“He shook his head in wonder. "You are magnificent."

"I keep telling everyone that," she said with a nonchalant shrug, "But you seem to be the only one to believe me.”

Unfortunately, this book let me down quite a bit :( I was really expecting to love it because Eloise was an amazing character in both the show and the previous books, and the premise for this book sounded intriguing, but for some reason I just didn’t get attached to Eloise, Phillip, or their romance. Oh well.

Eloise wasn’t by any means a bad character, though! She was funny and strong and interesting, but I guess I just expected a bit more considering how set in her ways she was in all of the other books. She seemed so opposed to marriage for the longest while, and then suddenly she wants a husband? I mean, the reasoning made sense but it all felt a bit too fast.

... and as I’m sure you can imagine, they were all possessed of a most foul temper. Is it my fault I am so superior? I think not. No more, I suppose, than it is their fault they were born men and thus without the barest hint of common sense or innate good manners.

—from Eloise Bridgerton to Penelope Featherington, after trouncing six men (three not related to her) in a shooting match.

As for Phillip, I did like him a lot at first because I usually like introverted male characters and we definitely need more of them. However, I did get pretty annoyed with him as the book progressed. His introverted personality which I had previously found sweet soon because him just being exasperating, and him not putting any effort into his relationship with Eloise, which was aggravating to say the least. He became a lot better near the end of the book, but I just couldn’t get past him out of my head unfortunately. I have to say though, it was nice to finally have a love-interest who wasn’t aware of who the Bridgertons were and their money and everything.

Also, this was a single parent trope book! I was definitely not expecting that before I read the synopsis. It was nice to see all four of them together, but I wish we got to see more of the twins because they were hilarious!

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