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A review by katiedermody
The Broposal by Sonora Reyes
This was so good! I had requested it from NetGalley a while ago and didn't remember much aside from best friends decide to get married so one can get his green card, but it was so much more than that. Within the first chapter, I saw Latinx rep, undocumented person rep, disability rep, and queer rep (including the characters attending a drag ball!), and I could already see the care the author put into portraying these experiences.
Han (Alejandro) has lived in the US with his Tio, Tia, and family since he was a kid, and has shared an apartment with his best friend Kenny for the last five years. His parents are back in Mexico, and their relationship is strained because of his mother's addiction and the fact that he can't leave the country to go see them. So many facets of his life are influenced by the necessity to stay quiet, safe, unnoticed, and not risking deportation. When he loses his job, Kenny gets him a new one but soon realizes how serious things are. He leaves his abusive girlfriend, this time for the last time, and then proposes to Han that they get married for the green card.
The men decide to go through with it and during their fake dating, engagement, etc. it becomes clear to both of them that the feelings were always there. But Kenny doesn't want to use Han as a rebound and Han thought he was straight.
There were many emotions in this book, I teared up a couple times, laughed out loud multiple times, and swooned almost constantly because it is the quintessential best friends to lovers story and I loved it. I don't think I've read anything else by this author yet, but I definitely will now!
Thank you to Forever Publishing and NetGalley for the arc.
Release date: Jan 21/25
Han (Alejandro) has lived in the US with his Tio, Tia, and family since he was a kid, and has shared an apartment with his best friend Kenny for the last five years. His parents are back in Mexico, and their relationship is strained because of his mother's addiction and the fact that he can't leave the country to go see them. So many facets of his life are influenced by the necessity to stay quiet, safe, unnoticed, and not risking deportation. When he loses his job, Kenny gets him a new one but soon realizes how serious things are. He leaves his abusive girlfriend, this time for the last time, and then proposes to Han that they get married for the green card.
The men decide to go through with it and during their fake dating, engagement, etc. it becomes clear to both of them that the feelings were always there. But Kenny doesn't want to use Han as a rebound and Han thought he was straight.
There were many emotions in this book, I teared up a couple times, laughed out loud multiple times, and swooned almost constantly because it is the quintessential best friends to lovers story and I loved it. I don't think I've read anything else by this author yet, but I definitely will now!
Thank you to Forever Publishing and NetGalley for the arc.
Release date: Jan 21/25