On the Way to the Wedding (Bridgertons, #8)

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On the Way to the Wedding (Bridgertons #8)

by Julia Quinn (Goodreads Author)

3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 · rating details · 8,319 ratings · 388 reviews

A funny thing happened...

Unlike most men of his acquaintance, Gregory Bridgerton believes in true love. And he is convinced that when he finds the woman of his dreams, he will know in an instant that she is the one. And that is exactly what happened. Except...

She wasn't the one. In fact, the ravishing Miss Hermione Watson is in love with another. But her best friend, the...more

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Published June 27th 2006 by Avon

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Dec 28, 2011 UniquelyMoi *Dhestiny* BlithelyBookish rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: format-paperback, author-julia-quinn, series-bridgerton-quinn, starts-with-m-thru-p, 2011-reads, love-at-first-sight-again, reviewed-by-me, 3-5-stars

Reading this book was so bittersweet because I knew it was the end to the Bridgerton series, yet at the same time, I simply had to read it! I’ve been putting off the last two books, not wanting the series to come to an end, but I just had to see how things ended up for Gregory, too.

After finishing It’s In His Kiss which I adored, I had such high expectations for this book, maybe too high, because unfortunately, On the Way to the Wedding just didn’t quite live up to them.

Don’t get me wrong, i...more

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Sep 26, 2009 Rane rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: regency-romance-napoleonic-era, keeper

Being the one of the youngest of the famous Bridgerton family, Gregory is laid back, charming and a romantic. Believing in love, he awaits for the day when he finds his soul mate. When he’s knocked off his feet after meeting a beautiful woman , he knows it’s love and goes out to win his lady love, only to find out she’s in love with someone else, and to make matters even more complex his lady love’s best friend tries to help which ends up even more complex...
When Lucy Abernathy ends up fallin...more Being the one of the youngest of the famous Bridgerton family, Gregory is laid back, charming and a romantic. Believing in love, he awaits for the day when he finds his soul mate. When he’s knocked off his feet after meeting a beautiful woman , he knows it’s love and goes out to win his lady love, only to find out she’s in love with someone else, and to make matters even more complex his lady love’s best friend tries to help which ends up even more complex...
When Lucy Abernathy ends up falling in love with Gregory. Ever the manger and one to keep her word, Lucy is already engaged and when things arise that makes her unable to break the engagement...
Even when Gregory opens his eyes and sees it’s Lucy who is his true love of his life, Gregory must overcome many obstacles in order to stop the wedding and make sure Lucy ends up “his” bride!

What a fun and enjoyable read to wrap up the Bridgerton series, it felt that JQ went back to the start of the series with the feel and pace of the book.

Gregory was so sigh worthy, all grown up. While each member of the Bridgerton had their own personality, Gregory ended up the romantic, that was somehow very fitting. Gregory reflects something in all of us when we think love hits us between the eyes. Sometimes we want to be “in love” and we might miss love itself right under our noses. It may take a few times before we find our love one, but when we do it’s magical. That’s what happen to Gregory, and the way it’s described and how he falls in love with Lucy made me smile a big goofy grin and how sweet it was. He also really grew up and became his own man. He never had anything to fight for or make him want to better himself until Lucy walked into his life and when he fights, he’ll move heaven and earth.

Lucy with a odd mix of sass, humor and a manager of sorts, trying to keep order and comfort for the ones she loved and adore. She never thought love would hit her like a ton of bricks, thinking she wasn’t that lucky, but when it happens, she tried to fight it but also embraces it tightly to her heart. She always put others before her even to the end, so when Gregory tries to help her and stop the wedding, she finally puts her faith and trust but mostly her heart in his hands. Which I wish she did a little sooner, but better late then never?

The romance between them grows and builds throughout the book, with a few surprises at a few corners. The steam level hits it’s high pinch toward the end, but it makes a lot of sense this way then having them just jump into bed, it takes time for both to come to terms and realize their love for one another.

The pace of the book never lets up or lulls with surprises and laughs around ever corner.
The only real trouble I had with the book was how quickly Gregory fell out of love then back into love with no real space between. The way it’s described is almost repeated as he fell in love with Lucy as he fell in love before, making him come across as fickle
I also felt Lucy dragged her feet in telling Gregory the truth, I could understand the reason and her need to protect her love ones, but if she loved Gregory she needed to trust him a little more...

These faults in retrospective were small compare to the overall romantic feel as you race along with Gregory through the streets to stop the wedding, when the secrets are reviled but most importantly you start to feel your falling in love along with Lucy and Gregory as the book races toward it’s ending, it becomes a great page turner!

Overall: a wonderful conclusion to a amazing series that will have the romantic in you cheering and sighing happily as Gregory and Lucy reach their grand happy ever after!
How truly grand this series was indeed! (less)

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May 27, 2011 ♥ Sam ♥ ~S2~Im made of awesomness rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: bridgerton-series, historical-romance, part-of-a-series, blog-reviews-for-my-wenchy

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On the way to the wedding is about the last lone unmarried Bridgerton Gregory. I was lucky enough to literally stumble across this series when a GR friend did a review on book 6 in the series.

