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checkoutmybookshelf · 3 months

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You Have My Attention: Bridgerton First Lines

I literally cannot believe I haven't done a First Lines for Bridgerton yet!!! Thanks to the Netflix series, Bridgerton itself needs little introduction. However, Julia Quinn still had to catch her readers, and those first sentences are crucial for that. House rules for this one are that we will do the prologue and first chapter first lines (with the exception of When He was Wicked, which just doesn't have a prologue for some reason), because let's face it: We want to meet both our love interests. Let's see how she does it!

Prologue

The birth of Simon Arthur Henry Fitzranulph Basset, Earl Clyvdon, was met with great celebration.

Chapter 1

"Ooooooooooohhhhhhhhh!" Violet Bridgertin crumpled the single-page newspaper into a ball and hurled it across the elegant drawing room.

Her daughter Daphne wisely made no comment and pretended to be engrossed in her embroidery.

-- The Duke and I

Prologue

Anthony Bridgerton had always known he would die young.

Chapter 1

"Please don't tell me," Kate Sheffield said to the room at large, "that she is writing about Viscount Bridgerton again."

-- The Viscount Who Loved Me

Prologue

Everyone knew Sophie Beckett was a bastard.

Chapter 1

"Sophie! Sophieeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

As screeches went, it was enough to shatter glass. Or at least an eardrum.

-- An Offer from a Gentleman

Prologue

On the sixth of April, in the year 1812--precisely two days before her sixteenth birthday--Penelope Featherington fell in love.

Chapter 1

"Look at this!" Portia Featherington squealed. "Colin Bridgerton is back!"

-- Romancing Mister Bridgerton

Prologue

It was ironic, really, that it had happened on such a sunny day.

Chapter 1

Eloise Bridgerton smoothed the well-read sheet of paper across her lap.

-- To Sir Phillip, With Love

Chapter 1

In every life there is a turning point. A moment so tremendous, so sharp and clear that one feels as if one’s been hit in the chest, all the breath knocked out, and one knows, absolutely knows without the merest hint of a shadow of a doubt that one’s life will never be the same. For Michael Stirling, that moment came the first time he laid eyes on Francesca Bridgerton.

Chapter 2

For all his faults—and Francesca was willing to allow that Michael Stirling had many—he really was the dearest man.

-- When He was Wicked

Prologue

There were four principles governing Gareth St. Clair's relationship with his father that he relied upon to maintain his good humor snd general sanity.

Chapter 1

"Why do we do this to ourselves?" Hyacinth Bridgerton wondered aloud.

-- It's In His Kiss

Prologue

His lungs were on fire. Gregory Bridgerton was running.

Chapter 1

Unlike most men of his acquaintance, Gregory Bridgerton believed in true love.

-- On the Way to the Wedding

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inlovewithquotes · 1 year

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His mouth captured hers, trying to show her with his kiss what he was still learning to express in words. He loved her. He worshipped her. He'd walk across fire for her.

-The Duke And I

Love's about finding the one person who makes your heart complete. Who makes you a better person than you ever dreamed you could be.

-The Viscount Who Loved Me

His name was Benedict Bridgerton, he had seven brothers and sisters, was a rather skilled with both a sword and a sketching crayon, and he always kept his eyes open for the one woman who had touched his soul.

-An Offer From A Gentleman

I love you with everything that I am, everything I've been, and everything I hope to be. I love you with my past, and I love you for my future. I love you for the children we'll have and for the years we'll have together. I love you for every one of my smiles and even more, for every one of your smiles.

-Romancing Mister Bridgerton

He shook his head in wonder. "You are magnificent."

"I keep telling everyone that," she said with a nonchalant shrug, "But you seem to be the only one to believe me."

-To Sir Phillip, With Love

Why? It's because I love you, damn me to hell. Because I've always loved you. Because I loved you when you were with John, and I loved you when I was in India, and God only knows I don't deserve you, but I love you, anyway.

-When He Was Wicked

I am asking you to marry me because I love you, because I cannot imagine living my life without you. I want to see your face in the morning, and then at night, and a hundred times in between. I want to grow old with you, I want to laugh with you, and I want to sigh to my friends about how managing you are, all the while secretly knowing I am the luckiest man in town.

