Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

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Mrsrn246. Fun read

I never read. romances, but I had been intrigued by the cover art fashion. I will say this was a sweet but predictable storyline. And the hero was technically raped. But I took the time to write this review because I did enjoy it.

My second favorite of Bridgerton family. I love this book! Read this 3 times already and still not bored at it yet. Worth for some leisure reading time :)

The Duke and I!!!. Omg! Incredible!! Well done!

Amazing!!. I am somewhat biased in my review since I’m a lover of romance and period pieces but I think Quinn is a spectacular writer!! I cannot wait to read the next books in this series!!

Better than the Show. It made me laugh and cry. I read the whole in two sittings! A true page turner.

Wonderful book!. I enjoyed the story, especially after watching the show. It was nice to get to learn more about each character. I will say chapter 18 caught me off guard and was very uncomfortable to read, obviously I didn’t enjoy this scene in the show, but the book makes it a little harder to get through. That would be the reason for 4/5 stars.

Ran to the books. Enjoyable

Not as complex or as fun as the show. The plot is hyper-focused on Daphne and Simon and lacks the drama of the show. If you watched the show first and came to read the book hoping for an Outlander-esque world that is more detailed than the show you watched - you will be disappointed. The romance scenes are great but without any world building or other well rounded characters it falls flat. I was speeding through and by the end and found the epilogue strange and unnecessary. The characters are so vibrant in the beginning it is easy to see why it was adapted and the plot filled out by Shondaland.

TV. Just read The Duke & I for the fourth time. Had to read it again after seeing the Netflix series. Loved the series but the book is better. So many great lines were left out of the series. Read the book & watch the Bridgerton series for several hours of enjoyment. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Love this story. Love the show too

Good read other than…. Overall I really enjoyed this book! I’ve watched the show as it’s come out over the years and always enjoyed it, so I had no doubts that I’d enjoy the book. I will say that I found the relationship between Simon and Daphne seems to progress much fast in the book than the show, which I don’t love simply because I’m more of a slow burn gal. ‼️BIG SPOILERS & SA TW BELOW FOR THOSE WHO HAVE READ YET OR WATCHED THE SHOW ‼️ Beware CHAPTERS 17-18!!! Daphne’s way of having Simon … 👀 … inside of her is MUCH different in the book than in the show. In the book, Simon’s half asleep and still a bit drunk when it happens, and Daphne essentially takes advantage/assaults him. It was shocking to me and a bit triggering, and I wish there would have been a bit of a warning somewhere in the beginning of the book or chapter. Thank God the show handles the act differently.

💕💕💕. I love this book!! So good

Great bones. A fun and excellent Romance novel. For fans of the Netflix show, coming to this second makes you realize how wonderful the writers at Shondaland are; they’ve taken the whole scope of the book SERIES and stitched them together to become a vastly more compelling and engaging TV show. Quinn’s original characters and storylines remain wonderful, and her dialogue - particularly the familial banter and teasing - is delightful.

Bridgerton The Duke and I. Amazing show and even more amazing book!!! Definitely recommend!!

The very best!. Couldn’t put it down!!!

Loved it!. I loved this book! Very different from the show, but the books are always better. Some people put a trigger warning on this book, but if you are triggered by fictional characters in a story then you need to get a life.

Amazing!. It’s been 4-5 years since I stopped reading because I couldn’t find a book that would trap me like this one did I love it! I look forward to read all of them. My favorite book ever!

Trigger Warning!. The book should come with a warning for nonconsensual sex/marital rape. Super triggering.

The Netflix series was just as good or better to me. It’s a nice read. I think I liked the series more than the book. But it’s cute!

Enjoyed. A nice easy enjoyable story

Loved it!. Bridgerton is the best Tv show in years!

I enjoyed this book.. Lovely. Sweet. Well-written. I realized I smiled through most of the book, and I’m smiling now.

Loved it!. Loved it but wish it continued a little bit longer with this dashing young man…if good looking was against the law he would be in prison lol!!

