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"'like water for hot chocolate' -- she was on the verge of boiling over." (loc 1373)
A love triangle. A woman in Mexico in the late nineteenth century. Revolutionary soldiers gallop past the ranch. The kitchen is full of textures, smells and tastes. The woman is torn between her passion for her flake of a brother-in-law who is under the sway of the tyrannical badass matriarch of the house and has the moral spine of an earthworm, and her grateful affection for a responsible, kind and generous man ...more
A love triangle. A woman in Mexico in the late nineteenth century. Revolutionary soldiers gallop past the ranch. The kitchen is full of textures, smells and tastes. The woman is torn between her passion for her flake of a brother-in-law who is under the sway of the tyrannical badass matriarch of the house and has the moral spine of an earthworm, and her grateful affection for a responsible, kind and generous man ...more
I can see why this one really connected with readers when it first came out - the characters are so vivid, and their wildly over-the-top natures make for a very entertaining story. Plus, if you're someone who comes from the food-is-love school of thinking, it's a heartwarming validation. A fun, fast read that makes a nice intro to magical realism.
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