-It's In His Kiss

"Lucy," he whispered. She closed her eyes. "Be with me," he said.

Slowly, she shook her head. "Please don't."

He tugged her closer and pulled the candlestick from her slacking fingers.

"Be with me, Lucy Abernathy. Be my love, be my wife."

-On The Way To The Wedding

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shameonmeeguiltypleasure · 2 years

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Saw a post about how Game Night at the Bridgertons would be a war zone while their spouses are trying to deescalate the situation to just eating popcorn and enjoying the show- so what might happen when Gareth and Lucy are invited (meaning no one has learned that Game Night is a bad no good idea).

My guess is that Lucy had long since been exposed to the Bridgerton bloodthirst, so she has it covered. Gareth? No clue. He may have heard the rumors and just a bit morbidly curious.

So this or Game Of Thrones AU (Bridgertons are the Starks or Tyrells?)

Challenge accepted: I’m drunk so please ignore the spelling mistakes. I think I met the brief. Lmao. I do like your Game of Thrones au idea, but I think sober me will do it more justice if ever she has the time. So this is Gareth’s first time at ‘GAME NIGHT’ with the Bridgertons.

Gareth wasn’t sure what to expect. In truth, he’d not been at all worried until Lucy – oddly calm, incredibly patient LUCY, of all people – lowly whispered by his side a very ominous “And so it begins…..”

“So what begins?” Gareth couldn’t help but ask.

But his question was left ignored in favour of the very serious and stern opening speech Anthony felt the need to give.

“Ahem, now that we are all present, I do believe the first game of the night is to be…..”

Gareth was startled by the sudden drumroll Colin gave from his place beside his wife Penelope. He watched with slow creeping trepidation as Anthony fished through a hat and picked out a folded piece of paper. Gareth had turned to Hyacinth, intending to make a joke about the intensity of the entire gathering only to jump at her sudden war cry.

“CHEATER!!” Hyacinth was already screaming.

Kate, Anthony’s wife, let out a loud snort before waving her hand dismissively.

“I’m sure you’re right, but at least let him name the game before we start the accusations.” She said.

Anthony glared at his wife with exaggerated insult and huffed.

“Have you already forgotten that we are supposed to be a team, dearest?” Anthony scowled.

“What!? When was this decided!? In fact, who on earth agreed to that!?” Eloise shouted from where she’d been lazily lounging with her husband Phillip. Phillip was far more interested in the book in his lap titled ‘Gathering Moss’ looking utterly absent in mind to the ongoings around him.

“I would never,” Daphne piped from where she sipped at her juice by her bleary-looking Husband, Simon Hastings. In fact, Gareth thought the couple looked rather flushed – both incredibly red in the face and out of sorts – almost dazed.

“Oh, gods, who among us is responsible for spiking the juice!!” Eloise exclaimed.

It was no secret that Daphne was a lightweight, and her siblings – so long as it benefitted them – were never ashamed to take advantage of it from time to time. Simon, on the other hand, always made it a point to pre-game with a mighty amount of drinks before Bridgerton game night.

“Suspicious isn’t it, the fact that you are the one making accusations after the sabotage you organised last time…..” Colin casually shrugged. The third-born Bridgerton had yet to forgive the fifth-born for spiking his beloved wife Penelope’s pudding with extreme amounts of rum. It had been a memorable night for sure, which resulted in the birth of their second child, but still…. The sabotage was unforgettable.

Eloise turned to her charmer of a brother with a glare but was saved from speaking a word with Benedict’s aiding hand.

“If we are casting suspicions then what is to stop us from suspecting you, brother? Did you not swap the dice for a rigged set two years before?” Benedict hummed as he lazily twirled a finger around a lock of his wife – who was happily snacking on freshly popped popcorn with a grin – Sophie’s hair.

“Is no one going to let Anthony name the game so we may start?” Francesca sighed.

“Oh, hush you, as if any of us are blind to the fact Michael suspiciously disappeared earlier during dinner only to return 15 minutes later,” Kate directed.