Gregory, the true romantic. And why shouldn’t he be. After seeing his 7 brothers and sisters all famously wed with disgustingly happy love matches – it is only to be expected that he to would expect no less. And when that happens he in convinced that is going to be a...more

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Jun 08, 2012 Pamela(AllHoney) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: challenge-2012, hr-georgian-regency, friends-to-lovers

The eighth in the Bridgertons series by Julia Quinn. I had quit the Bridgertons series because I felt it was getting old and a bit boring on me. I found this one at a library sale and decided to pop it into my bag. It's the last of the Bridgertons series and the only I didn't read. Gregory's turn for romance. This one started really slow for me. I forced myself to keep going. There were a few humorous spots that made it less painful for me. Towards the end it got better and I ended up loving the...more

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Oct 01, 2008 Brenda (b) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical, romance, 1-print-books, 2-2008-read

Gregory is hit by love and he totally embraces it. He may not have been expecting it right at that moment, but it's what he wants in his life. I loved the interaction between Gregory and Lucy as he tries to win Hermione's affections. But at the same time I wanted to shout at him-- Helloooo look beneath the surface. I feel that Ms. Quinn's focus is the love story and the relationship between the 2 main characters. Because of that I felt the circumstances behind Lucy's marriage to Lord Haselby wer...more

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Apr 14, 2013 İnci Puyan rated it 4 of 5 stars

4,5 stars for me :))

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Ve Bridgerton'ların son kitabı... Bu seri bitti diye cidden çok üzüldüm çünkü gerçekten çok eğlenceli ve keyifli bir aileydi ve dolayısıyla çok da güzel bir seri olmuştu.

Bu kitapta tek evlenmeyen kalan kardeş Gregory'i okuyoruz. Kişiliği kitabı eğlenceli hale getirmişti hele ki Hermione, Lucy ve Gregory üçlüsünün bulunduğu sayfalar muhteşemdi. Ancak... son bölümde kahkahalar attım. Yazar dört yüz küsürlük sayfanın sanki bütün olaylarını...more 4,5 stars for me :))

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Ve Bridgerton'ların son kitabı... Bu seri bitti diye cidden çok üzüldüm çünkü gerçekten çok eğlenceli ve keyifli bir aileydi ve dolayısıyla çok da güzel bir seri olmuştu.

Bu kitapta tek evlenmeyen kalan kardeş Gregory'i okuyoruz. Kişiliği kitabı eğlenceli hale getirmişti hele ki Hermione, Lucy ve Gregory üçlüsünün bulunduğu sayfalar muhteşemdi. Ancak... son bölümde kahkahalar attım. Yazar dört yüz küsürlük sayfanın sanki bütün olaylarının stresini son bölümde atmıştı. Çok güzeldi :))

Şimdiki satırlarda kitap içeriğine girmiş olabilirim :)) Yani düşünün bir yazar basit bir sandviç düzeni konusunda sohbeti sayfalarca yazarken onu eğlenceli nasıl kılar... İşte bu kadın kılıyor. Partide Gregory ve Lucy arasındaki sandviç düzeni muhabbetini şaşkınlıkla ve eğlenerek okudum.
Gregory'nin küçük kız kardeşine işkence çektirme konusundaki konuşmalarını zaten sormayın... bana kardeşimle kendimi hatırlattı. Bazen sırf sinir etmek için işkence çektirmek paha biçilemez ve yazarın tarihi aşk romanına böyle güncel bir detayı mizahi olarak araya serpiştirmesi kitabı gözümde daha eğlenceli kıldı. :))
Gregory ve Lucy arasındaki beklenmedik gelişmeler ve Lucy'nin Lord Haselby ile evlenmesine rağmen Gregory'nin aşkın peşinden koşması çok güzeldi. Lucy ile Haselby evlenirken kiliseyi basması, düğünü engelleyememesi sonra düğün yemeğine gelmesi ve evliliğin iptali için çırpınması... Gregory herhalde diğer Bridgerton'lardan daha fazla çaba harcadı aşkı için... :) ki zaten diğerleri direk aşkın içine düştüler ama Gregory resmen aşkı için savaştı...

Her neyse fazla uzatırsam bütün kitabı anlatacağım :)) Kitabı çok beğendim gerçi bu kadın "ne yazarsa okudum" dediğim yazarlarımdan biri, bu yüzden beğenmem çok normal. "Bridgerton" serisi bitti diye üzülüyorum ama yazarın bu seriye ek bir kitap daha çıkarttı son zamanlarda. "The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After" adında. Dilerim Epsilon bu kitabı da bizlerle buluşturur olmadı yazarın diğer kitaplarına da razıyım :))

Bu seriyi sizlere şiddetle öneririm şahsen çok keyifle okuduğum, takip ettiğim bir seriydi. Aynı zamanda bitmesini istemediğim... Bence okuyun beğeneceğinizden eminim :))(less)

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Jan 29, 2012 Rawles rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, historical, time-contemporary

Having read very very quickly through this entire eight book series I went into On the Way to the Wedding not really expecting much! A) I feel that the Bridgerton series has a fairly spotty record when it comes to Bridgerton brothers as romantic leads, and B) the immediately preceding novel starred Hyacinth, the youngest and one of the most delightful Bridgertons, and how do you follow her?!

