3.5 stars. Very interesting premise. I definitely struggled with the slow pace, prose (felt very detached to me), and numerous Spanish phrases without translation, which left me disengaged at times, but I enjoyed the colorful cast and stories that are all interweaved together. For some reason, I found the first person chapters (Bienvenida and Manuel) more engaging than the third person chapters. It was also interesting to see the untold/'dead' stories weave into the living characters lives. I'll probably give this author's other novel about the Mirabel sisters a try.