REVIEW: Kiss Me, Catalina by Priscilla Oliveras

Kiss Me, Catalina by Priscilla Oliveraz: Catalina and her sisters formed a musical group which has gained in popularity. She is finally given the opportunity of a lifetime to go on tour with a superstar. Unfortunately, the so-called superstar is also the same arrogant jerk that’s she’s known for all of her professional career. When they actually go on tour, she struggles with even getting time to write songs with him even though that’s the whole purpose. While on your, she struggles with inner feelings of abandonment that started due to her birth father. She wants to make sure that she is making the right choices and not abandoning her family like her birth father did.

Patricio tries to keep his celebrity self and personal self separate, but he really struggles when it comes to his relationship with his father. He grew up in his father’s spotlight’s shadows, and it continues into his profession now. All he wants is for his father to be proud of him, but he always belittles him. Singing with Catalina is the first time that he feels that spark that he’s wanted for so long, but he isn’t sure if he wants to expose her to the same thing as he has been when it comes to his father.

As the two singers find stolen moments and simmering passion, they also find the companionship that each has longed for their entire lives. Having both dealt with issues with their fathers, they know what the pain is like, but they don’t know how to let each other in. Thankfully, they have their music for that.

Cat was a beautiful character. She was so strong in her beliefs and I loved her immediately. I think her weakness was her quickness to jump to conclusions though. She would immediately have a thought and run with it and it burned her at times. It was good to see Patricio help her through her issues and teach her how to be loved in a way she never knew.

Patricio struggled with acceptance from his father. He wanted so badly to have his father be proud of him, but he never saw that result. In the end, it ended up hurting him because no one knew the real him. Catalina is the first person in awhile to break through his walls to help him heal internally.

Overall, the book was really good. I struggled sometimes with what the characters were saying when it was in Spanish but I used context clues to determine a lot of the meanings. I loved the feelings of their cultures and the way that they stayed true to them. It was a very beautiful book overall.

Book Info:

Publication: November 1, 2022 | Montlake |

Dreams come true for an untamable rising star and a mariachi idol in a rousing romance about passion, fame, and family by USA Today bestselling author Priscilla Oliveras.

Ambitious San Antonio singer Catalina “Cat” Capuleta gets the chance of a lifetime when she joins superstar heartthrob and fellow mariachi Patricio Galán on his seven-week concert tour. Demanding and arrogant, Patricio challenges Cat on every level, as an artist and as a woman. But headstrong Cat is determined to be his match. No matter how seductive Patricio’s baritone voice, Cat’s eyes are only on the prize: success and making her familia proud.

No woman gets under Patricio’s skin like Cat. Her talent mesmerizes. Her passion is thrilling. And her drive, stemming from an old unhealed family wound, exposes a vulnerability he secretly recognizes in himself.

When the duo hits the road, the sparks don’t just fly—they detonate. Stage by stage, as each reckons with the past—and with each other’s quick-fire personalities—they bring crowds to their feet, and Cat’s long-held dreams come true. Will their road romance go up in flames? Or could making music together kindle the most rapturous love song of their lives?