Then there's the fact that the weakest books in the series (An Offer from a Gentleman and When He Was Wick...more Having read very very quickly through this entire eight book series I went into On the Way to the Wedding not really expecting much! A) I feel that the Bridgerton series has a fairly spotty record when it comes to Bridgerton brothers as romantic leads, and B) the immediately preceding novel starred Hyacinth, the youngest and one of the most delightful Bridgertons, and how do you follow her?!

Then there's the fact that the weakest books in the series (An Offer from a Gentleman and When He Was Wicked) featured Bridgerton siblings who, like Gregory, didn't have very much presence in the other books.

It's easy to tell which Bridgertons Quinn favors as she makes sure that they manage to turn up and do things constantly throughout the series even outside of their own POV narratives. As such, when she gets to the ones she's not bothered with that much the book suffers because you start off without any sense of them, and it seems like she takes a good chunk of the book to get a sense of them herself.

That said, this final installment surprised me because... Gregory. Is. Hilarious.

I'd initially thought that he might veer towards a diet soda version of Colin, but he's very little like Colin at all, excepting their generally mild, happy demeanors. Gregory completely lacks Colin's incisiveness and cunning (though he does have some of his spoiled immaturity) and is overflowing with extremely earnest, extremely overwrought emotion with which he has no idea what to do, generally speaking, so he just sort of bumbles around trying too hard and making messes of things.

Gregory is to put it quite simply: a human disaster. And it is endearing as fuck. That fact, and the fact that Lucy is an extremely sweet, relatable, and sympathetic character allows the book to carry its rather absurd plotline with aplomb. (Suddenly: BLACKMAIL! TREASON! SHOOT-OUTS?!?!?!)

It's ridiculous, but delightfully so. So while, it's not sending the series out on the high that would have been ending with Hyacinth and It's in His Kiss, it was definitely serviceable and firmly in the middle range of Bridgerton novels.(less)

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Jul 19, 2010 Trang Nguyen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-romance, read-in-2010, own-read, regency

The Bridgerton Series is over and I am sad.... I loved the series from the very beginning and found the series to be enjoyable to the very last book.

Gregory Bridgerton has witnessed all of his 7 siblings find a love match and all of them are very happy with their significant others. Gregory is content with his life and feels he is at a prime age to settle down with the "ONE." When Gregory begins to feel tingles and sparks from a young lady who is ready to enter her season, he feels he has truly...more

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Sep 28, 2010 Sara ♥ rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, 2010, books-i-own, challenge-fall-2010, historical

September 21, 2010

Okay, so WOW did I not remember this book much, and I totally agree with what I wrote down there about the ending! I was like, "Ummm... ummm... ummm.... EXCUSE ME???" But it works out. It all works out. It's Julia Quinn, after all! To me, this story was PART Benedict/Sophie (love at first sight) and PART Colin/Kate (where they were talking at the beginning of Viscount). Yeah. :) Cute cute cute.

May 1, 2007

You know, I can see how some people wouldn't much like Gregory's book, but...more

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Dec 01, 2009 FlibBityFLooB rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical, read-in-2009, love-triangle, era-regency-pre-victorian, unrequited-love

I felt more disconnected from this Bridgerton story than all the others in the series. I suppose it was inevitable being that Gregory (the hero) had such little face time in the other books. I enjoyed Gregory teasing his sister in book #7, but his personality was not really known to me before that.

I did like how the prologue ended in a big cliff hanger. The wedding was quite the scene. I felt so bad for the hero/heroine.

I really enjoyed the Bridgerton series. I look forward to reading more Julia...more

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Dec 28, 2011 Trewen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: julia-quinn, historical

What happened? I love the Bridgerton family! They are witty, funny, sharp.... However, it seems that Quinn wanted to just hurry up and be done with the series and move on. Unlike the rest of the siblings, I found Gregory to be an undeveloped character. I didn't feel like I got to know him at all. And Lucy fell a bit flat too. When the H/h fall in love, it's not very convincing and a little hard to trust. I also found myself skimming a bit through the self-narration. I NEVER do that with Julia Qu...more

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Feb 04, 2011 Lady Valee rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-romance

OH no. no more Bridgertons for me, what will I do know? I really loved this series. Each of them were unique and special for me.

This book had a slow beginning, even a bit annoying. It took me a lot to get to the good part of the book, maybe half the book. But the second part was really intense. That's why I can't give 5 stars to this book, but if it wasn't for the beginning I would definitely have because it was a terrific story.

Gregory was an ass at the beginning but then he was so sweet and ca...more

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May 09, 2013 Aimee rated it 3 of 5 stars

I avoided reading this one for a while, only because I had little attachment to Gregory (since he's not really in any of the others, except for Hyacinth's). This was cute, and I liked Gregory and Lucy well enough, though the one thing that had me screaming at the book is how many parallel-like things Kate and/or Anthony could have told Gregory about love and falling in love and how it was not at all (though it did eventually become that, but it wasn't instantaneous) the way Gregory assumed it wa...more

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Aug 06, 2012 Jeanne rated it 5 of 5 stars

Gotta love Julia Quinn. She's sparkly, dignified, quirky and conventional, all at the same time. At least her style and her heroines are. But let's not get ahead of ourselves... On the Way to the Wedding is the last, therefore eighth book of her Bridgertons series, and it features Gregory, the youngest brother and second youngest in all. I think I've already mentioned that I don't care to read a series' novels in the right order... I was thus "introduced" to Julia Quinn two years ago through The...more Gotta love Julia Quinn. She's sparkly, dignified, quirky and conventional, all at the same time. At least her style and her heroines are. But let's not get ahead of ourselves... On the Way to the Wedding is the last, therefore eighth book of her Bridgertons series, and it features Gregory, the youngest brother and second youngest in all. I think I've already mentioned that I don't care to read a series' novels in the right order... I was thus "introduced" to Julia Quinn two years ago through The Duke and I (whose heroine is the eldest sister Daphne), but that's how far I got with the Bridgertons. So all I can tell you is that, ah, I liked Gregory's story even better than Daphne's!