Love. The writing really takes you to the 1800s. Love the Netflix show and am now hooked on the novels by Julia!

Amazing. I bought the book after watching the series on Netflix. Best purchase ever. I wish we can have season 2

The duke and I. I loved it. But be warned it’s different from the series. I think the book is definitely better!

Enjoyable. So I had no idea this was a book series. All my friends were going crazy for the Netflix series, so I decided to watch it. And then found out about the books after I’d finished it. I hate that the show spoiled some things for me. (Obviously I will not mention the spoilers). However that being said I did enjoy this book immensely. I smiled frequently and sometimes laughed through a fair amount of it. It was an easy ready, and written quite nicely. The few steamy scenes were not as detailed as I am used to in other novels and honestly it was refreshing. I can’t wait to read the next. The reason I only gave it 4 stars was for the scene with the consent issue. I knew it was coming, I was unhappy with it in the show and I was unhappy with it in the book. At the end of the day consent is not something to make light of, and it can be given or taken by all genders. It definitely left a bad taste in my mouth. I’m going to read the next book and hopefully find that the author redeems themselves.

Top ten regency romance of all time. I’ve read this book three times over the last few years and it never gets old! The entire Bridgerton series is definitely worth buying as all of them are gems. Julia Quinn’s writing style is unparalleled! Just wait till you get to Lady Danbury…..

300 pages too long. It perplexes me that authors and publishers alike are content to stretch out books to the point where it’s the literary equivalent of watery lemonade. Every chapter read like the one before it and it feels less like a romance than a costly lesson in patience for the reader. The writing is solid but I wish the plot had more meat on its dreadfully scrawny frame.

Great reading. ❤️

😍. Amazing. You won’t want to stop once you start !

Clever, Exciting, & Can’t Put Down!. I wanted to start this reading because of how trending the Netflix show was getting, and I am SO glad I decided to read this first. The story is so easy to follow along, the writing is clever and the dynamics between the characters is interesting. There are a few -steamy/romantic- scenes and SEVERAL beautifully written expressions of love. It’s somewhat like Jane Austen meets 50SoG (less detailed). For this to be a regency era novel type, I was pleased for it to be an easy-read and understand the events. Can’t wait to read the rest! My only “critique” would be that I didn’t prefer a few intense scenes, but understand why they were there for the plot. I’d give 4.5/5 rating if I could!

Ehhhh. For me the potential is there just for like the conversations talk too much and as if it was almost bland. I love the idea behind it, the concept, but I don’t think it was executed perfectly. Still it was okay.

LOVE. Love this so much!!!

Rape scenes are not okay. Boycott this book

This Author simply cannot condone rape.. Dear Gentle Readers, While The Duke and I had many qualities to recommend it (the Bridgerton family dynamics, playful banter between our romantic leads, a delightfully readable writing style), This Author simply cannot condone rape. Sexual assault has its place in literature, but its place is certainly not in this novel. Ms. Quinn has a responsibility as a writer to treat such topics with the careful consideration they deserve, and she has utterly failed in that responsibility. When our Heroine decided to “take advantage” of her Husband’s intoxicated state, she was not a plucky young woman creating her own destiny but instead a villain wholly violating his person and his trust for her personal gain. The effects of the aforementioned reproductive rape could have been accomplished with a simple accidental insemination (because as we all know, Gentle Readers, the “pull-out” method is a notoriously unreliable method of contraception). All of the emotions brought about by the subsequent pregnancy scare could have been accomplished without our Heroine raping our Hero, and our Heroine would still have the moral high ground. As Ms. Quinn had no intention of adequately addressing the aftermath of marital rape and the destruction of trust it brings, the rape was wholly unnecessary and gratuitous. As This Author asserted earlier, writers have a responsibility to treat this subject with the respect and care it deserves. It certainly should not be used as a convenient plot device. LADY M’S ROMANCE REVIEWS, 30 March 2022

Underwhelming. This book had potential to be great. The story lacked depth that seemingly would have been so easily reached. There are hundreds of scenarios which could have come into play between the characters, character building, details in the romance but also what the marriage impacts, a historical view. Anything really, other than the drab and clear plot of girl meets boy, girl dreams of marriage, boy dreams of girl, they live happily ever after.

