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Can there be any greater challenge to London's Ambitious Mamas than an unmarried duke?—Lady Whistledown's Society Papers, April 1813

By all accounts, Simon Basset is on the verge of proposing to his best friend's sister—the lovely and almost-on-the-shelf—Daphne Bridgerton. But the two of them know the truth—it's all an elaborate ruse to keep Simon free from marriage-minded society mothers. And as for Daphne, surely she will attract some worthy suitors now that it seems a duke has declared her desirable.

But as Daphne waltzes across ballroom after ballroom with Simon, it's hard to remember that their courtship is a sham. Maybe it's his devilish smile, certainly it's the way his eyes seem to burn every time he looks at her . . . but somehow Daphne is falling for the dashing duke . . . for real! And now she must do the impossible and convince the handsome rogue that their clever little scheme deserves a slight alteration, and that nothing makes quite as much sense as falling in love.

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Smart, funny.--Time magazine --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Julia Quinn started writing her first book one month after finishing college and has been tapping away at her keyboard ever since. The New York Times bestselling author of sixteen novels for Avon Books, she is a graduate of Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges and lives with her family in the Pacific Northwest. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Publisher : Avon (28 April 2015)
Language : English
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Print length : 433 pages

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Mrs Mac

All hail Julia Quinn

Reviewed in Australia on 29 February 2020

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Ah Julia Quinn, you make me cry and you make me laugh till my ribs hurt. How many times I've had to take my glasses off and wipe them and my eyes I can't remember. I absolutely love these books on Lady Whistledown . I have just purchased the first of the Bridgerton series and true to form I went to bed last night with sore ribs but quite relaxed and slept well. Now that's not bad for a 79 year old insomniac suffering from chronic illness. All I need do when miserable is read one of you stories and it fixes thjngs for a while. Thank you Julia.

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Kel's Opinion

Bought the whole series!

Reviewed in Australia on 2 January 2021

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I bi he watched the series on Netflix then realised it was from a book so came to find the author and have purchased the series.
I was super impressed with The Duke and I. I loved all of the characters and the storyline. So much better then the show (which was still good) but as my first foray into this author I was not disappointed and I’ve gone ahead and bought the whole Bridgertons Book Series.

6 people found this helpful

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Jolly good

Reviewed in Australia on 9 March 2020

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An engaging regency with wit, romance and good characters. Because it’s a good read, it’s possible to forgive the modernisms and anachronisms (such as dance cards, which were not a thing during the regency). This series is a bit of a find.

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Speech impediments and crazy families

Reviewed in Australia on 14 January 2016

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An enjoyable read with a lot of heart, this story starts in a really poignant way. At four years old stuttering ducal heir Simon is rejected by his narcissistic father. Naturally he grows up scarred by his father's rejection.

Eldest Bridgerton daughter Daphne strikes a deal with adult Duke Simon to get matchmaking mothers off their backs. They will pretend to be besotted with each other. Romance readers will know exactly where this plot is headed. The central romance is a moving emotional voyage, and there are many funny moments thanks to the entertaining Bridgerton family.

It's a good book. I would give it 4.5 stars if I could as it didn't fully realise the potential of its enthralling beginning.

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Sarasoon

Thoroughly enjoyed this story

Reviewed in Australia on 15 August 2020

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Oh what a lovely story! A nice balance between hilarious and serious. I can’t wait to read the second book about the Bridgertons, and looking forward so much to the TV series debuting in Australia anytime now

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Maram Ayad

What a disappointing read.

Reviewed in Australia on 22 January 2021

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Julia Quinn decided to take a very sensitive issue, and incorporated it into her book in the worst way possible.
I admit, it had a very promising start, but I eventually started thoroughly disliking it and waiting for it to end.

Others' opinions might vary. But I'm very certain of my one star review.

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Retail Therapy Online

Good for Regency Social details.

Reviewed in Australia on 15 January 2021

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Was engaging and I enjoyed the historical detail about Regency Life. Is a very simplistic story really. A good diversion whilst not a book I simply couldn’t put down. Often needed a break from reading it.

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Marlene D. G.

Great read

Reviewed in Australia on 4 October 2015

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WOW how I felt for Daphne and Simon. How I felt for Simon having a father like that. It would be great to read the letters his father wrote. It was a good read and the closer I got to the end I could not put down.

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Caitlin

Even ignoring the male rape scene it’s still not great

Reviewed in the United States on 24 October 2020

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Hoo boy. I used to read regency romance novels in college all the time and there’s a few books that are genuinely well written and I still occasionally reread them. I heard about the upcoming Shondaland series, which sounds exactly like something I’d love, and decided to check out the books. I had high hopes with all the positive reviews.

I’ll get to reviewing the quality of the material after this big thing that completely destroys this book and entire series for me: the main character Daphne rapes Simon and no one cares and there’s no consequences. One review I read also gave a bad review because of this but I genuinely thought they were wrong because there’s no way this would happen in an internationally best selling book with 1000 good reviews, right??? Nope, apparently I discounted how poorly understood male rape is in our society esp with female perpetrators. Was it “violent” or was he “forced”? Not really. Did he “””enjoy it”””? Technically, yes. But he was absolutely wasted, had no idea what was going on (which, drunk sex, it happens and can be fine) and then she (trying not to spoil??) very specifically decides to take advantage of his drunken state and do something to him he has EXPLICITLY said no to, multiple times over several instances. Is his reasoning on why not to do the thing stupid? Yes. More on his ridiculous character later. But it doesn’t matter if his reasons are dumb. He has said no to this many times and she has to sort of hold him down to get him to do it??? It’s very icky and was hard to read. He then, unsurprisingly, freaks out and is very upset and sort of has a mental breakdown? But he’s over it in about one chapter, there are no real consequences whatsoever, and Daphne explicitly thinks to herself “she’s not ashamed of what she did” afterwards. WTF??? I am so surprised more people aren’t taking about this with the adaptation announcement and I really hope the series drastically changes this.