Why? First of all, there's Ms. Quinn's writing. It's a strange, but efficient blend of modern wit (I would liken it to a chick lit off screen voice) and very convincing Regency sophistication. You need to get used to it, but once you have, it's just delightful, hilarious, and utterly captivating. Secondly, her plots. While The Duke and I was based on the cliche enough idea of a fake betrothal, coupled with the classical duke-falls-for-ordinary-girl scenario, On the Way to the Wedding displays the true range of its author's bold imagination. For when our romantic hero (that, in itself, is almost an oxymoron by most modern romance's standards) falls head over heels in love at first sight... it isn't with our heroine. Well, dash it!

She frequently counted her steps. And always on the stairs. She'd been surprised when she got to school and realized that other people did not.
... three, four...
The runner carpet looked monochromatic in the moonlight, but Lucy knew that the big diamonds were red, and the smaller ones were gold. She wondered if it were possible to step only on gold.

With this novel, Quinn blithely crushes the stereotypes of love as an all-too-obvious, all-too-easy and all-too-pretty thing. Gregory will think he's in love, then fall out of love, before he can finally fall in love for good. But the greatness of the author becomes truly great when, instead of simply dismissing romantic notions of love, which might have sounded like she was giving up on the "bright side" of love, she actually turns around and proceeds to show us exactly how wonderful, all-consuming, life-changing, extraordinary and self-explanatory true love is. I don't think I've read many romance novels with such a clear, passionate apologia of the sentiment of love.

Everyone had spent so much time telling her that love was a thing of magic, something wild and uncontrollable that came like a thunderstorm.
And now it was something else? It was just comfort? Something peaceful? Something that actually sounded nice? "What happened to hearing music?" she heard herself demand. "To seeing the back of his head and knowing?"
[...] She wasn't the sort who memorized love sonnets, and she never would be. But the other kind―the one with the laughing, the comfort, the feeling nice―that she would trust in a heartbeat.
And dear God, that was what she'd felt with Mr. Bridgerton.
All that and music, too.

I cried a few times. Given the light-hearted tone the novel opens with, I hadn't expected to be so intensely gripped by it. But of course there's a subplot, which makes Gregory and Lucy's story a tad more complicated than just having to come to the realization that they love each other. Always remember: modern romance would be nothing without the non-romantic subplots. Unfortunately, not all romance writers excel in those, so I was a little afraid that the end of On the Way to the Wedding would let me down in the familiar way I've come to expect from romance novels with a strong core love story. I'm glad to say it didn't. It didn't completely blow my mind either, but it was very well managed, true to the overall importance the subplot is given in the novel.(less)

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Aug 03, 2012 Mer rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: a-f, a-hr

4 stars

The saddest thing is this book is the finale of Bridgertons series.

Another fascinating story written by Ms. Quinn. The moment Hyacinth mentioned Gregory has the heart of gold, I knew he would be different from his older brothers. He is so hopelessly romantic and he fell in love twice. One with unrequited love and he was slightly damaged when he could never have her. One with requited love and he severely damaged if he couldn't have her.

Okay, it killed (metaphorically speaking) me when he...more

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Jul 13, 2012 Pamela Galloway rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, romance-historical, romance-ish

Okay. This is the last official book of the Bridgerton series, and like everyone else, I was a little sad to see them go!

Summary.
Gregory, the youngest Bridgerton is aimlessly going through life, trying to figure out what to do. Join the clergy? Join the forces? Get married? He knows that his siblings all found love matches, and he expects the same. And when he sees Hermoine, he KNOWS she is the one. Just like Hermione KNOWS that Mr. Edmonds (her father's secretary) is the one. Just like Lucy KN...more

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May 29, 2012 Melissa rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: romantic-reads

So, having read the other seven Bridgerton novels, I have to confess that I'm disappointed with the conclusion to the series.

This has a complicated plot. Gregory falls in love with Hermione, Lucy tries to help him because the guy Hermione loves is totally unsuitable, then Lucy falls in love with Gregory but she's more-or-less already engaged (has been for years), Hermione gets herself compromised and engaged to someone else (surprise), Gregory gets drunk then realizes he loves Lucy (which his en...more So, having read the other seven Bridgerton novels, I have to confess that I'm disappointed with the conclusion to the series.

