Review of 'What Kind of Day (Six 32 Central) (Volume 1)' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
The second book I've read by Mina Esguerra, and another really fun contemporary romance story. I love the Manila setting, I love the characters, I wanted more book! (the last couple books I read were suuuper long so I was bummed how fast this one went by :) A scene set at a Manila ice skating rink? Yep Mina's got me on board. I loved how Naya knew what she wanted at so many times in the book, not only in running her tour group, but in her first time with Ben when she was laying out exactly what was going to happen and what it would mean, her system of travel flings, all of it. The sexy times were very sexy!
Again I had fun learning new tagalog words that were sprinkled in. We have the good old "tita" (auntie), "kuya" (older brother), "chismis" (gossip), "beso" (kiss), "trapos" (a …
The second book I've read by Mina Esguerra, and another really fun contemporary romance story. I love the Manila setting, I love the characters, I wanted more book! (the last couple books I read were suuuper long so I was bummed how fast this one went by :) A scene set at a Manila ice skating rink? Yep Mina's got me on board. I loved how Naya knew what she wanted at so many times in the book, not only in running her tour group, but in her first time with Ben when she was laying out exactly what was going to happen and what it would mean, her system of travel flings, all of it. The sexy times were very sexy!
Again I had fun learning new tagalog words that were sprinkled in. We have the good old "tita" (auntie), "kuya" (older brother), "chismis" (gossip), "beso" (kiss), "trapos" (a raggedy guy in this context - "He'll hit forty then he'll start looking like them. Trapos all look alike, it's wild" I LOVE IT). Never quite figured out if Six 32 Central is a real district of Manila or a construct for the book, google makes me think it is fictional. No fun new english phrases like "do an ocular" from Better At Weddings Than You.
I love Ben coming to do the talk at the college, hoping it was requested by Naya.
I think the short length of the book made a few bits surprise me, the scene when Naya talks to the senator didn't seem to flow from what we'd read earlier, but thinking about it now, Naya's own frustrations from earlier in the day could have come out there so I should just chill and say I had a great time reading it. :)
Def need to read more of Mina's books.