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A review by panastasia
The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
4.0
Well, well well.
If it isn't my Bridgerton season 2 withdrawal making my choices for me.
Anthony I-am-a-gentleman Bridgerton, a rake if there's ever been one, must fulfil his duty to his family and marry. But his personal demons don't allow him to pursue true happiness only conditional pleasure.
He finds his perfect bride in Edwina's dazzling beauty and impeccable grace but he stumbles upon the elder, unremarkable, unapproachable sister, Kate.
Gradually, he realises that even though Edwina is every man's dream, his own dreams are plagued by Kate. But she is just as annoyed with this attraction between them because, enemies to lovers.
The slow burning, the torturous realisation, the agonising struggle, the arousing stolen moments, the gut wrenching declarations, the longing looks, the yearning for a touch, the enthusiastic consent, and ultimately the free choice to be together, will always be how this story lives in my head and it will always get a 5* review, but the book version has grown on me.
Kate was not the strong challenge she was in the show, but she had the following exchange with him when he blames her for Newton's actions at the Serpentine.
"Oh, yes, I know the secret language of the corgis. I ordered the dog to yank the lead from my hand and then, since I have the second sight, I knew that Edwina was standing right here by the Serpentine, so then I said to the dog—through our powerful mind-to-mind connection, since he was much too far away to hear my voice at this point—to change his direction, head for Edwina, and topple her into the lake."
"Sarcasm doesn’t become you, Miss Sheffield.”
“Nothing becomes you, Lord Bridgerton.”
Pure perfection!
And Anthony was a bit too forceful in their intimate moments, but the way he cried when Mary told them the story of how Kate's mother's death had traumatized her. I want to hug and punch that man in equal measure. But I am not mad at him anymore.
If it isn't my Bridgerton season 2 withdrawal making my choices for me.
Anthony I-am-a-gentleman Bridgerton, a rake if there's ever been one, must fulfil his duty to his family and marry. But his personal demons don't allow him to pursue true happiness only conditional pleasure.
He finds his perfect bride in Edwina's dazzling beauty and impeccable grace but he stumbles upon the elder, unremarkable, unapproachable sister, Kate.
Gradually, he realises that even though Edwina is every man's dream, his own dreams are plagued by Kate. But she is just as annoyed with this attraction between them because, enemies to lovers.
The slow burning, the torturous realisation, the agonising struggle, the arousing stolen moments, the gut wrenching declarations, the longing looks, the yearning for a touch, the enthusiastic consent, and ultimately the free choice to be together, will always be how this story lives in my head and it will always get a 5* review, but the book version has grown on me.
Kate was not the strong challenge she was in the show, but she had the following exchange with him when he blames her for Newton's actions at the Serpentine.
"Oh, yes, I know the secret language of the corgis. I ordered the dog to yank the lead from my hand and then, since I have the second sight, I knew that Edwina was standing right here by the Serpentine, so then I said to the dog—through our powerful mind-to-mind connection, since he was much too far away to hear my voice at this point—to change his direction, head for Edwina, and topple her into the lake."
"Sarcasm doesn’t become you, Miss Sheffield.”
“Nothing becomes you, Lord Bridgerton.”
Pure perfection!
And Anthony was a bit too forceful in their intimate moments, but the way he cried when Mary told them the story of how Kate's mother's death had traumatized her. I want to hug and punch that man in equal measure. But I am not mad at him anymore.