SNOW FALLING BY JANE GLORIANA VILLANUEVA

Hello to all of my book-friends !!!! 

Today we are going to discuss a book that I never thought it would exist in real life. And I am talking about the famous-fictional book from The CW channel, Jane The Virgin.

As a long-time fan of The CW's Jane the Virgin, when I found out they had made Jane's book a reality, I cried a little bit and then started screaming so loud that my own ears still hurt. 

Jane and Michael are my all-time favourite fictional couple and seeing their love story again made my heart melt. It was hard to review this book based on how strongly I felt about the couple and the show, but here are my final thoughts... 

Snow Falling by Jane Gloriana Villanueva (ghostwritten by Caridad Piñeiro) was an absolutely lovely love story. It is a historical romance that takes place in 1902 and follows the story of Josephine Galena Valencia. Josephine is newly engaged to detective Martin Cadden and has larger than life dreams for her future. That is until the attractive, captivating Rake Solvino reappears in her life. In a night fueled by champagne and heartbreak, Josephine and Rake partake in an indiscretion that results in a huge life complication. While dealing with this complication, Josephine must decide who she truly loves. Her dear Martin or the dashing Rake? 

This novel is a retelling of Jane and Michael's love story from the first few seasons of Jane the Virgin. The book is important to the TV show because the most recent season has followed Jane's journey to getting the book published and finally writing a book. 

While the writing was poor at times and the pacing seemed strange, I adored this book. I think I may not be accurate enough while clouding my judgement on my rating of this book because the show is one of my favourites, but I truly loved it after I put it down. My heart felt full and happy because I got to relive one of my favourite love stories of all time. 

I believe that this book could have been better if it was a bit longer so that the plot and characters had the time to be more developed. 

At the same time, however, the writing was a bit cringeworthy to me - maybe it’s how historical romances are written? I don’t know. Some of the names did give me a laugh - Rake and Alberta (I live in Alberta haha) and I guess this gave me the happy ever after that I didn't get from the show. Although I don't really support books from TV series because it is mostly an adaptation of the script.

From an execution standpoint, this book was so-so. The dialogue seemed forced at times and interactions between the characters was strange. From a nostalgia standpoint, Snow Falling was a very enjoyable book to read. 

This book did end up getting four out of five stars from me because of all of the feelings and thoughts I had at the end. I truly enjoyed reading this book. It made me want to re-watch the entire series and see Michael and Jane on screen again. 

If you are a fan of Jane the Virgin, I do highly recommend this book! However, I feel like to people outside the fandom, this book won't deliver for you because you will be missing a lot from the backstory.

I hope you will enjoy this small review as much as I enjoy writing it .Love every single one of you and I trully apreciate your love towards my blog .
With Love,
MissReader aka Leni Chris