Somehow I missed this book in the Anne of Green Gables series the first time I read them many years ago. I was excited to find a 'new' book in the series to read, but I was a little disappointed in it.

I'm not sure if it's just that I'm reading the book when I'm many years older, or if it's just not as good as the original - I suspect the latter. Rilla just didn't grab me, she was bit vapid and unambitious, and not really what I felt a daughter of Anne and Gilbert would be.

I was touched by Dog Monday, and how the war affected the Blythe family, I still liked Susan, and the romance was sweet, if tenuous (I'm not convinced one kiss created the great love story implied, but it was a different age). However, overall it was just OK. I'm glad I've read it, but have no desire to read it again.