100/10. It was so good ! Some scenes I wish we could’ve experienced like the TV show, but excellent book. Highly recommend

Amazing book!. I definitely recommend this book if you like the show! Both equally great!

Amazing. I found out about this series after watching the Netflix series about the first book and I’m in love!! This was such a good book and while the show is not the same, I am looking forward to reading the rest of the books from this series!

Love. I love the show and the book is a good read. I’ve seen that Julia Quinn made a family tree of the Bridgertons from all who the siblings married and their kids marriages . I’m curious, did Julia Quinn made books for Daphne and Simon kids too ?

Exciting read. I liked the show, loved the book a hundred times more!

Wonderfully fluffy. Yea, I jumped on the Bridgerton train. And you know what?! I have no regrets! It was so good, so fluffy, and made me super happy. I absolutely cannot wait for the next installments so I can gobble up the tv series as well!

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So detailed and a complete page turner.. I am throughly enjoyed reading this after watching the new series on Netflix. There are enough differences to make it interesting and the extra details added to my interest.

Read but don’t re-read. I really enjoyed this book in some ways and was profoundly uncomfortable with it in others. I thought that the writing and plotting were uncommonly good and the character development was excellent. Simon in particular felt like a breath of fresh air, considering this genre seems to be dominated by rakes (even though the characters insist on calling him a rake for the first part of the book, despite not displaying any rakish behaviour) and it was good to see the hero acknowledge past trauma in a way that I haven't previously seen. All of this would have been enough for me to give The Duke and I five stars. Perhaps my discomfort is rooted in some sort of double standard; while I gleefully read and re-read Anne Stuart's Rohan books, which tend to have a pretty loose relationship with consent, I found the scene where Daphne attempts to inseminate herself against Simon's explicit wish to be profoundly wrong. Perhaps it's because unlike in the Rohan books and their rakeish ilk, in which the relationship is in no way presented as ideal, The Duke and I seems to want to present a healthy and loving relationship in which both partners are equally respected. That Daphne's actions are not treated as, at the very least, a profound lack of respect for her husband's wishes and that she should not understand them to be such was less than appealing to me, while the fact that the book's conclusion seems to suggest that her actions were justified is profoundly uncomfortable. I'll probably read more of the Bridgerton books, because there was much to be impressed by, but this definitely won't be one I'll revisit.

Bridgertons. I loved the series on netflix it’s just like the book.

Sugary, foamy goodness.. Frothy, fun way to pass some time. Like a sweet mochaccino with extra foam, but in book form. I haven’t watched the series yet, but can see how the source material has inspired a series. Comparisons to the one and only Jane Austen are more than a little premature I think, but that doesn’t mean it’s a fun and light read.

Loved it. Couldn’t put it down.

I loved this book so much!!. I absolutely loved this book. It made me very emotional, though you’d expect that! Such a good read, I’m looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

The Duke and I. Loved it!

Loved it!. After watching the series on Netflix I wanted more and this story didn’t disappoint. Very easy reading. Looking forward to the next story.

yummy funny story. This is a great story..it’s an old fashioned romance novel! Really laugh out loud comedy and a really enjoyable read. It’s very similar to the TV series..you can read the book and still in joy the Netflix series as well! Very enjoyable!

Pondering… interesting. Bridgeton is a strange book. Its captivatingly interesting, and is witty, and cleverly written. There are some points in the book that sound rather American, but other than that, it is, as a whole, a thoroughly good book. Though to be fair, I’m a child, and it is probably not suitable for children, but I still have an opinion, and it is as well written as any adult review. Give a voice to everyone.

