A review by thepassionflute
Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery

5.0

Well, this book made me cry twice. Seeing the Blythe family's experience from the start to the end of WW1 was a journey and the change Rilla went through was beautiful and heartbreaking to see. All the weight the families had to carry, as all their boys left, the constant fear, the devastation, I felt each step of the way, those 4 long years. Oh, how glad I was to have read Rainbow Valley for the context of these characters and their relationships. Seeing them all as young adults, with their sweethearts, and their individual war efforts, it truly felt like being transported back in time. Forever a Walter Blythe stan (#1 Blythe child). Also, Dog Monday, you know what you did. Those were tears of joy. Lastly, I wanted to actually commit murder to a certain IRENE. The things she said about Walter and Rilla and just quite simply her entire being was EVIL. My blood boiled reading what she said. PHEW. Such a hard hitting book and I absolutely loved it.