4.25 stars

Melodramatic, yes, but worth it for Cornelia and the tragedy of Joyce. 
emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Listen... Anne was literally in love with Leslie. That plot twist really threw me for a loop. I just felt as though this book was missing some of the magic of the previous novels. Though, that may be intentional as Anne has grown so much and had to face such hardship in this book.

Not sure if it was the reader for this one, but I just couldn’t get excited about it. Her friendships seemed to be deeper in this one which I appreciated but felt the story line a bit canned.
fast-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No

 I pretty much have the same thing to say about this book that I have said about previous books in the series. I am really enjoying following along with Anne as she grows and getting to know new characters. In my review for the previous book I mentioned that I wanted more of Gilbert and we did get that to some extent in this book but the author still managed to have him be in the background for the most part which at this point I am used to but I'm still annoyed about it. I also mentioned that all of the side characters were all pretty much the same. In this book we get to know knew characters and there were 2 that really stood out to me. They did seem like someone we had previously gotten to know so that was good. Again still really enjoying these books and look forward to continuing on in the series next year.

 
lighthearted
hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing slow-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
lighthearted medium-paced
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No