Book Review of
Next Year In Havana
Next Year In Havana by Chanel Cleeton was published in 2018.
It is set in two time periods, 1958 Havana and 2017 Miami.
In 1958 Havana, Elisa Perez, the daughter of a sugar baron, is part of Cuba’s high society. She lives largely sheltered from the country’s growing political unrest. That is, until she has an affair with a passionate revolutionary…
In 2017, Miami, Freelance writer Marisol Ferrera grew up hearing romantic stories of Cuba from her late grandmother, who was forced to flee with her family during the revolution. Marisol now has to go to Cuba to scatter her Grandmother’s ashes.
Once in Havana, Marisol has to face the contrast of Cuba’s beauty and its perilous political climate.
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 overthrow 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.
About the Author
Chanel Cleeton is a best selling author, who lives in Florida. Many of her books are based on her family and the stories that she has heard from them.
If you love Next Year In Havana, be sure to read more books in Chanel Cleeton’s Cuba series.