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Dhawy F.
Aug 9, 2026
What a great start to my 2025 reads!! While classified as women's fiction, both female and male characters in this novel come with valuable life lessons to learn from. The author masterfully weaves the narratives of both male and female characters, showcasing their individual growth while highlighting their interconnected roles in the story.
The main character is a woman, but the author also enables us (readers) to know what’s behind the male characters decisions. The author skillfully makes each character shine without having to make Gabby lose her central spot.
This book is about Gabby Medina’s journey, with her loss and never-ending grief after her mom passed away. Living her life with knowing that she was abandoned by her dad is painful enough already, but that’s even worse when he comes back years later with an offer of a house. Yes, he offers her a house.
After striking a deal with her biological dad, Gabby then moved to a small town with no job, no money, with just a goal to sell that house as soon as possible. While preparing the house for sale, she has to face more unexpectable learning about herself. She doesn’t think she’s strong enough, but the small town doesn’t want to stop teaching the fearful + anxious Gabby.
In my opinion, the book title doesn’t really capture the beauty inside the whole entire story. Right when I first read Too Soon for Adiós before my click to purchase, I expected nothing but a forceful goodbye in typical melodramatic romance. Luckily, the book description was such a hook that tickles my curious brain.
Yes, now it turns out I discovered so much richness in this book. Not just the profound life lessons, not just the quotable statements from some chapters, not just the message delivery that Leeds to contemplation. This book provides an in-depth look at Mexican American culture.
The romantic scenes never stop melting my heart. The whole story is too good to erase from my memory. Landscapes of Gabby’s emotion have made me read until the end.
The career switch in Diego’s life - doctor to handyman to mayor, sounds like uncrossable path, unfortunately. It doesn’t make any sense to me. One more downside, I found it a little tiny bit disturbing how Chef Dean isn’t sent to jail after assaulting Gabby. But still, this is a great book that deserves my 5 star review!
Some of My Favorite Quotes
“I thought the worst thing in the world was going to be having my mom die. But it’s not. The worst thing is learning how to live without her.”
“In your heart, you felt guilty about moving here because you felt like you were betraying your mother. But that was the grief talking, honey. Being here and letting Raul into your life has nothing to do with your relationship with your mother.”
“Love isn’t supposed to be a power play or some game where there has to be a winner or a loser. “Real love, true love, is about two people entrusting their hearts to one another so that together they can become something much more wonderful.”
The main character is a woman, but the author also enables us (readers) to know what’s behind the male characters decisions. The author skillfully makes each character shine without having to make Gabby lose her central spot.
This book is about Gabby Medina’s journey, with her loss and never-ending grief after her mom passed away. Living her life with knowing that she was abandoned by her dad is painful enough already, but that’s even worse when he comes back years later with an offer of a house. Yes, he offers her a house.
After striking a deal with her biological dad, Gabby then moved to a small town with no job, no money, with just a goal to sell that house as soon as possible. While preparing the house for sale, she has to face more unexpectable learning about herself. She doesn’t think she’s strong enough, but the small town doesn’t want to stop teaching the fearful + anxious Gabby.
In my opinion, the book title doesn’t really capture the beauty inside the whole entire story. Right when I first read Too Soon for Adiós before my click to purchase, I expected nothing but a forceful goodbye in typical melodramatic romance. Luckily, the book description was such a hook that tickles my curious brain.
Yes, now it turns out I discovered so much richness in this book. Not just the profound life lessons, not just the quotable statements from some chapters, not just the message delivery that Leeds to contemplation. This book provides an in-depth look at Mexican American culture.
The romantic scenes never stop melting my heart. The whole story is too good to erase from my memory. Landscapes of Gabby’s emotion have made me read until the end.
The career switch in Diego’s life - doctor to handyman to mayor, sounds like uncrossable path, unfortunately. It doesn’t make any sense to me. One more downside, I found it a little tiny bit disturbing how Chef Dean isn’t sent to jail after assaulting Gabby. But still, this is a great book that deserves my 5 star review!
Some of My Favorite Quotes
“I thought the worst thing in the world was going to be having my mom die. But it’s not. The worst thing is learning how to live without her.”
“In your heart, you felt guilty about moving here because you felt like you were betraying your mother. But that was the grief talking, honey. Being here and letting Raul into your life has nothing to do with your relationship with your mother.”
“Love isn’t supposed to be a power play or some game where there has to be a winner or a loser. “Real love, true love, is about two people entrusting their hearts to one another so that together they can become something much more wonderful.”