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Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

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lexnicole's review against another edition

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3.0

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prashiie's review

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

“Can one appreciate perfection when it is a constant in one’s life?”

A 3.5 out of 5 stars mainly because of Penelope!

Penelope has always been a wallflower and this was her moment to shine, to show the world what she was really like. A clever and funny girl. I loved that for her! Too bad that even her own mother couldn’t see how amazing Penelope actually is.

We already knew from an epilogue that Colin and Penelope would end up together. She has been in love with him (well okay, a perfect version of him) for many years now. Their story started off cute where they slowly go from being good friends to being romantically interested in each other. But there were so many red flags along the way. Colin was generally perceived as the perfect gentleman and of course it turns out that he isn’t perfect at all. That’s alright, everyone has some kind of flaw and red flags are not surprising in the Bridgerton series. But I found it difficult to accept that he had anger issues. It gets out of hand when he hurts Penelope, even if it was just by squeezing her arms very hard or yanking her arm. There are better ways to blow off steam so I don’t think that you should accept that from your partner. But that is what Penelope did.

“And if having to endure his anger and disdain at a time like this was to be part of marriage as well, then that would be worth it, too.”

It did get better of course. He does become a better and supportive partner and finds his purpose in life. But I hoped for a simpler story, one where I could still like Colin.

There are also some secrets revealed in this story, but unfortunately it was no surprise to me as I’ve already seen the TV show. IYKYK.

As usual, Eloise has some great remarks which are generally not accepted in that time period and therefore she is one of my favourite characters in this series.

“I hope he asks Felicity as well,” Eloise said. “I’ve often thought it foolish that a man asks a woman’s father for her hand before he asks her. The father doesn’t have to live with him.”

Well said, Eloise! She was acting very suspicious in this story and I suppose we shall find out why in the next book!

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saturnpersonified's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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plsnotanotherdamselindistress's review against another edition

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lighthearted

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

This may be the first time where I prefer the TV series to the books...

I did not like Colin Bridgerton. His behaviour towards Penelope makes me quite uncomfortable as it is similar to that of an abusive partner. Not in that he beats her but he can not control his emotions and

as he got angry in public he literally thinks about how her arm is going to bruise when they get home because he is pressing it so tightly in his hand to not loose his temper at her.

Also his thought process of

"I am going to kill her when I get her alone"

is not cute but because of his previous actions actually triggering.

I understand that his "thing" is being a charmer and a incredibly kind person in the public but actually having quite the temper and not being sweet...and honestly that is a trope I never need to read again.

I gave this book more time because I liked the Penelope in the TV series(her authenticity, intelligence, wit, progressive views and

of course her being Lady W

and so on) but no matter how much I may like Pen as the fMC I did not like Colin in even one single part of the story and therefore I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND this book and wish Shonda Rimes good luck getting me to like him or this relationship.

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monapearl's review

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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cocopeia's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful tense 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? Yes

4.5

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saliwali's review against another edition

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lighthearted relaxing fast-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? Yes

3.5

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atkinsruby's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

Honestly I love a rom com it's probably my favourite genre. But I cannot stand this book Colin is unironicly abusive the whisledown revail fell falt and the pacing was all over the place. Wish I had never bothered.

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namzuru's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

It was good. colin and penelope are very cute in this book. i enjoyed except for some weird lines to describe how colin feels about penelope every now and then (like his animal instincts, i hate lines like that and bridgerton series uses it everywhere.) also how mad colin was at penelope. he was so mad mean and rude to her

she didnt want cressida taking credit for her 11 years of writing. she poored her heart into writing these columns and here comes cressida to take credit for it all. and he was so mad at her bc she could be ruined over the things she said in her columns. but she didnt care if someone else took credit for it, it just couldnt be cressida. she had been bullied relentlessly by her for years. and he just couldnt get that and was livid at her for not taking advantage of this opportunity to have cressida take the blame.

Another thing i didnt quite like was i felt like if takes a bit for things to happen. it’s all this describing which is good but i think there is slightly too much. just over explaining and i just wanted it to get to the point. it only did that a few times.

THEIR FIRST KISS. i was screaming reading that part. i was so happy and excited. and then the second one

😳. the romance in this book was really good.

the bridgerton sibling interactions in this book are very cute and kinda funny. especially hyacinth i love her so much.

fav lines:

- “people never talk to me,” she snapped “half the time they didn’t even know I was there. how do you think I was able to keep up with the ruse for so long in the first place? I was invisible, Colin. no one saw me, no one talk to me. I just stood and listened, and no one noticed.” - broke. my. heart.

- “but there’s something rather enjoyable about the word glue. slides off the tongue rather pleasingly, don’t you think? Glue. Glooooooo.” - hyacinth said this line and i love her. cant wait to read her book

- “I love you with everything I am, everything I've been, and everything I hope to be. I love you with my past, and I love you for my future. I love you for the children we'll have and for the years we'll have together. I love you for every one of my smiles and even more, for every one of your smiles.” - ahhhhhhhhhh

taylor swift songs that embody this book:
- enchanted
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jpbacik's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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