RCGG Book Club- Bridgerton Series

As ya’ll know, I love to read. My mom instilled the love of reading early in my life. She was always reading a book and quite often you can still find her reading a book. If she isn’t in her sewing room that is! Haha! For 2023 I made a reading goal to read 20 books. Well, I have passed that goal already! I’m currently on my 26th book of the year.

I have been reading the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn this year. Ya’ll have probably watched the Netflix series. Everyone always says the books of any movie/tv show adaptation are so much better. This is so true of the Bridgerton series. I have loved every one of the books I read so far with the fourth one being my favorite. There’s eight books in the series by the way. The Netflix series is a little more detailed than the books. Usually it’s the other way around.

In early tabloid style the gossip of the season is written through a newspaper written by the mysterious Lady Whistledown. Who is she? How is she getting all her gossip?

The series starts with The Duke and I. It is about the family’s oldest daughter Daphne as she goes into the London season. The series takes place in England during the 1800s. Daphne enters the season to find her husband. She meets the Duke of Hastings and they do not find love immediately. It takes a while. Daphne’s brothers know the Duke and don’t want her alone with him but eventually they decide that he is a suitable husband for her.

The second book is The Viscount Who Loved Me. This one is about the oldest son Anthony. I found this one to be a little flat in the storyline. I actually liked the tv show better than the book on this one. In this story Anthony is courting a girl but instead has fallen in love with her sister.

In book three, An Offer from a Gentleman we see the second son Benedict fall for Sophie. He sees her at a costume ball and instantly falls in love with her. He has never seen her face though. He sees her in his dreams and knows he must find her. However she is not who he thinks she is.

My favorite of this series has been Romancing Mr. Bridgerton. Book four follows Colin Bridgerton, the third born son, and Penelope Featherington. Penelope is best friends with Colin’s younger sister, Eloise, and has had a crush on Colin for YEARS! She goes unnoticed in seasons on the marriage market and still pines for Colin. Does she finally find love? Does Colin ever notice her? How will this effect her friendship with Eloise? I have been waiting for this book to be made into the Netflix series. Even though it is book four it will be season three of the series coming out by the end of 2023! I cannot wait to see this one!

To Sir Phillip with Love is about the second Bridgerton daughter Eloise. She starts a pen pal friendship with Sir Phillip Crane. He’s a widower with two children. Eloise leaves home to go live with him and his children. They learn to love each other, and his children learn to accept Eloise as their mother.

That’s as far as I have gotten in the series. There are three more books I still need to read! I can’t wait to read the rest of them and find out about the other Bridgerton family members.