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A review by carlacbarroso
To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn
5.0
One more book with Slayra's recommendation seal! I think it's her favourite from this series but I prefer the previous one, where the story of this volume starts since we are presented to Eloise's smudged hands and her strange disappearance. In this book we follow her and we find out where she went and why.
The beginning wasn't as fun as I expected, which made me put it aside and read others in between, however it quickly gained another pace from the moment we get to know the characters a bit better, especially Sir Phillip. Widowed and with two children under his care, he starts to correspond with Eloise, after receiving a letter of condolences from her, and soon asks her to marry him, expecting her to be a desperate spinster but fun and a good influence for his children. What he didn't expected was for her to be attractive and to have such energy, but quickly she captivates him and he falls in love. Eloise, however, facing her best friend's wedding and not wanting to marry someone without knowing the character of a possible husband, decides to show up at Sir Phillip's house unannounced and gets to meet him, a shy botanist with a dark past.
This book has a darker tone than the precedent volume, since it deals with melancholy and suicide. Nevertheless, it has quite amusing moments, as soon as the other Bridgertons come into play, and it remind me of th movie "The Sound of Music", since Eloise gradually conquers the children through hilarious episodes. I missed Lady Whistledown's bits of gossiping, which opened the chapters in the previous book (and I think the same happens with the first 3 volumes, which I have yet to read), that where here replaced by (funny) excerpts from Eloise's letters, and was she a prolific correspondent!
It was an enjoyable read, ideal to unwind. I didn't found it as funny as its antecedent but I enjoyed the darker tone which gives the book a more mature nature. The fisrt 3 volumes are already in my possession but due to Monica's experience, and my own experience with Jane Austen, I'll try to intersperse them with other readings. If there's one thing I've noticed is that in the romantic series, although each book will focus on different characters, linked to others that appear in other volumes, they end up having a very similar story which makes you think you're reading the same story over and over again, something that doesn't happen with works of fantasy, for example, where there is a continuity in the story. Therefore it is recommend, but at moderate intervals. :P
The beginning wasn't as fun as I expected, which made me put it aside and read others in between, however it quickly gained another pace from the moment we get to know the characters a bit better, especially Sir Phillip. Widowed and with two children under his care, he starts to correspond with Eloise, after receiving a letter of condolences from her, and soon asks her to marry him, expecting her to be a desperate spinster but fun and a good influence for his children. What he didn't expected was for her to be attractive and to have such energy, but quickly she captivates him and he falls in love. Eloise, however, facing her best friend's wedding and not wanting to marry someone without knowing the character of a possible husband, decides to show up at Sir Phillip's house unannounced and gets to meet him, a shy botanist with a dark past.
This book has a darker tone than the precedent volume, since it deals with melancholy and suicide. Nevertheless, it has quite amusing moments, as soon as the other Bridgertons come into play, and it remind me of th movie "The Sound of Music", since Eloise gradually conquers the children through hilarious episodes. I missed Lady Whistledown's bits of gossiping, which opened the chapters in the previous book (and I think the same happens with the first 3 volumes, which I have yet to read), that where here replaced by (funny) excerpts from Eloise's letters, and was she a prolific correspondent!
It was an enjoyable read, ideal to unwind. I didn't found it as funny as its antecedent but I enjoyed the darker tone which gives the book a more mature nature. The fisrt 3 volumes are already in my possession but due to Monica's experience, and my own experience with Jane Austen, I'll try to intersperse them with other readings. If there's one thing I've noticed is that in the romantic series, although each book will focus on different characters, linked to others that appear in other volumes, they end up having a very similar story which makes you think you're reading the same story over and over again, something that doesn't happen with works of fantasy, for example, where there is a continuity in the story. Therefore it is recommend, but at moderate intervals. :P