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Ben and Beatriz

by Katalina Gamarra
James Fouhey
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There's nothing like falling for your worst enemy.
Beatriz Herrera is a fierce woman who will take you down with her quick wit and keen intellect. And after the results of the 2016 election worked hard to erase her identity as a queer biracial woman, she'd be right to. Especially if you come for her sweet BFF cousin, Hero. Beatriz would do anything for her, a loyalty that lands Beatriz precisely where she doesn't want to be: spending a week at the ridiculous Cape Cod mansion of stupid-hot playboy Ben Montgomery. The same Ben Montgomery she definitely shouldn't have hooked up with that one time... The things we do for family.
White and wealthy, Ben talks the talk and walks the walk of privilege, but deep down, he's wrestling with the politics and expectations of a conservative family he can't relate to. Though Beatriz's caustic tongue drives him wild in the very best way, he's the last person she'd want, because she has zero interest in compromising her identity. But as her and Ben's assumptions begin to unravel and their hookups turn into something real, they start wondering if it's still possible to hold space for one another and the inescapable love that unites them.
This retelling of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing is both razor-sharp and swoon-worthy: the perfect love story for our time.

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  • Release date

    August 2, 2022

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781488214165
      • File size: 244185 KB
      • Duration: 08:28:43

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      July 1, 2022
      A curvy, biracial, neurodivergent queer progressive who takes herself way too seriously and a wealthy white, cishet womanizer who doesn't appreciate his privilege trade passionate barbs in this modern tribute to Shakespeare's classic romantic comedy, Much Ado about Nothing. Beatriz Herrera and Ben Montgomery had a one-night-stand during their freshman year at Harvard but went their separate ways, each assuming that no one would like them for who they truly are. On the surface, Ben and Beatriz couldn't be more different, but when their mutual friends plan a spring break trip to Ben's Cape Cod mansion, these enemies-to-lovers learn that they're a lot alike. Their constant fighting highlights their simmering sexual tension, which everyone else picks up on and which could have led to more humorous scenes, similar to the comedy this story intends to emulate. But sex, drinking, drugs, and past traumas drive the angst-ridden plot. Readers sensitive to relational trauma may have difficulty believing the love story when so many scenes are mired in heavy feelings of inadequacy, but debut author Gamarra's dialogue is edgy and fresh.

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