I think the book was good. I love reading about Old Hollywood and now I definitely need to watch these movies referenced. I didn’t realize John Wayne was such a good guy off screen and I know that it’s a fiction work but the author did extensive interviews with the real Nina to get the story just right. 

I’m not sure if I was a fan of writing a bunch of letters back and forth. It was unusual to express a POV and I’m not sure if I was a fan. The verb tenses change between past tense and present tense. And then the story in between a story was difficult to remember what had happened in the beginning when the story finally did resume.

I did like the relationship between Nina and her mother. I could relate a lot to both characters. Seeing a book dive into Cuban and Mexican and immigrant culture was also nice to explore. I don’t really know much about Cuba so to hear everything was dark and sad.

This is my second book by this author. I liked it and might pick up another but I’m not rushing to read more. Maybe if I had nothing else on my TBR.