I just feel like this book would have benefited from being longer, going more into depth about some of the magic.
It was entertaining, the settings and descriptions were well-written, the characters were great, and the action was both mysterious and exciting. I feel like I’m saying more negative things than positive ones, but I genuinely did like this book. I feel like there could have been more information given about her life, even if it wasn’t related to the main plot. Further, it surprised me that we didn’t get to hear more about Orquídea’s life in between that marriage and when we met her at the beginning of the book. Mainly some of the machinations of Bolivar, her first husband. Related to that, while I liked the scenes featuring Orquídea’s younger years, including her childhood and her first marriage, I also still have questions about some of that. Maybe that’s how the genre of magical realism works (I haven’t read much of that) but I still wanted to have reasons for certain things other than, vaguely, magic. It felt like there were a lot of interesting events, but I didn’t understand why they were happening. Speaking of wanting to see more of things, I feel like that was the main reason this book left me a bit confused. My favorite minor character, though, is probably Quilca, even though he was only in about two scenes and was very weird. As for Orquídea, she was quite intriguing, and the flashback scenes of her youth were some of my favorite parts. I also liked Rhiannon and Tatinelly, though I felt like I got to know them less than the other two. They had a sweet sibling-like bond, and I enjoyed their banter with each other.
I liked most of the characters, especially Marimar and Rey. I did a buddy read of this book with a friend, and we both agreed-it was pretty good, but also kind of confusing. They soon realize that someone or something from Orquídea’s past is coming after them, and so they set off for her birthplace in Ecuador for answers before it’s too late for the rest of the family.
Seven years pass, and several Montoya cousins realize that their family members are being killed one by one. Once she departs, leaving more questions than ever, the Montoyas are left to pick up the pieces and adjust to the new marks of magic upon them. They don’t question it, until their grandmother Orquídea invites them home for her funeral, and they find her half-transformed into a tree. In The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina, we follow the Montoya family, who are used to strange and magical things happening, especially around their family home in the tiny town of Four Rivers.
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