A review by impybelle
The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells
4.0
The only thing I didn't like, after it was all said and done, about The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder was the wrap up with Tuck.
I didn't mind that she went back to Tuck, and I didn't mind that he came back to her. But the fact that what kept them apart was Uncle Tucker intervening and swiping their mail (as well as feeding Tuck lies) seemed a little... predictable, somehow. Which probably says more about the way my mind works than anything else, but I think I would have prefered for Tuck to have just... gotten scared and then Uncle Tuck used that to his advantage. Easier to relate to, I guess.
That said, I really loved the book. It was easy to slip into and I cried when things didn't work out for Calla, and occasionally when things did, as well.
I didn't mind that she went back to Tuck, and I didn't mind that he came back to her. But the fact that what kept them apart was Uncle Tucker intervening and swiping their mail (as well as feeding Tuck lies) seemed a little... predictable, somehow. Which probably says more about the way my mind works than anything else, but I think I would have prefered for Tuck to have just... gotten scared and then Uncle Tuck used that to his advantage. Easier to relate to, I guess.
That said, I really loved the book. It was easy to slip into and I cried when things didn't work out for Calla, and occasionally when things did, as well.