Like Water For Chocolate

This novel was different from Love in more ways than one. I enjoyed both, but for very different reasons. Love was disturbing and sad while, Like Water for Chocolate was romantic. For me, Like Water For Chocolate was an easy and enjoyable to read because it was not complicated with different character perspectives. The first thing I noticed while reading was how much it resembled Romeo and Juliet. It followed the story of Romeo and Juliet almost exactly-two lovers are kept apart because of family, sneaking around to be together, and when they finally can be together, they die with each other. Throughout the whole story, like Romeo and Juliet, I just wanted Tita and Pedro to be together. When they finally could be together, I was relieved but knew something else would follow. I was not surprised at all when they died side by side. It was the ultimate romantic story.