Bridgerton: Romancing Mr Bridgerton: Penelope and Colin's story - the inspiration for Bridgerton series three (Bridgerton Family Book 4)

The most wonderful book I have ever read. Truly amazing. I will read it again soon. I will watch the series too.

Good read, love the detail you dont see in the TV series. Split it between reading and Audible so didn't have to stop.

I’ve really enjoyed this series of books.

This is the first of the 'Bridgerton' series that I've read, although I did really enjoy the prequels. I was intrigued to read it after watching the series and I'm so glad that I did. There were so many things that I preferred:1. Lady Whistledown is yet to be discovered at the start of this, meaning that Penelope and Elouise are still best friends - I didn't enjoy their separation in the series and thought Elouise seemed mean and unreasonable. She's also nothing but happy for Penelope and Colin when they get engaged.2. Penelope's friendship with Lady Danbury, who also sees Penelope's true self and offers support and guidance.3. Colin discovers that Penelope is Lady Whistledown before he proposes/falls in love and doesn't sulk about it and ignore her before/during/after their wedding (I hated this in the series and made me massively dislike Colin's character. He never redeemed himself in my eyes.)4. There was no 'teaching' Penelope to flirt etc - I didn't like this in the series and it seemed as though Colin only wanted her because someone else had taken interest.There were a few things that could have been better in the book - the development of Colin's feelings being one. He quickly went from questioning his love to being fully committed- it would've been nice to see this develop naturally. Plus, the way he speaks to Penelope at times is hurtful and unnecessary. Despite this, I still much prefer book Colin. His speech at the end is beautiful. I understand why this was changed in the series though - it was Penelope's moment and I think that's the only bit of the series that I preferred. Along with the way her relationship with her own family developed - that didn't come from the book but I think was a great addition.

The fourth book in the Bridgertons series of Regency romance novels is Romancing Mister Bridgerton which follows wallflower Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton, whom she had been in love with since she was sixteen. It is a friends to lovers romance, and have very little to say about it. This is not a trope that I would usually read because I feel like it traditionally lacks the drama that I want in a romance novel. My fears came true with this book. Penelope is a great character, and her feelings for Colin are established in the prologue, if nowhere else. However, Colin was lacking in my opinion. There were attempts to make him interesting but it came off very weak and was disappointing to read. I wanted there to be something there, but he just decides one day that he loved Penelope and that is that. Because the love story lacked any real drama it missed a lot of the narrative beats that you would expect the book to hit. I don't want to tear into this book because it is not badly written, and does provide romance, it just was not the sort of romance that I personally enjoy reading. It was lacking in any romantic tension, and while it tried to make up for that with plot-driven tension I was not very invested in that element either. I am sure that there are readers, for whom this was their favourite of the series, but it definitely will not be mine.

A really lovely tale. Loved the way the book effortlessly slipped between the two points of view of Penelope and Colin. Made it so immersive.

I’m loving the series so far and have purchased all of them on kindle - the content is great. However, inexplicably, the 4th book isn’t included in the series, so my kindle is telling me I only have 7 of all 8 books, when I have purchased all of them. A bit frustrating and annoying as I’d like to see them all grouped together showing I’ve got them all.

I loved this book from start to finish it's funny romantic and interesting in a couple places lol I've read it five times so far

História envolvente daquelas que a gente não quer parar de ler até chegar no final! Comecei a ler porque fiquei curiosa com o final da temporada da série mas o livro é bem melhor. Já vou ler os outros

Extremely entertaining 👏 Good language and an interesting plot with turning points that surprise you with their elegance. I love a good reveal and there were multiple 🥰

I bought this book for myself and I really like it!It does not come wrapped, that is the only thing I really dislike about the purchase.Thankfully came in great condition.

Pour revivre la saison 3 :) Bien plus sexy en anglais qu'en français !

Me encantó leerlo, léelo mientras miras la serie en la televisión. Fue interesante ver las diferencias.