“I went to the bathroom, dessert was rather disagreeable with me, unfortunately, “ Michael piped with an innocent shrug.

“And are we to take your word for it?” Penelope added with a sickly sweet grin that did nothing to hide the sharply pointed tone of her words.

“My God, are we not going to start!?” Gregory whined with a sulky huff.

“So eager to lose, little brother,” Benedict couldn’t help but mock.

“HAH! I have Lucy this year, of course, we’re guaranteed to win. Unlike the rest of you, we have the advantage, right babe?” Gregory boasted with a self-assured grin before quickly pressing a kiss to Lucy’s head. To Lucy’s credit, she only sighed at his antics and motioned for Sophie to share her popcorn. Sophie snickered as she did so with eager relish.

“Is this….. normal for all of you?” Gareth warily inquired.

But the Bridgerton siblings were far too busy accusing one another – using past schemes and manipulations as justifiable reasons for their suspicions – to even hear Gareth’s wary question.

He was surprised by the heavy hand that clapped his shoulder, and the sudden comforting weight of another’s arm looping through his own.

“Hyacinth wouldn’t have brought you tonight if she didn’t think you could survive their nonsense,” Simon roughly grumbled.

Gareth tried not to crinkle his nose at the wafting smell of whiskey on his breath.

“The only reason blood is never shed is that Violet would have all eight of their heads displayed in a rather gory exhibition….. all done with love, I assure you,” Sophie teasingly whispered by his side.

Gareth very suddenly felt a cold shiver scramble down his spine, but he couldn’t be sure if it was out of dread or something else.

“You grow used to it of course, for some, it takes years and others well…..” Penelope helpfully added.

“For some the saying ‘if you can’t beat them, join them’ comes to mind......” Phillips distractedly added.

Gareth looked across the room to where Kate remained behind her husband while he passionately argued with his siblings. He couldn’t help but liken her to a lioness or something feline enjoying the chaos playing out before her. Or perhaps something like an Egyptian Goddess entertained by the insanity of her followers.

“We’d be liars if we claimed not to be curious as to which category you might fall under…..” Michael snickered.

Gareth swallowed and cast a hasty glance towards the passionately riled Hyacinth accusing Gregory of something he couldn’t be sure of. He could feel the assessing eyes of the Bridgerton’s significant others on his person, so full of curiosity. This truly was madness.

Gareth had never considered himself the romantic sort, but that’s exactly what Hyacinth inspired in him. For her, there was nothing he wasn’t willing to face or accomplish. There were no challenges he’d refuse, no overwhelming insanity he wouldn’t suffer so long as she could be happy. He loved her just as fiercely as the sun loved the moon to spend eternity in a chase, never guaranteeing their next meeting – never promising forever, yet attempting it anyway.

He loved her, more than he’s ever loved anything in his life and so…… for her, he could brave this.

For Hyacinth, he would ensure her victory.

Gareth snapped out of his musings due to the loudly given groan from across the room and the despairing sighs that followed.

“Damn it, he’s committed!” Anthony suddenly exclaimed.

What?

Gareth suddenly found his arms full of a very excited Hyacinth who dragged him into a passionate kiss before all her siblings and their spouses.

“Hyacinth!” Anthony snarled with a warning only to be hushed by a pointed kick to his shin delivered by his wife.

“I knew you’d win them over!!” Hyacinth exclaimed as she pulled away.

What?

Hyacinth then turned to her siblings looking smug and obnoxiously pleased.

“Now pay up, all of you!!” Hyacinth expectantly ordered.

The Bridgertons erupted into another round of nonsensical squabbling, but Gareth was too busy trying to make sense of what exactly had just happened. The return of a heavy hand on his shoulder jolted him from his thoughts and he turned to find Phillip by his side looking sympathetic and understanding.

“Don’t take insult to it, it’s just how they are….. at least you weren’t forced to battle all four brothers in the ring,” Phillips sighed before going back to his seat and returning to his book.

What?

Sophie snorted and threw some popcorn in the air and expertly catching it with her mouth.

“To be fair, I met them while in jail.”

What?

“Fran was married to my cousin,” Michael shrugged.

