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Dulcinea
The Book of Longings meets Ahab's Wife and the work of Geraldine Brooks in Dulcinea, Ana Veciana-Suarez's beautiful homage to Don Quixote.
Dolça, mistress, muse, and lifelong love of Miguel de Cervantes de Cortinas, paints her story against the rich backdrop of Spain as she travels from Barcelona to Madrid at the behest of her dying paramour.
The daughter of a wealthy merchant, young Dolça was besotted with the dashing, bootstrapping author from their first meeting. Despite Miguel's entreaties, the ever-practical Dolça, with her love of luxury and her devotion to her own art, repeatedly refused to upend her life for him, although she always welcomed his attentions on her own terms. However, when Miguel renders her as the lowly Dulcinea in his great Quixote, creating a scandal and revealing their association, he commits an unforgivable offense and their decades-long affinity is severed, until he reaches out to her one last time.
Dolça, mistress, muse, and lifelong love of Miguel de Cervantes de Cortinas, paints her story against the rich backdrop of Spain as she travels from Barcelona to Madrid at the behest of her dying paramour.
The daughter of a wealthy merchant, young Dolça was besotted with the dashing, bootstrapping author from their first meeting. Despite Miguel's entreaties, the ever-practical Dolça, with her love of luxury and her devotion to her own art, repeatedly refused to upend her life for him, although she always welcomed his attentions on her own terms. However, when Miguel renders her as the lowly Dulcinea in his great Quixote, creating a scandal and revealing their association, he commits an unforgivable offense and their decades-long affinity is severed, until he reaches out to her one last time.
350 pages, Hardcover
Published May 2, 2023
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About the author
Ana Veciana-Suarez
10 books68 followersAna Veciana-Suarez is the author of the historical novel, DULCINEA (May 2023/Blackstone Publishing). She’s also written the young adult novel, Flight to Freedom (Scholastic) and a collection of essays, Birthday Parties in Heaven: Thoughts on Life, Love, Grief, and Other Matters of the Heart. (Plume) A previous book, The Chin Kiss King: A Novel (FSG) was nominated for the prestigious IMPAC Award, an international competition in Dublin. Two nonfiction books about the Hispanic media were published by The Media Institute, a think tank in Washington D.C.
As a syndicated columnist for The Miami Herald, her commentary ran in many newspapers and websites until 2024. Her essays have been included in several anthologies, and have appeared in Readers Digest, Oprah, Woman’s Day, The Washington Post Magazine, Parenting, and Latina magazine.
In 2019, she was awarded the Cintas Fellowship for Creative Writing. She has also received an Individual Artist Fellowship Award from the state of Florida for fiction writing.
She lives with her husband in Miami, where she eats two Dove dark chocolates every morning before she writes. Now that her children are grown and out of the house, she admits they taught her immeasurable patience and humility.
As a syndicated columnist for The Miami Herald, her commentary ran in many newspapers and websites until 2024. Her essays have been included in several anthologies, and have appeared in Readers Digest, Oprah, Woman’s Day, The Washington Post Magazine, Parenting, and Latina magazine.
In 2019, she was awarded the Cintas Fellowship for Creative Writing. She has also received an Individual Artist Fellowship Award from the state of Florida for fiction writing.
She lives with her husband in Miami, where she eats two Dove dark chocolates every morning before she writes. Now that her children are grown and out of the house, she admits they taught her immeasurable patience and humility.
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May 8, 2023
Audiobook…. read by January
LaVoy
……10 hours and 4 minutes
“Dulcinea”…..
“is a feminist reclamation of Don Quixote’s Dulcinea that explores what happens when the woman who inspired the character is able to confront the writer”. The premise is interesting. Can you image somebody writing a book about you?
Imagine your thoughts reading it? Clearly not everything representing the truth and experience of yourself?
Dolca Llull Prat is a fictional character in this biographical/ historical novel. She is invented from the imagination of Miguel de Cervantes novel Don Quixote.
With captivating storytelling….. we come to learn quite quickly, that Dolca had an easy but often suffocating life.
She was the daughter of wealthy merchant. (who preferred to pick his daughter’s husband than allow Dolca to make her own choices)….
but Dolca’s a smart woman —multifaceted- strong - vulnerable to a world different from all she has known.
Yet — she’s resilient.