Separately from this, is the book good? No, not really. I mean it’s readable, and I was entertained at least in the beginning. The family dynamics are cute and some scenes are funny but I read this 3 days ago and can’t remember anything else good about it. I can barely even remember Daphne’s personality. The pacing of the plot is a bit awkward alongside the pacing of the romantic development. Some scenes just stretch on into awkwardness with cringey dialogue but not in a funny, tongue in cheek way. Simon’s character is ridiculous and melodramatic to the point of exhaustion and the book leans heavily on the whole “tragic backstory” cliche but it barely even makes sense when you find out all his “secrets”. I love cheesy romance cliches and ridiculous characters in regency novels when they’re done well, when the cliches are cheeky and self aware and the book isn’t taking itself too seriously. This book fails at that. And I have no issue when characters act like a-holes or irrationally because of terrible things in their life. They’re only human. But Simon’s whole schtick is just ridiculous and so dragged out it's almost painful. Romance novels often get a pass for having not great or even bad writing, but I’ve read some genuinely fantastic and well written regency romance novels that are just so much better than this.

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Anisha

Hit and miss

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 December 2020

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Have to agree more with the negative reviews on here. Decided to read this book in advance of the upcoming Netflix series as I hadn’t heard of the books before but enjoy a good period drama/romance.

Agree with the other reviews that the language and narrative were not right for the period the story is set in. It really felt like a supposedly historical version of ‘Gossip Girl.’ Nothing much happens in terms of plot, the events that do happen feel a bit contrived and there’s far too much sex described (one ‘scene’ or so is fine but it goes on and on) and agree that Daphne does indeed rape her husband (!) yet this is all poised as being perfectly acceptable behaviour because she’s apparently justified in her desire to have children at any cost.

Although I found myself able to read the book quite quickly, I don’t think I’ll be reading the others. I will give the Netflix series a try though!

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R. Hodgkinson

Too contrived

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 February 2020

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I read this because I heard it was being made into a TV series and as such should deserve to be read. It was really much ado about nothing! It is a Regency romp. But it is so contrived. The author creates situations that are not realistic in normal life in order to raise tension in the story. Jane Austen she is not. Nor even Georgette Heyer!

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California Quinn

The First of an Auto-Buy Series... I guarantee it!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 July 2020

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Having just finished Lisa Kleypas's latest Ravenel book I was on the look-out for a new auto-buy author to feed by historical romance obsession when someone mentioned Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series... So I dived into this first book of the series, and found instant joy. The Bridgerton clan our eight strong, all named alphabetically so they are easy to keep in order and each one wonderfully real and witty and deliciously fun to read about. A Regency family with a matriach who keeps them all in line and is desperate to get them all married off. Daphne, the oldest daughter is the perfect match for the uber eligible Simon Bassett - a duke who is dark, handsome and was brought up with a complete lack of familial or parental affection. Of course neither he nor Daphne can figure out at first how perfect they are for each other – Simon's cynical wit matching Daphne's lively pragmatism and making for some hilarious exchanges – but when they make a Devil's bargain to keep marriage minded mammas off Simon's back by pretending to be engaged it's not long before the fake engagement starts to feel rather more real than imagined. And not long after that that Anthony - Daphne's super over protective older brother and Simon's friend - has gotten wind of the arrangement which threatens to upend Daphne's reputation. A brilliant introduction to this rambunctious clan with a heart-rending subtext about how important it is to be loved, if you are ever going to lead a full life... Needless to say I soon had a new auto-buy author and had quickly hoovered up all the other Bridgerton books in quick succession. What better way to spend a pandemic, frankly?

22 people found this helpful

Frances Bard

Wonderful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 May 2018

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I have had this waiting on my kindle for 3 years but made the schoolboy error of reading and allowing myself to be influenced by some negative reviews. I forgot that there are those who write lovely fiction and those who revel in being controversialists and write scathing reviews. Reviewers sometimes forget these are works of fiction so inevitably there will be significant tension,conflicts that are resolved in the course of the story. That is the case here but let's not get carried away- to describe the events that occur as rape (and i speak as an English lawyer) is a an exaggeration that wholly fails to take into account all of the circumstances. If you were going to be technical Daphne's consent to marriage and all it entailed was vitiated by her belief that Simon could not have children rather than he had chosen not to have them.
So put those issues aside and proceed on the basis that arising out of a very unhappy childhood Simon Duke of Hastings resolved not to have children and then let's his hatred for his father govern his life. He gets caught in a compromising situation with Daphne Bridgerton then refused to marry her because of the child issue and is challenged by her brother.He apparently prefers to die in a duel rather than marry her, is how Daphne sees it. She intervenes in the duel and they end up married. Daphne soon comes to understand that he could potentially have a child and in a drunken encounter that he is an active participant in she ensures he ‘completes’ the act of intercourse inside her. I think on any rational analysis she does it with mixed motives - she wants a child and she loves Simon very much and wants him to be happy. Not surprisingly she doesn't want his father to rule his life from beyond the grave. How this is resolved I thought was very well written,there was lots of angst,but essentially I thought Daphne and Simon were great characters and ultimately she did him a huge service . Ignore the naysayers it's a wonderful story. I intend to read the rest in the series.

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