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Emily has a PhD in English from the College of Southern Mississippi, MS, and she or he has an MFA in Inventive Writing from GCSU in Milledgeville, GA, dwelling of Flannery O’Connor. She spends her free time studying, watching horror films and musicals, cuddling cats, Instagramming photos of cats, and running a blog/podcasting about books with the women over at #BookSquadGoals (www.booksquadgoals.com). She may be reached at emily.ecm@gmail.com.
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How has your studying yr been going up to now, bibliophiles? I really feel like I lucked out in 2025 as a result of the primary ebook I completed was this delightfully candy romance novel by creator Sonora Reyes. It wasn’t fully luck, although. I knew what I used to be moving into with this creator. Their younger grownup novel The Lesbiana’s Information to Catholic College fully melted me with how candy, sincere, and entertaining it was. With The Broposal, Reyes’s debut grownup novel, I used to be fairly positive we may anticipate extra of the identical A+++ storytelling. I used to be not upset, and also you received’t be both.
The Broposal by Sonora Reyes
Alejandro (Han) has hassle letting individuals in. He’s by no means had a critical relationship. As quickly as issues get too deep with women, he cuts them free. Possibly it’s due to his personal strained relationship together with his mom, who lives abroad and is scuffling with drug dependancy. Possibly it’s as a result of he’s undocumented and residing in a rustic that can by no means settle for him as he’s and the place he won’t ever be capable to fulfill his desires of going to school. Or perhaps it’s as a result of he’s afraid of exploring his personal sophisticated emotions about his sexuality—is he even straight? The actual reply: it’s all the above.
The one one who has ever made Han really feel really comfy in his personal pores and skin is his roommate and finest pal Kenny. However Kenny has problems with his personal. Kenny’s girlfriend, Jackie, is controlling and abusive, and whereas Kenny is aware of this relationship isn’t good for him, he’s additionally scared of being alone. When Jackie places her foot down and tells Kenny he has to decide on between Han and her, Kenny lastly sees the sunshine and dumps her.
Now that Kenny is single and searching for one thing new, he feels he has the proper answer to unravel his loneliness and Han’s undocumented standing: a proposal. With a purpose to give Han authorized standing in the USA, Kenny asks Han to marry him. Han says sure. A wedding of comfort between two mates who take care of one another. Must be a cheerful ending, proper? But it surely seems Han and Kenny’s emotions for one another are far more sophisticated than both of them realized. Jackie’s refusal to make their lives simple threatens their entire plan.
This ebook has a lot happening between Han’s struggles together with his household, his authorized standing, and his sexuality. Then there’s Kenny’s poisonous relationship and his struggles to face up for himself. However Reyes weaves all the storylines collectively in a means that can preserve you studying and considering. On high of that, I don’t typically learn romance tales from the angle of characters nonetheless determining their sexuality, and that was so great to see. I’m excited to see this creator be launched to new readers who haven’t picked up their YA books earlier than. These of you who’re already followers of Reyes’s work will love this one, too.