She will figure things out — and learn to please herself — yet not at the cost of hurting others.
This is a somewhat complicated story — (yet we feel the challenges, conflicted feelings, awkwardness, and fears that our noblewoman faces throughout her life.
The writing vibrants passionately……(showing great attention to self-love, devotion, dreams lost, found, denied, and found again.
Dolca meets the handsome debonair, Miguel Cervantes — who is enchanted with her— she with him too. With their natural chemistry so begins their secret affair.
However, Dolca doesn’t want to give up her art - her books - her writing - her own ambitions - to trounce or chastise herself to him.
She’s not interested in being the perfect woman — but Don Quixote thinks differently.
Author Ana Veciana-Suarez gave me a window-view into history that I’m not very schooled in — it’s written well. Researched well ….
….colorful characters …. with a wonderful female protagonist showing great strength.
LaVoy
……10 hours and 4 minutes
“Dulcinea”…..
“is a feminist reclamation of Don Quixote’s Dulcinea that explores what happens when the woman who inspired the character is able to confront the writer”. The premise is interesting. Can you image somebody writing a book about you?
Imagine your thoughts reading it? Clearly not everything representing the truth and experience of yourself?
Dolca Llull Prat is a fictional character in this biographical/ historical novel. She is invented from the imagination of Miguel de Cervantes novel Don Quixote.
With captivating storytelling….. we come to learn quite quickly, that Dolca had an easy but often suffocating life.
She was the daughter of wealthy merchant. (who preferred to pick his daughter’s husband than allow Dolca to make her own choices)….
but Dolca’s a smart woman —multifaceted- strong - vulnerable to a world different from all she has known.
Yet — she’s resilient.
She will figure things out — and learn to please herself — yet not at the cost of hurting others.
This is a somewhat complicated story — (yet we feel the challenges, conflicted feelings, awkwardness, and fears that our noblewoman faces throughout her life.
The writing vibrants passionately……(showing great attention to self-love, devotion, dreams lost, found, denied, and found again.
Dolca meets the handsome debonair, Miguel Cervantes — who is enchanted with her— she with him too. With their natural chemistry so begins their secret affair.
However, Dolca doesn’t want to give up her art - her books - her writing - her own ambitions - to trounce or chastise herself to him.
She’s not interested in being the perfect woman — but Don Quixote thinks differently.
Author Ana Veciana-Suarez gave me a window-view into history that I’m not very schooled in — it’s written well. Researched well ….
….colorful characters …. with a wonderful female protagonist showing great strength.
May 18, 2023
An evocative and engaging historical fiction novel with a complex main character. I loved how well the author described the places, culture, and traditions of the period. I also enjoyed reading the author’s note at the end explaining what inspired the novel and the sources she used for research. Highly recommend!
July 18, 2023
Dulcinea by Ana Veciana-Suarez unfolds in two alternating timelines. The first timeline takes place in the 1570s in Barcelona with Dolca as a young girl who meets and falls in love with Miguel Cervantes. The second timeline takes place in 1616 with Dolca married to a man chosen for her by her parents. Although her husband loves her and although she claims to love him, she cannot shake off her love for Cervantes. The two threads intertwine connected by the illicit on-again, off-again, love affair between Dolca and Miguel.
The focus is on Dolca, her childhood, her married life, and her love affair with Cervantes. They steal time to be together, with Cervantes insisting she run away with him and Dolca insisting she can’t because of her obligations. When Cervantes publishes his Don Quixote to wide acclaim, Dolca is incensed. Because of the close resemblance of her name with Dulcinea, she anticipates she will be associated with his unflattering portrait of Dulcinea. The two lose touch until the now widowed grandmother Dolca receives a letter from the dying Miguel. She embarks on a hazardous journey to see him before he dies.
Veciana-Suarez sets the novel against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition. The strength of the novel lies in the setting. The historical details vividly capture Renaissance Spain. But the characterization is weak and the plot line predictable. The novel reads like a generic historical romance with a self-absorbed protagonist who vacillates between her two loves to the point of becoming tedious. Those hoping for a greater connection with Don Quixote or a more prominent role for Cervantes will be disappointed.
