The Viscount Who Loved Me

Rounding up from 2.5 stars. I just did not like Anthony in this. Granted I watched season 2 of the show before listening to this and maybe I'd have like him if I wasn't constantly comparing to show-Anthony but I felt he just wasn't that likable which took away from the story. Also honestly? The second epilogue had wayyyy too much pall-mall.

I will say that the story wrapped up very well and I like how Kathony got together in the book (not as much as the show but what can you do).

Mais uma leitura deliciosa sobre os Bridgertons, desta vez Anthony. Que personagem maravilhosa, cheia de humor, elegância e personalidade.
Kate uma amante à altura do nosso visconde. Amei ler este romance e sobre este casal lindo, ver a forma como superaram os seus medos, as suas dores sobre o passado e isso os uniu e os tornou mais fortes juntos.
Adorei!

4,5/5

A quick read. I loved the competitive nature of the Bridgertons during the pall mall game. The book was enjoyable with plenty of good desire and romance with that Bridgerton wit. Not as hot as the first book (if I remember correctly), but some good scenes and overall the enemies to lovers slow-burn was good and cute.

Jawel, na het kijken van de Bridgerton serie op Netflix, moest ik gewoon verder lezen in de serie.Deze was net als [b:The Duke and I 110391 The Duke and I (Bridgertons, #1) Julia Quinn https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1379594717l/110391.SY75.jpg 846763] gewoon entertainment pur sang.Na de nogal treurige proloog, schiet het verhaal uit zijn startblokken met de uitermate geestige intro's van het roddelblad van Lady Whistledown en de soms hilarische dialogen tussen de personages.Ideaal leesvoer voor als je gewoon eens wat luchtig, plezierig vermaak wil.

I'll get the positives out of the way first.
(Spoilers)
I, like many who read this book, lament the absence of the library scene in the show. Not only did we get the true reasons why Kate hated storms, we also got a genuine emotional connection between the two as Anthony realizes that they both feared mortality. We also got a scene at the end of the book of Anthony explaining to Kate how much he believed that he would die young, much like his father, and it was a fact that it would come to pass. We didn't get those scenes in the show, but I would've liked it all the same.

Now for the negatives...
God was Anthony literally a chauvinistic arse this entire series except when he was sweet to Kate in the handful of times. There were times he kept gripping Kate, dragging her, etc. and I was not comfortable reading it. Was it supposed to be some masculine show of romance? Don't understand, but moving on.

I think having the sister as a ‘rival' of sorts was kind of useless? She barely spoke to Anthony, and their interactions so brief and shallow (I'm sure on purpose) that I wasn't quite sure why she was even there. Yes, it was to get Anthony interested in the Sheffield family in the first place because Edwina is beyond beautiful, but I couldn't understand why Kate kept comparing herself or even convinced herself that Anthony truly desired to marry Edwina when he wasn't even seriously courting her LOL.

Comparing to the TV show...
The TV show, though annoying that they focused WAY too much on the Featheringtons, did a GREAT job in incorporating story elements in a way that was just much more tasteful. They got rid of the almost weird marriage = sex with Husband as a right scene and kept Anthony a charming gentleman until you could literally feel that his patience wore down and he had to do something. The book focuses way too much on lust being the first stage of attraction and then moving on to the emotional bond, whereas the TV show did a great job on having that lust simmer in the background but focus more on each characters' dynamic to build that up as well.

The Writing...
Weird. Bad. I've never read Regency romance novels but I think Cassandra Clare did a much better job with Clockwork Angel. Like it didn't read forced, and it certainly wasn't reminiscent of how authors would write during that age, but you don't necessarily need to unless you've done your research and can fully commit. Which Quinn didn't.

Now, that was painful.

I HATE humiliation romance. I can't forgive Anthony for the study scene. You don't kiss a 21-years old girl and then mock her for responding. She has never been kissed, and certainly not like that. A gentleman would not behave like Anthony did. Kate was 100% right when she said he has no honor. Then, to turn on a penny and claim he is the kindest, most honorable, best man ever because he rescued Penelope... Yuk, yuk, yuk!

And how people can't understand how good-looking people can feel ugly... It takes years to get through that muck. It's not something you can manage in a couple of weeks.

Maybe I'm just projecting, maybe the themes and tropes got too close to home, but I don't like this book.

Also, I don't like Winston. Fat pets are legal animal abuse, and Winston was basically just a plot problem. I find it interesting that no one mentioned him after the carriage accident. He just vanished.

Julia Quinn writes well, the book is easy to read, and there are plenty of delightful scenes in here. Like the pall-mall game :-D

I'm so disappointed because I actually enjoyed this book...UNTIL I realized it was the exact same plot as the first book with the gender roles reversed. There was literally a point where I predicted what was going to happen next in this book based on what had happened in the first book, and that is just simply unacceptable. The only reason I didn't give this one star is because I love Anthony and Kate; I think their character development is fantastic and the tension between them was H O T. But I simply could not get past the fact that this is just a role reversal of the first book. I'm gonna continue on with the series still, because I really want to experience each story, and I'm really hoping that I enjoy them more than I did this one.

Meh. I don't understand why the show made so many changes but couldn't change the rape-y part in season 1. This book was okay. Wanted to stop, but figured I'd finish reading it because I like the show and I especially like these two characters together. Oddly liked the book plot better than the love triangle in the show. I'm not gonna continue the series though, I just can't.

This was a really good book. First off: I think I actually liked this more than ‘the Duke and I'! Second off: I am enjoying these Bridgerton books a lot more than I thought i would and ya girl has NO SHAME. ZERO!

Anyways, this book follows the life/love of Anthony Bridgerton, which given if you watched the show also, was a great way to sequence because through Daphne finding her love in the first book, you find out a lot about Anthony.

Anthony meets Kate aka the BEST woman so far in the series (except Violet. Personally I like how the show version of her is more casual but I admire her strength and fierce loyalty to her family.) Kate is incredibly down to earth and I am sue that every women who reads this book will find at least 1 characteristic of Kate relatable. This to me is a big thing because these [eriod dramas (at least to me) can be rather cold. Meaning, there isn't but character to viewer kindship. Yes, we watch and all admire the characters for who they are and how they fit in the story, but I haven't found someone as relatable as Kate.

Modern twist on a tale as old as time. He finds her the annoying sister of the girl he is courting based off his “standards”. And she finds him to be a total ass. Thy get into it and possessive over the girl in question and then end up being frenemies. Th smolder burns and from there the fire takes root and the rest is history. There are several twists and turns along the way.

Like I said earlier, I have been finding these to be incredibly satisfying reads partially because I have no expectations for romances/historical fiction like I do my psychological thrillers. These have been nice breaks from the drama that is the world and my usual reading hit list. Would highly recommend (especially now that the show has been renewed to season 4! This means we get breath quickens Benedict (swoon) and Colin (which is you all have been reading the second epilogues in the book and know what went down in season 1 finale of the show, SHOULD BE A TREATTTTTTT).