I loved this book. Yes it is like the fairytale cinderella but is way more detailed and has a great plot. The characters are also so real. I loved the way Benedict would chase after and tease Sophie. It reminded me of the typical flirtations that go on in the beginning of every real life relationship. The supporting charcters are also given depth.

I felt that the scenes involving Sophie and Benedict were so steamy yet sweet and heartwarming.

I also found it easy to read because evryone loves Cinderella and the story would make you smirk when you realized what the author was doing to make it different then the original.

I'm going to try out some more of The Bridgerton series books. I love when an author includes re-occurring characters.

I just picked up this book yesterday and stayed up late to finish it... It was that good. This was an enchanting rendition of the Cinderella story, but so much more. There is so much to love about this book. The characters are so well written and the H/H really draw you in. You can't help but to feel for Sophie Beckett's plight. She is a strong heroine with so much spunk and spirit, that you can't help but love her. And Benedict Bridgerton was a marvelous hero. He was charming, caring, sensitive, witty, sexy, noble... All the things that make a wonderful hero. This story really grips you from the beginning and wrings the emotions from your heart. I laughed, I cried and I loved every minute of it. Thier's was a believable love. True soul mates.

This is one of my favorites of Julia Quinn's. It's definitely a keeper that I will read over and over again.

Wow! This book took my breath away! When I first started reading it, I had to look at the cover again to make sure I was not reading "Cinderella", but as the book went on, the storyline got deeper and it was a story all its own. It made me laugh and cry. I felt like I really knew the characters. They were wonderfully developed. I wish Sophie would have held on to her principles and morals until marriage though.....Benedict was just a dream. Caring, sensitive, gentle, charming. The perfect love story. I have read many frustrating books where the main hero is a arrogant, snotty jerk, but Quinn made Benedict the perfect fairytale prince. I could not put the book down except to run to get a tissue to dry my eyes! A MUST READ!!!!!! sigh...

What a great book, what a great hero!!! Benedict ohh Benedict, what a man!!! Just read it and I can't get over it. Love romance and love the Bridertons.Julia Quinn is the romance queen!!!

I thought this was a pretty good read; a nice twist on the Cinderella story but with enough distinctiveness that there wasn't a sense of repetitiveness or predictability to the plot. Despite that, the story became a bit wearisome because of Sophie and her obsessive penchant for keeping secrets.

Sophie is the illegitimate daughter of the Earl of Penwood. He, of course, never recognized her as such but he was honorable enough to take Sophie in and care for her. Sophie's troubles begin when her father remarries. The new wife, Araminta, moves in to the manor with her two daughters. Once Araminta discovers who Sophie is, she demands that Sophie be removed from the house. The Earl refuses, of course, so Araminta decides to wreak her revenge in other ways: By abusing Sophie and eventually relegating her to the status of a servant after the Earl passes.

Despite Sophie's and Benedict's Cinderella-like meeting, there is a whole other layer added to the plot that really makes this story entertaining and heart-wrenching. After Sophie's night at the ball, Araminta discovers where Sophie was the previous evening so she fires her and kicks her out of the house.

Two years later, Sophie and Benedict meet again, but Benedict doesn't recognize her as the lady from the masquerade ball. Benedict wants Sophie as his mistress, to which Sophie, of course, refuses. The plot gradually unravels to expose Sophie's secrets, Araminta's vicious abuse of Sophie, and Benedict's ultimate decision to marry Sophie regardless of her social status.

To be honest, I couldn't understand why Sophie didn't want to Benedict to find out who she really was. I suspect this was all supposed to increase the tension between Benedict and Sophie but it grew tiresome and a bit boring.

Sophie, however, has her good points. She stubbornly refused to become Benedict's mistress despite her circumstances. She stuck to her beliefs and vows. Sophie saw her childhood as the living embodiment of what could happen if she became Benedict's mistress and had children out of wedlock. And because she stuck to her guns, her dream was eventually fulfilled: marriage to the man she desperately loves.

I highly recommend this book. It's not my favorite in the Bridgerton series but it's still pretty good.