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The focus is on Dolca, her childhood, her married life, and her love affair with Cervantes. They steal time to be together, with Cervantes insisting she run away with him and Dolca insisting she can’t because of her obligations. When Cervantes publishes his Don Quixote to wide acclaim, Dolca is incensed. Because of the close resemblance of her name with Dulcinea, she anticipates she will be associated with his unflattering portrait of Dulcinea. The two lose touch until the now widowed grandmother Dolca receives a letter from the dying Miguel. She embarks on a hazardous journey to see him before he dies.
Veciana-Suarez sets the novel against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition. The strength of the novel lies in the setting. The historical details vividly capture Renaissance Spain. But the characterization is weak and the plot line predictable. The novel reads like a generic historical romance with a self-absorbed protagonist who vacillates between her two loves to the point of becoming tedious. Those hoping for a greater connection with Don Quixote or a more prominent role for Cervantes will be disappointed.
My book reviews are also available at www.tamaraaghajaffar.com
May 5, 2023
This is another one I wish I liked more. I think I came into it wrong. I expected more of a Don Quixote connection, but it felt more like a generic historical romance with a few recognizable names as Easter eggs. Not necessarily bad, just not what I was hoping for.
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January 2, 2024"There comes a time in every woman's life where she must dismantle the present to determine the future."
Adored this feminist homage to Don Quixote.
Adored this feminist homage to Don Quixote.
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June 6, 2023My college professor at Vassar, Dr. German Bleiberg, taught a full semester course on Don Quijote de la Mancha. Consequently, the title of Ana Veciana-Suarez' latest book, Dulcinea, triggered in me a particular interest to read it, though I confess that I would have read it anyway because I am a huge admirer of the author. I so enjoy the way Ana chose her words when describing places in Spain, the way she handled the relationship between Miquel and Dolca, the clever way she executed the two timelines, that I caught myself going back to reread several chapters. I highly recommend this book to anyone who appreciates good writing; it is simply a joy to read.
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July 1, 2024Not at all my cup of tea, unfortunately. A few things to nitpick:
A) This is the sort of story about a Jewish/Converso family where I could immediately tell that the author had no idea what she was writing about. I'm no historian BUT a fun 'Shahar fact' is that in middle school I had an obsession with reading YA books about conversos & anusim in Spain. So I can tell you with confidence that there are many better tellings of this story, including ones where the author understands the basics of Ladino and of Sephardi/Jewish customs. This is such a small detail but when Nuria called it "the Sabbath" I was really annoyed... in both Ladino and Hebrew, it is Shabbat! And in general, I've never heard a Jew say "Sabbath." We leave that to the Xtians...
B) Veciana-Suarez wrote Dolça as though she were living in 2024. A woman living in Spain during the Inquisition would not have the same morals and ethics that we have. This irks me because - to me - historical fiction is about understanding what people were truly like in the past. It is, of course, impossible to fully achieve this. But that doesn't mean we can impose 2024 girlboss feminism onto a medieval character. It frustrated me when Dolça was written with a 'distance' from her everyday customs and beliefs. For example, when Veciana-Suarez wrote about medical treatments from Dolça's POV, she does so with thinly veiled disdain and disbelief. Something along the lines of 'the doctor did this barbaric thing called bloodletting because he said it would help' or 'haha, how silly, they believe giving me this treatment will balance my humors.' The thing is that people back then knew it to be true that those treatments would work. It is only later that that "knowledge" was disproven. Not to mention that somehow Dolça is not at all homophobic, has not internalized any of the misogyny around her, and opposes the Inquisition... All despite coming from a wealthy, traditional Catholic family. I'm hesitant to praise Otessa Moshfegh but her latest, Lapvona, showcases her ability to inhabit the minds of her medieval characters. Lapvona embodies what I think authors should aim for when writing historical novels, in the sense that Moshfegh laid out each character's worldview so convincingly. Veciana-Suarez could have taken a page from that book.
C) The entire book was just so. fricking. trite.
A) This is the sort of story about a Jewish/Converso family where I could immediately tell that the author had no idea what she was writing about. I'm no historian BUT a fun 'Shahar fact' is that in middle school I had an obsession with reading YA books about conversos & anusim in Spain. So I can tell you with confidence that there are many better tellings of this story, including ones where the author understands the basics of Ladino and of Sephardi/Jewish customs. This is such a small detail but when Nuria called it "the Sabbath" I was really annoyed... in both Ladino and Hebrew, it is Shabbat! And in general, I've never heard a Jew say "Sabbath." We leave that to the Xtians...
