his perfect partner was the perfect book for me right now in this moment in time, in history. as a puerto rican watching the devastation wreaked by hurricane maria, there was something to be said for spending time with yazmine fernĂ¡ndez and her puerto rican family. romance authors have been making an effort to diversify their characters for years, but so often the authors don't have a hispanic background so i am always catching small things like bad spanish or inaccurate cultural references.
but priscilla oliveras is mexican-puerto rican, and clearly grew up in a bilingual household. the only thing that was inconsistent were the accents, but hey, i am all over the place with them too when i write in spanish, so that's a stone i can't cast. this book was rich with puerto rican culture and i loved it for that. the sense of family also really strong as there is a very big subplot involving yaz's father and her sisters, and this is one series that i think will really do a wonderful job of showing what it means to be una familia. but mainly his perfect partner also tell the story of this really sweet romance between yazmine and tomĂ¡s.
they meet at his daughter's dance class, yazmine is the teacher and there is an instant spark. but tomĂ¡s has just moved to the suburbs to give his daughter a better life and yaz is destined for the big city lights, she's been dreaming of broadway since she was young. but even though they know that their paths are pulling them in different directions, they find their lives more and more intertwined. and what makes this romance so beautifully done is the sense of friendship and kinship that transcends the love story.
**his perfect partner will publish on september 26, 2017. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/kensington books (zebra shout) in exchange for my honest review.
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