Savor the Moment (Book Three in the Bride Quartet)
“Alone, with Norah Jones whispering through the iPod, Laurel transformed a panel of fondant into a swatch of elegant edible lace. She didn’t hear the music, used it for to fill the air than as entertainment while she painstakingly pieced the completed panel onto the second tier of four.”
Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts is the third book in the Bride Quartet. In the Bride Quartet, we meet childhood friends Parker, Emma, Laurel, and Mac, and their love stories. Together, they are the co-owners of Vows, a wedding planning company.
Here’s a quick recap of the previous two books:
Book 1 is about Mackensie “Mac” Elliot who is a photographer and her love interest Carter Maguire PhD who is an English professor.
Book 2 takes us into the world of Emmaline “Emma” Grant who is a florist and Jack Cooke who is an architect (and a long-time family friend).
In Book 3, we savor the love and tension between wedding baker Laurel McBane and Ivy League lawyer Delaney “Del” Brown who also happens to be Parker’s older brother. Parker’s story will be the last one in the quartet, Happy Ever After.
Laurel has had a mega crush on Parker’s older brother Del for the longest time from childhood. I often wondered how it’s like to have a crush on a person you’ve known all your life. Del takes care of Laurel and her friends like a brother, and she thinks he will never view her in a different light. She also thinks he is way out of her reach being a very prominent lawyer and all that. What she does not know, though, is that Del also has feelings for her, but both are just too “stubborn” to acknowledge it. Until one day.
There is a lot of tension and frustration in Laurel. One day she just snaps and planted a kiss on Del’s mouth—that one kiss that changes everything. The story flies off to a great start between the two with continuous “fiery” dialogues and wittiness to boot. Clever exchanges between two persons are so, so sexy. Meanwhile, Mac’s mother continue to wreck havoc in people’s relationship and Laurel is not spared.
“[...] so you were right about that. I didn’t see. I should have. But you didn’t see either. You didn’t see how much I love you, how much I want you, how much I need you. I’ll buy those two dogs if I want pets, and I already have a sister. [...] ”
Oh yeah, we really don’t know (and realize) a lot of things when it comes to love. It takes a few “knocks” and then some. I love how both of them slowly discover things about themselves that lead to THE realization. Tears welled up in my eyes. I love what Del did in professing his love for Laurel. The gesture is so beautiful and meaningful. It is easily my favorite of the three books (minus the baking). All relationships are different and it is apparent in this quartet.
The characterization is great and I love the dialogues. I think it can be read as a standalone, but the smart thing to do would be to begin with Vision in White. Friendship and love are the themes of this series. I’m looking forward to a great ending with Parker Brown and Malcomb Kavanaugh to wrap things up nicely in Happy Ever After which will be released on November 2.
Savor the Moment is a joint-reading with Julia.
Related Posts:
Vision in White (Book One in The Bride Quartet)
Bed of Roses (Book Two in The Bride Quartet)
Happy Ever After (Book Four in The Bride Quartet)
