I just finished Mayra by Nicky Gonzalez and really felt a connection with it. A big part of that is the main characters are from the same hometown as me, so it hit a lot of familiar notes.
I was surprised to see the average rating sitting around 3.1. It made me wonder if some people didn't click with it because it didn't meet their expectations of where the story should go or what kind of book it should be. Perhaps some people were expecting it to lean more into horror?
Has anyone else here read it? And if you grew up in Miami, did that change the way the book landed for you?
Personally I was a big fan.
by AyyDelta