Jaime Martinez (1)

I'd say I give Cochina 3.5 stars because it's not my usual sort of read. I have to admit, it's very risqué - uh... down right raunchy in parts, but there's so much you want to like about the Valdez girls. The story is about Lola, Marisol and Josephina. They're sisters who forged their lives from broke to ballers! Their husbands did the same thing, making them prominent in their Mexican communities, but these couples (minus Marisol who's single) have secrets. Some BIG un-freaking-real secrets and they actually break instead of making the relationships!

There's just three things I was not happy with: the cliffhanger ending, the lack of translation and the editing. The ending I felt, needed a bit more of a... well, an ending. There was no sort of closure, offering up a curt ending that left me dumbfounded more than hanging. I felt as though the climactic rage I was looking for was about to begin when suddenly the line just went... dead.

Now because I am from California, I knew many of the phrases used in Cochina, by the Mexicans. My issue is that I am not fluent in Spanish, Mexican or Portuguese. So when I'm reading, my flow is flustered by having to use my iPhone/iPad translator to figure out what someone said. I love that Martinez shared the natural lingo, but for the average morena like me, it's a bummer not knowing what's being said.
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Lastly, I was irked by the many end quotes(") in place of apostrophes ('). There are also periodic words missing from sentences. I know how that happens, because I too am known for being on such a roll that my fingers leave a word or two from a sentence. The flow can leave you breathless and in near arthritic pain from the speed. Not one time did they hurt the story; they were just distracting.

Anyway, check out Cochina. The story will surprise you in so many ways, you may see some situation coming, but dang!
​I'm off to the next read!

* http://bit.ly/CochinaNovel
Published by J. Martinez Books
2015… (altro)