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A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

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zluvsreading's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Okay so main character is Richard Wilde aka Ricki Wilde the 2nd named after her dad who wanted a son and they had everything in order so they just didn’t change the name at all. She has three sisters Rae and Rashida and Regina. She is the youngest and her family owns (her dad) a funeral home business. However she is a horticulturist and loves plants. Moves to Harlem with Ms Della and lives below or above or in her brownstone.

So basically this is leap year of 2024. February. We meet Ezra Walker the 3rd or fourth in 1923. Leap year!!!!! February!!!!! Him and his cousin Sonny. So basically he’s a musician and is really good.

Starts at The Nest. However Sonny turns into an addict and leaves him his dog GROUCHO BARX in 1927 or so!!! He still has the collar on 2024. Weird right??? So he’s not a ghost because he can be touched but is he forever stuck at one age? Stuck in time? Stuck in February leap years for the rest of his life. His ex had a tragic death! Was that Ricki???? Is that why he feels so drawn to her and it’s like they know each other??? PAST LIVES PERHAPS?????????

Not a coincidence that he called Ricki a tornado and called his old girlfriend Felice a hurricane and tornado like!!!! NOT A COINCIDENCE AT ALL!!!! What the fuck?

Okay so Ricki lives now where He once lived. I think! Also I think the piano she has was his own personal one. That’s why he was so gutted seeing it. WAIT ACRUALLY THE SEX SCENE WHEN HE NEEDED HER TO COMPLETE THE SONG???? Can I just say hot but also so fucking devastating in the best way possible?

Like I was crying and then the next moment I was like oh fuck yeah they’re hot! The NEED. The need for each other in that moment. I’m fucking scratching my eyes out idk.

Felice is so obviously manic but is she actually hurting people or just doing voodoo and they’re getting hurt from that.

Nah she seems wild enough to actually be doing the stuff. LMAOOOOO.

OH MY FUCKING GOD DELLA IS ADELAIDE AS IN FELICES BABY THAT SHE LEFT BEHIND OH MY FUCKING GOD OH MY FUCKING GODFDddhisvdosbdo

Starbucks mentioned 😒😒😒😒😒😒😒

Them savoring all the time left no I’m actually a mess!

NOOOOO DELLA IS THE HUMAN SACRIFICE TO BREAK THE CURSE OH HELL NO NO IM SICK IM SO SCIK

OH MY GOF NO I DIDNT WANT TO BE RIGHT WHAT THE HELL NO WAY

Okay so beautiful so stunning. The Harlem Renaissance backdrop and history interwoven in this, Black history to be more precise was so well done. I felt like I was in Harlem in the 1920’s. Tia teleported me there and I love her for that because it was so atmospheric.

You can feel the pain and grief that Breeze was going through and living with in the 20’s after he moved from South Carolina. Everything was said in a raw and explicit way and I love that. I would definitely check trigger warnings.

The writing was beautiful and I am now forever a Stan of Tia Williams. Devastating is the only way I know how to describe this book, but also devastatingly tender. ACHING. Ezra in present time was. SO PAINFUL. Even before we knew what was going on, you can FEEL the longing through the pages and AHHHHHH that just makes me wanna cry even harder.

The way that everything was linked.

THE LEAP YEAR. DELLA. THE BUILDINGS AND PLACES!!!!! JASMINE FLOWERS!!!!!!

Rah, I love Tias mind. I would like to live inside of it.

Not only would she have to make up a current story and timeline in the year 2024, but also do so much research for the environment, people, clothing, trends, music and everything else for the 1920’s and the location and how everything was. The language and dialect and just everything seeped in rich history was just so well done. It hurts my heart that history like this is trying to get taken out of schools today like !!!!!!

Books like this deserve to be made into movies. Documentaries or something cause what the hell?!?! I saw it playing in my head but no I need to see this on the big screen like fr. It won’t do it justice at all but oh my god I’d love to see them try.

I am definitely going to be trying out the audiobook of this because I know it will be so good with the Black voices and everything else!!!!! I so want to hear that and be transported back into the magic of this story.

God bless Ricki for finally

sticking up to her dumbass sisters dumb dumber and dumbest!!!!!! They are Awful people with a capital A. Her mom is literally in need of help. Her dad, iffy but also I like that he was proud of her, at least a little bit.

I’m so sad I was right about the sacrifice being Della. So sad. I wanted to be wrong but unfortunately

I felt it in the air.

I just simply must come back to this book every once in a while because it was stunning. I have no adequate words. 10/10 love!!!!!

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itsmelaurenb's review

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dark emotional funny inspiring 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

Tia Williams has done it again. Every time I read one of her books she reaches into my chest and pulls my heart out. This was such a beautiful and artistic book, and truly romantic.

The book does deal with some very heavy subject matter, largely because it touches on the experience of African Americans during the early 20th century, i.e. the Jim Crow era south. Death is also a big theme throughout but it still manages to be funny in places and have an overall uplifting vibe. Tia Williams has a very strong, witty voice so her characters are a delight to experience, trauma and all.

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noble_editorial's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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jillaay_h's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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bpantress83's review

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challenging emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

This book literally left me with tears in my eyes, because it was so good.

It was at it's core about love and history, and added paranormal elements to it.

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katharina90's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious medium-paced

Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

This was equal parts cute and cringey.

I liked the premise, but the execution fell a little flat for me. It was too predictable and not entirely convincing.

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kmshobbs's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

5.0

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natreadthat's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious

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

3.5

“What they heard as frenzied abandonment was the sound of his rage. Their joyous release was his escape, his chance to outrun the memories that stalked him. Jazz was freedom, but grief was his fuel. It was that simple, and that terrible.”

Ricki is the outcast of her wealthy, perfect family. Ezra is the mysterious hottie on the block, with an aura Ricki can’t quite stay away from. What plays out is a love song one hundred years in the making, one leap day at a time.

I went into this mostly blind, it was available immediately from Libby and I was most definitely intrigued by the beautiful cover. I stayed for the Harlem-era journey, genre-bending between romance and magical realism, musical landscape, and sassy characters. I especially loved the minor characters and their stories. What didn’t quite stick for me was the romance, it felt rushed and a bit shallow. That said, I enjoyed it as a quick summer read!

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mayayandal's review

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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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nstyner's review

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I love everything about this story! I thought it was so cute. It felt like a nice warm hug lol and I LOVED the supernatural spin to it too!!!! This book made my heart happy and calm.

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