Este libro toma ese tema de la identidad Latino-Americana que nos afecta a muchos, que si te olvidaste de tus raíces y ya no sabes ni siquiera lo que es un tamal o que nunca serás americana… Interesante–pero mas interesante es Marcela! La emoción que invoca esta protagonista es real. Si, es cierto que antes dedicaba a las cosas malas ya que era pandillera, pero hachando eso a un lado, lo que te envuelve es su historia de amor. Imagina, vive enamorada de Nash, él hombre que conoció cuando tenia 13 años y la vio crecer. Nash le lleva unos años, pero a ella no le importa. Es el amor de su vida.
También esta Will, el chico indicado que es mas o menos su edad, viene de buena familia, va ser medico y esta totalmente enamorado de ella. ¿Parece obvio cual elegir verdad? Pero no, Marcela esta en un tira y jala. ¿Qué harías tu? ¿Te irías con el hombre perfecto que te ama y promete amarte o con un hombre que siempre te dice que no podrá estar ahí como lo quieres?
Aveces dejamos en el aire lo que mejor nos conviene para luego darnos con una piedra entre los dientes para no aceptar el famoso 'te lo dije'.
Pues yo hice lo mismo con Marcela y hasta sentí ese miedo inmenso a causa de su hermano enfermizo que parece disfrutar maltratar de ella. Te cuento que me sentí parte del cuento, tanto así que se me despeino un poco el pelo cuando ella se montó en la moto y sentí el salitre en mis labios cuando ella caminaba por el malecón.
Pero mejor lo dejo ahí–pues no te quiero contar el libro entero. Conforma te con esto, si quieres una historia amorosa real y un poco de esos problemas entre familias que todos vivimos con algo de si que si eres latina u americana…Pues lee lo. Te va gustar. Lo puedes encontrar través de Amazon. Que lo aproveches.
chic-lit that I love so much. And then I was ready, picked up where I left off and returned with Becoming Americana by Lara Rios and Argentine writer from California.
Goodness, gracious, me oh my. I felt like not only is this book deep and in a way elaborates on that platform of being a hybrid American-Latino that is neither both or one sometimes, but dude I was into it. Marcela is real, forget her gang bang past, it's the love that she's facing between Will her age appropriate college bf and then Nash, the dude that she met at 13 when she was vulnerable and needed the most help. Nash was already an adult when they met, but that doesn't matter to Marcela–you know the fact that he saw her grow up. She always felt something special for him. Will, well he's what should be I suppose. Same age range, he would be an excellent provider and all his love belongs to her. But Marcela can't seem to choose. Would we? How do you decide? Do you go for what's best and should be or for what you want knowing that perhaps it wouldn't be the wisest decision?
Eh many times we go for the latter and then learn later on that maybe it wasn't the best. I did that with Marcela and then even felt the pang of fear brought on by her sicko brother that's just too much. I was on edge, like became part of the story and felt the wind she felt while on her bike and or the salty sea air as she walked on the pier.
But I can't keep on going to much. I don't want to give it all away. Just know this, if you want a very realistic love story and some self growth with family issues as well as the ongoing scrutiny of weather or not your losing your Latino identity or not American enough, well read this. You will be glad you did. Find it on Amazon and enjoy!
