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A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

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foldingthepage_kayleigh's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book read like a historical/contemporary fairy tale, down to the fairy (grand)mother. A gorgeous, ethereal read with likeable secondary characters and found family, while still touching on darker themes like how history impacts our present and future. Tia Williams has definitely become an autobuy author for me!

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This did so much of what I was expecting but never in quite the way I expected it, and I enjoyed the hell out of this book.

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

What can I say about A Love Song for Ricki Wilde? The book was written so beautifully. It takes you on a whimsical journey of two lovers destined to be together. On the backdrop of Harlem over the span of 100 plus years you will fall in love with all these characters and not want to put this book down. I loved everything about this book. The plot, the characters, and it is set in February in a LEAP YEAR!!!! I didn’t want to put it down and I will think about these characters for a long time. @tiawilliams did her thing with this book. Definitely recommend this book!!!!

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emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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adventurous emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I wanted to pick this up as soon as it was out and I wasn't disappointed! I read this over the course of one day because the intrigue was so high and the relationship was sizzling.

I did find the characters a little less fleshed out than they were in Seven Days in June. Both books deal with extremely harrowing racism, but I felt like we got more insight into the inner lives of Eva and Shane. Maybe just because we didn't actually spend that much time with young Ezra - I would have loved to spend more time there and I did not see the twist coming.

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Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This story is unforgettable. It was a story filled with history, magic, love, and even pain. The story of Ezra and Ricki was beautiful, and I found myself captivated by the rich history of Harlem and its music, just like Ricki. I love that Ricki learned so much about herself, and found family friends, and love along the way.

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emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I love how this coincidentally coincides with this year’s leap year. I feel as if this was 100% intentional. I throughly enjoyed this book. I dare say I enjoyed this more than Seven Days in June. This has humor, heartache, romance, honesty, grief and so much more. Ricki and Ezra will stay with me for a while and while neither of them are perfect, this demonstrates that no one truly is but when you are with the person that was meant for it - you can be almost close enough. P.S If anyone wants to buy me a night blooming jasmine so I can experience the scent and sights, please and thank you.

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emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

𝒜 𝐿𝒪𝒱𝐸 𝒮𝒪𝒩𝒢 𝐹𝒪𝑅 𝑅𝐼𝒞𝒦𝐼 𝒲𝐼𝐿𝒟𝐸 - by Tia Williams

This was my first read from Ms. Tia and I was pleased! I have been reading more of the more popular books to see if they live up to the hype, and this one I absolutely LOVED!!!! 🥰 𝘛𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘦-𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺!!!

Tia Williams’ writing style is so easy to get engrossed into. The characters were adoring. I loved Ricki and was rooting for her to tell her sisters where they could go (“𝘛𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵” 🎤 ). They treated her horribly, but when they had the audacity to come to Harlem and thought they would jab at her in her own home…No ma’am! I was there for it (“Thank you Ezra”).

And Ezra…wow! I loved the entire storyline around his musical career and how it all tied into the two soulmates and the song that just couldn’t be finished until he met Lil’ Richard (𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 📕). Pure genius writing!!!

Ms. Della and Tuesday, were amazing characters as well. I felt the love they had for Ricki and with a family like hers, she needed the devotion and support they poured into her. For Christmas I am asking 🧑🏾‍🎄 for a Ms. Della and Tuesday - 𝘩𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯!

I ❤️ when every aspect of a book ties back to something so neatly. From Ezra’s background, to Ricki’s relationship with her family, to the rent party incident and Ms. Della, the piano, to even the little funny flora references, Ms. Tia leaves no stone unturned. No missing pieces with this one. No questions unanswered. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

This book will never make me look at leap years the same! Maybe “March is really when things will make sense “ 🤔

I 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐋𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃 this book!!! 📢

𝓟.𝓢..: I loved the reference to Biggie and the lyric change in “Unbelievable!” That was hilarious! 🤣

𝐌𝐘 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆: 5/5 🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹 Hands down!!!

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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sdupont's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I quickly found myself immersed in this book so curious of how the story would unfold. I liked Ricki (side note she deserved so much better than her family). The push and pull between her and Ezra was palpable. I found the interwoven perspectives and timelines to enhance the story. I really enjoyed this one and would recommend!

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