As if she could read the chaotic state of his mind, Lucy – oddly calm, incredibly patient Lucy – warmly patted his arm with a reassuring smile.

“You’re ok,” she said.

Gareth hadn’t realised until that moment the complicated whirl of emotions he was feeling. He could barely make sense of where his mind lingered or more specifically his temper. In some ways, he felt he was made a fool – invited to a ‘game night’ only to be tested for his devotion to Hyacinth – But…..

Hyacinth was laughing, a grin permanently painted on her lips as she wrestled with Gregory for a piece from a game box. She was beaming with complete joy, alive in so many ways he craved to be touched by.

“I’m ok,” he repeated out loud, and it was true.

The Bridgerton’s were viscously competitive, and incredibly sore losers to the point of sabotage and murder, but….. Gareth could survive it all so long as it meant Hyacinth would remain his.

He loved her.

He chose her.

But most importantly….. out of everyone in the world….. Hyacinth Bridgerton chose him.

And that was the greatest victory of all.

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thekatebridgerton · 8 months

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it’s funny…. Hyacinth making a mean remark about Sophie and holding a grudge against Lucy over something that necessarily not her fault, the two abused love interests in the series BESIDES Simon, Phillip, and her own love Gareth. Girl, please have SOME compassion. Even Gregory is like “sis, calm the F down!” Which is SO VALID. I didn’t shoot Lucy’s asshole uncle for you to hold a grudge over something I don’t fault her for.

Benedict would definitely give Hyacinth a firm and angry look and be like I didn’t punch Araminta, Sophie abusive step mother only for you to insult my Sophie, Hyacinth! Again, valid.

Okay Youre going to hear my full beef that I have with that remark from older Hyacinth. when she says 'but you're not illegitimate right? so we're not going to have to live like Sophie and Benedict' because, as we come to find out later. Gareth St Clair by regency terms, IS in fact very illegitimate. The Bridgerton fandom may sweep this under the rug, but his biological parents were not married. He's the product of an affair his mother had with her brother in law. Sorry to put it in such direct terms but Gareth is pretty much Sophie in male font.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you ever want to see a genderbent Sophie, you don't need an au because Gareth already exists. The only difference is that his love interest has significant less emotional intelligence than Benedict.

Gareth is an illegitimate son, that his step father accepted into his household, always suspecting he wasn't really his, which he wasn't, nevermind that if Gareth's biological father knew the truth, he would have still been the heir. That only means Gareth is the illegitimate son of the true heir of house St Clair. On paper he may be legitimate, he was recognized as a second son, but Gareth does find out later that he was the product of an affair.

So Gareth has a brother, who was supposed to inherit, but his brother dies, and his so called father (step father) does everything he can to bankrupt the estate before it can get to Gareth. How is that different than Araminta showing favoritism to Rosamund and squandering Sophie's dowry out of spite.

The fact that Hyacinth has so little self awareness of Gareth's situation irks me to no end, the fact that she's so very 'lol that doesn't matter, on paper youre still legitimate, now what about the thing with the kiss' Mademoiselle Nepo Baby, do touch some grass, a glass of water is less shallow. The guy has a right to be concerned and you basically said 'that doesn't matter because you're still inheriting the tittle so were cool' . Where in the universe of 'I would marry you even if you had nothing' does that factor in.

This is why, when show Eloise was like "lol its fun to sneak around with Theo, nothing will happen, I'm just finding out how I feel" I was predictably not impressed. Eloise this guy has a job, you could ruin his life, you could ruin your life, your very wealthy family could be accused of colluding with political radicals. open your eyes to the problems of real people Mademoiselle Nepo Baby. Everyone knows youre made of Scandal teflon and the Queen likes you, but stop rubbing your priviledge in everyone else's face.

Book Hyacinth tho? she's an expert at rubbing her privilege in other people's faces. We get it, you're the baby of a rich, powerful family and nobody has ever told you No, but that's no excuse to be so self absorbed. Again, I don't mention her grudge towards Lucy, because if I went there this post would never end. But just know that Hyacinth was suppsed to have been married WITH KIDS when Lucy and Gregory happened. And even then she still never considered Lucy's side of the situation and maintained her position because she thought she was right. Even after Gregory told her to cut it off.