This has a complicated plot. Gregory falls in love with Hermione, Lucy tries to help him because the guy Hermione loves is totally unsuitable, then Lucy falls in love with Gregory but she's more-or-less already engaged (has been for years), Hermione gets herself compromised and engaged to someone else (surprise), Gregory gets drunk then realizes he loves Lucy (which his entire family already knows), MAJOR PLOT SPOILERS HERE (view spoiler)

Given all that, it wasn't the sweetest romance novel ever. In fact, it made me nervous - which kept me reading. Lucy was such a duitiful daughter - as opposed to someone like Hyacinth or Daphne who would never have got into the position of being blackmailed into marriage because they have spines and so do their brothers - that it was a different book than it would have been if she possessed more spirit from the outset.(less)

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Aug 01, 2011 Madame X rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-romance

Quinn is back in top form here - the dialogue sparkles, the narration is wonderfully witty, the balance between Bridgerton family feeling and one individual's romantic adventure perfect. I've wondered what she would do with Gregory because as a loyal reader of the Bridgerton series I did have a hard time thnking of him as anything but a bratty 13 year old throwing food at the dinner table.

I think she came up with a pretty cool answer: she took advantage of his youth and made him into a passiona...more

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Jul 31, 2011 RomReader rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical

When men are around, attractive heroine usually feels like the shadow of her best friend (BFF)'s beauty. So it didn't surprise her that earl's younger brother Hero is awe-struck by her BFF & proceeds to woo her single-mindedly like her many suitors, while treating heroine like a friend. Heroine tries to help Hero gain the disinterested attention of her BFF, who imagines herself in love with another man who is below her station. Things don't' work out as planned & Hero starts seeing heroi...more

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Jul 25, 2011 Abigail Yow rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: novels, books-from-my-personal-library

The time has come for the last of the Bridgerton siblings to find love...Finally!

I adored the Bridgerton family. Their little banter and their paths to true love. Or so I thought I did. The first few books of the series were enjoyable, if not earth-shattering. But things had started to go downhill ever since 'when he was wicked.'

Gregory Bridgerton. How should I describe him? He seemed like a guy who has it all, who does not need to lift a finger to achieve it. And exactly the worst sort of hero...more

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Jul 08, 2011 Melissa rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-reads, 2012-reads

This was a wonderful book to end the Bridgertons series. I absolutely loved it! I wouldn't go so far as to say that it was my favorite of the bunch, but it was still very enjoyable. In this book the final Bridgerton finds love and marriage, but it doesn't come easily. I would say that Gregory is the most romantic of all the Bridgertons I have read about. All of them have lovely romantic stories, but Gregory just dreams about finding true love. It does kind of sneak up on him, but that is only be...more This was a wonderful book to end the Bridgertons series. I absolutely loved it! I wouldn't go so far as to say that it was my favorite of the bunch, but it was still very enjoyable. In this book the final Bridgerton finds love and marriage, but it doesn't come easily. I would say that Gregory is the most romantic of all the Bridgertons I have read about. All of them have lovely romantic stories, but Gregory just dreams about finding true love. It does kind of sneak up on him, but that is only because he thought he had seen it in someone else. After seeing all of his siblings find true love and happiness with their chosen spouses Gregory had absolute faith that he would have the same blessing. His mistake was in thinking that physical attraction, overwhelming as it may be, equalled true love. It took him a bit to recognize that love involved more than just physical attraction. It was a meeting of minds and of souls. He finally recognized that he had this with Lucy. Unlike most of the other books in this series, both Lucy and Gregory recognized the love they had for one another very early in the story. But, unlike most of those stories, there was a huge obstacle to overcome that prevented them from being together -- Lucy was already engaged to another. It was an arranged marriage, so it seemed like it would be something easier to get out of. But Lucy was a person who wanted to do her duty and take care of others, and a situation became known to her that made her feel as if she had no choice but to go through with the marriage. I won't get into any of the details of what took place, but I will say that this was almost melodramatic compared to the other Bridgerton books. There was lots of action -- a kidnapping, a shooting, possible treason. I could go on. I'm sure that some readers would be irritated with this, maybe likening it to a soap opera of a story. But, I liked it. I really liked it. The only part that really, really annoyed me was Lucy's response to Gregory at her marriage to Haselby. Erg!! I was ready to throw something at her if I could have. But, I kept reading, knowing that I would find a happy ending at the end. As I've said with all the other Bridgerton books -- this is a Julia Quinn romance! So, all was well. On a little side note, I did love Haselby. If you were going to get cornered into a marriage with a man you did not love, he was the perfect guy to marry. I loved the epilogue. I felt satisfied at the end of this last book in this series. What better way to end the series than with a story of a man who is desperately in love with a woman -- so in love that he would interupt a wedding where all of England was in attendance, even the prime minister? So in love that he would break and enter into a home (twice!) so that he could convince his true love that she did not have to marry someone who she didn't love? So in love that he would risk public humiliation to declare that love to her? So in love that he would be willing to run away with her anywhere so that they could be together? It was perfect! It is why I read these (maybe a little sappy) romances. It is because I believe that this type of love does exist. Maybe not in quite so dramatic a fashion, but I know that I have that in my own life, and it is fun to read about it in the lives of the fictional Bridgertons. I feel a little sadness at having finished the stories of the eight Bridgerton siblings, but I'm sure I will revisit them in the future. These books are keepers for me!(less)

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Mar 04, 2011 Reinita Afif Aulia rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, history, fiction

