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Jun 07, 2011

Dina rated it:

3 1/2 stars

Once again, NR proves how good she is when it comes to write friendship. Unfortunately, that got in the way of the romance and I didn't connect with Del and Laurel's love story. Del was a nice guy, but too smooth and perfect to raise my temperature. Laurel was a bit harsher than him, but her bouts of temper felt forced to me because they were irrational and came out of nowhere. Okay, that is known to happen in Romancelandia, but that behavior is usually associated with a c More...

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May 08, 2011

Mojca rated it:

And yet another Nora Roberts winner in this amazing series. And this time, though it still revolved around the friendship between Mac, Emma, Laurel and Parker, the story was mostly about the romance between life-long friends. Yes, you’d think it was pretty much the same as in Bed of Roses, between Emma and Jack, but the thing is, Laurel and Del, Parker’s older brother have known (and been friends) each other for her entire life. So the switch held much more danger and possible obstacles. For the More...

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Feb 11, 2011

Clare rated it:

Laurel's cakes may have been beautiful, but they just didn't sound delicious. Some writers have that ability to make you drool over the printed word. Oh, I'm sure the wedding cakes were delicious, but Nora Roberts' talent is not in describing food. Too bad. I would have loved a romance novel that also described cake.

Cake!

Just the word makes me happy. Birthday cake! Wedding cake! Happy day cake! Cakes are celebratory but Laurel seemed like a cranky bitch. (Maybe it was f More...

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Apr 29, 2010

kari rated it:

I love the way Nora Roberts crafts her characters. You're sure to fall in love with them while they fall in love with each other.
This third installment of The Bride Quartet doesn't disappoint in any way. Del and Laurel verbally spar with each other and the dialogue snaps as you'll laugh at their witty comebacks at one another.
While Mac and Carter continue to be my favorite couple of this series, this comes a very close second.
Laurel is one tough cookie, to use a baking analogy More...

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May 13, 2010

Miss Kim rated it:

3 1/2 stars

*sigh*. I really wanted to love this one, but I didn't. I did like Del and Lauren, but I didn't like the 'conflict'. It was weak, since she'd known him her whole life. It felt like the author had to come up with something to make them 'have it out' before they got an HEA. I am so looking forward to Parker and Mal's book. We get to visit them a bit and this one, and I kept wishing for this to be their book. Ah well, we can't love em all.

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Oct 06, 2011

Mollie *scoutrmom* rated it:

This was the best yet in this quartet. I especially enjoyed the hero's realizations on how his feelings were changing. I think anyone who wants to read the fourth book in the series would benefit from reading this one beforehand, I can see the first hints of the next book beginning in the early chapters of this book. I love the series because it celebrates the friendships of the women as much as the romances they have.

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Aug 19, 2011

Katharine rated it:

I picked this up on a whim, because a Goodreads friend liked it, and because I'd always wanted to read something by Nora Roberts. I'd say she's not disappointing her core audience -- this is an extremely well-structured novel, the characters delineated and interesting, their lives filled with an ample amount of glamor and hard times. There's a romance that finally springs up between a couple who have known each other since childhood. The woman always adored the older brother of her best frien More...

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Feb 11, 2011

Carrie rated it:

2.5* This book is difficult to rate because I both liked it and didn't. It was an okay story overall, and I liked the characters, although I did get tired of Laurel at times. Mostly, though, I got stuck on the "snappy dialog" that made everyone sound like characters out of a TV sit com or Rom Com movie. Not only did everyone in the book respond with one or two word phrases, but everyone sounded identical. Even the older Mrs. Grady spoke mainly in predicates. Some of the dialog was funn More...

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May 20, 2010

Robin (RBBR) rated it:

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Oct 04, 2010

Sarah rated it:

This series is about four lifelong friends, Mac, Emma, Laurel and Parker, who have combined their individual talents to setup a very successful wedding business, called Vows.

Mac and Emma found their own version of "The One" in the two previous books, and it's now Laurel's turn. Laurel's been in love with Parker's brother, Del, for the longest time, however Del regards her as a sister. Things change one night, however, when she gets really frustrated at him, and tries to pro More...

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Jul 23, 2010

Maggie rated it:

This might be my new favorite of this series. Halfway though I realized that one of the things I like the best about this series is that it really is cumulative, it would be difficult to pick it up mid-series. I got really involved with this book because I really liked Delaney's character from the start. I'm really looking forward to Parker's story, I like her and Mal as a couple.

