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Hope debuts with a simultaneously chaotic and predictable sapphic rom-com. Isabella “Isa” Valdes dropped out of college to take over her late father’s Cuban restaurant, La Mariposa. But three years later, outstanding bills and overdue rent threaten to shutter the eatery. Desperate to save her father’s legacy, Isa agrees to attend her estranged cousin Sofia’s weeklong wedding in hopes of impressing Sofia’s investor fiance with recipes from her father’s journal. Unfortunately, Isa is stuck rooming with Valentina, a child friend turned rival, who ruined Isa’s quinceañera party. Valentina, who is hung up on Sofia, offers to help Isa uncover a family secret hinted at in her father’s journal in exchange for help sabotaging the wedding. Despite being polar opposites, as the week progresses, Isa can’t help her conflicted yet growing feelings for Valentina. Their enemies-to-lovers plot struggles to find its footing, with Isa and Valentina’s underdeveloped relationship taking a backseat to the fairly unsurprising family mystery. There’s some fun, telenovela-esque drama along the way, but for the most part, this squanders its potential. Agent: Kristy Hunter, Knight Agency. (Apr.)