Book Review of
Next Year In Havana

Lynn's Review

Next Year In Havana by Chanel Cleeton was published in 2018. It is historical fiction. 

Next Year In Havana is an example of historical fiction that I love. I think this was so well done. It is historical fiction at its best. 

The writing is so well done with great descriptions of the places and people. The characters have depth to them and they give you an understanding that what often seems so simple, really isn’t. 

This book was also so clean compared to some other recent historical fiction books that I have read. Which is another reason that I appreciated it. 

Next Year In Havana is set in 1950s Cuba and Florida in 2017. Marisol lives in Florida and after her grandmother dies, she travels to Cuba to spread her grandmother’s ashes. In the process, she learns secrets that her grandmother kept for years.

Those secrets go back to her Cuban family from the time of Batista’s overthrowing to Fidel Castro taking power to their journey to America. 

It is a story of a family and the Cuban revolution, but it is about so much more. It is not only the story of the family but of Cuba and its people. 

It takes you to a time and place that not a lot is written about. 

So far there are six books in this series and I can’t wait to read them all. I have read that they all read as stand-alones, but I think that I will read them in the order that they are written.