A review by peripetia
The Enchanted Hacienda by J.C. Cervantes

Did not finish book.
I disliked this book very much. The writing was just the worst kind of chick-lit clichés*. First of all I don't like books that are written like movies, and this book was 100% a generic rom-com, but with magic. Our main character is fired from her dream job, she describes her looks for no particular reason, she has a sassy best friend and a caricaturishly evil boyfriend who's name is. you guessed it, Chad. 

I did not care for this at all. I dnf'd before she got to her family hacienda because I found the writing unbearable. I checked out some reviews before I decided to dnf, and since it seems the actual plot is romance, I did not want to continue beyond the 30 minutes that I wasted listening to the book.

Something that is REALLY bugging me are the reviews and the constant "this is Encanto". This is putting me in such a rage that it's better than I don't rant about it. I know I didn't finish the book, but I would just love to know what they have in common except a latinx family with magical abilities and one of the girls in Encanto being able to control flowers. Could it be that you only know two pieces of media from the same general area, except that Mexico and Colombia are not even on the same continent ffs.

*Note: Chick-lit is a baffling concept and I hate it, but I'm using it here so you get what I mean.