Mutual Discord

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• Melissa

  Finished August 17, 2026

  Assuming a man and a woman are in a relationship simply because they enter a room together is the kind of understanding that only makes sense in a historical romance. What I *did* love about this book was Sofia's series highlighting women throughout history whose work has been buried or stolen by men - there is even a glossary in the back, and there were several women I had never even heard of. I also really appreciated the untranslated Spanish conversations between Sofia and her family and the celebration of Puerto Rican culture. But this book was so repetitive it was actually painful. It's not so much inner turmoil as it was just repeating the same things over and over again. There was no tension! The only messiness was in Sofia's head the entire time. This entire book was just Sofia not talking to two people who were supposedly her friends. Being interrupted before clarifying questions or comments works once or twice, imo- but this continues to deploy the same tactic to avoid the truth until the very end of the book. It was frustrating for all the wrong reasons. Sofia just suddenly decides to dissociate and kiss him. She immediately gets on her knees and they have sex. They continue to sleep together for an entire week while she just assumes he is cheating on her "best friend" ?? There was minimal fallout and and unsatisfying resolution. I am glad Sofia and Caitlin acknowledge how superficial their friendship really was and they agree to do better. but.. that's it? In addition to feeling incredibly overwritten and repetitive, there was some harmful diet culture upheld by Sofia -who repeatedly tells us she is a curvy Latina woman- talking about punishing herself (by exercising) after eating something "fattening." This is somewhat minor but I think speaks more to the need for more editing - the timeline discrepancies. Sofia is 31 at the beginning of the book, and 32 by the end with no mention of her birthday. Alex also says they've known each other 5 months at homecoming and at least 2 months pass because after not talking to him for 3 weeks, they celebrate both Thanksgiving and Christmas and after New Years they say they have known each other 6 months. I'm glad I had the opportunity to read this book, and I hope that Liana writes another contemporary book because this had a lot of elements I felt I should have loved but it was just poorly executed. Thanks so much to Berkley for the digital review copy

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