The Book Talk

  The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas     Romance, fiction Just like Helen Hoang said, “Everything you could want in a romance is right here,” is the understatement of the year. This book was incredible in pretty much every way!  From the start of this book, I got a lot of The Hating Games by Sally Thorne vibes, from the enemies to lovers focused in a workplace environment. I also thought that the pace of the book was well executed, because I never once felt the book was going too fast or moving too slow when it came to the characters and their interactions. Even the first scene was building tension, and showed the reader a lot about the characters and their relationships. I also really loved the whole background and family of Catalina, because as a person of descent from Portugal and as I am taking Spanish in school, I loved getting to understand the words spoken and culture added revolving around Spain.  :) Anyways onto the main aspect of this story, Catalina Martín and Aaron

  Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World  by Benjamin Alire Sáenz    Contemporary fiction, YA    “We are all cartographers-all of us. We all want to write our names on the map of the world.”  I can say with one hundred percent certainty that this book held the most emotion I have ever read in my life. Benjamin expertly knows how to deliver a timeless, full of life, and humorously blunt story about highschool, love, and life. After reading the first book, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe , I was deeply in love with the writing. So when I finally found this book at my school, and it being the only copy, I grabbed it and checked it out. Also I need to take a minute to acknowledge my librarians because they are so sweet and welcoming. When I went to check out this book, they got so excited because they loved the first book and told me to report back to them how it was! Anyways back to talking about this masterpiece of a 516 page sequel.  This story wa