A review by karnic
Miguel by Jade Hernandez

emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

ARC Read - 5/5⭐️ I loved it Miguel and Lorena really did it for me. I haven’t read a good Latin XMC book I think ever it was so entertaining. All the characters were amazing Lorena I think is one of my favorite female main characters probably ever written Zeke, my perfect little baby boy, I love him so much like that little boy was so perfect and so adorable. I can quite literally picture him in my mind 
I love the relationship between Miguel and his sister Camila, mostly with all the death that they have gone through and just the trauma in general that they have gone through.
The representation of deaf characters in this book, when it came to Desi and Zeke I think was really good mostly coming from a person who doesn’t really know a lot about that community, but it was explained really well. And Lorena when it came to Desi not letting anyone not talk to her unless they were looking at her that is a top-tier friend and honestly just a good person in general because I’m guessing this is something that a lot of deaf people go through all the time and it’s something that really isn’t fair and it’s something that’s not talked about enough where They talk to you but they don’t look at you when they talk to you or you can’t read their lips when they talk to you and I loved how it was shown in the book that she wouldn’t let anyone talk to her friend unless she could read their lips, and she wouldn’t answer any questions for her, because Desi grown women and can answer her questions by herself , they just either have to sign or let her read their lips. The found family aspect of this book was so cute and so good because I got the feeling that it was something that Lorena thought she would never really get the way that she wanted to and she deserved to have a family 🖤🖤.