Seperti seri-seri Keluarga Bridgerton yang lain, puas banget baca novel Julia Quinn ini. Humor keselipnya bikin ketawa variasi, mulai dari mringis, senyum tipis, dan ketawa guling-guling. Buat Ibu Martha Widjaja yang menerjemahkan, saya kasih jempol saya empat-empatnya buat Ibu. Desain kertas dan sampulnya juga bagus, bikin ngiler gak sabar baca. Tapi well, ini tergolong novel historical romance yang beda dari Barbara Cartland yang 'bersih'. Jadi, peringatan, anak-anak yang belum dapat pelajaran...more

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Jan 29, 2011 Bronwyn Rykiert rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: series, historical-romance

The Bridgertons are a close knit family of nine, widower Violet and her eight children all famously named in alphabetical order. Anthony, Benedict, Colin, Daphne, Eloise, Francesca, Gregory and Hyacinth. This final book is about Gregory, although not the youngest, he is the last unwed Bridgerton. Hyacinth's story was in Its In His Kiss (book seven).

Gregory believes in true love, well why shouldn't he? All of his siblings have found it and he is determined to find his one true love as well. So, w...more

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Mar 08, 2010 Jessi rated it 3 of 5 stars

While I really enjoyed the first three Bridgerton books, I felt that the quality and the fun didn't really hold up through the whole series. This book got back to that a little, but still would not be the first I would recommend by this author.
Gregory Bridgerton is the last child in a family that believes in marrying for love. All seven of his brothers and sisters are married and in love and he is ready to join them. He sees Hermione Watson and immediately believes that she is "The One." His exp...more

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Dec 28, 2009 Linds rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 1800-s, england, family, historical-romance, romance, regency

This book is so romantic!

I know that is an asinine description of a romance novel but Gregory is probably the most romantic at heart of the Bridgerton brothers. This is the eighth and final book of the Bridgerton series.

The book starts out with Gregory falling "in love" with Hermione Watson. She has the face of an angel and Gregory is struck the first time he lays eyes on her. He enlists the help of her best friend Lucy to try to get an advantage in winning her.

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Apr 17, 2013 Cemre rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-romance

Historical romance türünde ikinci olarak okuduğum kitap Yüreğe Söz Geçmiyor idi ve bu kitapla birlikte romance türüne adımımı atmış oldum. O nedenle bu serinin bendeki yeri bambaşka. Şu an kendimi çok iyi dostlarımdan ayrılmış gibi hissediyorum. Bridgertonlar'ın seriyi her okuyanın hayatında ayrı bir yeri vardır diye düşünüyorum. Neyse ki daha "The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After"ımız var ve sonunda Violet ve Edmund'u okuyabileceğiz. Ahh yine de bunun son olduğunu bilmek resmen üzüyor beni.

Her n...more Historical romance türünde ikinci olarak okuduğum kitap Yüreğe Söz Geçmiyor idi ve bu kitapla birlikte romance türüne adımımı atmış oldum. O nedenle bu serinin bendeki yeri bambaşka. Şu an kendimi çok iyi dostlarımdan ayrılmış gibi hissediyorum. Bridgertonlar'ın seriyi her okuyanın hayatında ayrı bir yeri vardır diye düşünüyorum. Neyse ki daha "The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After"ımız var ve sonunda Violet ve Edmund'u okuyabileceğiz. Ahh yine de bunun son olduğunu bilmek resmen üzüyor beni.

Her neyse... Duygusal bir girişin ardından Biz Evleniyoruz'a gelirsem... Öncelikle kitabın ikinci yarısı çok daha akıcıydı. Hele son 100 sayfayı nefesimi tutarak okudum. İlk yarı biraz daha kısa tutulabilirmiş o nedenle de 5 değil 4 yıldız verdim. Bir de son kısımda genel olarak Bridgertonlara yer verilmesini isterdim. Kitapta sadece Violet, Anthony, Kate, Colin ve Hyacinth'i görebildik. Diğer Bridgertonları ve eşlerini de okuyabilmeyi isterdim doğrusu.

Gregory'i ilk kitaplardan beri severdim ve sevgim giderek arttı bu kitapla beraber. Çocukluğunu okuduktan sonra onu böyle büyümüş bir adam olarak okumak oldukça hoştu. Lucy'e üzülmekle beraber son kısımlarda hayli kızdım. Böyle mantıklı bir kız belgeleri görmeyi isteyebilirdi. Bundan da önce Gregory'e her şeyi anlatabilirdi. Her neyse... Gregory'nin aşkından her şeye vazgeçmemesi ise çok hoştu. Sonu ise oldukça eğlenceliydi. 9 çocuk... Çok hoş... :)

Hala Bridgerton serisine başlamadıysanız ne duruyorsunuz demek istiyorum. Bu türde yazılmış en iyi serilerden biri hiç şüphesiz! Her kitabı gibi bu kitabı da tavsiye edilir. :)

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The second historical romance that I read was The Duke and I and after this book, I cannot stop myself reading romances. So, this series is really important and special for me. I feel like I left my close friends. I am sure that this series have an important part in the lives of every person who read it. Fortunately, I have not read "The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After" yet. Finally, I can read about Violet and Edmund. However, knowing that this is the end makes me so sad.

Anyway… After such a emotional introduction, I can start sharing my thoughts about On the Way to the Wedding. The second part of the book was much more fluent. The first part could be shorter. Therefore, I gave 4 stars instead of 5. Moreover, I wish that I could read about Bridgertons more. Only Violet, Anthony, Kate, Colin and Hyacinth were mentioned in the book and I wish I could read others, too.

