Release Day Review: American Dreamer by Adriana Herrera

04 March of 2019 by ButtonsMom2003

Reviewer's Rating: 4

4.0Overall score

Great first book by a new author!

American Dreamer By Adriana Herrera

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Released: March 4, 2019

Publisher: Carina Press

Series: Dreamers, Book 1

Synopsis

No one ever said big dreams come easy

For Nesto Vasquez, moving his Afro-Caribbean food truck from New York City to the wilds of Upstate New York is a huge gamble. If it works? He’ll be a big fish in a little pond. If it doesn’t? He’ll have to give up the hustle and return to the day job he hates. He’s got six months to make it happen—the last thing he needs is a distraction.

Jude Fuller is proud of the life he’s built on the banks of Cayuga Lake. He has a job he loves and good friends. It’s safe. It’s quiet. And it’s damn lonely. Until he tries Ithaca’s most-talked-about new lunch spot and works up the courage to flirt with the handsome owner. Soon he can’t get enough—of Nesto’s food or of Nesto. For the first time in his life, Jude can finally taste the kind of happiness that’s always been just out of reach.

An opportunity too good to pass up could mean a way to stay together and an incredible future for them both…if Nesto can remember happiness isn’t always measured by business success. And if Jude can overcome his past and trust his man will never let him down.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

Great first book by a new author!

It was kind of appropriate that I read this book while on a cruise in the Caribbean. I enjoyed the story very much and found it to be very entertaining as well as educational.

My frustration while reading this was not the author’s fault at all; it’s just one of my little quirks. I hate it when I’m reading a story and can’t figure out how to pronounce unfamiliar words. Normally I would just look things up (one of the reasons I love reading ebooks is how easy it is to do this) however, I didn’t have Internet access while on the cruise so I just tried to take the words I didn’t quite understand in context and not let it bother me.

I’m a horribly picky eater (I’m not good at trying new things) so the food aspects of the story didn’t really cause me to salivate like it did some readers but this didn’t matter or affect my enjoyment of the story. What mattered to me were the words and the story; both were great.

I loved Nesto and Jude together and thought the challenges they had in maintaining their relationship were very realistic. It’s not easy to recognize when you’re devoting too much time to business and not enough time to your personal relationships.

There was a great cast of supporting characters, Nesto’s friends in particular, and I’m delighted to learn that they will be getting books of their own. I really liked American Dreamer a lot and look forward to reading more books by this new author.