It was my intention to read nothing but Danielle Steel novels for the entirety of 2021. I started off well enough, reading both "Loving" and "To Love Again." I was disappointed in both. As I've already shared my thoughts on "Loving" in this blog, I will simply say that I really didn't enjoy "To Love Again." They killed off the main character's husband, though that was obvious from the title and the plot synopsis. I just didn't like the way the book progressed in terms of romance and betrayal. In my opinnion, the best part was when Isabella was getting dressed for an evening out, and her so-called best friend was helping her get dressed. The way Danielle Steel described the dress, the hairstyle, and the shoes, I could almost picture it. However, this was one book I really didn't enjoy overall, and I'm glad to be done with it!
As I said earlier, 2021 was supposed to be the year of Danielle Steel for me. However, a trip to Target a few weeks ago changed my reading goal for the year. My husband and I watched the Netflix series "Bridgerton," and I found it to be quite enjoyable. So when I saw the books that inspired the series at my local Target, I felt compelled to buy them! Written by Julia Quinn, there are at least 8 books in the series, and I've already purchased the first three. Of course, I'm starting with the first book, "Bridgerton: The Duke & I."
In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. From their earliest days, children of aristocrats learn how to address an earl and curtsy before a prince--while other dictates of the ton are unspoken yet universally understood. A proper duke should be imperious and aloof. A young, marriageable lady should be amiable...but not too amiable. Daphne Bridgerton has always failed at the latter. The fourth of eight siblings in her close-knit family, she has formed friendships with the most eligible young men in London. Everyone likes Daphne for her kindness and wit. But no one truly desires her. She is simply too deuced honest for that, too unwilling to play the romantic games that captivate gentlemen Amiability is not a characterisitic shared by Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings. Recently returned to England from abroad, he intends to shun both marriage and society--just as his callous father shuned Simon throughout his painful childhood. Yet an encounter with his best friend's sister offers another option. If Daphne agrees to a fake courtship, Simon can deter the mamas who parade their daughters before him. Daphne, meanwhile, will see her prospects and her reputation soar. The plan works like a charm--at first. But amid the glittering, gossipy, cutthroat world of London's elite, there is only one certainty: Love ignores every rule...
I've been warned by a few people in one of my Facebook groups that the books and the Netflix series are very different from one another, but that doesn't surprise me! I'm just eager to get started on my "journey" through the "Bridgerton" series!
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