**re-read April 2010, I think this is my favorite of the series so far. I read it on audio this time an More...

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Jan 06, 2012

Shweta's Book Journal rated it:

I have said enough about this series and I didn't want to do a review for this book just because there are no adjectives I could use that I haven't used previously. I find The Bride Quartet series absolutely adorable.Period. It's pure unadulterated girlie romance series with friendship being the rock solid foundation of the plot. The more I try to find faults in it , the more I start realizing that even with it's imperfections and fairy taleish finish, this series is some thing I 'll always love More...

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Dec 05, 2011

Meagan rated it:

So far I really like the Bride Quartet series, even though SAVOR THE MOMENT isn’t my favorite book of the series (so far). Don’t get me wrong SAVOR THE MOMENT was an okay book in all around good series, but my favorite book in this series is BED OF ROSES.

I have to say that Nora Roberts can write about friendship and humor very well. I liked that she gave time for characters to interact as a group because that added something to the entire series. A lot of my favorite scenes were whe More...

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Jul 25, 2011

Shaida rated it:

The third book in the series, and overall the book was good, but still the first one is my favorite. Each book in the series follows a new relationship rooted in friendship and somewhere close to the end, a problem and argument happens. In this situation it revolves around money. Laurel and Dell's relationship was definitely foreshadowed in Book 2 on what was going to happening in Book 3. I was curious to see how the relationship was going to develop and prosper because Dell has always been like More...

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May 02, 2011

Kimberly rated it:

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Mar 05, 2011

rebellyell666 rated it:

Inhalt:

Ihr ganzes Leben lang liebt Laurel Delaney Brown schon. Als es plötzlich ernst zwischen den beiden wird, fragt sie sich, ob auch von Dels Seite mehr vorhanden ist oder er nur auf eine Liebelei spekuliert…

Schreib-/Erzählstil:

Nora Roberts nimmt sich mit ihrem sehr, sehr seichten und schwammig schnulzigen Stil den Wind aus den Segeln. Sie setzt nur noch auf eine einfache Story, ohne dass der Leser großartig neue Wendungen oder Szenen erfährt.

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Jan 09, 2011

Vinaya rated it:

When you've had a really long, hard day at work, and you feel wrung out and limp, what's better than a sparkling bottle of champagne and a long, relaxing soak in a bathtub? Now, I currently live India, so while the champagne is sometimes a possibility, the bath is unfortunately only something to dream about. But before I get lost in my metaphor, what I meant to say is, Savor the Moment, for me, was the mental equivalent of the glass of champagne and the relaxing bath. I had just finished Mockingjay More...

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Oct 22, 2010

Jamie - Nitty Gritty Reviews rated it:

It's official! I LOVE this series! Ok, now where do I begin?! Delaney Brown is Parker's older brother and feels that he has to take care of not only her but her three business partners as well. Because as he put's it they are a "tribe." But Laurel has had a SUPER HUGE crush on Del (as he is refered to as a lot in the book) and in one of her "moods" Laurel lays a big old steamy kiss on Del. Which leads to the "shoe napping" of a pair of Prada heels...Which leads to D More...

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Jul 25, 2010

Aviva rated it:

The third book in a series focused on four women who have been friends since early childhood, when they played endless games of weddings. Now they're adults with a wedding business. One's the photographer, another the florist, this book focused on the baker/pastry chef, and the fourth book will be about the wedding planner.

I think the best part of these books is that they really build on each other. I feel like I'd want to hang out with these women if they were real, and three books i More...

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Jul 22, 2010

Jessi rated it:

Summary: Wedding baker Laurel McBane is surrounded by romance working at Vows wedding planning company with her best friends Parker, Emma, and Mac. Low-key and unpretentious, she longs for the seemingly unreachable Ivy League lawyer Delaney, Parker's older brother. - JCPL Catalog

This is the third in Roberts' Bride Quartet series. Although I very much identify with Laurel and I like Del a lot, I did not enjoy their story as much as I did the previous two in the series. It seemed to move More...