I have beef with Older Hyacinth, you have no idea how much, because I think she's shallow, self absorbed and only thinks about herself. All her siblings, have some degree of empathy towards their significant others, and the significant others of their siblings, but adult Hyacinth has empathy for one person, and that's herself. Her family lets her get away with it because they love her. Or they are so used to her insensitive remarks that by that point theyre just glad she's Gareth's problem now (I feel sorry for Gareth). But as a reader she sure as hell rubbed me the wrong way.

and that's the tea about why I have beef with Adult Hyacinth Bridgerton.

#anti hyacinth Bridgerton #Anti show Eloise #Its in his kiss

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coolkidsstayyoung99 · 2 years

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Hyacinth Bridgerton x Gareth St. Clair

“I would give the world to have one more person for whom I would lay down my life.” -It's in His Kiss

Bridgerton moodboards: A B C D E F G

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love-miss-bridgerton · 2 years

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OMG!! LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIES 😍😍😍

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We’ve loved exploring the Bridgerton book series in the wake of the Netflix show, and we’re thrilled to be offering this set for both old and new fans such as ourselves!

We’re so excited to announce our special edition set for the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn, in collaboration with Piatkus (@LittleBrownUK)!

These B format naked hardbacks feature fully redesigned covers, sprayed edges, and a stunning design of the Bridgerton house across all 8 spines! The first book in the series, The Duke and I, is hand-signed by Julia Quinn!

The set is priced at £110 + shipping & VAT if applicable and will be shipping at the end of July. General sale is Thursday 30th June at 4PM BST.

We will be holding a presale for our active subscribers, details of when this is will be emailed out on Wednesday 22nd June (The actual presale will not take place on this day).

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#bridgerton #julia quinn #illumicrate #the bridgertons #bridgerton series #the duke and i #the viscount who loved me #an offer from a gentleman #romancing mr. bridgerton #to sir phillip with love #when he was wicked #its in his kiss #on the way to the wedding

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sea-owl · 9 months

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Y'ALL I SCORED TODAY!

Went to my local 2nd and Charles for their penny a page sale today and found two of the original stepbacks for the Bridgerton series. It's in His Kiss and On the Way to the Wedding. It's really good condition, too. Adding these two to Romancing Mr. Bridgeton and To Sir Phillip, with Love, that brings me to about halfway on my collecting the original stepbacks for the series

#bridgerton #orginal stepbacks #stepback bridgerton books #hyareth #grucy #its in his kiss #on the way to the wedding #bridgerton stepback

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inthishousewestanspiderpunk · 2 years

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One Encanto HC I will fucking die on is when Pepa and Félix are still courting, Pepa is wondering out loud if Félix loves her. It's in thr market square, this big musical number and it's the its in his kiss song by Cher. I am not budging on that. Cue the back up singers consisting of Bruno, Julieta and a few friends being all "is it in his eyes?" and Pepa being like "It's in his kiss..." whilst holding a bunch of flowers and lying back on the flower stall. The stall owner is part annoyed, part concerned. "Are you okay?" *song goes on* "Y-you'd better pay for that!" *Pepa and the others walk off still singing* "I know where you live!"

#encanto thoughts #pepa madrigal #felix encanto #cher #its in his kiss #that's where it is #encanto hcs #julieta madrigal #bruno madrigal #and the rats helping as well like yrying to lure Félix into Pepa

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sweetesthaaze · 2 years

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Sanji & Lavi's Bridgerton Poll

So after the whole brigerton-poll scandal happened @viscountesskatesharma and I decided to make our own version, with the help from our editor @hptriviachamp! This isn't to prove anything amongst ships or shippers. We just wanna see the similarities and differences amongst the fandom.

We spent a long time making sure this felt non-invasive and didn't cater to one specific faction of the fandom. There's some random questions in there too, because we all need a laugh (and you never know what correlates).

Anyway, here's the poll, hope y'all like it and have fun with it!

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checkoutmybookshelf · 8 months

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Heist, Heist Baby

Leave it to Hyacinth flipping Bridgerton to be the sibling who finds herself an intergenerational mystery and more or less strong arms her love interest into a low-key jewel heist. Let's talk It's in His Kiss.

