Bridgertons – Cannonball Read 17

“Isn’t it nice,” the older lady said, leaning in so that only Penelope could hear her words, “to discover that we’re not exactly what we thought we were?”

Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

April 23, 2024 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

This is a re-read for me, put to the front of the line by a weeklong battle with a sinus infection and certain sectors of my social media intake being flooded with Bridgerton season three promos featuring Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton as Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton. As I am not made of stone, I’ve read all 8 main Bridgerton books, watched the first two seasons of the show (a lack of Netflix subscription prevented my viewing of the Queen Charlotte season), and have […]

I should have known better than to read this book

The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

April 2, 2021 by wicherwill 1 Comment

Content warnings: reproductive coercion I did not like this book, but maybe would have given it three stars if I wasn’t so irate by what I honestly already knew was coming, which is some shady business around one of my “favorite” pet peeves. I also know that general consensus has the latter books are better than this book, and maybe I will get around to reading them. But for now, I am just going to get grumpy and rage-y about this book. First off, a […]

A review that’s taken me over a month to actually write

The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

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The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After by Julia Quinn

February 15, 2021 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

So, The Bridgertons series came out on Netflix on Christmas Day 2020, and I binge-watched the entire series that day. Then I proceeded to binge-read the book series, which admittedly to longer than a day. (I did knock out five of them in one day, though!) Each of the main book reviews also features a “Shitty parent scale” for that book! So, here are my thoughts on the Bridgertons: The Duke and I This is the book the Netflix series is based on. […]

Isn’t it nice to discover we’re not exactly what we thought we were.

Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

January 31, 2021 by Leedock 2 Comments

Ah, yes! Thankfully book four helped to sweep book three under the rug. Benedict, I am happy to report, is nowhere to be found and I hope that he stays in the country painting his watercolors, or whatever, for the remainder of the books. For those of you reading prior to watching, this is the book where the whistle is blown on Whistledown. I’m glad that I have put off watching the Netflix series until reading at least this book as I hear that Lady […]

Oh, what a tangle!

The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn

January 17, 2021 by Leedock 1 Comment

Oh, yes. Reading mojo is back. These little Bridgerton books are truly a gift for my mind at this particular time. Hopefully they are priming the well for the deeper and lengthier books in my TBR, but for now they are just what I needed to calm myself down a bit; a little escape from hand-wringing and doom scrolling. This second installment in the Bridgerton Family series concentrates on the eldest unmarried son and current head of the household, Anthony. Dutiful to a tee, he […]

“You have to live each hour as if it’s your last and each day as if you were immortal.” (CBR Bingo)

The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons #2) by Julia Quinn

August 6, 2020 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Of the early Bridgerton books I loved books three and four, really liked the first, and thought the second was okay on my first read through. The good news headline of this reread review is that I liked this book more the second time through than I did the first. The plot of the book is a bit thinner than its predecessor, but that isn’t a bad thing. In The Viscount Who Loved Me we follow Anthony and Kate as they maneuver through the 1814 […]

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