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Jul 14, 2010

Kim rated it:

I am a picky, occasional-only "true romance" reader. Savor The Moment, a "true romance" in my opinion, was a delight! I have thoroughly enjoyed this series. This book, the 3rd of the quartet, has been my favorite thus far. I adored Lauren! Her character is sweet, sassy, independent, creative....I thought she was great! That she begins a romance with Del was absolutely perfect! I loved the angle of the 'wrong side of the tracks' girl forming a relationship with the 'ric More...

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Jul 11, 2010

Wendy rated it:

This is the third book in the Bride Quartet and as a straight romance, it did not disappoint.
Now it is Laurel and Del's turn. Laurel has been in love with Del for as long as she has known him but felt that he always saw her as a sister and nothing more. When in a fit of temper, she turns the tables and kisses him, it surprises them both and leads them to make an agreement to have 30 days of a relationship before hving sex so they can make sure they are compatible and that it is not just he More...

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Jun 28, 2010

Aislynn rated it:

I have absolutely fallen in love with this series. Laurel, the main character, is a bit brash and abrasive like many of the middle heroines for Roberts' trilogies - but she isn't overwhelmingly caustic. There's humor, vulnerability, and a genuine caring that makes her extremely likable. Del, the love interest, is not as developed. Though we see him throughout the preceding two books, we don't get into his head the same way we did Carter or Jack. He's a great guy with few, if any flaws. I f More...

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Jun 26, 2010

notyourmonkey rated it:

Am finding I'm kind of over romance novels for the moment - or at least their very narrow definition of a happy ending (marriage! babies! for everyone!) - but I'm finishing out this quartet because I really, really enjoy the friendship between the four women. Not really invested in the romances themselves, but I care about how Roberts has written these women creating their own family.

It's kind of like, oh crap, that one movie about the four friends in childhood and in adulthood, wit More...

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Jun 25, 2010

Jessica rated it:

It could have really been better.

There wasn't even any true issues, and those issues that were touched on were solved so swiftly as to not have mattered.

I did, though, enjoy the little side note in the plot about the daughter of two of my favorite Nora Roberts' characters (one of the O'Hurley girls- the dancer- and her husband). It was nice to see that they had a daughter and she was getting happily married. Just a hint of a story from before.

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Jun 07, 2010

Sabrina rated it:

Narrator Angela Dawe gets the heroine Laurel’s voice perfectly, but Emma and Mac’s voices tended to draw me out of the story. The male voices weren’t bad, but didn’t stand out to me as great or memorable. Again though, Laurel’s voice seemed to match the character perfectly.

This was a very solid, well-developed story and one would expect no less from La Nora. She’s a #1 best seller for a reason ladies – because she knows how to structure a story and create characters you can get wrap More...

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May 18, 2010

Hilcia rated it:

Third in the Bridal Quartet series, Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts is Laurel McBane and Delaney Brown's story. In telling their story, Roberts uses the friends-to-lovers and the secret crush tropes, two personal favorites.

I really like Laurel's personality in Savor the Moment. She's a bit of a baking diva with an attitude with a sarcastic sense of humor, and is no pushover. Laurel runs the baking side of Vows and is a brilliantly creative and beautiful woman who has accomplished mu More...

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May 10, 2010

Ally rated it:

Mackenzie, Parker, Laurel and Emmaline have been friends since childhood and have formed a successful wedding planning business together called Vows. Although they help thousands of couples organise their biggest day, all have been unlucky in love. Until now

Laurel’s been in love with Del all her life but he just sees’s her as another one of the girls. Until Del pushes Laurel’s buttons too far and she kisses him.
Let the games begin...
When I first read the blurb for this story More...

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May 02, 2010

Starling rated it:

This is the third of four books, and the current Nora Roberts paperback series.

Four women who run a Wedding Palace are also finding their own HEA in this series.

I like Nora Roberts. I'll admit that I like her books in the following order: The In Death series, her hardcover best sellers, and the paperback series. If you pick up one of her books, and recognize where they fit in her works you are going to have a pretty good idea of what kind of book to expect, and you can e More...

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May 01, 2010

Alexis-Morgan rated it:

Wow! I think this one is my favorite so far. Nothing like a good old fashioned romance novel to make me grin like an idiot!

Thank you, Nora Roberts, for sharing your talents, your gifts with us mere mortals.

There is a reason this woman has sold millions. She just gets it. Granted, it's not for every one, but it sure as heck works for me.

Yes, the story followed the same pattern as the other two, but I don't care. Delaney and Laurel's story was simply beautiful. More...

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