3.5 stars rounded up. 
 Lisa Kleypas' Wallflowers series remains one of my all-time favorite series. So I couldn't help but squee during the scenes between Sebastian and Gabriel. Evie, as always, was a delight. Gabriel read very realistically as his parents' son - and that was a very good thing. We even got a Marcus cameo! I so wouldn't mind future books about their various offspring. I wouldn't mind at all... 
 I liked that Pandora was different. She had GOALS, y'all. That being said, I sometimes wanted more attention paid to those goals. I wanted a better sense of her board game. And while I assume that Dr. Gibson's book will have a more substantial career focus, I wish it wasn't so far away. 
 Quirky/annoying is a fine line, but Kleypas towed it well. To me, Pandora was adorably quirky. And "Pandora against the settee" was such a charming meet cute! Gabriel and Pandora really worked as a couple. They were good for each other. They felt real. 
 I liked Cold-Hearted Rake well-enough. I liked Marrying Winterborne better. This addition has really elevated the Ravenel series. I'm hoping that the women's suffrage mentions mean that we'll get a full-fledged suffragette heroine in the future. Maybe Cassandra leads a secret life? ;)