I loved Alexis Daria's first book in this series – but I might love this one more?? Her characters feel like real people and the conversations and chemistry are off the charts. She is a powerhouse writer, and I will read anything she writes!

Thirteen years ago Gabe and Michelle were best friends, all of that changed when Gabe lied about staying in the Bronx and instead secretly enrolled in a California college. Michelle, hurt and betrayed by her childhood friend wishes that she never wants to see him again. At 31 Gabe has a successful gym located in California that brings in celebrity clientele and Michelle works in branding business. When an expansion to New York is suggested,Gabe’s business partner contacts Michelle without knowing that she is THE Michelle, it throws Gabe back into the life and neighborhood he never wanted to be in again. Michelle accepts the job offer of branding the New York gym but on some conditions, Gabe stays with her. Needing closer drives Michelle back into the vulnerable state she was left in when Gabe ripped apart their friendship. As the two work together, the chemistry is undeniable between the two and unresolved feelings/tension between Michelle and Gabe.

This book was everything I asked for and more, the dynamic between Gabe and Michelle was amazing to see. How they both grow and learn from each other, from learning to open up and trust each other. Of course, the spicy scenes were to die for — Gabe putting Michelle’s needs above his own just left me speechless. The representation is this book is amazing, growing up in a Mexican Household I related to this book so much, Gabe’s struggle to please his parents while also trying to find what makes him happy is a common challenge for latinx young adults. This book continued giving from the two bi main characters and to the Mexican and Puertorriqueño representation. I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a Latinx love story full of acceptance, best friend, to strangers to lovers trope, main characters who used to write fan fiction together and people who love to read own voices books. I guarantee this to be your new favorite next read!

Thank you to William Marrow and Custom house for providing me with an advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review

If you like your romances with a lot of sex grab a copy of this one! I prefer mine with a lot less but I could still skim and thought the story line was enjoyable. I loved both Gabe and Michelle and believed in their story as friends to lovers.

Michelle and Gabriel grew up as next door neighbors in the Bronx and were best friends. They were both members of close-knit Latinx families and were very involved with each other's families as well as their own. But Gabriel felt stifled by his family's expectations and left for LA when he was 18, not telling Michelle about his plans until she found his plane ticket in his pocket. His guilt about it, and her hurt and anger opened a chasm between them that hadn't healed when the book opens.
In the years since their break, Michelle has become a talented marketing person, while Gabe has become a co-owner of a celebrity gym in LA. When there are plans to open a New York branch of the gym (inspired by Gabe's partner and their key investor). Gabe comes back to New York for the first time in years where he reconnects with Michelle, who has been hired to do the marketing for the expansion. Hijinks and chemistry ensue.
While there does seem to be a lot of information dump in the beginning of the book, I found myself rooting for Gabe and Michelle's happily-ever-after and was not disappointed.

Alexis Daria’s becoming an auto buy author for me. You had me at hola allowed me to read about latin characters and their stories on the telenovela environment but A Lot Like Adios allowed me to see myself on the story. This one’s about normal (not famous) people and their struggles with latin families and lost connections later found again. And it was just immaculate. I can’t wait to get my hands on a physical copy of this book.

Alexis Daria is quickly becoming an auto-buy author for me. As a follow up to "You Had Me at Hola", this continues the angsty, quirky, funny family dynamics we loved in the first book. With a hot new hero!

One of the best covers I've seen. It immediately draws you in!

It was a fast, sexy read with lovable characters and plenty of tropes.

I'm a big fan of Alexis Daria and the series. I will be recommending it to friends! Great binge-worthy read.

I received an e-arc of this book, but all thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thank you, William Morrow and Custom House, Avon, for an eARC. I received a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

A Lot Like Adiós by Alexis Daria is the improved sequel to You Had Me at Hola. Michelle and Gabriel have all the chemistry Jasmine/Ashton lacked in You Had Me at Hola. This book was spicy, and the tension Michelle and Garbiel had was excellent. The author uses a combination of romance tropes such as friends to lovers, second chance, one bed, and fake dating to make a funny and loveable romance story between the two main characters.

Diversity in books is great. It's clear Alexi Daria wants to have books with characters from different communities; however, the representation present still needs to be integrated into the story. I think some of the representation present does not successfully do that. For several secondary or third characters, the character's marginalized identity is referenced immediately upon their introduction. I am not talking about whether the representation present in the book is accurate, good, or bad. I think the author could work on creating a better flow for the reader learning about characters, so it doesn't feel like that character is only present for their representation.

The general plot was interesting, but it did drag on towards the end.

The cover is absolutely stunning. I love the design.

Overall, I enjoyed the book, but I do think there be some improvements. I would rate the book four stars.

From the first paragraph, I knew this book would be a good one. I immersed myself into the book from the first chapter and I cannot say enough good things about this book! Honestly amazing! The writing is incredible and the plot is just one to die for. I am absolutely obsessed with this book. My favorite part would have to be the character development throughout the book. Character development is something I look forward to and this book did not disappoint.

I couldn’t put this one down. It was a fast, hot read with fun characters and silly antics. I enjoyed the first book about the primas, You had Me at Hola, and was happy that this story ended up a pleaser as well.

Having said that, this book started out almost exactly like The People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry and that one was a DNF for me. I had debated quitting this book and kept setting it down because the beginning of the story felt like a rush so you could just get to the romantic conflict. Stick with it!

This was a really good second entry into the series. I really enjoyed the first book in this series and this was a good follow-up with entertaining lead characters and a sexy second chance romance.

Loved this book. Thank you to NetGalley for the advance e-copy. Will be happy to recommend widely to readers at the public library.

