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bzliz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I kind of loved the drama of it all but I can’t forgive how completely boring Lucy and Gregory are as people. They don’t really have personalities and I wasn’t able to invest in their love like I could for most of the other Bridgerton siblings. He only gets a tiny pass for busting into a church to stop a wedding and propose to the bride himself. And I guess Lucy has some OCD tendencies too.
Unfortunately, I don’t know who I’d recommend this final book in the series to. Spice lovers will not be satisfied at all. I think maybe self deprecating messy gays could enjoy, since they finally have a little representation. That said: I had a good time and I’m ready to say goodbye to the series.
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Pregnancy
Minor: Homophobia, Alcohol, and Death of parent
Pregnancy/medical trauma in the 2nd epilogue.allison87's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Blood, Confinement, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual assault
hayleyvem's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Rape
rebecca_arielle's review
- 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
Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Kidnapping and Confinement
kassidyreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Gun violence and Confinement
lunep's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Pregnancy and Death of parent
kirbylover16's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Best to Worse
1,3,7, The ones you should read.
6,4,2,8, 5
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, and Violence
The Epilogues are horrible and the reason for a lot of the tags. You can take off pregnancy, medical trauma, and most of the body horror if you skip that part.now_booking's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
This book had a lot of very dubious consent issues. Not in the sexual way, that was fine with consent. But consent issues in the sense that the hero frequently inserted himself into spaces where he wasn’t welcome. When a heroine said what she wanted (like “go away,” of if she wanted to be left alone, he frequently tried to convince her otherwise. He wasn’t aggressive about it but he was somewhat spoiled and didn’t understand “no.” To me, that’s not cute, even when it’s clearly for the heroine’s “own good.” I can’t go into how deeply troubling this gets without giving away spoilers but suffice to say, it is a little more uncomfortable than cute.
What I did like was the fact that for once we got a historical romance hero in love with the idea of love, someone who is looking for a match and wants to be married and have a family - not for money or convenience, but because he actually believes in the magnificence of love and wants that for himself. It’s so rare to get a hero in romance that has that goal. I liked that the hero is protective of the heroine but also respectful of her strength and not ashamed to acknowledge her superiority in many ways. I feel like this wasn’t one of those where he liked the heroine because of her looks but because of her unique personality and things he had gotten to know about her.
I found Lucy to be an interesting enough heroine, though I think she could have been firmer with Gregory. I think she could have shown a lot more agency in her story but I did really relate to her people-pleasing personality and her wanting to smooth things over with everyone and keep the peace and order around her. But she might not be for everyone.
The epilogue and second epilogues which look at Gregory and Lucy’s family and their more than 8 kids were really good and indeed the 2nd epilogue is a real high point to this book. The pain and dangers for regency era women related to childbirth are explored in a really sensitive way and I’m in awe of what this author has created, having read the 8 books of this series in the past 2 weeks, they’ve all been ace and they are favourites!
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders