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blewballoon's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
I liked this entry more than Because of Miss Bridgerton, the first book in this series. I really like it when Julia Quinn tries something different with her leads, in this case having her male lead be a virgin along with his wife. I thought this dynamic was done well and very refreshing for the genre. The spicy scenes had a fun element of discovery and sensual silliness that I found a lot more enjoyable than Quinn's more often used setup of a girl who barely knows she has any anatomy under her dress and a man who draws her a map using references from the 100s of women he's slept with.
Other than that, the book didn't have much going on. Very slow paced, lots of traveling from here to there, a couple minor events that are resolved quickly, and some dry but interesting medical discussion. The leads are both interested in health care, but of course only the husband can actually become a doctor in this time period.
It was a nice little treat seeing Violet and Edmund being happily married in the background of a couple scenes, and seeing the baby Bridgerton boys briefly.
Other than that, the book didn't have much going on. Very slow paced, lots of traveling from here to there, a couple minor events that are resolved quickly, and some dry but interesting medical discussion. The leads are both interested in health care, but of course only the husband can actually become a doctor in this time period.
It was a nice little treat seeing Violet and Edmund being happily married in the background of a couple scenes, and seeing the baby Bridgerton boys briefly.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Medical content, Blood, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit
Minor: Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Medical trauma
readyforit's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
4.5⭐️1.5🌶️
This book was such a treat as what I’m calling my last bridgerton book. I don’t think I’ll continue with any other JQ series but never say never. This book was a true romcom, and I mean I was actually laughing out loud for a majority of the book, which is unheard of for me! Because Nicholas (the youngest rokesby) and Georgiana (the 2nd youngest bridgerton) are already 27 and 26, they’re mostly grown, fully formed characters. So they don’t change much throughout the story, other than in their relationship with each other. Neither has childhood trauma that severely affects their relationships today like characters in the previous books.
Nicholas is in his 2nd to last year of med school when he gets summoned home by his parents. Turns out Georgie was kidnapped by a destitute suitor, who tried to compromise her to get her to marry him for her dowry. And only Nicholas can save her reputation by marrying her. He eventually agrees because he’s just a good guy and cares for Georgie, even if she’s like a sister to him because they grew up together. He asks Georgie, who is of course offended that everyone has been plotting behind her back. She says no at first, but then realizes she doesn’t have a choice. Her only other choice is to marry the man who kidnapped her. Speak of the devil, he shows up, begging for her hand, climbing a tree to try to get in her window. She proceeds to throw books at him and one of her cats finishes the job. The descriptions of Georgie’s 3 cats in this book had me DYING. If you’ve ever had cats you’ll be able to picture everything perfectly💀. This asshat falls and gets mangled so she and her butler team up with Nicholas and his butler to fix him up and send him on his way before anyone finds out. This tag team of butlers were incredible, I only wish we got more of them in the previous books! Georgie tells Nicholas she changed her mind and that’s that. They get married and she follows him back to med school.
The rest of the book is mostly uneventful, but not in a bad way. If you’ve read her other books, I was kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop, but they have a pleasant falling-in-love story after that. There is no miscommunication trope with the fact that Nicholas’s father basically forced him to marry Georgie, he is open about that from the beginning. He discusses medicine with her and agrees that women should be able to study it🥹. He protects her when necessary and lets her run free when she needs it. There’s not a lot of misogyny in this book like there is in some of the others, even though it’s common in historical fiction. This was really refreshing.
I thought the storyline about her pushing him to find them a house in Edinburgh would be a huge fight but it really wasn’t. She took matters into her own hands and Nicholas wasn’t even mad about it, he was just in awe of his brilliant wife. I really loved Georgie’s character, she’s got a great sense of humor, a thirst for knowledge, and takes initiative. She has some nice scenes with violet and the 3 oldest boys. Nicholas is so different from all the rest of the MMC we’ve gotten from this author. He’s not experienced in love or sex and is such a caretaker and believes in Georgie even before they’re married. When you have a chronic illness, it can feel like you’re fighting that battle alone, and it was refreshing not to hear any medical gaslighting from him. He was always in her corner.
Once again, Rosalyn Landor was the most incredible narrator. I’m going to miss listening to her🥲. I really liked the book and may reread in the future, probably as a standalone.
