Reviewer: Rowena Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Series: Rokesbys #1
Publisher: Avon
Publication Date: March 29, 2016
Pages: 384
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Sometimes you find love in the most unexpected of places...
This is not one of those times.
Everyone expects Billie Bridgerton to marry one of the Rokesby brothers. The two families have been neighbors for centuries, and as a child the tomboyish Billie ran wild with Edward and Andrew. Either one would make a perfect husband... someday.
Sometimes you fall in love with exactly the person you think you should...
Or not.
There is only one Rokesby Billie absolutely cannot tolerate, and that is George. He may be the eldest and heir to the earldom, but he's arrogant, annoying, and she's absolutely certain he detests her. Which is perfectly convenient, as she can't stand the sight of him, either.
But sometimes fate has a wicked sense of humor...
Because when Billie and George are quite literally thrown together, a whole new sort of sparks begins to fly. And when these lifelong adversaries finally kiss, they just might discover that the one person they can't abide is the one person they can't live without...
When I first heard that Quinn was coming out with another Bridgerton book, I was curious and excited but when I found out that this Bridgerton heroine is Aunt to all of the Bridgertons that I know and love, I was…still curious and excited.
The book follows Sybilla “Billie” Bridgerton as she surprisingly falls head over heels for George Rokesby. Her least favorite Rokesby brother. The Bridgertons and the Rokesbys are neighbors and their mothers are best friends so they were one big happy family growing up. Billie was close in age with her best friend Mary Rokesby and Mary’s brothers Andrew and Edward. They were the best of friends who got into trouble together and ran wild over both of their properties.
George was the oldest Rokesby brother and he was older than Billie and his other siblings so he never ran wild with them. He’s the family heir so his time was spent doing more serious things like learning how to run his family estate and how to eventually take over everything. He didn’t have time to mess around.
Billie is reckless and fearless. She’s the opposite of reserved and deep thinker George. They have nothing in common but when Billie gets stuck on the roof with a sprained ankle, it is George that comes to her rescue and their relationship is never the same after their shared time on the roof.
Julia Quinn writes the historical romances that make readers the world over laugh, sigh and swoon all over the place but what I appreciate the most about her writing is that each story is complete with refreshing characters who are distinctly different from her other characters. Sure there are some of her characters that share certain characteristics but they don’t share enough to blend together in my head if that makes any sense. Each of her characters shine on their own and I always end up loving the heck out of them.
Billie was a great heroine who stayed with me even after I finished the book. I liked that she was wild and reckless but she also had a practical side that made her a great mix of everything. She knew what her strengths were but she also knew that there were parts of her personality that wasn’t very popular. I liked seeing her vulnerabilities and seeing her fall in love with George.
I loved seeing these two fall in love with each other. I loved the way that they tried to brush it off, I enjoyed seeing them bicker but I loved how George saw Billie. He loved every part of her, even the parts that he didn’t like. I loved that he respected her but was there to pick her up whenever she needed him and I loved how well they both understood the other. Billie understood George’s desires and his regrets and accepted him. Same with George.
This was another great piece of work from Quinn and fans of the Bridgerton series will definitely like this one.
Grade: 4 out of 5
Yay! I’m catching up with the original Bridgertons & can’t wait to read this one! Thanks for the review!
You’re welcome. 🙂 I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did.
I was so glad she came back to this series! I wasn’t sure how it would be since I fell in love with the original siblings and had at first thought it was following their children. But I was happily satisfied.
Same. I was more scared about how much Edmund we would get, considering what we know about him in the original Bridgertons series but I was satisfied with how everything went down. I’m looking forward to the next book in the series.
I’m just waiting for my copy in the mail. I love Julia and I love the Bridgertons!! I’ve read and re-read the excerpt in her site so many times. I love the type of heroes she writes. Like I love Marcus from Just Like Heaven, like that guy is my jam. And George sounds like he could be a little similar to Marcus and that makes me happy.
This was another good book and I think you’re going to like it. I laughed, I sighed and I damn near swooned. George was a great hero but I’m also looking forward to reading his brother’s books too. Especially Andrew. 🙂 I hope you like it as much as I do.
If you haven’t gotten it yet, stop by the blog tomorrow….we’ll be giving away 2 signed copies of the book. 🙂
Funny you said that! 😀
Hi Rowena, looks like a fab book! It would be great if you added your review to the Books You Loved: April collection over at Carole’s Chatter. Cheers