Recently read The Duke and I by Julia Quinn to get ready to watch Bridgerton (I’ll be watching each season after reading the corresponding book) and I enjoyed the concept more than the execution.
I didn’t like the pacing of the story as it felt too slow to the point it was boring in the beginning and then almost too fast after their marriage to resolve his whole trauma. I also didn’t like how the SA in chapter 18 didn’t have ANY consequences. I found the sexism quite noticeable but not to the point of being unreadable.
If you could recommend any story that is similar but doesn’t deal with all the stuff I mentioned I didn’t like that would be ideal and I would be very thankful. Other historical settings would be fun as well if possible. I do not care about smut in stories I normally skip it or just read through it as quickly as I can.
by BubblyBubbleGumm