This book was such a treat as what I’m calling my last bridgerton book. I don’t think I’ll continue with any other JQ series but never say never. This book was a true romcom, and I mean I was actually laughing out loud for a majority of the book, which is unheard of for me! Because Nicholas (the youngest rokesby) and Georgiana (the 2nd youngest bridgerton) are already 27 and 26, they’re mostly grown, fully formed characters. So they don’t change much throughout the story, other than in their relationship with each other. Neither has childhood trauma that severely affects their relationships today like characters in the previous books.
Nicholas is in his 2nd to last year of med school when he gets summoned home by his parents. Turns out Georgie was kidnapped by a destitute suitor, who tried to compromise her to get her to marry him for her dowry. And only Nicholas can save her reputation by marrying her. He eventually agrees because he’s just a good guy and cares for Georgie, even if she’s like a sister to him because they grew up together. He asks Georgie, who is of course offended that everyone has been plotting behind her back. She says no at first, but then realizes she doesn’t have a choice. Her only other choice is to marry the man who kidnapped her. Speak of the devil, he shows up, begging for her hand, climbing a tree to try to get in her window. She proceeds to throw books at him and one of her cats finishes the job. The descriptions of Georgie’s 3 cats in this book had me DYING. If you’ve ever had cats you’ll be able to picture everything perfectly💀. This asshat falls and gets mangled so she and her butler team up with Nicholas and his butler to fix him up and send him on his way before anyone finds out. This tag team of butlers were incredible, I only wish we got more of them in the previous books! Georgie tells Nicholas she changed her mind and that’s that. They get married and she follows him back to med school.
The rest of the book is mostly uneventful, but not in a bad way. If you’ve read her other books, I was kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop, but they have a pleasant falling-in-love story after that. There is no miscommunication trope with the fact that Nicholas’s father basically forced him to marry Georgie, he is open about that from the beginning. He discusses medicine with her and agrees that women should be able to study it🥹. He protects her when necessary and lets her run free when she needs it. There’s not a lot of misogyny in this book like there is in some of the others, even though it’s common in historical fiction. This was really refreshing.
I thought the storyline about her pushing him to find them a house in Edinburgh would be a huge fight but it really wasn’t. She took matters into her own hands and Nicholas wasn’t even mad about it, he was just in awe of his brilliant wife. I really loved Georgie’s character, she’s got a great sense of humor, a thirst for knowledge, and takes initiative. She has some nice scenes with violet and the 3 oldest boys. Nicholas is so different from all the rest of the MMC we’ve gotten from this author. He’s not experienced in love or sex and is such a caretaker and believes in Georgie even before they’re married. When you have a chronic illness, it can feel like you’re fighting that battle alone, and it was refreshing not to hear any medical gaslighting from him. He was always in her corner.
Once again, Rosalyn Landor was the most incredible narrator. I’m going to miss listening to her🥲. I really liked the book and may reread in the future, probably as a standalone.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, and Medical content
Moderate: Kidnapping, Vomit, and Medical trauma
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
jackiepreston's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Kidnapping, Blood, Medical content, and Sexual content
angelofthetardis's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
The last of the Rokesby series, we find the youngest son, Nicholas, summoned home urgently by his father. The reputation of a lady dear to their hearts is under threat, and everyone knows there's only one way to save her.
This book suffers from a similar issue to the later Bridgerton books - the protagonist has always been the younger brother, so for the majority of the previous books he has been some way in the background. You know he exists, but that's about it. So the author has to take quick steps to establish his character as an adult in the first pages of the book. She's absolutely successful at it - indeed, I'd say this is probably the best introduction I've read of Quinn's to date - but at the same time I do wonder why she continues to choose that same set up again and again. If it were me, I'd have been making the siblings closer in age, setting the stories closer together in the timeline and fleshing all of the characters out as the series progresses.
This one is probably the lightest on plot and development; as with all her books it does flow, but the change from friends to lovers is almost glossed over in here. It's just not got the same oomph. Although the idea is that they realise they're made for eachother, I would say the story overall actually gives me more of the vibes of the marriage of convenience between friends that the characters are so worried about at the outset. Sure, there are feelings there, but they're not in the same league of romantic feelings displayed in the other books. It's comfortable rather than passionate.
