Friends, I do not know how you feel about the upcoming Bridgerton show on Netflix, but  here’s a live look at me:

I have loved this series for several years, read it several times, and used it to convert many a friend to historical romance. “The banter,” I tell them, “come for the banter, stay for the smexy times.” To me, Julia Quinn is one of the masters of the genre and so I am unabashedly excited to see these characters come to life.

I think the casting decisions are great (I adore as Penelope!) and all the snaps of the costumes are perfect.

(Will I be annoyed by some stuff? I’m sure I will. Does this have the opportunity to go the way of other Shondaland things and I love it for two seasons and then it jumps the shark? Sure. But right now? UNABASHED EXCITEMENT.)

My best friend feels the same way and thus we have launched a re-read of the whole series. We started with the prequels, and now we’re at , and we plan on tacking on the Smith-Smythes as well.

The prequels were fun for me – all four of them – but I loved Billie and George in the best. I’m a sucker for enemies-to-lovers and I’ve already referenced my love of her banter, so this work of Ms. Quinn’s was a homerun.

It was also fascinating for me to move from the Rokesbys quartet (what Goodreads tells me the prequels are officially called) and into because there is such growth in Ms. Quinn’s writing. For example, she head-hops quite a bit in The Duke and I in terms of PoV and that tendency is gone in the later works.

All that to say – I cannot be the only one ready for this series and I doubt I’m the only one embarking on a re-read. Anyone else? Wanna come chat with me about it?

I’ll be posting a few reflections during the month and I do hope you’ll join me.

Or I’ll have to sic Lady Whistledown on you…

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