3.81 AVERAGE

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

All of these 2nd epilogues were included at the end of the audiobooks, so I'm only here for Violet. Her novella is a sweet recap of her life from meeting her husband, marrying him, losing him, and then her life after. I wish we'd gotten more detail. Give me the full Violet and Edmund love story or one of Violet getting a second chance at love!

I loved all the epilouges being together, and then that ending story with the mom's story.. great ending.

This book was everything I needed after finishing The Duke and I. It was great to see little snippets of everyone’s lives since each of their books and also felt like a nice little conclusion to the series. I really enjoyed this book; it was easy to read, the short stories were good lengths and each story was about something I wanted to know more about. I didn’t think any of them were pointless or didn’t add anything. I think that you should read this collection after finishing the rest of the books - I thought this would be an obvious point, and there is a warning at the beginning, but I am sure that some people might think they’d be ok to skip ahead - this isn’t the case.

Violet’s novella was heartbreaking and amazing at the same time. It made me cry but also made me smile and laugh. I loved reading about her as a young girl and then when she met Edmund again as a grown up. Although I knew it all ended tragically I still loved having more Violet to read about as she has been such an amazing character throughout the series.

After finishing the series, I thought these short stories did the characters that you have grown to love justice. I’m not saying that I liked all 8 books (because I didn’t), but I feel like reading this collection of second epilogues made me kinda forget that I didn’t like those specific books and I just enjoyed reading more of this world and characters. I’m glad I have read all 9 books now, and I look forward to revisiting the books I loved again in the future, and being able to skip the ones I didn’t like without feeling like I have missed something. A lovely conclusion to an overall enjoyable series.

To those who liked any of the Bridgertons books, this one is worth it, if only for the story about Violet :) so sweet!

Violet is seriously the best character in the books so I am just rating this book for her novella at the end (since all the other 2nd epilogues are in the books). Her strength and love to her children is so great. And it was great to see a glimpse of her and Edmund's relationship

*cries*

one of my favourite parts of hyacinth's book is when violet tells hyacinth about her birth. it got me the first time around, and hit me even harder in the reread. reading it through violet's perspective - sob. anyway. i'm glad we got a little story for violet.

I’m so glad I decided to read this because ending the series on Violet was SUCH an amazing way to end the series. Obviously all the extra epilogues that we got about the various friends, children, games, etc. from the other books was fantastic! However, none of them were as moving or as satisfying (ok maybe Hyacinth finally finding the diamonds was hella satisfying) as rounding off the series with the best mother ever, Violet Bridgerton. She has successfully lived a happy and full life, regardless of the pain and sorrow she has been through and I could not hope for any less of a life. Amazing read.