The Ravenels Series by Lisa Kleypas -> Restarting April 30th, 2024

[Ashlyn]

I'll update the rest for Chasing Cassandra soon.

[Ashlyn]

Chapter 10 (view spoiler)[I completely agree with Cassandra. He should take Dazzle in and not make something out of it with her. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 11 (view spoiler)[Cassandra at the ball fending off all those suiters was the best! (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 15 (view spoiler)[OMG!!! He bought the entire newspaper for her!! I hope she says yes to marriage. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 17 (view spoiler)[I love how they are going to get married based on negotiations. I love how Tom is becoming more venerable. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 19 (view spoiler)[Let the negotiations begin. (hide spoiler)]

Finished (view spoiler)[I loved this one so much and the meeting the author at the end was perfect. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashlyn]

I'll be starting the next book this weekend.

[Ashlyn]

Okay, I lied. I'm starting the next one today.

[Ashlyn]

Never mind... I still need to start the last book lol

[Melanie]

Started book 2 tonight.



Chapters 1-4
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I'm liking that Helen is finally standing up for herself. In the first book, she was constantly talked over and told what she should want by her family. This version of her is much better. I loved how she showed up at Rhys's office and told him she wasn't letting him out of their engagement. He's so confused by her and the way she reacts, it's great.
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[Melanie]

Chapters 5-14
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The chemistry between Helen and Rhys is simply fantastic. I love how confident she is in her choice to marry him. The two really do fit well together. I can't imagine they're really going to make it 5 months without marrying. That seems so long unless there's some time jumps in the book. I'm curious about the building Rhys is interested in and who the owner is since they're trying to keep it hidden.
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[Melanie]

Finished book 2.



Chapters 15-25
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I'm loving the developing relationship between Helen and Rhys. They're so good together. I don't like this whole Vance development. I hope Helen tells Rhys soon as it's not ok for her to keep it a secret.
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Chapter 26 - Epilogue
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I don't know how Helen thought her plan was going to work out, so I'm glad Rhys showed up and managed to talk some sense into her. I loved the scene where they discussed everything going on. Their romance was very well done but I will say I was not expecting it to take until basically the end of the book for them to marry with a title like Marrying Winterborne. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashlyn]

Book 3 is my favorite so far

[Melanie]

Ashlyn wrote: "Book 3 is my favorite so far"

The third one is the one I've been most looking forward to as I love Pandora's character.

[Melanie]

Starting book 3!

[Ashlyn]

Yay! I still need to read the last book. I'll get to it sometime

[Melanie]

Got distracted and will be getting back to this one tomorrow.

[Ashlyn]

Been sick, but hoping to finish this series soon.

[Melanie]

Finally got to the next book.



Prologue - Chapter 6
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I'm loving this so far. Pandora was my favorite of the sisters in the first two books, so I'm happy to be getting her story. I love how she knows exactly what she wants and won't accept anything else. I'm interested to see how things go between her and Gabriel as neither of them seems interested in marriage.
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[Melanie]

Picking this one back up now.

[Melanie]

Finished book 3 tonight.



Chapters 7-12
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These two are absolutely wonderful together. I love how Gabriel likes how enthusiastic Pandora is about everything. She definitely has a lot of energy and I'd hate for him to try and get her to tone that down. The story of how she lot her hearing and developed balance issues was terrible, I feel so bad for what happened to her. Her parents seriously neglected her.
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Chapters 13-18
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I am loving Gabriel and Pandora together. They fit together so well and I like that he doesn't try to change her. I'm curious what it was that Pandora saw at the printer's warehouse? Is it actually someone building a bomb? Or something else?
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Chapter 19 - Epilogue
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Well I certainly wasn't expecting Pandora to be stabbed because she unwittingly uncovered a plot to kill the Prince of Wales. Overall I really loved Pandora and Gabriel's romance. The two were great for each other and I was so happy with the direction their romance went.
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I need to pick up book 4 soon which I'm looking forward to as Garrett's character has interested me since she first popped up.

[Melanie]

I will be picking up book 4 in a few days.

[Melanie]

Finally starting book 4.

[Ashlyn]

Will be picking up the next one shortly

[Ashlyn]

Still hoping to pick this one up next month.

[Ashlyn]

Hopefully soon!

[Melanie]

Still working on this one.

[Melanie]

I will finally be picking up book 4 next week.

