A review by honeycupreads
The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

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

3.0

For once I think I’m actually happy I watched the show first. The book itself is good and I enjoyed the story. The reason I give it 3 stars is because of Daphne. I absolutely love Simon and I loved Daphne up until that scene. Simon is such an amazing character and I genuinely loved him. All in all I did enjoy the book for the most part and will definitely be reading through the series to see what happens with the remaining Bridgertons. Also side note I absolutely LOVE book Colin he’s actually great.
The scene where him and Daphne are arguing after she realizes he mislead her where he says “all he cared about was the title. he never gave a single thought to me, about how i must feel, trapped with a m-mouth that didn’t w-work!” was just so incredibly sad. However I was a bit frustrated with the almost instantaneous change of heart that Simon had near the end of the book when he just suddenly decided that he was going to change his whole life view after what Daphne did to him. 
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