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Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

๐Ÿ“– Savor the Moment
๐Ÿ“š Book 3 of Bride Quartet series
โœ๐Ÿป Nora Roberts
โ˜‘๏ธ Contemporary Romance 
Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Spice: ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ

โ€œ๐™Ž๐™๐™šโ€™๐™™ ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ž๐™ข ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™šโ€”๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™›๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š, ๐™จ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™š๐™™. ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™–๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™—๐™ก๐™š๐™ข, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™๐™šโ€™๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™๐™ž๐™ข ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ.โ€

Let me start with this: Iโ€™ve now read this series 8 or 9 times in the past 12 years. This is my OG favorite romance series, and I love it more with every reread.

THIS IS MY FAVORITE BOOK OF THE SERIES. 

Overview:
โ€ขWedding Planning Business 
โ€ขFour Best Friends
โ€ขBaker FMC x Lawyer MMC
โ€ขSweet and Swoony
โ€ขTop Tier Found Family

๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—˜๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ, ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€, ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—”๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ (๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ) ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ.


Laurel is one of my Soul Characters. She has a quick fire temper and a pragmatist approach. Her way of thinking feels familiar and comforting. 

โ€œ๐™„โ€™๐™ข ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ค ๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ฎโ€ฆ๐™’๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ฎ ๐™„ ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™– ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™›๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™™. ๐™„๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง, ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฌ.โ€

I also donโ€™t always love friends-to-lovers, so the fact that Laurel and Del could make me obsessed with this book speaks highly of them. 

โ€œ๐™”๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ง. ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™–๐™จ.โ€ ๐™ƒ๐™š ๐™œ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ง๐™š๐™›๐™ง๐™ž๐™œ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง. โ€œ๐™„ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ชโ€™๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ, ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ค.โ€
โ€œ๐™”๐™š๐™จ, ๐™„โ€™๐™ข ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ.โ€
โ€œ๐™‚๐™ค๐™ค๐™™. ๐™Ž๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™šโ€™๐™ง๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™œ๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™„ ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ ๐™จ....โ€

The conversations that happen between the four best friends remain one of my favorite parts of this series! Their Found-Family bond and banter and honest discussions make these books human and hilarious.

โ€œ๐™„ ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™–๐™จ ๐™„ ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š, ๐™จ๐™ค ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™„ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™š ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™จ๐™š๐™š ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™›๐™š๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™ก?โ€
โ€œ๐™„ ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ. ๐™Š๐™ ๐™–๐™ฎ, ๐™„ ๐™™๐™ค, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™„ ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™ž๐™ข ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ. ๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™š๐™จ. ๐™‡๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ง๐™œ๐™ฎ. ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™š๐™ฏ๐™š, ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ข๐™š ๐™›๐™š๐™š๐™ก ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™™๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฉ.โ€

As Del would say, this romance story has the perfect blend of tartness and sweetness. The ending scene makes my heart flutter every time. 


Overall, if you love romance books, especially those that center themselves around friendship, I full heartedly recommend this series.

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