The Enchanted Hacienda

My currently reading list was starting to get longer and longer, I started this book and I was hooked and I finished it today. I think I started it today or maybe yesterday. I really loved the story and the characters and the family bonds and the magic. I was sniffling happy tears at the end.

DNF. Finally gave up because I was expecting something a little more gothic. This (at least the first 60%) is more of a drawn out romance with some magic thrown in.

I heard about this book before it was published and was excited to read it. Someone described it as “Encanto” but an adult story. This book is more than that. There is a magical element, tied to a ranch in Mexico and a family that cares for the land. But at its heart, the story is about rebirth and new beginnings, about love, family and heritage, about becoming who you are meant to be. One of the quotes I noted sums it up: “Life is just a series of beginnings and endings. It's one long season of learning how to let go. People, dreams, ideas, jobs, love. We hold each close to our bones and spirits, clutching so tightly we risk suffocating that which we profess to love, and then the time to let go comes - it always comes. We can run, or fight, or try to hide, but none of that will change the gathering storm on the horizon. And maybe it's the storms that change us, that help carve a new path toward who we were always meant to be.”