An Offer From a Gentleman (Bridgerton Series, Book #3)
by Julia Quinn
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Read in April, 2008
Continuing with my Bridgerton rerads, this time it was Benedict's story!
The Bridgerton family is wealthy, well born, and universally admired. And with six of the eight Bridgerton children already mingling with society, it's no wonder they're mentioned so frequently in the most popular (and accurate) source of social news, Lady Whistledown's Society Papers. But not even the mysterious Lady Whistledown can identify the masked maiden who completely captivated the Bridgerton second son, Benedict...more
The Bridgerton family is wealthy, well born, and universally admired. And with six of the eight Bridgerton children already mingling with society, it's no wonder they're mentioned so frequently in the most popular (and accurate) source of social news, Lady Whistledown's Society Papers. But not even the mysterious Lady Whistledown can identify the masked maiden who completely captivated the Bridgerton second son, Benedict...more
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Read in April, 2007
(#3 in the Bridgerton Series)
aka Benedict and Sophie: A Cinderella Story.
No, seriously. For the first like... three chapters, maybe... I was like... "Ummm... Julia? This story has already been written! It's called Cinderella. There's a movie, and everything!" (And I would know... I own the Disney animated version, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, and A Cinderella Story!)
It diverged from that story, though, of course. After all, Benedict isn't a prince. He's n...more
aka Benedict and Sophie: A Cinderella Story.
No, seriously. For the first like... three chapters, maybe... I was like... "Ummm... Julia? This story has already been written! It's called Cinderella. There's a movie, and everything!" (And I would know... I own the Disney animated version, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, and A Cinderella Story!)
It diverged from that story, though, of course. After all, Benedict isn't a prince. He's n...more
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Read in August, 2006
Sophie Beckett is a bastard and everyone around her knows it. She is the by-blow of the Earl of Penwood, though most people have the grace not to mention it to her face. Her stepmother Araminta, however, is not most people. When the earl dies, Araminta begrudgingly takes Sophie in, though not as her ward, but as a servant. When Sophie sneaks out of her life of servitude to attend a ball thrown by the dowager Viscountess Bridgerton, she never expects to meet Benedict Bridgerton, and certainly nev...more
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the first time i read about Benedict was from The Duke and I. even from then i was intrigued by him (well...okay...i was intrigued by the older Bridgerton brothers). obviously, of course, Benedict is the more somber one of the lot. he's the quintessential brooding rake--who's really not a rake since he can be considered the "upstanding" one among the brothers. but, knowing how handsome and compelling he is, he might just as well be a rake. lol
i really fell in love with this story....more
i really fell in love with this story....more
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Read in July, 2001
Offer from a Gentleman - VG+
Quinn, Julia - 3rd in Bridgerton Series
The Bridgerton family is wealthy, well born, and universally admired. And with six of the eight Bridgerton children already mingling with society, it's no wonder they're mentioned so frequently in the most popular (and accurate) source of social news, Lady Whistledown's Society Papers. But not even the mysterious Lady Whistledown can identify the masked maiden who completely captivated the Bridgerton second son, Benedict, a...more
Quinn, Julia - 3rd in Bridgerton Series
The Bridgerton family is wealthy, well born, and universally admired. And with six of the eight Bridgerton children already mingling with society, it's no wonder they're mentioned so frequently in the most popular (and accurate) source of social news, Lady Whistledown's Society Papers. But not even the mysterious Lady Whistledown can identify the masked maiden who completely captivated the Bridgerton second son, Benedict, a...more
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Read in April, 2008
I like Quinn's series about the Bridgertons - she's created a very nice family. The characters were quite good, and the story engaging. However, I dinged it a star for being a total Cinderella ripoff. Sophie is the much-abused stepchild who sneaks off to a masquerade ball. It's not that the book doesn't acknowledge the ripoff, it's that it doesn't do it with any clever twist or add to it in anyway. Writing - decent. Plotting - bad.
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Read in November, 2006
This was a delightful cinderalla-type story. Wonderfully written. A true romantic romance. Ahhh...I would classify the entire Bridgerton series as "gentle reads" because there isn't rape, murder, a huge suspense plot; yet, they are so refreshing. Setting is early 1800's England, women trying to find husbands and men trying to stay single.
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Read in July, 2003
A super fun read, even managing to overcome it's reliance on the Superman syndrome (without your glasses/masquerade mask, you look like an entirely different person and I would never connect you with the other person in my life you look exactly like!). This is the book that made me hunt down the rest of Quinn's Bridgerton series.
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Read in May, 2008
Cinderella has always been my favorite fairy tale. As Julia Quinn tells the third Bridgerton story, it has all the Cinderella elements including an evil stepmother, 2 mean step-sisters and of course Prince Charming. And heaven bless Violet Bridgerton for her love of her children and their happiness.
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Read in January, 2008
I really liked the Cinderella thing this book had going for it. But when he saw her again, I wish she had just come clean about who she was It seemed like pages were wasted when she was trying to pretend she was someone else. It was rather silly. I still really liked the book though.
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I guess one of the reasons I love Julia Quinn is how relatable her characters are and how easy it is to feel like you actually know them in real life. I feel this way about Sophie and Benedict, and it is one of the things that makes this book so special.
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I think out of the Bridgeton series, this is one of my favorite titles. The heroine isn't your typical beauty but she gets her hero in the end. I really should re-read before doing a proper review, so think of this as a work-in-progress review.
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This book is my least favorite of the series...not that I don't still love it, but I think I've only read it twice, whereas with the others, the covers are all but worn out from a million re-reads!
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I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS PART OF A SERIES UNTIL COURTZ TOLD ME. Now I have a crazy craving for the others. Are they all as tacky and yet WONDERFUL?
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This was the first book I ever read by Julia Quinn and I've read every book she's written since. The Bridgerton Series is by far the best.
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Read in January, 2001
I love the banter between the two main characters.
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