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beckyyreadss's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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
I wanted to read this book because of the Netflix series that hit on Christmas Day a few years ago and now Netflix have announced we are getting Polin’s story and I'm hoping we get the full eight seasons for each sibling. I wanted to get ahead and know what is going to happen, so of course I bought all nine books. I enjoyed the first two books in this series, I struggled with Benedict’s and Eloise’s story and didn’t mind Colin’s, but the last three books have been so cute and adorable.
This novel follows two main characters. The first character is Gregory Bridgerton. He is the youngest son and the seventh child in the Bridgerton household. Unlike most men of his acquaintance, Gregory believes in true love. And he is convinced that when he finds the woman of his dreams, he will know in an instant that she is the one. And that is exactly what happened. Except . . . she wasn’t the one. In fact, the ravishing Miss Hermione Watson is in love with another. But her friend, the ever-practical Lady Lucinda Abernathy, wants to save Hermione from a disastrous alliance, so she offers to help Gregory win her over. But in the process, Lucy falls in love. With Gregory. The second point of view is Lady Lucinda Abernathy, she is engaged, and her uncle is not inclined to let her back out of the betrothal, even once Gregory comes to his senses and realizes that it is Lucy, with her sharp wit and sunny smile, who makes his heart sing. And on the way to the wedding, Gregory must risk everything to ensure that when it comes time to kiss the bride, he is the only man standing at the altar. Lucy doesn’t know whether to follow her heart or to go with the deal her uncle made and to protect her family’s honour.
My favourite things about this book were Julia Quinn’s writing style. It didn’t feel like I was back in time. I mean, obviously they weren’t going on about Snapchat, but it just felt like a modern-day story with a bit of mystery. The only thing that kept me from remembering that it was set in the 1800s was the references of letters and carriages and that they couldn’t text each other to say what was going on without people finding out what is happening.
However, that’s not the reason I didn’t rate it five stars. The reason I didn’t rate it five stars was because I miss the Bridgerton gang – in the first four book, they were all together and causing mischief together. Besides Kate, Colin and Hyacinth having a small part in this book of Kate trying to get Gregory married off and Colin helping him ruining the wedding and Hyacinth threatening Lucy, all of them weren’t there. I wanted the girls to bring Lucy into the family and all the brothers to be proud of Gregory. I just miss the sibling banter and I get that in those days when they got married, they had their own household and children to deal with it, but I just missed them. Also, I think because I've read these books in such a short span of time rather than when they were debut over the years, it was weird to picture little Gregory like in the TV show being this sexy bachelor and talking dirty to Lucy and holding a gun. It was weird, really grossed me out – it was like when the baby of the family starts talking about sex.
I would have liked one chapter to be the whole family at like the Bridgerton household with all of their kids and partners and happy family.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Blood
Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Violence
Minor: Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Homophobia
reddevil11's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
This was a mash up of many trops that don’t quite fit together.
The developments are a bit quick. It felt a bit like trying too hard to bring something new after the previous seven books.
And (without spoilers) the main characters behavior confused me at times and made it hard to grow attached to them.
The beginning was interesting, but afterwards it lost my interest more and more.
The developments are a bit quick. It felt a bit like trying too hard to bring something new after the previous seven books.
And (without spoilers) the main characters behavior confused me at times and made it hard to grow attached to them.
The beginning was interesting, but afterwards it lost my interest more and more.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Gun violence, and Kidnapping
Minor: Sexual violence
saskiahill's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Classism, Homophobia, Bullying, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Gun violence
summerslittlelibrary's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence and Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse
Minor: Homophobia, Sexual violence, Outing, and Cursing
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