We return to the same hospital from the previous book ‘Dr Teloy’. Maribel is a paediatric doctor, and Estel is a doctor in the ER department. Vania and Arlet from the previous book make long appearances here.
This is a good, interesting story. However I don’t think it is as good as other books by the same author. Maribel is the best character - we see her struggles and the pressure brought on by her family expectations. The relationship between Maribel and Estel always seems fraught and superficial, and I really don’t think this is explored enough; we only really see the surface.
Several times Maribel uses the wrong name - Vania instead of Estel. Also the whole story is written in a changing first person, so it is sometimes difficult to know who is speaking, especially when the names are confused. I wonder how many of these issues are from translation, and how many from the original Spanish language version.
Overall, a story worth reading, but not on my ‘must read’ list.