Mariel Valdez

What I liked mostly about the book: Some of the stories were actually inspiring for me. Women who really took the decision to look after themselves and not to continue depending on men, even when society tells you to do so. I also like that it actually reflects many of the things of the Middle East lifestyle. I live in Dubai and can see how it is very true that many Arab women care a lot about their physical image (including race, skin color, being slim/fat) and how open they are about plastic surgery. I am not a person who is in favor nor against plastic surgery, and I am actually not comfortable talking about topics like race, skin color and so on, but I can see the honesty in the writing of the author by putting this in written. What I didn’t like is that some of the stories were a bit lame. Here is my score per story context (I read it in Spanish): 1. Con cariño: *** 2. La princesa y la mendiga: **** 3. Jamás te dejaré: ** 4. La niña de mis ojos: * 5. El pasto del otro jardín: ***** 6. Vendí mi riñón por amor: ** 7. Vudú en Nueva York: ** 8. Violada para ganarse la vida: ***** 9. Durmiendo con la niñera: **** 10. Loca por ti: ** 11. El paraíso perdido: **** 12. Libertad sangrante: ****