Bridgerton series

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The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After

To celebrate the arrival of Netflix’s Bridgerton, AAR is running, in reading order, our reviews of the original nine books in the series. (originally published on June 19, 2013) When I first chose this book to review, I did not realize that it was a collection of short stories about the Bridge ...

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On the Way to the Wedding

To celebrate the arrival of Netflix’s Bridgerton, AAR is running, in reading order, our reviews of the original nine books in the series. (originally published on June 25, 2006) On the Way to the Wedding, the final entry in Julia Quinn's popular Bridgerton series, started off with a great atte ...

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When He Was Wicked

To celebrate the arrival of Netflix's Bridgerton, AAR is running, in reading order, our reviews of the original nine books in the series. (originally published on July 13, 2004) Julia Quinn delivers another winner in the sixth addition to the Bridgerton series. Francesca and Michael’s story is ...

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To Sir Phillip, With Love

To celebrate the arrival of Netflix's Bridgerton, AAR is running, in reading order, our reviews of the original nine books in the series. (originally published on July 5, 2003) I'll confess that this is my first Bridgerton novel. I know now I want more of them, I want all of them. As soon as I f ...

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An Offer From a Gentleman

To celebrate the arrival of Netflix's Bridgerton, AAR is running, in reading order, our reviews of the original nine books in the series. originally published on June 8, 2001 I've said it before: I'm a sucker for Cinderella stories. An Offer From a Gentleman definitely takes its inspiration from C ...

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First Comes Scandal

First Comes Scandal is just the sort of light, sweet-natured romance I – and likely the world – needs right now.  With a marriage of convenience at its core, it’s a little traditional and a lot witty. It’s a lighthearted and enjoyable ride that will please most Bridgerton/Rokesby fans, even ...

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The Other Miss Bridgerton

The Other Miss Bridgerton is the third instalment in Julia Quinn’s series of novels featuring members of the previous generation of Bridgertons and their neighbours and long-standing family friends the Rokesbys.  In the first book, Because of Miss Bridgerton, Sybilla (Billie) Bridgerton married G ...

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Because of Miss Bridgerton

There can’t be many people in Romancelandia who haven’t at the very least heard of Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series. Through eight books (not including the subsequently published set of Second Epilogues), we followed the eight Bridgerton siblings as they found love, romance and their happily ev ...

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The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy

I’ve seen a lot of very mixed reactions to this book, which is the final novel in the author’s Smythe-Smith Quartet. All the negative comments I’ve seen concern the actions of the hero, the eponymous Sir Richard, who - it’s true - perpetrates a rather despicable deception on the heroine. But ...

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The Sum of All Kisses

Having listened to – and enjoyed - the previous two books in the Smythe-Smith series, I’m inclined to think this is the best of them so far. Each one has been full of Ms Quinn’s trademark wit and excellent characterisation, but for me, The Sum of All Kisses had a little something extra in the ...