I’m so, so excited that each sibling (and their names are alphabetical from oldest to youngest! I love it!) gets their own story, because I already feel so attached to some of these characters.

She is a queen and runs that family like a well-oiled machine. Daphne’s brothers are extremely protective, and I found it to be really heartwarming! Growing up, I always wanted an older brother to look out for me. Their sibling relationships are so warm and sweet. I think this is the first book series I’ve read that has such strong family bonds (no, I did not read the Harry Potter books so I don’t know of these Weasleys everyone mentions when book families are discussed).

I adore the Bridgerton family, and they were my favorite part of this book. Oh well! I finally got to it, and that’s all the counts! For the most part, I really enjoyed this book. Apparently it took a Netflix series and all my friends talking about it to actually get me to prioritize it over everything else I’ve been reading lately. I kept looking at it and adding it to my seasonal TBRs and never getting to it. I bought The Duke and I in 2013 and was so excited to read it. But amid the glittering, gossipy, cut-throat world of London’s elite, there is only one certainty: love ignores every rule. Daphne, meanwhile, will see her prospects and her reputation soar. If Daphne agrees to a fake courtship, Simon can deter the mamas who parade their daughters before him. Yet an encounter with his best friend’s sister offers another option. Recently returned to England from abroad, he intends to shun both marriage and society-just as his callous father shunned Simon throughout his painful childhood. She is simply too deuced honest for that, too unwilling to play the romantic games that captivate gentlemen.Īmiability is not a characteristic shared by Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings.

Everyone likes Daphne for her kindness and wit. The fourth of eight siblings in her close-knit family, she has formed friendships with the most eligible young men in London. A young, marriageable lady should be amiable… but not too amiable.ĭaphne Bridgerton has always failed at the latter. A proper duke should be imperious and aloof. From their earliest days, children of aristocrats learn how to address an earl and curtsey before a prince-while other dictates of the ton are unspoken yet universally understood. In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. Also in this series: The Viscount Who Loved Me

The duke and i by julia quinn