Sara Ventas

Nada como encontrarte con una historia sin pretensiones, sencilla, que te emociona, no porque tenga mucho romance, si no la sensación que te va dejando conforme avanzas en la historia.

Muy al estilo de la película "Tienes un email" nuestros protagonistas se conocen a través de una serie de cartas, claro que esas cosas ya no pasan, ahora será por internet, WhatsApp o Facebook, el caso es que la autora nos regala una historia de cartas en papel que viajan de un país a otro y a nosotros nos show more permite entrar en la intimidad de esa correspondencia, no hay nada ni romántico, ni pasteloso, tan solo la manera en que dos personas se conocen, conectan desde lo mas profundo, esa parte donde alguien puede gustarte por su esencia, ni mas ni menos.

Una historia bien contada, con una narrativa sencilla, para nada pretensiosa, cosa que se agradece de sobremanera, este libro no es nada mas de lo que es, ni se vende mucho mejor de lo que obtienes, sencilla, sin mas, solamente para pasar un buen rato en compañía de una bonita historia, el único pero que le pondría sería la forma tan precipitada del final, tal vez me hubiera gustado que la escritora se tomará un poco de su tiempo y nos extendiera ese descenlace, mas allá de eso, un libro que fue como viento fresco para mí.

Y claro me quede con ganas de conocer Verona, GRACIAS por unas bellas descripciones, exactas, concisas y necesarias, las suficientes para enamorarte de un lugar que no conoces y te dan ganas de ir a buscar fotografías en internet para ver esa fuente o ese puente que te describen en el libro.

Para aquellos que les gusta la novela romántica, nada pasteloza y que no este esperando el libro del siglo, se las recomiendo mucho show less

Taking place in Malaga, Spain, newly single Sofia moves out of her parents home to start up a new life away from her family and friends. Sofia meets her downstairs neighbor Jaime one day in the elevator and they both find themselves thinking about each other more and more. However, Sofia is still trying to get over her ex fiance and Jaime is trying to make things work with his girlfriend Susana.

I don't know what to really say about this novel besides it ended up being about a five hour time show more waster. I think this could have been a really cute romance novel but it ended up splintering off into nonsensical side plots with two main protagonists that I was not rooting for at all.

Sofia seemed like a spoiled brat and just a horrible friend to her friend Manu. Based on some things that she said to him about his sexuality she was also written at times in an offensive manner to boot which definitely did not make me like her.

Jamie was a wishy washy character who when we find out his backstory I ended up disliking immensely. I don't want to give anything away to any potential readers out there but when you find out about him and how his relationship with his girlfriend Susana started some romance readers may not be thrilled.

When the story devolves into a side plot dealing with the history between Sofia's aunt and Manu's father I just rolled my eyes. It was brought up out of nowhere and there seemed to be no real reason to even remark upon it.

I think that since this ended up being translated from Spanish into English perhaps some nuances of the plots and people just don't come across very well when translated. I am sure the main audience for this novel is quite familiar with Spain and its history and the differences that exist between food, language, etc. based on where a person is born. However, an American audience may not know that or at least may not be inclined to go read up on things to get a better sense of things.

I would not recommend.

Please note that I received this novel for free via the Amazon Vine Program show less

Un pasado que creía superado, una amiga histriónica en la distancia, un mejor amigo encantador y un vecino algo peculiar. Sofía lo tenía todo, o creía tenerlo porque un buen día se encontró rodeada de "ex" ―propios y ajenos―, casualidades, malentendidos y un buzón lleno de postales.
Dicen que el amor lo podemos tener justo al lado, sólo hace falta mirar para verlo. Para Sofía, el amor se encontraba a treinta postales de distancia.