I love Gregory from previous books and now, I love him more. After reading his childhood, reading him as an adult was really nice. I worried about Lucy and at the same time I was angry with her. As a reasonable girl, she would want to see the documents about her father and she could tell everything to Gregory at the beginning. Anyway…. Despite of all bad circumstances, Gregory has never stopped loving her and this makes my heart melt. Moreover, the end was really funny! 9 children! Perfect! :)

If you have never read about Bridgertons, then why are you still waiting to read? Undoubtedly, this series was one of the most perfect historical romance series. I strongly recommend it!
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Apr 06, 2013 İlkim rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, books-i-own, fav-author, historical-romance

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Bridgerton ailesinin son kardeşinin hikayesine geldik ve o da bitti. Yine çok sevdiğim serilerden birinin sonuna geldiğimizden garip bir burukluk yaşadığımı belirtmem gerek. Gregory ile biz o daha çooook küçükken tanışmıştık. Hatırlarsanız Duke and I kitabında Hyacinth ile durmadan birbirlerini kovalayan, birbirlerini sinir etmek için yarışan iki kardeştiler. Geçen kitap Hyacinth'in büyümesini görüp onu da evlendirmiştik. Şimdi ise evin en küçük erkeğinin...more Yorumun tamamı Kitap Esintisi adresinde.

Bridgerton ailesinin son kardeşinin hikayesine geldik ve o da bitti. Yine çok sevdiğim serilerden birinin sonuna geldiğimizden garip bir burukluk yaşadığımı belirtmem gerek. Gregory ile biz o daha çooook küçükken tanışmıştık. Hatırlarsanız Duke and I kitabında Hyacinth ile durmadan birbirlerini kovalayan, birbirlerini sinir etmek için yarışan iki kardeştiler. Geçen kitap Hyacinth'in büyümesini görüp onu da evlendirmiştik. Şimdi ise evin en küçük erkeğinin hikayesinde sıra.

Gregory aşkı bulacağına inanan bir karakter. Nasıl inanmasın, bütün ailesi aşk evliliği yapmış değil mi? Gregory de vurulacağı kızı beklemekte. Anthony ve Kate'in partisinde de o vurulmayı yaşıyor: Hermione Watson'a. Ama Hermione'nin kalbi başkasındadır, etrafındaki erkeklerle pek ilgilenmemektedir. Lucy ise Hermione'nin en yakın arkadaşıdır ve kız kardeşi gibi gördüğü Hermione'nin aşk uğruna bir katiple evlenmesini doğru bulmamaktadır ve Gregory'e yardım edip bu durumu değiştirmek istemektedir.

Ama Lucy aşık olana kadar aşkın ne denli güçlü bir şey olduğunu bilmediğinden büyük konuşur burada. Gregory'e yardım ettikçe aslında ne kadar hoş bir adam olduğunu düşünüp ondan etkilenir. Gregory de Hermione'yi aşık olduğundan o kadar emin olmasına rağmen Lucy hakkında garip fikirlere kapılır. Hermione ise kalbini Lucy'nin abisine kaptırınca (skandal yaratacak bir şekilde) Gregory bozulur, sinirlenir. Ama sonra fark eder ki o kadar da etkilenmemektedir bu durumdan.

Lucy ise yıllardır nişanlı gibi bir şeydir. Çocukluğunu evleneceği adamın Lord Haselby olduğunu bilerek geçirmiştir, çünkü amcası böyle istemiştir. Ama şimdi yavaş yavaş Gregory'e aşık olurken bu durumdan kurtulmak istemesi de normal tabi. Gregory de aslında Lucy'e karşı hissettiklerinden etkilenir, Hermione'de sadece aşık olmanın düşüncesine aşık olmuştur ama Lucy ile böyle değildir. Onu hiçbir şekilde bırakmamaya kararlı olan Gregory, onu evlenme zorunluluğundan da kurtarmaya kararlıdır. Yalnız Lucy'nin de Gregory'nin de bilmediği bir hainlik söz konusudur ve bu yüzden Lucy, Lord Haselby ile evlenmek zorundadır (kendisi her ne kadar erkeklerden hoşlansa da), tüm ailesini korumanın tek yolu budur. Yine de hiçbir şey Gregory'i vazgeçiremeyecektir.

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Apr 05, 2012 Cathy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-romance, 2012

Well, this was indeed a bit of a disappointment given that it was the series' conclusion. I'm guessing Julia Quinn wanted to end with a bang, but this was just overkill, imo. Way too much drama, and just when I thought there couldn't be any more (after the actual interruption of the wedding), there was.

I was also amazed to find myself a little bored during the first half of this book, which is definitely a first where the Bridgertons are concerned. I think that was mostly due to the fact that I...more

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Jul 11, 2011 Leah rated it 5 of 5 stars

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4.5 stars

I went into this book wary. Wary because Gregory is the Bridgerton brother that I knew the least about as he was hardly ever in the other books, and I had a bad experience with Francesca for the same reason (and because I just didn't like her). But, I ended up really enjoying the book. It was not without its flaws, of course, but I still liked it.

