Romancing Mister Bridgerton: Penelope & Colin's Story, the Inspiration for Bridgerton Season Three―Bestselling Historical Romance Novel
A New York Times Bestseller
The inspiration for season three of BRIDGERTON, a series created by Shondaland for Netflix, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn: the story of Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington in the fourth of her beloved Regency-set historical romance novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family.
COLIN AND PENELOPE’S STORY
Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend’s brother—a classic friends to lovers predicament—for . . . well, it feels like forever. After half a lifetime of watching Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she knows everything about him, until she stumbles across his deepest secret . . . and fears she doesn’t know him at all.
Colin Bridgerton is tired of being thought of as nothing but an empty-headed charmer, tired of the notorious gossip columnist Lady Whistledown, who can’t seem to publish an edition without mentioning him. But when Colin returns to London from a trip abroad, he discovers nothing in his life is quite the same—especially Penelope Featherington! The girl who was always simply there is suddenly the girl haunting his dreams. When he discovers that Penelope, a classic wallflower heroine, has secrets of her own, this elusive bachelor must decide . . . is she his biggest threat— or his promise of a happy ending?
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Readers say *Romancing Mister Bridgerton* beautifully captures Penelope and Colin's romance with vivid writing and heartfelt emotion. Reviewers agree ...
I fell in love with Penelope and Colin on screen, and decided to give their novel a-go. The book is - or rather I guess, all the books must be - so very different from the Netflix series. I prefer this book to the show however. I especially prefer it because Eloise and Penelope never quarrel, and that makes the biggest difference.
As for the writing Julia Quinn has a way with descriptions of emotion, and describing them in a manner in which I feel she’s describing my own. She does so as if I’m the character she’s referencing and depicting. Quinn uses 3rd person omniscient and uses immaculate subtlety when going from Penelope to Colin, and vice versa (only using a handful of page breaks for such throughout the entire book).
The characters are so easy to adore, but just as easily annoying at times, because nobody is perfect. I think it allows the reader to see them better as real people rather than fictional.
The entire book is splendid from start to finish. I don’t usually feel gripped by most books - needing to know what happens next - but this is one of those.
That said, I do not care for the sudden slap in the face of feelings compared to watching them flourish and grow. It was as sudden as a carriage crash and seemed to not fit or just rush.
However, asshole moves by Colin were remedied in his caring nature and passion for his role to keep Penelope from harm.
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