B) Veciana-Suarez wrote Dolça as though she were living in 2024. A woman living in Spain during the Inquisition would not have the same morals and ethics that we have. This irks me because - to me - historical fiction is about understanding what people were truly like in the past. It is, of course, impossible to fully achieve this. But that doesn't mean we can impose 2024 girlboss feminism onto a medieval character. It frustrated me when Dolça was written with a 'distance' from her everyday customs and beliefs. For example, when Veciana-Suarez wrote about medical treatments from Dolça's POV, she does so with thinly veiled disdain and disbelief. Something along the lines of 'the doctor did this barbaric thing called bloodletting because he said it would help' or 'haha, how silly, they believe giving me this treatment will balance my humors.' The thing is that people back then knew it to be true that those treatments would work. It is only later that that "knowledge" was disproven. Not to mention that somehow Dolça is not at all homophobic, has not internalized any of the misogyny around her, and opposes the Inquisition... All despite coming from a wealthy, traditional Catholic family. I'm hesitant to praise Otessa Moshfegh but her latest, Lapvona, showcases her ability to inhabit the minds of her medieval characters. Lapvona embodies what I think authors should aim for when writing historical novels, in the sense that Moshfegh laid out each character's worldview so convincingly. Veciana-Suarez could have taken a page from that book.
C) The entire book was just so. fricking. trite.
August 3, 2023
When I read that Ana Venciana-Suarez had a new book coming out, I had to get my hands on it. She is a fellow Miami resident and a columnist I read almost daily in the Miami Herald. I even worked with her briefly when she judged a Florida college media awards group in which I was a member. I knew she would bring the same sense of perfection she brought to that job to writing Dulcinea. Set in Spain during Miguel de Cervantes’ time, and re-imagining the character of Dulcinea, it was extremely well-researched, true to the geography, culture, and language of the times. If I have anything to criticize, it would be what to me was the occasional overuse of Catalan. Most of the time, the Catalan words peppered in gave it the right amount of authenticity. Once in a (rare) while, words were sprinkled in without a real need or too many together, for example, “When the flabiolist of a three-member cobla ensemble played the introductory notes of the introit, we took the first steps of the tirade de curts for King Phillip…” Without having to look anything up, the reader can tell she’s writing about music and dance, but it can take many a reader away from the plot to processed that sentence. Because her use of language is something people interested in Catalan and its past culture would find fascinating, it’s not a deal breaker, and puts not a dent in her well-deserved five-star rating from me or anyone else. What great books do, is inspire more reading. Dulcinea made me want to tackle Don Quixote again.
May 20, 2023
A bittersweet book about what happens when love and duty collide.
This historical fiction novel is a feminist retelling of Don Quixote from the point of view of Dulcinea, Quixote's love interest who never speaks for herself in the original book.
Told in a dual timeline, this book follows Dulcinea as a young girl who falls head over heels for Miguel, connecting over a mutual love of art. But Dulcinea marries another due to pressure from her family. Fated to never be together, Dulcinea and Miguel steal moments that add up to a lifetime of love and regret. Much later in life, Dulcinea embarks on a secret journey to attempt to reconcile with Miguel on his deathbed.
Dulcinea is an interesting yet flawed character. She's headstrong, often selfish, and torn between two worlds. Despite the prison of her family's expectations, she carves out for herself a life she enjoys, even if it moves pushing aside a love for the ages.
Thank you to the publisher for the advance review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This historical fiction novel is a feminist retelling of Don Quixote from the point of view of Dulcinea, Quixote's love interest who never speaks for herself in the original book.
Told in a dual timeline, this book follows Dulcinea as a young girl who falls head over heels for Miguel, connecting over a mutual love of art. But Dulcinea marries another due to pressure from her family. Fated to never be together, Dulcinea and Miguel steal moments that add up to a lifetime of love and regret. Much later in life, Dulcinea embarks on a secret journey to attempt to reconcile with Miguel on his deathbed.
Dulcinea is an interesting yet flawed character. She's headstrong, often selfish, and torn between two worlds. Despite the prison of her family's expectations, she carves out for herself a life she enjoys, even if it moves pushing aside a love for the ages.