CONTENT WARNING: Brief discussion of sexual assault. Take care of you first, and please feel free to skip this post if you need or want to. We will happily catch you next time!

This is now the fifth Bridgerton book I've read, and I actually have to say that while it's not my favorite of the series, it was a nice change of pace. Hyacinth and Gareth feel like they spend more time together as a couple really getting to know one another, which honestly was not really the vibe of previous couples. Anthony was too wrapped up in waiting to die, Benedict was too busy being shitty Prince Eric and generally devaluing all women everywhere, and Francesca and Colin were working through dead spouse trauma and a variation on professional jealousy, respectively. Hyacinth and Gareth just like each other, and Gareth was refreshingly brief in his daddy issues in favor of seducing Hyacinth and realizing that whoops, he actually meant it. So frankly, Gareth and Hyacinth feel more like they are actually good friends. And as a Polin Stan, that is a little heartbreaking to say, since Polin was supposed to be the friends to lovers storyline and as far as the books go, I actually think Hyacinth and Gareth feel more friends to lovers. Polin is more she fell first, he fell harder, which is a great trope but it's not really friends to lovers.

I swear I'm not going to be low-key disappointed about Polin for this whole post though, because in addition to Hyacinth being genuinely good friends with Gareth, we get her friendship with Lady Danbury. And THAT friendship is an absolute delight, although Jukia Quinn might be flying just a TAD close to the sun by spoofing bad romance books that we read to mock in her series of borderline read-to-mock romance books. This is very akin to my feelings about Penelope getting weak-kneed over Colin's writing talent because he described the temperature of the Agean Sea as half-hour old bathwater. Like, I get what you were going for emotionally, but on a very realistic level, you fell flat on your face and your skirt rode all the way up so you flashed your panties at people by accident, and not in a kinky way. Not that that makes Hyacinth and Lady D's dynamics any less wonderful, it's just one of those "my eyebrows were raised while I was smiling" things. We cannot help but love Lady Danbury.

I also just want to call out the objectively hilarious scene where Gareth goes to ask Anthony for permission to marry Hyacinth and Anthony completely blows the tone with his combination "YES ALL MY SISTERS ARE MARRIED OFF I AM KING" and "hurt her and I won't kill you, I will make your long life a living hell" reactions. I enjoyed this Anthony.

Now, having noted what I enjoyed about this book, it wouldn't be a Bridgerton novel if there weren't also a couple of things that I feel the need to call out as WILDLY WTAF. We're gonna go ahead and start with the prologue, because we need to take a minute and ask ourselves why the actual hell the girl Lord St. Clair was trying to force Gareth to marry had to have a mental disability, and why the hell we needed Lord St. Clair's "kick the dog" moment to be telling his son to rape a vulnerable woman. And that's before we even get into the issues with the rampant asexual objectification and infantilization of disabled people, and how that plays into wildly ableist tropes throughout literature. And the worst part is, this adds literally nothing to the story. We do not even see this character on the page, she is just briefly mentioned twice in the novel and is literally not even an obstacle. This didn't have to be casually thrown in and frankly I saw ten different shades of red when I was reading it. Honestly, it's one of hose thoughtlessly, pointlessly ableist things that causes real harm in the world and I am not here for it.

The other WTAF thing about this book is the fact that Gareth plans to "ruin" Hyacinth. I'm not gonna go do ar as to say there are consent issues here, because to say that would be to wildly and willfully misrepresent their relationship and I'm not going to do that. But I'm not wild about the perpetuation of the idea of virginity as some magical thing that can be taken from a woman and tbat devalues her. And yes, I know, it's it's regency romance. But I can understand scenes-a-faire and still not like it. Which I do not, because it says more about the level to which Gareth initially values Hyacinth than anything else, and you shouldn't have to devalue your SO to feel worthy of them. That is some toxic bullshit, do not do it.

Overall, though, this book was pretty cute and it was heisty, and I am a bit of a sucker for a good heist. Insofar as I recommend any Bridgerton novel, this one was pretty fun.

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