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A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

16 reviews

bookwitch's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

3.5

The book standing on it's own is just fine; fun magical realism twist plus partial historical fiction to lend support to the romance. It was well written and I loved that it was from a black perspective. The story itself is pretty predictable and a bit long winded if you ask me. The only shock that got me was

Ms. Della's connection

. Not bad! But not my favorite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Suicide

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Drug abuse and Miscarriage

literary_lyette's review against another edition

funny hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Racism, Slavery, and Suicide

Minor: Addiction and Drug abuse

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.75

This was the kind of love story and romance I enjoy - consuming, enduring, and without an ounce of cloying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Classism

mayayandal's review against another edition

inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide, and Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Murder

lauraelovesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

Not what I was suspecting but delightful nonetheless! Tia Williams’ writing is so beautiful and her characters are so rich 

Around the 50% mark, when the direction of the plot was revealed, it wasn’t difficult to see how the story would play out. But the beauty here was in the journey, not the twists. 

I am not generally a fan of insta-love, but Ezra and Ricki had enough of the star-crossed, fated feeling that I didn’t mind it as much as I normally would. There was still that undercurrent of pining and longing that I love most

This book is magical realism done well. I’m very interested to see where future books set in this world will go 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Drug abuse

kdailyreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Drug abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Police brutality, and War

daiidreamingg's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

5.0

Wow Tia has done it again. A perfectly written love story I really don't have no negative to say. From start to finish it was beautiful and yes I cried...alot lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Drug abuse

znvisser's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Eesh, Tia Williams can write romance! And with so many more elements that I loved: dramatic and classist family members that could’ve come out of an Austen novel, magical realism, pop culture references that aren’t cringey, and admirable women all over the place. I loved Ricki with all her passion and colourfulness (“Because she (a) found fashion calming and (b) was dramatic, Ricki had dressed carefully for this occasion”.); and Ezra being funny and attractive (“Ricki barely heard him, as she was mid-epiphany. Was Warm Weather Ezra the sexiest Ezra?”) and their entire art-drenched love story, in which their love itself is so wonderfully uncomplicated, despite the circumstances they’re facing together. Loved this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Toxic relationship and Blood

massivepizzacrust's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, and Suicide

sdupont's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime and Suicide

Moderate: Cancer, Death, and Grief

Minor: Drug abuse and Miscarriage