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Summary: Not tooooo hot..................
Review: At first, I was like the reader from Albuquerque. Margarita bored me and at times, I would roll my eyes at her descriptions or things she would say. She came across as such a snob, but I forced myself to forge ahead. Boy, am I ever glad I did that! Without giving away too much, let's just say, I didn't hate her in the end. Garcia-Aguilera's investigative skills really shone through in what turned out to be a great read! I'm now hooked on her writing. She's earned a new fan with this book and I can't wait to read all of her mystery novels.
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Summary: No Lupe Solano Book Here
Review: Carolina Garcia- Aguilera's newest book,One Hot Summer is luke warm. It does not have the rich , loveable characters that her Lupe Solano books offer. There is no likeable or interesting character in ther book to cheer for.Margarita, the main character, is not really believeable as a old rich Cuban, well placed successful lawyer. She has two dippy friends that are not really well developed in the story. Margarite hates her mother and has little use for anyone else.She is self centered. Her lover Luther, a New York lawyer, is supposed to have learned Spainsh as an adult and now is in Cuban Miami speaking Spanish without any accent, get real. The only good guy in the book is her husband, but he is a rather bland person, a hard working lawyer working so many hours on his no win, no money case that he doesn't notice his wife's fooling around.The ending is as if the author discovered she had written the required number of pages, being also so bored with this book that she just ended the book as quickly as possible without much thought.If Margarite's husband was truely a self made man, hot shot lawyer, macho Cuban husband, he would never have accepted Carolinas ending. The book appears to be a rushed work with little research or planning and developement of it's characters. I feel that Carolina Garcia-Aguilera is too good of an author to turn out this kind of "beach reading" book. I was dissapointed!
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Summary: Not worth the hype
Review: I had "One Hot Summer" on my Books to Read list for so long, I bought it ready to enjoy a quick beach read while on vacation. I don't know what I was thinking when I included this book on my list because it wasn't a good beach read. It wasn't a good book for anything.To summarize, Margarita Solana is a successful lawyer and loving mother that has to decide if she's going back to work after her year of absence ends or if she'll remain a stay-at-home mom to her 3-year-old son. First of all, this woman was rarely at home. She employed a woman that worled as maid, cook and nanny. Margarita drove around Miami in her too-big SUV dining with friends as shallow as her, exploring an affiar with her college boyfriend, and grappling with her overbearing mother and sexist husband. In short, she is a spoiled woman that uses her parents exile from Cuba and her family background as an excuse for every unlikeable quality she has. The story is supposed to be about Margarita and her life during three months. Instead of sticking to that, the author gets preachy with Cuban American issues, reviews Miami's hot spots, and tries a subplot involving one of Margarita's friends that comes about suddenly, then ends with no explanation. Summer can't end fast enough. I didn't hate the book. I didn't like it, but I didn't hate it either. It took me until Vivian, Margarita's friend, broke her news to actually like the book and care how things turned out, but was dissappointed with how the author handled that story. I view it as "poor little rich girl" and had no empathy for anyone except Marti, Margarita's son. He's a little boy that's paid attention to only when his parents feel guilty. How wonderful (typed with great sarcasm).
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Summary: Not a good book
Review: I loved this book, from the moment that I started reading it to the end, I couldn't put the book down. The ending made sick, what they did to margarita was just out of this world! GREAT BOOK.
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Summary: Not worth the hype
Review: I picked up this book so I would have somthing to read on the beach, and In that aspect I was not dissaopoinnted. Ms. Garcia is a talented and gifted writer and I enjoyed reading this book, and will continue to read her others. The only problem I found with this book were the constant refrenced to "Cuban Miami" and Miami in general, after the first 20refrences or so, it just got annoying. Also Ms. Garcia tended to talk give long descriptions and backgrounds that were irrelevant to the story and just held up the story line. Other than those issues this is a good read and i recommend it to book lovers everywhere.
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Summary: It's no mystery, Garcia-Aguilera can do romance
Review: Once again Garcia-Aguilera has written a book that I just can't put down. I have read and love all her mysteries- so I picked up this romance with eager anticipation. I was not disappointed. The main character Margarita is easily likeable, which makes the trials she faces that much more intriguing. Sometimes you want to yell at the book and tell Margarita what she should (and shouldn't) do. But the author is measured in the development of the plot and keeps you turning the pages all the way to the end. Mix that in with an interesting take on Cuban exile politics and humorous insights on the world around Margarita and the picture of wild, steamy Miami is complete. Another winner from Garcia-Aguilera.
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Summary: Really engrossing...interesting to read
Review: Really engrossing,and interesting to read. I could relate to Margarita in many ways to the little ways that she thought and reacted to situations. Also I pictured myself like her friend Vivian minus all the nice clothes. But I thought it was cool. I can tell the author must really love her country, because of all the references she made to Cuba. Anyway, I thought I was not going to like it because it didn't receive all those praises on the covers. But the picture on the cover is what enticed me to the book( long, dark finger-nailed hand with big diamond looks great). After all, I do judge books by their covers. After that it is up to the author to keep me engrossed. And I was engrossed in the book. I am glad I read it. And the cover looks so sultry like Miami as I would think it would be.
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Summary: Fantastic Book, Unfortunate Cover
Review: The cover on this book was unfortunate. Why ? The skimpy bathing suit implies light (airhead) reading to me. Yet this book is not only fun, but surprisingly MEATY, with a lot of serious issues to think about. Don't let the cover put you off. I picked up the book expecting a continuing saga of the Lupe Solano series (private investigator in Miami), but soon found that the main character was a different woman, a partner in a Miami law firm. Once I got over that initial disappointment, I was more than pleasantly surprised. The book is about a happily married woman whose former boyfriend arrives in town, and the consternation caused when he tries to get her to leave her husband. The main character is pulled into a quagmire. The BEST part is the ABSOLUTELY SATISFYING ENDING with how she gets herself OUT of this quagmire, in a way that leaves you REALLY admiring the heroine. Suffice it to say that my turn in our bookclub is coming up, and this is the book I will be choosing ! After reading two books by this author, I plan to read every book of hers that I can get my hands on.
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Summary: Fantastic Book, Unfortunate Cover
Review: The cover on this book was unfortunate. Why ? The skimpy bathing suit implies light (airhead) reading to me. Yet this book is not only fun, but surprisingly MEATY, with a lot of serious issues to think about. Don't let the cover put you off. I picked up the book expecting a continuing saga of the Lupe Solano series (private investigator in Miami), but soon found that the main character was a different woman, a partner in a Miami law firm. Once I got over that initial disappointment, I was more than pleasantly surprised. The book is about a happily married woman whose former boyfriend arrives in town, and the consternation caused when he tries to get her to leave her husband. The main character is pulled into a quagmire. The BEST part is the ABSOLUTELY SATISFYING ENDING with how she gets herself OUT of this quagmire, in a way that leaves you REALLY admiring the heroine. Suffice it to say that my turn in our bookclub is coming up, and this is the book I will be choosing ! After reading two books by this author, I plan to read every book of hers that I can get my hands on.
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Summary: One Hot Summer
Review: This book is a great read and is very true to South Florida's Cuban culture. The Cuban culture is very rich and often misunderstood by the general American public. The author also lists several local areas that is very heart warming to one who loves Miami.
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