A review by kat7321
Ya-Yas in Bloom by Rebecca Wells

4.0

This is the third in the Ya-Yas series, but I "read" it first because I grabbed the audio off the sale table at my library for $1. I didn't really expect to like it as much as I did! I don't know, the covers of this series of books always seemed a little strange to me. Well, "don't judge a book by its cover" proved, once again, to be very true. I loved it! The audio has the added advantage of enabling the listener to experience the southern drawls of the characters which, for a life-long Yankee girl like me, added a lot of charm and humor to the story. These characters are terrific; flawed, vulnerable and truly lovable. The story is at times hysterically funny, at times poignant, and sometimes both moods work together, which made me eager to listen to the next part of the book (I listened to it while driving my car). The first two novels in this series are now at the top of my list of "must reads". The child at the end of the book (one of the "très petite ya-yas) who played the angel in the Christmas pageant clinched it for me with her announcement "Unto y'all a child is born!" How can I not read the others?