thesebooksaremyfriends 's review for:

West Side Love Story by Priscilla Oliveras
2.0

Many thanks to Montlake and NetGalley for a free copy of this book. My opinions are my own.

I really need to stop saying yes to every publicist who emails me a widget to an ARC because that's how we get in these situations. I cannot stand West Side Story so I never should have said sure I'll read this. I've enjoyed other stories by the author so I thought I'd take the chance. Listen to your gut Stacie.

It's a cute premise. Rival mariachi bands in a competition. However, I'm sad to say I just found it to be meh. The references to the musical were cute and I liked the supporting cast but I really couldn't stand either of our main characters and found them both kind of insufferable.

It's fade to black so if you are looking for spice, it's not here. That's fine and I wasn't necessarily looking for it but I was hoping something would change my opinion from meh to oh I like this. Nope.

West Side Story is an Amazon First Read this month I think and publishes June 1. If you like West Side Story, you might just enjoy this one.