Thank you to the publisher for the advance review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
August 12, 2023
Well this is was such a big disappointment, when I saw the book I was so exited about hearing a story from Dulcinea point of view, and the cover was so beautiful. 10/10 on the Book cover and on the dust jacket stunning!!!!
Now the book was sooo boring you have to literally read 220 pages before getting to the good part and then its over. It felt so repetitive, Miguel will come to Barcelona they had sex, he leave she says she was gonna be a good wife, he will come back they will have sex and repeat like a million time over and over and over.
And she was such an awful main character, she disrespect her parents, her husband, her maid, her son, her self?!? Like she was so unlikable. I get romances where there are in between 2 lovers but at least they have something else going on for them but she was just awful to everyone, specially those who she said she loved (husband, lover & son).
Now the book was sooo boring you have to literally read 220 pages before getting to the good part and then its over. It felt so repetitive, Miguel will come to Barcelona they had sex, he leave she says she was gonna be a good wife, he will come back they will have sex and repeat like a million time over and over and over.
And she was such an awful main character, she disrespect her parents, her husband, her maid, her son, her self?!? Like she was so unlikable. I get romances where there are in between 2 lovers but at least they have something else going on for them but she was just awful to everyone, specially those who she said she loved (husband, lover & son).
May 20, 2023
Thank you to Partner @bibliolifestyle @blackstonepublishing for the book and to LibroFM for the complimentary audiobook. These opinions are my own. This book published May 2, 2023.
I love historical fiction that tells me about an era that I am unfamiliar with. This book is especially unique, as it envisions the character who could have inspired Dulcinea in Miguel Cervantes' best known work.
Dolça is a wealthy young girl who becomes enamored with Miguel Cervantes when he is an unknown, aspiring poet and writer. The book is told in two timelines from her perspective: both when she first meets Miguel and later when she goes to visit him near the end of his life.
The characters are complicated and nuanced. I especially appreciated the insight into the inquisition and her experiences of it. And I was pleased by the varying kinds of diversity incorporated with Judaism and a gay man. The backdrop of Don Quixote was fascinating and made me want to re-read that book.
January LaVoy did an amazing job alternating the male and female voices. She is such a talented audiobook narrator.
3.5 stars rounded up
I love historical fiction that tells me about an era that I am unfamiliar with. This book is especially unique, as it envisions the character who could have inspired Dulcinea in Miguel Cervantes' best known work.
Dolça is a wealthy young girl who becomes enamored with Miguel Cervantes when he is an unknown, aspiring poet and writer. The book is told in two timelines from her perspective: both when she first meets Miguel and later when she goes to visit him near the end of his life.
The characters are complicated and nuanced. I especially appreciated the insight into the inquisition and her experiences of it. And I was pleased by the varying kinds of diversity incorporated with Judaism and a gay man. The backdrop of Don Quixote was fascinating and made me want to re-read that book.
January LaVoy did an amazing job alternating the male and female voices. She is such a talented audiobook narrator.
3.5 stars rounded up
May 21, 2023
Dulcinea was such a creative story. I loved every moment and kept checking to see what was fact and what was fiction. The dialogue was just so real. So moving. I loved everything about it. The descriptions of the locations, the way the characters were developed. It left me wanting to know more. Loved. Loved. Loved!
April 16, 2024
My condo book club just finished reading this wonderful novel. The author tells the fictional story of Dulcinea, Don Quixote's muse. It is so well-researched and well-written. She tells the story of women in 16 and 17th century Spain and also covers the history of the role of religion in Spanish life. I loved the ending! I would heartily recommend this book.
April 17, 2024
Fabulous read
The book was riveting and was hard to put down. I’m a huge historical fiction fan and this book did not disappoint. It did such a great job interspersing fiction with fact and you really get invested in the characters. I’ve always been a fan of the Don Quixote story and this added so much to that!
The book was riveting and was hard to put down. I’m a huge historical fiction fan and this book did not disappoint. It did such a great job interspersing fiction with fact and you really get invested in the characters. I’ve always been a fan of the Don Quixote story and this added so much to that!
July 12, 2023
This is an interesting tale of fictional history for the inspiration of Dulcinea in Miguel Cervantes' Don Quixote. It tells the fictional story of the muse for Dulcinea. It notes how the publishing of Don Quixote upends Dolça's life in an engaging format.