[Ashlyn]

Can't wait to see what you think!

[Melanie]

Me being me, I'm still behind and haven't gotten to this one yet. Soon hopefully.

[Ashlyn]

Getting back to this one soon.

[Melanie]

Will finally be continuing this series in December.

[Ashlyn]

Starting the last book next

[Ashlyn]

Chapters 1-7 (view spoiler)[So far I'm really enjoying this one. I like Merritt and Keir's character. (hide spoiler)]

Chapters 8-13 (view spoiler)[The whole fire explosion was unexpected. I'm glad she said that they are going to be engaged though. I can't believe he forgot who she was, but it makes sense. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashlyn]

Chapters 14-21 (view spoiler)[Sad that he thinks he could never be with her. I really like these two together though and how she is caring for him when he's injured like this even though he doesn't remember him. I also like that she didn't pretend with him that they were actually engaged. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashlyn]

Finished (view spoiler)[This was a cute ending for both these series even though I haven’t finish the other one yet. I like how she pulled them together though and had POVs from both. And of course she went after him when he tried to leave without her. (hide spoiler)]

[Melanie]

I'm going to continue this one next week while I'm off.

[Melanie]

Getting back to this as soon as I finish a few other books first.

[Melanie]

Still behind but will get back to this shortly.

[Melanie]

Should be getting to this soon, I'm so behind.

[Melanie]

Will be getting back to this soon, I'm almost caught up.

[Melanie]

I will finally get back to this series in March.

[Melanie]

Still planning to continue this soon.

[Melanie]

I will finish this series in April.

[Jessica]

Melanie wrote: "I will finish this series in April."

I want to read this series but don't have time this month. If you wanted we could ask for a reset to end of April / beginning of May.

[Melanie]

Jessica wrote: "Melanie wrote: "I will finish this series in April."

I want to read this series but don't have time this month. If you wanted we could ask for a reset to end of April / beginning of May."

That would be great actually! Does April 30th work for you?

[Jessica]

Melanie wrote: "Jessica wrote: "Melanie wrote: "I will finish this series in April."

I want to read this series but don't have time this month. If you wanted we could ask for a reset to end of April / beginning o..."

Yes.

[Melanie]

Ok great, I requested the thread be reset.

[Alaina]

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RESTARTING APRIL 30TH, 2024


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[Jessica]

I managed to get a copy of every one but the first one 😂 so I'm just waiting for that hold to come in to start the series

[Jessica]

Still waiting for the first book

[Melanie]

Read book 4 tonight.



Chapters 1-6
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I'm really enjoying this so far. I liked Garrett's character in the previous books so I'm happy to be getting her story. Her connection with Ethan is fantastic and I'm excited to see where things go between them.
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Chapters 7-12
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These two are so good together, I really hope Ethan works out his work problems so they can be together. I wonder what's in the ledgers that he found in the safe?
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Chapters 13-18
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Oh no, Ethan is in really bad shape. Garrett has done everything she can to save him, hopefully he pulls through soon. I'm glad the truth about Ethan being a Ravenel is out now, I expected it sooner.
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Chapters 19-25
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I love how Ethan and Garrett exposed everything Jenkyn was doing. Also, the new job Ethan got was pretty neat. I really enjoyed this one, I loved Garrett and Ethan together so much.
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[Jessica]

Chapters 1-10
(view spoiler)[ Really enjoying this so far, I forgot how easy these are to slip into. I really like this family, especially the twins and I'm very curious to see how their romances go. I love that the drunken brother turned it around. I didn't love that we had that big set up about how (god, I hate my brain I cannot remember her name which I'm going to look up now but fucking hell) Kathleen never cries only to have her break down in his arms in like chapter 3. I would have liked to see that drawn out more. I'm getting the sense that her marriage either wasn't consummated or was very unpleasantly done so. Very interested to learn more about that.
Right now I really don't care about the romance I'm more interested in all of these characters and seeing them work together to save the estate so I'm hoping that doesn't get overshadowed by the romance when he comes back. (hide spoiler)]

[Jessica]

Chapter sixteen
(view spoiler)[ Oh here's the super dramatic unrealistic disaster that is completely unnecessary and annoying. I had hoped we'd get away from these but I should have known better. I would like Lisa Kleypas a lot more if she stopped doing this. (hide spoiler)]