Reviews

When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn

sarahrcb's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-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? Yes

3.0

dani1034's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

agnescato's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

keraashley's review against another edition

2.5

Being “in love” with your cousin’s wife is so icky of you Michael. And then seducing her to try to force her into marriage after your cousin/her husband dies. Super duper icky.
This book does have the best sex scenes of the whole series, (unfortunate as it’s still weird with the whole dead husbands cousin like a brother thing) as he is super explicit with asking her consent. And since there’s no SA in this book, although I don’t love it, it fares somewhere in the upper middle of my rankings for this series by default.

floatingcoward's review

Sorry, no. The depiction of India. "Females". And the weirdly coercive sex scene. No.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Racism, Colonisation, and Sexism

ajordan10's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

3.5⭐️
2🌶️

TW: death, grief, trauma

vicncheese's review against another edition

Spoilers!!!!












Originally I didn’t like this and I don’t think this was the most enticing romance. There are better stories in this series. 
What put me off was the incest?? The husband passed away and then the cousin and wife got together and name their child after the deceased husband

olayinka'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

5.0

Simple perfection. Michael & Francesca were made for each other; and this depiction of grief and longing were expertly done. My personal favorite of the Bridgerton series, and one I'm sure I'll reread over and over again.

jasholmes's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

Very different from all of the other Bridgertons, but I did enjoy it overall. Michael’s POV at the start just made me feel sad for him honestly, but what a guy

ecstatictea's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

4.0