Unlike the other YaYa books, I listened to this one. The narration by Judith Ivey was perfect, and the story was just as great as the other two. This one tells the stories of how the YaYas met one another.

seriously, it's as if she was drunk when she wrote this. or gave it to her child to write. or gave it to her drunk child to write.

don't read it, don't don't don't

but if you DO read it, make sure you read and fall in love with the first two books first

Another delightful Ya-Ya book from Rebecca Wells.

Ya-Yas in Bloom is told from multiple viewpoints, with some stand alone chapters. Other chapters offer multiple views of the same storyline. There is not a cohesive storyline tying everything together like there was in The Ya-Ya Sisterhood. This book is more about snapshots in time, told from the perspective of different characters. We do get to learn a little bit more about the male characters of the Ya-Ya world.

This book was a fast and enjoyable read and I couldn't put it down. I'm looking forward to the next book in the Ya-Ya series.

Rating: 3.75

Enjoyed this following a reread of Divine Secrets. More of a vignette vs. the story line of Divine Secrets. In fact, this completes the YaYa story for me. Let's hear it for Baylor.

Loved the first two. Liked this one.

I loved this book. I liked the individual stories of different characters and spread over the years of the Ya Yas.

The ending seemed somewhat contrived; but the Ya Yas deserved a happy ending.

Bittersweet

I loved this whole series! Reading this last book was like saying goodbye to friends. I wish there were more stories but I guess it has to end sometime.

Best of the three

At first, I thought it was going to be a random collection of memories from different points of view like Little Altars Everywhere. But as the book progressed, I saw how all the stories interwove between all the books. The last three chapters, especially the ones on the Speveys, took me by surprise until I saw where it was going. It was a great ending.

I was prepared to like it less based on the second book, so I was really pleased to like it most. Only thing I could wish for to make it better would be a family tree of the Ya-Yas. By the time the last chapter came, I couldn’t keep track of who was who anymore.

This was the final of three books. I read the others 20+ years ago but wanted to finish the series. The first two thirds of the book dragged for me but the last third was excellent. The ya ya’s are a lot of fun and very relatable.

It's been a very long time since I read Divine Secrets but I seem to remember it revolved around Siddalee and how bad her childhood was because her mother was a raging alcoholic child-abuser and how scarred Siddalee was as a result. This was a book about Siddalee and how great her and her siblings childhoods were and how great their lives are now that they're grown up. So confusing.

The book was very well-written and with exception of the last chapter it was a good, quick read, but it seems like maybe the characters should have been swapped out for other characters who don't have a whole backstory that conflicts with everything that happened in this one.

Ya-Yas forever!!

After reading all three books in this series, this one is my favorite. It made me laugh, it made me feel giddy, made me want what they all have for generations to come. I loved all the stories from the past and the present. I made me feel like I was there to witness all that happened.

I read Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and enjoyed it. This books gives a little more of this group’s history. It tells how Vivi, Caro, Teensy, and Necie meet back in the 1930’s and mostly follows Vivi’s family. If you enjoyed the other book and this cast of characters you will like this book with the Southern flair with stories from the 1960s and then more currently 1994. A fun light read.