Review: 3.5 stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 13, 2014
3.5 startsDisclaimer: I received this book in exchange for an honest review.Bia has lived in the shadow of her brothers since she moved from Brazil to the United States with her family, and she finally decides at the age of 22 that she needs to be on her own and attend college to study to be a Vet. She moves from California to Colorado, hoping to be free, make friends, experience the American college life and ultimately achieve her dream of being a vet. How will she cope on her own?First of all, the Portuguese dictionary is very useful for those who don't speak Portuguese and it might be better to print it! I speak Portuguese so it wasn't a problem for me, but I imagine that it might be for many people. This shouldn't dissuade you from reading this book as she just only speaks a few words and expressions in Portuguese at times.I'd never read a book written in English with a Brazilian main character and I liked it, it was different, and the story hooked me.Since the beginning of the book, you can see that many people believe in the stereotype of Brazilian women, and I think this belief might have been a bit exacerbated on this book. I mean, the amount of people that believed that she was a certain way just because she was from Brazil was a bit unbelievable and I hope that doesn't happen in real life! Countries are different and there might be stereotypes but there are different people in each country, how could so many people believe that a woman is a slut just because she's from a certain country? Anyway, this is not the time or space to rant about this!Some things were a bit confusing to me, especially one thing nearly at the end of the book, what Bia finds out that explains why so many guys were trying to sleep with her. I don't understand how it could be true since everyone thought she had already slept with so many other guys. I don't want to spoil anything so I better not say anything more about this!I haven't read the first book of the series and I didn't feel like I needed to do it to understand this story better, but this book made me curious about Leo and Hanna's story. The main characters were likable and the story was a page turner but I would have liked to read a longer ending, to see them being happy together. Maybe on a next book?