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Daphne Bridgerton is the fourth of eight children and the first girl. She wants to get married and have children but all the acceptable men she knows think of her as a good friend. Enter Simon Bassett a new duke who definitely doesn't want to get married. Simon and Daphne decide to fake a courtship so meddling moms will leave Simon alone and other men will suddenly realize Daphne is attractive.
I've never seen the netflix show, I don't even have netflix, but the hype over the show did put this b ...more
I've never seen the netflix show, I don't even have netflix, but the hype over the show did put this b ...more

I have not seen the show on the Bridgertons, so I decided to read the book, to get an idea of what it's about. I did think the book was very funny, I laughed quite a bit. I liked the scandal sheet that preceded each chapter, and I enjoyed the Bridgerton family. I wished that there was more of the Regency period in the book.
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This was a fun read to refresh my memory of Season 1 of Bridgertons on Netflix as I anticipate season 2. I laughed out loud several times and enjoyed the witty dialog. I read this during a family emergency and it was exactly what the doctor ordered.



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