Queen of Babble Series (Books 1-3) Discussion #1

Welcome to the first "Queen of Babble" series discussion



In the first book, Lizzie comes to England to be with Andrew, but after finding that he is lying to the British government, she leaves to her friend Shari in Mirac, a beautiful vineyard. On the train yard, she meets Jean-Luc (later known as Luke) who she confides about everything to him, much to her embarrassment when she hears he is her host. Even though she begins to crush on him, she finds that he has a mean girlfriend who takes advantage of him. At the end, Luke and Lizzie get together even though Luke is upset for Lizzie telling his mother about wanting to be a doctor.



In the second book, Lizzie moves to New York to fulfill her dream of becoming a wedding gown restorer. She is joined by her boyfriend Luke, who has recently joined medical school. Luke asks Lizzie to move in with him into his mother's pied-a-terre on Fifth Avenue. Lizzie agrees and moves in with him, but her best friend Shari who is currently staying with her boyfriend Chaz, disapproves of Lizzie moving in with Luke during the first months of their relationship. Lizzie later begins to work as a secretary for Chaz's father's company Pendergast, Loughlin and Flynn while taking up a job at Monsieur Henri's wedding gown restoration shop, free of cost. She is later fired by Pendergast. Loughlin and Flynn for ruining the "confidentiality of a client". Throughout the book, Lizzie cherishes the dream of marrying Luke and is terribly upset when she finds out he doesn't want to marry her. They break up, he leaves for France and Lizzie vacates the house they had been sharing for many months. Lizzie then goes for a wedding of a friend, accompanied by Chaz, where they share a stroke-of-midnight kiss. They go to Lizzie's place kissing in a cab and Chaz later admits that he is in love with Lizzie even though Lizzie is confused about how she feels about him. The book ends with Luke flying back from France and proposing to Lizzie.



In the third book, Lizzie accepts Luke's proposal and while he goes to Starbucks to pick up coffee and coke, Lizzie hurries back inside her apartment and tries to get a sleeping Chaz to leave before Luke comes and assumes that something happened between them. After much ado, Chaz leaves grudgingly, after warning Lizzie that she was making a terrible mistake and that she and Luke would not last. Luke returns later to the apartment and both of them sleep together and inform their family and friends that they are engaged. Lizzie keeps hearing Chaz's parting words in her head and is quite upset by it. Her best friend Shari, who is living with her new girlfriend and boss, Pat, is upset with Lizzie for accepting Luke's proposal as she felt that "he was too perfect". Lizzie then continues to take on a famous celebrity, Ava Geck as her client. Lizzie is still unsure about how she feels about Chaz, even though all her friends, including Ava, think she is in love with Chaz and not Luke. Luke takes Lizzie, Chaz and his new girlfriend Valencia out to dinner where Lizzie and Luke have a heated argument about their wedding and Lizzie leaves in a huff. She gets into Ava's limo when she arrives in front of the restaurant and they go to Lizzie's apartment where Luke meets them later. He and Lizzie agree to take some time off. Later, Luke flies to France while Lizzie attends Shari and Pat's barbecue party where she gets a phone call saying that her grandmother is dead. She flies to Ann Arbor and is joined by Chaz. Lizzie realizes that she is love with Chaz and both of them finally sleep together. Lizzie is a little upset about cheating on Luke but knows she doesn't love him. Monsieur Henri sells his business, leaving Lizzie jobless. Luke asks her to join him in Paris but she refuses. She breaks up with him when he gets back and soon, she and Ava Geck start their own clothing line. A little later, Chaz reveals to Lizzie that Luke was cheating on her with his classmate. Luke goes back to become an investment banker again and Chaz and Lizzie end up getting married.

There is a movie in the works for this and Kristen Bell is playing Lizzie.