Wendy H. (donkeycheese) - , reviewed on 7/5/2013 + 1255 more book reviews

If you read one book this summer, you'll want to make it The Second Time We Met. Cobo's writing draws the reader into the lives of Rita and Asher and doesn't let go until the very end. In fact, I'm still thinking about the story after I've finished it. The mark of a great storyteller. Rita is young and beautiful growing up in Colombia when her town is filled with guerrillas. Months later, she's pregnant and her father casts her out. Owning nothing but the clothes on her back, she is determined her child will have a better life so she puts him up for adoption.

Asher grows up in a middle class home in America and although he knows he is adopted, really doesn't think about it too much. His parents love him unconditionally and he really hasn't wanted for anything. But when an accident almost takes his life, he sees the truth within himself. He wants to meet his parents and know why they gave him up. What embarks is a heart-rending journey that only Asher can take. With his girlfriend in tow, he travels to Colombia to find his mother, Rita. But Rita has been very careful rebuilding her life and may not want to be found.

The intensity of characterization and tight plotting will enchant readers and leave them with a deeper understanding of motherhood, adoption and the questions everyone usually asks at least one time in their lives... who am I?

Back to all reviews by this member
Back to all reviews of this book
Back to Book Reviews
Back to Book Details