The Viscount Who Loved Me - Julia Quinn

The Viscount Who Loved Me is the second book in Julia Quinn's series about the Bridgerton Family. There are eight books in the series, each book features a different Bridgerton sibling. The books are set in the regenct period in England. The author states that although the books are part of a series she has deliberately written them so that they can be read as stand-alone books and I feel that she has managed to achieve this, I've read some of the later books in this series and have not read the first one or some of the middle ones, but I've never found that I've felt as though I needed to have read them in order or that I've missed out by reading them out of ...  Read the complete review

-Plot- This book is set in 1814 and it is the second book in Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series. Anthony Bridgerton is the oldest son in a large aristocratic family. Since his father died when Anthony was just 18 he became a Viscount and inherited responsibility for his large family. The death of his father convinced Anthony that he would also die young. He admired his father so much that he thought that he could never live to be any older than his father had been. Anthony has spent his adult life as a rake but now at the age of 29 he realises that he needs to find a wife so that he can sire an heir before he dies. Anthony's criteria for a ...  Read the complete review

The Viscount Who Loved Me is the second book in the series of 10 books detailing the romances of various members of the Bridgerton family. The series began with The Duke and I, and although this particular book can be read as a stand-alone story, if you want to know the background, I suggest you begin with The Duke and I. Julia Quinn is an American writer and therefore has very little conception of how English is spoken in England, and especially in Regency England, which is when this story is set. However, if you're willing to overlook the glaring errors in language, lack of sense of time or place or historical detail etc, and just want to read a light and ...  Read the complete review