, 2022

  Reviews

  #acarribeanheiressinparis, #adrianaherrera, #harlequinpublishing, #historicalfiction, #lasleonas, #latinx, #rachelreads&reviews, #romance

• 3 Latinx Romances

  The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa Carolina “Lina” Santos experienced one of the worst experiences one could live through. Stood up at the altar. And it’s all the best man’s fault, Max Hartley. Now years later, Santos has pulled herself together to making a succesful wedding planning company and is up for a big…

  rachelbeerwoman

  June 21, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #abbyjimenez, #aproposaltheycan'trefuse, #avonbooks, #harpercollins, #latinx, #life'stooshort, #miasosa, #nataliecaña, #rachelreads&reviews, #romance, #theworstbestman