Legal System Follies

Awww we’ve (at long last) reached the thrilling conclusion of All That Glitters. This is actually sort of bittersweet, since this is the last Landry novel to have Ruby as its narrator and protagonist. I’d be excited, if that didn’t mean Pearl and Gabrielle were in our futures. Okay, okay, Gabrielle’s not that bad. But we must…

Told Ya So

A quick note for the searchers who want the “OMG sex!” details of “when Chris and Cathy have sex in Flowers in the Attic“. (I don’t feel like bringing this up in a Search Term Post because, well…) They don’t. He rapes her. She forgives him and yes, they do later begin a consensual sexual relationship (to…

The Worst

Greetings and salutations!! So, like, I’m back and stuff. Apologies in advance for this recap–nothing too exciting happens, but it’s building up to some wacky stuff! When we left our merry band of idiots, Gisselle had contracted St. Louis encephalitis, which had put her into what was likely a permanent coma; Beau had pitched the idea…

Bad Decisions Abound

Beau and Gisselle leave after plenty of complaining over breakfast by Gisselle, who had nightmares all night about swamp creatures getting into her bedroom. That’s just inappropriate. Anyway, they leave, but first Beau manages to sneak Ruby a slip of paper with the address of his secret love apartment on it and a date and…

Are You on the Guest-list?

Ruby stumbles back into the dining room and tells Paul about Daphne. He immediately wants to cancel his appointments and come with her to New Orleans, but she tells him not to since the funeral isn’t for another few days and there’s no point in him hanging around. Is there ever? She’ll leave Pearl with…

A Dixie for your thoughts!

So six months go by. Ruby’s decorating the house, with daily visits from Gladys (oh hurrah). Ruby gets to focus mainly on her studio since Gladys refuses to deal with it. Paul’s busy at the cannery and with his oil wells, including a new one which he names “Pearl’s Well”, putting the proceeds from that…

Sunbonnets are the New Black

Day breaks on Ruby’s special day, that magical day all girls dream of and plan for and think about, that happy day when they enter into a marriage-in-name-only with their maternal half-brother. It’s beautiful. Pearl even stays quietly in her bed for longer than usual, perhaps because she can sense her mother’s swirling guilt and…

Decisions, decisions

All right and away we go! All That Glitters starts out with a prologue that basically summarizes the series up until this point, so let’s take a look at Ruby’s stats: Mother? Dead. Grandmother? Dead. Father? Dead. Grandfather? Dead. First boyfriend? Brother. Second boyfriend? Paris. Twin sister? Amazing. Stepmother? Evil. Daughter? Baby. It’s been eight…

All That Glitters: The Cover

This has always been my favorite of the Landry series covers, because everyone looks so darn good. And so darn melodramatic! As with the cover of Pearl in the Mist, the All That Glitters cover gives us a little vignette that shows off several of the book’s plot points in one delightful freeze frame. There’s actually…