The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder

Absolutely wonderful, didn't want it to end. Luscious read.

Warning: Possible spoilers After reading several heavier books this summer, I was ready for a light read, and this book fit that bill fairly well. It's a good story, but I think it could have been a better story without all the Moon Lady nonsense. Like another reviewer said, I was quickly hooked on t......more

This book is a bit too long and slow to be a pure fluff beach read, and the writing just isn't good enough for it to be a serious novel, although it tries. The characters come off as cliches and Calla Lily's small town Louisiana home is hard to buy as an actual place. The story is also thick on the......more

Fans of Wells'tales of the "ya-ya sisterhood " will like this book. If it had been written by a new come-out author ,it would have been sent back to editing. In parts the writing is lyrical and in others just hurried and choppy. The story which can be moving in sections can become just downright pre......more

Almost everything I read in this book I had read somewhere else. Much of it came straight from Cassandra King's "Making Waves" - about a small-town Southern girl who opens up a hair salon once run by a family member, with several scenes taking place in the Big City of New Orleans. I wasn't a huge fan......more

I love Rebecca Wells’ writing. The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is one of a few books that I can read over and over again and still enjoy. Having never lived in Louisiana, I don’t know how accurate her depictions of the area are…but nevertheless, I was sucked in from the first page. I had......more