The sixth book in the Bridgertons series brings us to the elusive Francesca. She’s rarely, if ever, mentioned in the other Bridgerton novels, except in passing generally explaining why she isn’t around (too young, too married, too widowed, too far away in Scotland). I’ll admit that I was concerned going into a book with a character we had so little invested in, but the last time I had that worry we got the great Benedict and Sophie in my second favorite Bridgerton book, An Offer […]
Don’t give me a novella and call it a novel
This is a Julia Quinn Book. If you have read more than one of her books you know exactly what I mean. Julia Quinn has a brand of romance that is nearly uniformly; light, sweet, full of banter (some of the best in the business), recurring characters, and close-knit families. Julia Quinn is synonymous with ‘comfort read’ in my world. There is nothing wrong with this, and many things right with it. I would say this book falls squarely in the middle of the pack […]
If at first you don’t succeed, try try again!
I’m thankful to all you lovely people who encouraged me not to give up on the Bridgertons and Julia Quinn. On advice of experts, I decided to try another of the alphabetically named siblings looking for love. I chose Colin, because what little I had experienced of him in the Daphne book appealed to me. I had my suspicions that Penelope, who was mentioned in passing as an unattractive but well- liked girl, would appear in a later book, so imagine my delight when she […]
This book made me stay up all night so now I’m blaming it like a petulant child.
I’m sure as fellow book readers you will understand what I mean when I say that sometimes books make you do bad things for your health and safety. I’ve had a cold since Monday and sleep is something I should be getting plenty of right now. I headed to bed on time for once last night, and settled in about 10:15 PM with my copy of this e-book, figuring I’d read for five minutes or so and then turn in. There aren’t many books these […]
Gotta love a fake engagement plot.
After I mentioned that my library didn’t have this book, the lovely Malin sent it to me, along with books 2-4 in the series. I tried a little bit to resist reading this because I have so many other books I should be reading, but I made it barely to noon the next day before I caved. Basically, this book was fun. Malin is the best. The Duke and I is the first book in Julia Quinn’s Bridgertons series, which follows the immense Bridgerton clan, […]
“I had to do something,” she said. “I couldn’t just sit and wait for life to happen to me any longer.”
I devoured this book in one sitting. There’s really not much else you need to know about it. It isn’t my favorite Bridgerton book (book #1 so far would be An Offer From a Gentleman), but it is quite good. Eloise Bridgerton is the fifth child of Bridgerton brood and 1824 finds her firmly on the shelf after turning down many marriage proposals, and newly alone following the marriage of her best friend and fellow spinster Penelope. At loose ends, Eloise decides to accept an […]