The Viscount Who Loved Me

Dear Reader, where do I even begin?

I can't get enough of Kanthony and their chemistry, reading this book made me take the show version of their characters and place them in an idealized perspective of the book.

Last month Ashley and I read The Duke and I by Julia Quinn. I've been wanting to read this series for a while now and I've even owned the first 2 books for a while but I kept putting off reading them. This month we decided to continue on with the series by picking up The Viscount Who Loved Me. This is Anthony Bridgerton's story. He is the oldest Bridgerton boy. This is another one where the MMC really got on my nerves. I know the behaviors and the way things are handled are a product of the time period but I was really hoping we would get something different because the way things happened really bugged me at times. That being said I did still end up enjoying this. It was funny at times and of course it had some steam. Looking forward to picking up the next book soon.

This was another fun one when I need something easy to read. Having watched the show, I was left wondering what would happen when it diverged from what I knew in the show. I appreciated Kate's and Anthony's growth. Some of it was a bit silly, but of course.

This is the kind of book most of my fellow males will avoid like the plague. All the more so if they ever - by accident, of course! - happen to come across the “Author's Note” in this book which explicitly states “Since my readers are almost exclusively women”...Well, here I am, and I profess: I greatly enjoyed this book despite knowing that it most certainly is (mostly) literary fast food - good to sate ones primal desires but not really nourishing.And I couldn't care less.I really enjoyed the lovely family dynamics between the Bridgertons and I loved the witty bantering between Anthony and Kate. I just can't help but root for such wonderful characters and their relationships, their eccentricities and how they overcome them.Is it realistic? Not at all. Historically accurate? Very unlikely. Romantic, cute and thoroughly enjoyable? To me at least, absolutely.You'll have to be able to generously ignore macho “gems” like this one...»It was as if a certain side of her were visible only to him. He loved that her charms were hidden to the rest of the world. It made her seem more his.«... which this book features in numbers. The men are “real men” (and hardly stop short at clubbing their female prey and dragging them to their cave), the women are kind and gentle and it doesn't take much to dishonour a lady for life... If you can stomach that, you might find yourself actually enjoying it. Four out of five stars for this guilty pleasure. Blog Facebook Twitter Instagram

In all honesty, it should be four stars because for a romance novel it is very well written and full of humour. After seeing the Netflix series of the first Bridgertons book I was intrigued into giving the series a try. That I completed this one says a lot about its quality, but romance novels are certainly not my thing. It is much better to look at all the colourful dresses and magnificent decors than reading about it.

Glad I persisted with this series after not loving The Duke and I, because this was pretty delightful. I loved the MC, though I would've liked more development of the relationship between her and Edwina (and I was kind of hoping there would be an Edwina book, but looks like no such luck). There wasn't anything earth-shattering or unexpected here, but there's nothing wrong with an enjoyable way to spend a few hours.