This book felt like reading a Jane the Virgin style telenovela with serious spice. I love the creativity of the characters and the authors many attempts to be as inclusive as possible. Several of the descriptions of ethnicity and gender of side characters came off very heavy handed, but overall a really well written character driven romance.

LOVED IT!! So many of my favorite tropes. Not-a-sex-pact, fake dating, the extended family & the sneaking around. It was wonderful, funny and steamy. I can’t wait for Ava’s story!!!

A LOT LIKE ADIOS is a fun, quick romp about Michelle and Gabe, high school bffs who lost touch after graduation and are reunited more than a decade later when Gabe's company hires Michelle to do some design work for them. Michelle's fear of commitment and Gabe's fear of his family have the odds stacked against them.

This book was a letdown for me in a couple of ways. I loved YOU HAD ME AT HOLA, so I had high hopes, but ADIOS didn't quite live up. First, the physical aspects of Michelle and Gabe's relationship happened really quickly—I think the first sex scene is somewhere around 17% of the way through the book. I tend to prefer my second chance romances with a bit more pining and will-they-won't-they slow burning, but this one was a bit different because Michelle and Gabe already love each other and they already know they have great physical chemistry—so it's their personal wounds that are holding them back and must be overcome in order for there to be a happy ending.

Additionally, like in YOU HAD ME AT HOLA, Daria uses a secondary medium between the chapters to add depth to the world. While HOLA used bits of the scenes in Jasmine's tv show, here there are chat excerpts from planning talks Michelle and Gabe had about the fanfic they wrote when they were teenagers. The conceit of the fanfic was a bit silly and didn't seem to fit with who Michelle and Gabe are as adults—as teens they are obsessed with a tv show that puts Latinas in space, but as adults that priority, as well as an interest in television, is gone. The fanfic is used to parallel Gabe's journey with his family, but I felt that was rather simplistic and didn't add much to the story.

Overall, this is a fun read, but it moved a bit too quickly for my liking. I'm looking forward to the third book in the series and hope Daria will be more successful with whatever trope she chooses there.

Picking someone up at the airport in New York City was the biggest of favors, and Michelle hoped the big jerk appreciated it.

Thirteen years ago, Michelle and Gabe were best friends. Until Gabe left for LA, ghosting Michelle and his family. When out of the blue, Michelle is contacted by Gabe’s business partner (and then Gabe) offering to hire her for a marketing campaign for their new NYC-branch gym, Michelle is intrigued, but has some ground rules. First: Gabe has to be the one to work for her. Second: He stays with her during the pitch. Third: She wants answers on why the hell he left.

“It was awful, Mich. I couldn’t decide between the condom brand’s core values, and then suddenly my dad was right there.”

I don’t often read a lot of second-chance romances, mainly because I feel that there’s generally a reason two people separated, but I could not pass up the second book in the Primas of Power series!

And I was not disappointed. The sex scenes are fucking fire, and the chemistry between Gabe and Michelle is hot as hell.

Plus, this is a story of two thirty-one year olds who *technically* have it all and are realizing they’re actually stuck in a rut and lost sight of what was really important. But figuring out how to move forward and what they really want is the thing that’s holding them back—and I loved reading all about it!

Throughout it all is Gabe’s relationship with his parents, a theme of estrangement and reconciliation and boundary setting that was touching and heartbreaking and so familiar, and it was really, really well done. It shows that change is possible, reunification is there, and while the past can never really be forgiven, perhaps it can be understood and let go.

And, of course, there are the families! I really cherished the interactions between family members, particularly a memorable condom-buying scene, and Michelle’s relationship with the other primas (who do not get enough page time, and I need more grandma!!).

I also adored the fact that this book is about two bisexual Latinx characters, neither of whom want children or to necessarily get married, despite the pressure heaped upon them by their families. It was so refreshing to read in a contemporary romance, which so often seem focused on marriage as the end game (with children as an eventual inevitability). Gabe and Michelle were perfectly content to be kick-ass tia/tio, and it was awesome.

Oh! And there is a fantastic fanfiction sub-theme running throughout. Or, fanfeek.

You couldn’t pick your family, but you could choose how you played the cards you were dealt.

I received this ARC from NetGalley for an honest review.

A Lot Like Adiós releases September 14, 2021 from William Morrow. My review will go live on my blog July 27.

The friends to lovers trope is always a good one and it’s done very well in this book. I liked the interstitials of a story the main characters wrote together as teens and the family relationships in this book were also well done. This series is great and I’m excited for more!

This is a very sexy look at best friends to lovers romance, set against a lovely multicultural and diverse backdrop in both the Bronx and LA. Gabe is a very successful gym owner in LA and he enlists the help of his oldest and most beautiful friend, Michelle, to help with an expansion to add another gym and re-brand the company. Gabe has no idea what he is in for when he is back spending time with his old best friend Michelle, who is now the most beautiful woman he has ever seen and he can't keep his eyes, thoughts, or hands off of her. Buckle up for some spicy romance and witty banter. This one is a must read romance of 2021!

As a longtime Michelle, I know for a fact that this name, with the possible exception of Richard, has the WORST nicknames. And the poor heroine, Michelle, gets called every damn one. Nevertheless, I persisted in reading, and I’m glad I did.

Like You Had Me at Hola, this book centers on big, meddling Latinx families. I felt like I could breeze in the back door, kick off my shoes, and have a coffee with them. And the hero and heroine’s second-chance romance was SCORCHING hot but also sweet. This story was entertaining and satisfying, leaving me with all the happy sighs at the end..

I loved Alexis Daria’s first book and really wanted to like this one, but it just wasn’t for me. Neither of the characters grabbed me and it might just have been me but the characters seemed to create so many problems for themselves and it just annoyed me.