I’m looking forward to reading the next in the series, and hoping to have more entertaining tidbits from Lady Whistledown. It also had very strong characters-Sophie, of course. It felt different from The Duke and I and The Viscount Who Loved Me, which basically were the same to me. Overall, this was my number one Bridgerton book so far. He didn’t deserve Sophie in my opinion, but, hey, I’m not the writer, and everyone loves to have a love-to-hate-em character. She has been basically a slave her whole life and now, after finding freedom and Benedict saving her from an attempted rape, she is indebted to him? That honestly just made me a little furious. He asked Sophie to be his mistress-didn’t see the problem in it, mind you-and often pushed her to do things that she didn’t want to do. She had one instance where she may have gotten a bit physical with a certain someone, but no one who has read it will say that the certain someone didn’t have it coming. She never complained and gave more than she took, and I really love that aspect of her character. I know a few of my friends have mentioned Sophie as being not-so-nice, but I have to disagree on that wholeheartedly. blech), no matter how many times Araminta insulted her, she hardly ever said a rude word. No matter how many times Benedict pushed her (more on that later…. That is honestly what I love most when I am introduced to a new character. i did enjoy this book and i cannot wait to see how netflix brings it to life on screen. Most of all, though, she was unwaveringly kind. a Cinderella story line, but with a julia quinn flare. She was strong-willed, smart, and never swayed when it came to what she believed in. Sophie is exactly the heroine I needed in a Julia Quinn novel. However, as the book progressed and got past the Cinderella-esque evening, I fell in love with this book. It felt like a rip-off of Cinderella, and I was hoping for something a little more creative. So, I did not enjoy the beginning of this book. Who was that extraordinary woman Ever since that magical night, a radiant vision in silver has blinded Benedict to the attractions of any other - except perhaps this alluring and oddly familiar beauty dressed in housemaids garb whom he feels compelled to rescue from a most disagreeable situation.

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