Bridgerton. It’s amazing I watched it on Netflix and I’m reading it.It’s a Gold Book and a winner .

Badly written; watch the TV series instead. The TV series was better – don’t waste your time on the novel. Poorly written and poorly characterised, far too dialogue-heavy (with dialogue that is nowhere near as interesting or witty as it pretends to be) and with a plot that isn’t very interesting either – not to mention Daphne rapes her husband when he’s drunk and somehow it’s all his fault??? The book is also very historically inaccurate; it reads like modern-day American characters set in a Britain that claims to be the Regency Era but isn’t, and feels too American for it to be so. Also some of the language is far too much modern American English to make this a convincing English historical novel, e.g. at one point the author writes that Simon “sits on his fanny” which to a British reader is confusing as over here “fanny” means “vagina”, rather than “bottom”. And I don’t think the term “trousseau” appeared in the English language until the mid-1800s – which is after the Regency period. On the flip side, it’s encouraging to know that anyone can write a novel and have it sell, so we should all thank the author for that. But if you want a decent Regency romance, read some Jane Austen or Georgette Heyer instead.

Not a boring moment. This book was so good, I couldn’t put it down and couldn’t wait to pick it up each day to continue reading it ☺️

Wonderful!. How wonderful to become so absorbed in a tale of pure love. Witty, humorous, happy, interesting, totally delightful. I absolutely loved it, will definitely read again, and am looking forward to the next book. I thoroughly enjoyed the adaptation on tv, which did not in any way spoil the written word.

Wow. After watching the series on Netflix I wasn’t ready to end my obsession with the bridgertons... glad I took the time to read this book! Even more entrancing than the show!

Amazing. Im glad I decided to read the original book as it is so much different from the Netflix series in a very good way.

Brilliant. Loved it was so beautiful!!!! Couldn’t put it down !

Absolute rubbish. Overly simplistic plot, complete lack of character development, trying to be modern regency and comes across as American. Do not waste your money.

Much better than the series. Loved this so much more than the television series

Locely. I liked this book and read it after watching the series on Netflix. I wasn’t as enamoured with Simon and Daphne in this book but I loved it after first reading it and still like it now. It’s just that, after reading the other books in the series, I have other favourites. Definitely a wonderful welcome into the world of the Bridgertons.

IT’S FANTASTIC!!!!!!!. IT’S FANTASTIC!!!

Obsessed. I’m not someone who’s a fan of reading but with this book, I couldn’t put it down.

Amazing. Read this after it came on Netflix just because I enjoyed watching it so much, I’m glad I watched the series first, I understand the book a lot more but I definitely would recommend this read! Onto the next

Better than the series. Started reading the Bridgerton series a few year ago and couldn’t wait for the TV series! However the TV series didn’t live up to the expectations of the book, there’s obviously so much more detail in a book than a TV show This series really is worth the read, there’s so much more to each characters personality and depth to each of their stories, it’s truly one of my favourite series and would really recommend to anyone who loves a good steamy romance Following the family through each romance and watching them grow has been a pleasure and I can’t wait for it to continue on the big screen

Great read. I wanted to read this book because of the show, but i can say even though the show is good, the book is far better. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who would love to read a good romance book.

amazing. such a good book, could not stop reading.

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Brilliant Read. Couldn’t put it down a really easy read.

Definitely worth reading. I decided to read the book after watching Bridgerton on Netflix and was almost put off by a particularly negative review, however for 99p I decided I couldn’t go wrong. The book is very well written and easy to read, and hard to put down. It’s also quite different to the TV series it’s a slightly different story which makes it all the more worth reading. I would highly recommend, especially for someone who doesn’t read frequently I ended up looking forward to my evenings or baths just to take sometime and pick up the book.

I think bridgerton is a part of my heart now. I loved this book. There was a lot of humour in it and a lot of passion. The way the characters developed throughout the book was beautiful and I think the ending couldn’t have been better.

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