#raphael montes

The book she's featured in was released in the United States this year; it's called "Secret Dinners."

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5 stars)

In Jantar Secreto, the plot revolves around a group of friends who move to Rio de Janeiro and, in order to survive in the big city, decide to rely on a strategy involving mysterious dinners, millionaires, and something resembling the meat of that coastal bird.

I gave this book 5 stars because I could never guess the plot twist! I totally fell in love with the characters’ dynamic and Raphael Montes’s writing style. It’s so good that I’ve already started reading his other book, Suicidas.

If you want a book you just can’t put down, this is the one. Even after you finish it, you’ll still be thinking about the story. While reading, every time you put it down to do something else, you’ll catch yourself wondering what’s going to happen next.

One thing I really loved is that the story is set in Rio — a place I know well. Usually, I read books set in big cities I’ve never been to, so I just imagine them. But this story takes place in places from my everyday life, which made me feel way more immersed in it.

Raphael Montes! 💜

Travel Destination: Brazil

Brazil by John Updike

They meet by chance on Copacabana Beach: Tristao Raposo, a poor black teen from the Rio slums, surviving day to day on street smarts and the hustle, and Isabel Leme, an upper-class white girl, treated like a pampered slave by her absent though very powerful father. Convinced that fate brought them together, betrayed by families who threaten to tear them apart, Tristao and Isabel flee to the farthest reaches of Brazil's wild west -- unaware of the astonishing destiny that awaits them . . .

The Violent Land by Jorge Amado

The siren song of the lush, cocoa-growing forests of Bahia lures them all—the adventurers, the assassins, the gamblers, the brave and beautiful women. It is not a gentle song, but a song of greed, madness, and blood. It is a song that promises riches untold, or death for the price of a swig of rum . . . a song most cannot resist—until it is too late—not Margot, the golden blond prostitute who comes for love; not Cabral, the unscrupulous lawyer who works for one of the Cacao "colonels"; and not Juca, whose ruthless quest to reap the jungle's harvest plants the seeds of his own destruction.

Here the Whole Time by Vitor Martins

Felipe can't wait for winter break: But Felipe's plans turn upside down when he learns that Caio, his neighbor from apartment 57, will be staying with him for fifteen days. Which is a problem because (a) Felipe has had a crush on Caio since, well, forever; and (b) Felipe has a list of body image insecurities and absolutely NO idea how he's going to handle them while sharing a room with his lifelong crush.

Suddenly, the days that once promised rest and relaxation (not to mention some epic Netflix bingeing) are a gauntlet of every unresolved issue in Felipe's life. But if he can overcome his insecurities, then maybe –just maybe– this break won't turn out to be such a disaster after all.

Perfect Days by Raphael Montes

Teo Avelar is a loner. He lives with his mother and her dog in Rio de Janeiro, he doesn't have many friends, and the only time he feels honest human emotion is in the presence of his medical school cadaver—that is, until he meets Clarice. She's almost his exact opposite: exotic, spontaneous, unafraid to speak her mind. An aspiring screenwriter, she's working on a screenplay called Perfect Days about three friends who go on a road trip across Brazil in search of romance.

Teo is obsessed. He begins to stalk her, first following her to her university, then to her home, and when she ultimately rejects him, he kidnaps her and they embark upon their very own twisted odyssey across Brazil, tracing the same route outlined in her screenplay. Through it all, Teo is certain that time is all he needs to prove to Clarice that they are made for each other, that time is all he needs to make her fall in love with him. But as the journey progresses, he digs himself deeper and deeper into a pit that he can't get out of, stopping at nothing to ensure that no one gets in the way of their life together.

The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson

The lush city of Palmares Tres shimmers with tech and tradition, with screaming gossip casters and practiced politicians. In the midst of this vibrant metropolis, June Costa creates art that's sure to make her legendary. But her dreams of fame become something more when she meets Enki, the bold new Summer King. The whole city falls in love with him including June's best friend, Gil. But June sees more to Enki than amber eyes and a lethal samba. She sees a fellow artist.