May 18, 2025
One can't help but love this charming and alarming lover of Cervantes as she embarks on her own quest for creative expression and the fulness of life. Don't miss this elegantly well-written and heart-rendering adventure.
May 17, 2023
Ana Veciana-Suárez has conjured up a Dulcinea for the 21st Century: headstrong, self-possessed, and rich with all the foibles and contradictions that come with being human.
June 8, 2023
Wonderful tale. Beautifully written and rich in details which highlight the extensive research. Cervantes would be proud of this Dulcinea. She is brazen, passionate and kind.
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July 12, 2023a captivating tale of passion, betrayal, and adventure
November 9, 2023
Truly enjoyed golden age Spain!
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February 22, 2024Read in 2023 while on committee assignment.
August 3, 2024
Great story. Wonderful characters. All against the backdrop of the Inquisition.
February 21, 2025
What an enjoyable book. Her attention to the details of the time made the book even better.
July 29, 2025
Lovely book. It totally transported me to another time, another place, which is what great books do. I did not want it to end.
February 5, 2025
Having studied Don Quixote in graduate school, I immediately knew I wanted to read this book when I saw the title. Dulcinea is the lowly woman whom the deluded Don Quixote sees as the lady to inspire his knightly deeds. Here, Veciana-Suarez has imagined a real-life inspiration for the character, a sophisticated woman of the upper class, Dulce, who is also an artist. In the novel, she and Cervantes carry on a clandestine affair intermittently over years, though both married someone else.
Dulce is infuriated by the portrayal, especially in light of the knowing snickers among the upper class in her home city of Barcelona. Nevertheless, when she later receives word that Cervantes is on his deathbed, and she resolves to travel to Madrid to see him one last time, and to share with him a secret she has long withheld.
Dulce is a fascinating character, strong-willed and sometimes selfish, but possessed of a personality that Cervantes has loved for decades. Having written a novel myself set in the Spain of fifty years later, I found the details that Veciana-Suarez included to be accurate and engrossing, integral to this compelling story!
Dulce is infuriated by the portrayal, especially in light of the knowing snickers among the upper class in her home city of Barcelona. Nevertheless, when she later receives word that Cervantes is on his deathbed, and she resolves to travel to Madrid to see him one last time, and to share with him a secret she has long withheld.
Dulce is a fascinating character, strong-willed and sometimes selfish, but possessed of a personality that Cervantes has loved for decades. Having written a novel myself set in the Spain of fifty years later, I found the details that Veciana-Suarez included to be accurate and engrossing, integral to this compelling story!
August 26, 2023
Excellent book.... the history of Italy during those times showed that it was not a good place for women. They had no chance to make their own decisions... it was all up to their Daddy. Dulcinea had two loves... she actually was pretty lucky. And the ending was one of the best ever.
I am so impressed that Ana got the idea from the very famous book Don Quixote which I am now reading. Once I finish, I will go back and read Dulcinea again.
Our book club in Newport, RI really enjoyed the book. Ana's website sent a recommended menu (muy delicioso) and some questions for the book club members (very clever). I plan to share the book with two other book clubs to which I belong.
This books was a real winner!
I am so impressed that Ana got the idea from the very famous book Don Quixote which I am now reading. Once I finish, I will go back and read Dulcinea again.
Our book club in Newport, RI really enjoyed the book. Ana's website sent a recommended menu (muy delicioso) and some questions for the book club members (very clever). I plan to share the book with two other book clubs to which I belong.
This books was a real winner!
December 19, 2022
Impressively well researched. I found myself immersed in the setting — the sights, the sounds, and even the smells of an era so vastly different from my own. Such gorgeous imagery from start to finish. Throughout the book, I couldn’t quite figure out who I was rooting for because I felt for each of the main characters so deeply. A testament to the fact that love can often be messy and complicated, albeit wholly worthwhile. If you’re looking for a book that seamlessly marries historical fiction and cringe-free romance with a thought provoking plot and a compelling female protagonist, Dulcinea is it.
February 26, 2023
This was a really neat concept for a book! The book takes the Don Quixote characters and brings them to life to show a whole new side to the story. It shows how complicated love and family can be and I found myself torn between characters the whole time. I found the book to have a slow progression and would have liked it to be a bit more fast paced. Overall good read!
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