I think I'd have been more interested to see what the author would have come up with if Georgianna had stuck to her guns and refused to salvage her reputation. The story could still end with the same HEA, but given that she's given us someone incredibly independent and forward-thinking, I think she deserves better than the convenient escape route.
The characterisation has also lost a lot of its spark since the first book of the series. The friendships between the Rokesbys and the Bridgertons are still there and still lovely, but it's missing the rapid back and forth that gave the series its zing. However, I absolutely love the way Violet Bridgerton is written in this book - you can see the development of the matriarch of the Bridgerton clan, whilst alsongetting the warm fuzzies of seeing her at her happiest with Edmund and the start of her huge family. And while she is slightly more 'proper' than Edmund's sisters, she can definitely still hold her own! And baby Anthony, Benedict and Colin are so cute!!!
Sweet, simple, easy to read, but not my favourite.
This book suffers from a similar issue to the later Bridgerton books - the protagonist has always been the younger brother, so for the majority of the previous books he has been some way in the background. You know he exists, but that's about it. So the author has to take quick steps to establish his character as an adult in the first pages of the book. She's absolutely successful at it - indeed, I'd say this is probably the best introduction I've read of Quinn's to date - but at the same time I do wonder why she continues to choose that same set up again and again. If it were me, I'd have been making the siblings closer in age, setting the stories closer together in the timeline and fleshing all of the characters out as the series progresses.
This one is probably the lightest on plot and development; as with all her books it does flow, but the change from friends to lovers is almost glossed over in here. It's just not got the same oomph. Although the idea is that they realise they're made for eachother, I would say the story overall actually gives me more of the vibes of the marriage of convenience between friends that the characters are so worried about at the outset. Sure, there are feelings there, but they're not in the same league of romantic feelings displayed in the other books. It's comfortable rather than passionate.
I think I'd have been more interested to see what the author would have come up with if Georgianna had stuck to her guns and refused to salvage her reputation. The story could still end with the same HEA, but given that she's given us someone incredibly independent and forward-thinking, I think she deserves better than the convenient escape route.
The characterisation has also lost a lot of its spark since the first book of the series. The friendships between the Rokesbys and the Bridgertons are still there and still lovely, but it's missing the rapid back and forth that gave the series its zing. However, I absolutely love the way Violet Bridgerton is written in this book - you can see the development of the matriarch of the Bridgerton clan, whilst alsongetting the warm fuzzies of seeing her at her happiest with Edmund and the start of her huge family. And while she is slightly more 'proper' than Edmund's sisters, she can definitely still hold her own! And baby Anthony, Benedict and Colin are so cute!!!
Sweet, simple, easy to read, but not my favourite.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Vomit, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Sexual content
Minor: Blood, Medical trauma, and Cursing
angelfireeast24's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, and Stalking
Moderate: Vomit, Ableism, and Blood
emilywemily6's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
I really enjoyed this one! I like that the awkward, dramatic storyline (the scandal) was over with in the first chapter, so the majority of the book was about how the relationship changed between Nicolas and Georgiana. It was sweet to see them go from friends to lovers, and I appreciated the medical tidbits in the story.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Vomit and Blood
author2223's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Vomit and Medical content
Moderate: Blood
sarahamuller1's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical trauma, Blood, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore
cepbreed's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Definitely not my favorite in the Bridgerton universe. After reading the second installment in this prequel series I had such high hopes for this book and was disappointed. It's not that its bad, I just feel like so much more could've been done with the storyline. I really appreciate feminism and progressive thinking, but some of it felt a bit forced to me, maybe I'm just too hyper-focused on realism in a little romance novel that's just for fun. I do like the two main characters a lot though, Nicholas is a wonderful man and Georgie has just the right amount of spunk, they truly were made for eachother. I wish we got more flashbacks to their childhood memories, but then again I guess they really weren't anything special to each other back then, no more than friends at least.
Song: Georgia - Vance Joy
Song: Georgia - Vance Joy
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, and Stalking
Moderate: Chronic illness
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Blood
marionlundqvist's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Medical content