Flaming iguanas Book

I absolutely loved everything about Flaming Iguanas. Although raunchy and hilarious, Flaming Iguanas reveals important life lessons, points out the idiocies in American culture, and oozes femininity. In Flaming Iguanas we join Tomato on her motorcycle journey from New Jersey to San Francisco. Along the way Tomato searches for the meaning of life, love, and the perfect post-office. This is the first novel in Erika Lopez's Mad Dog Rodriguez Trilogy.

This book "had me at hello": the cover and pages are beautifully illustrated by Erika herself and the wild font helps set the carefree tone of the novel. I included a few pictures of the illustrations that pepper the pages of Flaming Iguanas so you understand my random love affair with this book. This book is gorgeous; I love love love pretty and unique books.

Lopez imbues so much wisdom within this book:

"The more you're aware of anything, the worse off you are in the long run because you have to live with yourself." - Erika Lopez, Flaming Iguanas

Her writing is wrought with beautiful prose enveloping todays culture:

"It was the kind of thing that brought a blurry Vaseline mist to my eyes and made the world seem so sweet." - Erika Lopez, Flaming Iguanas

I especially enjoyed Lopez's ability to tear the fantasy out of situations:

"Nothing could be less sexy than being responsible for someone else's life on a motorcycle that cars don't see." - Erika Lopez, Flaming Iguanas

I lapped up Lopez's raunchy comedy. She shows the world that feminism doesn't have to be "sugar and spice and all things nice."

"Let me tell you: D-cups are not designed to jump up and down on beds. They're also not designed to run after buses or to hurry up for anything. And you know a D-cup woman is having an absolutely fantastic time when she's on her back and doesn't lock her arms to her side to keep the cleavage alive." - Erika Lopez, Flaming Iguanas

It was obvious that Lopez incorporated many truths about herself and her life within this book. I felt as if I was glimpsing into Lopez's soul. I loved that about Flaming Iguanas; it isn't often an author bares her persona as candidly as Lopez. Actually, it's rare to come across candour at all, neither in a novel, nor face-to-face. I found Lopez's genuineness refreshing.

Flaming Iguanas is a treasure I'm incredibly happy to have found. I loved and appreciated everything about this book. However, if you are easily offended, I recommend skipping past this one as Lopez bares all. Erika Lopez is witty, crass, and wise, and if you need to belly laugh Flaming Iguanas will oblige. I'm pumped to discover what Lopez has in store for me in books 2 & 3 of the Mad Dog Rodriguez Trilogy.

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