I started reading the Ravenel series because one of my favorite podcasts, Fated Mates, did a review of Marrying Winterborne, book 2 in the series. As a result, I read these out of order, starting with Book 2. I do not recommend that - I spend the first 30 minutes very confused about who all the characters were. As a result, I’m reviewing them in the actual order, not the order I consumed them.
I’ve listened to all these as audiobooks - the narrator, Mary Jane Wells is excellent. I read books 1-4 in 2022, so the reviews of those are screenshots from my Instagram highlights. The remainder are 2023 reads, so the reviews look a little different. The series follows the members of the Ravenel family and the ways they fall in love. They are all very sexy, feminist romances, and you may find yourself learning a little bit about British societal customs of the time along the way (for the record, I think the customs are absolute bullshit).
Devil’s Daughter - West Ravenel’s book!
Devil’s Daughter
This is the book I’ve been waiting for since my first Ravenel book - West Ravenel, former rake turned farmer finds his match! And it was so worth the wait. His paths cross with Lady Clare (Phoebe), the widow of West’s former classmate and the chemistry is instant. Open door, like all the others in this series, but what I like most about this is that Phoebe is very clearly the one in pursuit. I stuck with the audiobook as with the rest of the series, and Mary Jane Wells just kills it AGAIN!!
Overall grade: 5 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chasing Cassandra
This may be my favorite book in the series mainly because how much I like Tom Severin! He has a very dry, sardonic manner that I very much appreciate, captured beautifully by narrator Mary Jane Wells. I listened to this whole series and it was such a delight!