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The pining, the cheeky banter between Sophie Beckett and Benedict was everything. Sometimes, Sophie’s innocence or her instance to step back bothered me, but it was only because I really rooted for her.

Benedict was kind of a rake when he asked Sophie to be his mistress 🤨, but he was overall very descent and considerate.

The chemistry is really what makes a romance and I felt it here between these two characters.

I kind of wish we got more of Araminta, Rosamund, and Posy then just their appearances in the beginning and the end. They were relegated to the background after the masquerade ball, and I would have liked to have seen more of how they could have interacted alongside the other characters while Sophie was spending time with Benedict, apart from Lady Whistledown’s reports.

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emotional funny lighthearted relaxing tense fast-paced

4.0

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challenging emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.5

This is my favorite Bridgerton book and the only one I really liked the romance for. Like a Cinderella story but a little more complicated. And I loved Benedict.

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dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.5

The story was great, the romance meh.

The author couldn’t really sell me the ‘love at first sight’ story she tried to tell, so romance lacked development for me afterwards. Adding to that we have a villain character who sexually harasses out female main character, Sophie, from whom Benedict saves her from. The interesting choice of storytelling came after that though, with Benedict also overly pushing Sophie’s sexual boundaries. Just because he didn’t resort to straight up assault, his actions didn’t feel less scummy.

Generally Benedict had no real trait about him that made me like him or root for him. He had a nice relationship with his mother but besides that he felt bland, if he wasn’t obsessing over Sophie.

I did however enjoyed most of the female characters in this book. Sophie had clear motivation (though she lacked some long-term goals), was witty, and a backstory packed with trauma that you just want her to catch a break and have a good life. Penelope shows up only for a couple of short scenes, but between putting Colin down and recognizing Sophie she managed to be memorable. Seriously though, she had met Sophie for half a second at a masked ball two years ago and STILL remembered her, while Benedict couldn’t even remember the color of her eyes the day after that ball, even though he was already half-way into being in love and straight up obsessed with her. Men a weak, water is wet.

One of my favorites in this book must be Violet though. She was just wonderfully nice and supportive. We really got to see her caring side but I also immensely enjoyed her set-down of Araminta during the final chapters, where she showed just how clever and how willing she is to protect those she deems as family.

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