A review by bri_14
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This book has glimpses of potential but the ideas didn’t come together for me. Personally I would’ve preferred Tuesdays story of being a former child star growing into adulthood. Idk it felt more rich than Ricki opening a flower shop in Harlem 🤷🏾‍♀️ also Ezra’s flashbacks were very entertaining and this book was written SO VERY WELL. That’s what stinks bc Tia Williams can write but it needed to be reformulated to really be a standout for me.

I don’t read much “fated love/soulmate” tropes so maybe this isn’t my ministry but I didn’t see WHY Ezra and Ricki were drawn to one another. Like sure Ezra was
cursed to see Ricki in his dreams, stuck trying to find her in life
but I barely saw the connection on Ricki’s end. Just lust and “This pull…He understands everything about me” mess.

Ms Della dying for The couple was so predictable
didn’t carry much emotional weight. AND ANOTHER THING (I don’t mean to whack this book) I couldn’t stand how Ezra and Ricki spoke to each other after some time. When Ezra asks Ricki why she believes his life story, she goes “when I was little, I had a red coat. It made me believe in magic, it was magical. The world is filled with things we don’t understand, like the Bermuda Triangle or twinkies”. GIRL WHAT LOL at that point I think it was cemented that I was completely and utterly over Ricki and her daydreams.

And why in the world would a *checks  notes* funeral home franchise not support an independent flower shop? In what world is that ever plausible? FUNERAL HOMES NEED FLOWERS😭 they were talking to Ricki like she said she wanted to open up a Spirit Halloween! Very unserious people indeed
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