A review by mileswithmontana
To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn

challenging medium-paced

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

3.5

This is the first Bridgerton love interest that it took me a while to like, and even at the end I find him very mid. Sir Phillip was rather aloof and boring for my taste, and not at all what I thought Eloise’s spouse would be. He wants her to be an immediate mother to the children he neglects, in a constant state of happiness because his first wife was melancholy, and pushes sex on her since he’s been abstinent for 8 years and it’s his marital right. That being said, book Eloise is much different than she is portrayed on the show. She is still rather chatty, a trait Phillip openly says he dislikes, and someone who suddenly wants a gaggle of children, how convenient for him. I’m interested to see how the show adapts the book on this one.