November 2025 FBR - Main Buddy Read: The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Welcome to the November "Main" Buddy Read!
starts 1-November-2025, ends 30-November-2025

This November, we honor the veil between worlds with Ancestral Echoes — a journey through memory, magic, and legacy. Join us as we read The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova, where family secrets bloom beyond the grave and the past refuses to stay buried.

The Montoyas are used to a life without explanations. They know better than to ask why the pantry never seems to run low or empty, or why their matriarch won’t ever leave their home in Four Rivers—even for graduations, weddings, or baptisms. But when Orquídea Divina invites them to her funeral and to collect their inheritance, they hope to learn the secrets that she has held onto so tightly their whole lives. Instead, Orquídea is transformed, leaving them with more questions than answers.

Seven years later, her gifts have manifested in different ways for Marimar, Rey, and Tatinelly’s daughter, Rhiannon, granting them unexpected blessings. But soon, a hidden figure begins to tear through their family tree, picking them off one by one as it seeks to destroy Orquídea’s line. Determined to save what’s left of their family and uncover the truth behind their inheritance, the four descendants travel to Ecuador—to the place where Orquídea buried her secrets and broken promises and never looked back.

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[Angie ☯]

I thought this was a unique story. I didn't love it, but didn't hate it either. The first part of the book was a bit slow for me and the middle was okay. Now, the last section was much better and I feel like that is were the whole story unfolds.

Some of this could have been my fault for trying to cram so many books into the last few days of the month!