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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
Review originally posted at http://smexybooks.com/2018/11/review-the-other-miss-bridgerton-by-julia-quinn.html
Favorite Quote:
The Other Miss Bridgerton is the third installment of The Rokesbys, a prequel series featuring the previous generation of Bridgertons and their closest friends and neighbors, the Rokesbys. I loved the first book in the series, Because of Miss Bridgerton, felt kind of iffy about the second book, The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband, and went into this book with high hopes that the old Bridgerton magic would make an appearance.
Julia Quinn’s newest release features Poppy, a Bridgerton cousin from Somerset, and Andrew, the second to youngest Rokesby son, formerly of the Royal Navy, currently exploring the seas as a merchant ship’s captain. (He’s also a spy for the Crown, but no one knows that yet.) While visiting a friend in the last months of her confinement, Poppy goes exploring alone and happens upon a cave. Which is how she finds herself aboard the Infinity as an unwanted, problematic captive to the mysterious privateer, Captain Andrew James.
Andrew loves his family and he loves his country. When he is asked to “deliver” correspondences around Europe with no questions asked and to perform certain duties in certain situations when his country asks him to, he takes on the role of a merchant ship captain and, despite his family’s angst over his career choices, keeps the reasons why to himself. When Poppy Bridgerton boards his ship (forcibly, and in a burlap sack) he has no choice but to take her with him on his next secret mission. He is on a deadline, and not even a Bridgerton discovering his secret hiding place and becoming his unwilling guest, will delay him.
You guys, I really, really enjoyed this one. It had all the charm, wit, and wonderfully flawed, complex characters of the original series, and I simply adored this couple’s interactions with each other. The only girl, raised with four brothers, Poppy is adventurous, competitive, and has a mind that is constantly thinking and working out mysteries. Andrew presents a conundrum, as he is supposed to be the bad guy, but doesn’t act like a bad guy should. He’s charming, and fun to banter back and forth with, and he seems to be trying very hard to make her stay as easy as possible.
Andrew can’t believe he has a Bridgerton confined to his room. The Bridgertons are his closest neighbors and he grew up running around the countryside with them, one even married his older brother. He’s determined to get Poppy back to England as soon as possible, hopefully with no one finding out about their little trip. He does his best to appear the devilish rogue, but he really isn’t. Poppy is fascinating and easy to talk to and he loves her curiosity. They have this easiness together that I loved. There was this sense that they are becoming fast friends, while at the same time falling deeply for each other.
I know right. Sometimes the best scenes are the ones where a simple joining of hands becomes a revelation.
Happy sigh. This isn’t this author’s sexiest novel, and Andrew and Poppy don’t have a ton of love scenes, but I simply adored the way their relationship built. The anticipation. The sly looks and witty banter and getting to know you. Their chemistry was apparent and their connection palpable. By the end and their HEA they had become one of my favorite Quinn couples. It was so easy to love them, together and individually.
The last book in the series comes out next year… at least I’m assuming it will be the last as it will feature the youngest Rokesby son and the youngest Bridgerton daughter. I’m more than ready.
Final Grade- B+
Favorite Quote:
He had made her happy, and that made him happy.
The Other Miss Bridgerton is the third installment of The Rokesbys, a prequel series featuring the previous generation of Bridgertons and their closest friends and neighbors, the Rokesbys. I loved the first book in the series, Because of Miss Bridgerton, felt kind of iffy about the second book, The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband, and went into this book with high hopes that the old Bridgerton magic would make an appearance.
Julia Quinn’s newest release features Poppy, a Bridgerton cousin from Somerset, and Andrew, the second to youngest Rokesby son, formerly of the Royal Navy, currently exploring the seas as a merchant ship’s captain. (He’s also a spy for the Crown, but no one knows that yet.) While visiting a friend in the last months of her confinement, Poppy goes exploring alone and happens upon a cave. Which is how she finds herself aboard the Infinity as an unwanted, problematic captive to the mysterious privateer, Captain Andrew James.
Andrew loves his family and he loves his country. When he is asked to “deliver” correspondences around Europe with no questions asked and to perform certain duties in certain situations when his country asks him to, he takes on the role of a merchant ship captain and, despite his family’s angst over his career choices, keeps the reasons why to himself. When Poppy Bridgerton boards his ship (forcibly, and in a burlap sack) he has no choice but to take her with him on his next secret mission. He is on a deadline, and not even a Bridgerton discovering his secret hiding place and becoming his unwilling guest, will delay him.
You guys, I really, really enjoyed this one. It had all the charm, wit, and wonderfully flawed, complex characters of the original series, and I simply adored this couple’s interactions with each other. The only girl, raised with four brothers, Poppy is adventurous, competitive, and has a mind that is constantly thinking and working out mysteries. Andrew presents a conundrum, as he is supposed to be the bad guy, but doesn’t act like a bad guy should. He’s charming, and fun to banter back and forth with, and he seems to be trying very hard to make her stay as easy as possible.
Andrew can’t believe he has a Bridgerton confined to his room. The Bridgertons are his closest neighbors and he grew up running around the countryside with them, one even married his older brother. He’s determined to get Poppy back to England as soon as possible, hopefully with no one finding out about their little trip. He does his best to appear the devilish rogue, but he really isn’t. Poppy is fascinating and easy to talk to and he loves her curiosity. They have this easiness together that I loved. There was this sense that they are becoming fast friends, while at the same time falling deeply for each other.
