Velvet Was The Night by Silvia Morena- García
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Publish Date: August 17, 2021
Maite is a 30-year-old woman living in Mexico City. She’s unmarried, lives alone, and the highlight of her week is the new issue of Secret Romance that comes out weekly.
El Elvis is a young man, working for the Hawks. He’s sent on a mission to find Leonora, Maite’s neighbor, as she is part of a communist resistance.
I really, really wanted to like Velvet Was the Night, but it fell somewhat flat for me. It’s a pulp noir fiction piece based on the real Guerra Sucia (Dirty War) that occurred in Mexico in the 1970’s. Without a doubt, it’s an important part of history, but I couldn’t get into this novel. Much of the novel was about Maite and her romance stories, and El Elvis and his background. The action only occurred in the last 25% of the novel, and without that I really didn’t understand the purpose of the characters or the story.
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Quotes:
Prettiness is currency, she thought. All doors open for you if you’re pretty.
But she figured what the hell. If she pretended she was bold long enough, maybe she could actually be bold.
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