Gregory is the youngest Bridgerton male and the seventh of eight children. As I said, I did not know him very well at the start, and it didn't...more 4.5 stars

I went into this book wary. Wary because Gregory is the Bridgerton brother that I knew the least about as he was hardly ever in the other books, and I had a bad experience with Francesca for the same reason (and because I just didn't like her). But, I ended up really enjoying the book. It was not without its flaws, of course, but I still liked it.

Gregory is the youngest Bridgerton male and the seventh of eight children. As I said, I did not know him very well at the start, and it didn't help matters that we got off to a little bit of a rocky start. In the beginning, he seemed a bit more ridiculous, maybe even a bit more immature, than all the other men of the series. Maybe that's because he was quite a bit younger than them all when he found his lady, or maybe it's because that's just the way he is. But, I think that Gregory did a lot of growing up in this book. He learned the difference between infatuation and love, independence and the stubborn need to prove one's self, waiting for life to happen and going after life at full throttle. He became a man. I loved seeing that. With the other men of the series, they were just that: men. But Gregory...He was still a little bit of a boy. But no longer. And that was a beautiful thing to witness.

Lucy I liked almost immediately. She was the reliable best friend that the guys used to get to her best friend, Hermione. She was smart, innocent, sarcastic, funny, and a little obsessive compulsive. She did some growing in this book, too. I didn't feel her change was nearly as profound or deep as Gregory's, but she certainly learned quite a few things about herself and the world. And, while I certainly wanted to strangle her a couple of times (i.e. when she made me cry a little bit for hurting my adorable Gregory), I still think she was a great, interesting character.

The only plot thing that really annoyed me was the situation with Gregory and Hermione in the first part of the book. Obviously I knew it wasn't going anywhere, but it just got a little tiresome when I wanted him to get on with it and realize he really wanted, needed, loved Lucy.

Also, Gregory had a very strange and disturbing fascination with the back of ladies' necks. That was, well let's just say odd. And slightly creepy...But, no matter. I have forgiven Gregory his creepiness. As long as he promised not to do it again. (He did.)

So, with Gregory Bridgerton, we come to the last of the Bridgerton children. I have to say that this makes me extremely sad. With the exception of When He Was Wicked, I have really loved and enjoyed this series. I guess now all I can do is move on to Julia Quinn's other series and read this series again in the future, but I will miss this lively bunch.(less)

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Jul 10, 2011 Yasmin M rated it 2 of 5 stars

Oh Lord! This book was a complete bore! I think I dozed off a bit while reading it, only to wake up and realize in agony that I had to read it anyway, not because I was curious to know how it would end, mind you, there wasn't anything vaguely interesting or mysterious about this book, but to actually be able to review it and not have any scruples in my ever-present conscience..

Do you know those heroes who don't know what to do with themselves? Who fall in love every 10 seconds? and are looking f...more Oh Lord! This book was a complete bore! I think I dozed off a bit while reading it, only to wake up and realize in agony that I had to read it anyway, not because I was curious to know how it would end, mind you, there wasn't anything vaguely interesting or mysterious about this book, but to actually be able to review it and not have any scruples in my ever-present conscience..

Do you know those heroes who don't know what to do with themselves? Who fall in love every 10 seconds? and are looking for something that they aren't even sure of? and they're dragging us readers around on their fretfully dull journey of self discovery and all that crap? Yeah well Gregory Bridgerton is all that and more..or less I'm not sure how to put it really..

So he falls in love- upon first sight- with this oh-so-beautiful and enchanting creature; Hermione Watson who happens to be Lucy's best friend [God knows why] and I'm not gonna bore you with the story and it's banality! let's just say he gets over Hermione and then starts liking Lucy all in a matter of seconds and that's when I knew this book would be insufferable because there were still 200 more pages and what could possibly be said in them? Oh nothing only more nonsense about the hero and his road to self discovery and his maturity in fighting for what he believes in and before you know it he'll go back to his beloved and tell her how much he loves her and they have lots and lots of babies and that's it.

This might be interesting to people who enjoy mindless love tangles but to me, this is shit boring; We have a hero, a heroine and a lot of time on our hands and they already love each other and that should be enough! But it isn't because now that they're out of obstacles, the hero himself becomes the obstacle! I don't know WHY writers do it! When readers look for a romance novel, they hardly ever look for this kind of drama; what's the point of all the trouble if the hero has already confessed his love to his beloved AND slept with her. Why should we go on reading? what else could possibly happen? Writers should postpone the love declaration if they plan on lengthening the book! seriously! We all read because we're motivated by the fact that in a matter of pages a hero will confess his love and break down infront of his heroine and she will eventually return the sentiment and that's it!

Bottom line, NEVER place the dramatic love declaration at first or in the middle, always leave it at last.(less)

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“He stepped toward her, and her heart just ached from it. His face was so handsome, and so dear, and so perfectly wonderfully familiar. She knew the slope of his cheeks, and the exact shade of his eys, brownish near the iris, melting into green at the edge.
And his mouth-she knew that mouth, the look of it, the feel of it. She knew his smile, and she knew his frown, and she knew-
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“Gregory,” she said, “you cannot leave me here. What if someone finds you and removes you from the house? Who will know I am here? And what if…and what if…and then what if…”
He smiled, enjoying her officiousness too much to actually listen to her words. She was definitely herself again.
“When this is all over,” he said, “I shall bring you a sandwich.”
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