“Take my hand,” he said, reaching out.
And even though everything within her that was sensible and true screamed that she ought not to touch this man; she ought not to let her skin even so much as brush against his…
She did.
He was still for a moment, looking down between them as if he couldn’t quite believe she’d done it. His fingers curled slowly around hers, and when their hands were truly clasped, he brushed his thumb against the tender skin of her wrist.
She felt it everywhere.
I know right. Sometimes the best scenes are the ones where a simple joining of hands becomes a revelation.
Something light and luminous began to rise within him. That heady, fizzy feeling of infatuation, of flirtation and desire.
No, not desire. Or not just desire.
Anticipation.
The moment before. When you could feel the beat of your heart in every corner of your body, when every breath felt as if it reached all the way down to your toes. When nothing could quite compare to the perfect curve of a woman’s lips.
Happy sigh. This isn’t this author’s sexiest novel, and Andrew and Poppy don’t have a ton of love scenes, but I simply adored the way their relationship built. The anticipation. The sly looks and witty banter and getting to know you. Their chemistry was apparent and their connection palpable. By the end and their HEA they had become one of my favorite Quinn couples. It was so easy to love them, together and individually.
The last book in the series comes out next year… at least I’m assuming it will be the last as it will feature the youngest Rokesby son and the youngest Bridgerton daughter. I’m more than ready.
Final Grade- B+
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Kidnapping, sea voyage-entertaining and quite different from others in this series!
If it were possible to give a book more than 5 stars, I’d be doing it right now!! I really enjoyed this latest installment in the Rokesbys series. Yes, I wanted to throttle both Andrew and Poppy several times, but I also loved the tension between them, and their wordplay and banter was amazing. It very much reminded me of the rapid-fire banter that happens between Lorelei and Rory Gilmore in the TV shore Gilmore Girls, so if that type of back-and-forth annoys the heck out of you then consider yourself warned, because that's the dynamic Poppy and Andrew have going on in SPADES.
I love how curious and intelligent Poppy is, and I feel like her impulsive nature is born at least in part from constantly chafing against the restrictions on being a woman in a time where women are expected to fit in pretty little boxes and be quietly decorative, when she's filled with this burning need to know and ask questions and explore. So naturally since she has to push boundaries anyway, she may as well just break through them altogether. YOU GO POPPY - DON'T LET THEM KEEP YOU FROM LEARNING EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW! I just love her inquisitive mind. *dreamy sigh*
And that Andrew is no slouch either! Who doesn't love a sexy, muscled pirate with dark secrets and a solid, faithful, nougat center? Yes please, I'll take two. And then when you add in that he's getting those restless stirrings of dissatisfaction and planning an imaginary cottage in his head where he wants to settle down, and make it big enough for his nieces and nephews to come visit? OK, sign me up, I would like a sexy pirate who is ready to settle down and put together puzzles with me please. Yes. Yup. Mmhmm. Yum.
I definitely recommend this one for readers who are already fans of other books by Julia Quinn, especially of her Bridgertons series, as well as for readers of authors like Lisa Kleypas, Lenora Bell, and Tessa Dare. I like to think of them as the low angst historical/Regency period romances, which tend to have high levels of sass and witty banter as well as a few well-placed rom-com themes and well-loved tropes.
This is the third book in the Rokesbys series, but can be read as a stand-alone with some spoilers for some of the earlier books (but not many more spoilers than you'd get by reading the back cover blurbs). That being said, the other books in this series are also *amazing* and totally worth a read, so go read them too!
I love how curious and intelligent Poppy is, and I feel like her impulsive nature is born at least in part from constantly chafing against the restrictions on being a woman in a time where women are expected to fit in pretty little boxes and be quietly decorative, when she's filled with this burning need to know and ask questions and explore. So naturally since she has to push boundaries anyway, she may as well just break through them altogether. YOU GO POPPY - DON'T LET THEM KEEP YOU FROM LEARNING EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW! I just love her inquisitive mind. *dreamy sigh*
And that Andrew is no slouch either! Who doesn't love a sexy, muscled pirate with dark secrets and a solid, faithful, nougat center? Yes please, I'll take two. And then when you add in that he's getting those restless stirrings of dissatisfaction and planning an imaginary cottage in his head where he wants to settle down, and make it big enough for his nieces and nephews to come visit? OK, sign me up, I would like a sexy pirate who is ready to settle down and put together puzzles with me please. Yes. Yup. Mmhmm. Yum.
I definitely recommend this one for readers who are already fans of other books by Julia Quinn, especially of her Bridgertons series, as well as for readers of authors like Lisa Kleypas, Lenora Bell, and Tessa Dare. I like to think of them as the low angst historical/Regency period romances, which tend to have high levels of sass and witty banter as well as a few well-placed rom-com themes and well-loved tropes.
This is the third book in the Rokesbys series, but can be read as a stand-alone with some spoilers for some of the earlier books (but not many more spoilers than you'd get by reading the back cover blurbs). That being said, the other books in this series are also *amazing* and totally worth a read, so go read them too!
adventurous
emotional
funny
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping
Moderate: Violence
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
slow-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:
Complicated
Me encantan los personajes y la trama. Me he enganchado igual que en el segundo o incluso un poco más. Antes de la llegada a Portugal si que se me ha hecho un poco lento pero ya está.
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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:
No