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“As the only unmarried Bridgerton sibling, Gregory believes that his time will come. And while his contemporaries dread the word marriage, he relishes the word and looks forward to meeting the one. Then one night, it seems that he's finally found her. Beautiful and ethereal, Gregory knows that she's the one. Except...Hermione's heart belongs to another. But fate brings him a fairy godmother in the form of Hermione's best friend.
Lucy Abernathy wants nothing more than to save her dear friend from a disastrous alliance. Realizing Gregory's interest, she offers to help him win Hermione's heart. But fate has other plans for everyone involved. For along the way, Lucy finds herself falling in love with Gregory, then Gregory wakes up to the realization that the woman for him is in fact Lucy. The problem is that she's engaged already. So what's a man to do?
Having read the other novels in the series, I couldn't wait to finally read Gregory's story. I couldn't ask for a better start to the book. The prologue is a real cliffhanger and promised such a fantastic story. Except that somewhere along the line, it fell into pieces. Julia Quinn has such talent for witty and engaging dialogues. While this book is no exception, the repetitiveness becomes rather tedious. Don't get me wrong. This was still pretty entertaining and I really loved how Gregory turned out to be such a romantic. I guess I've always had this picture of him as the mischievous boy who literally rocked the boat in THE DUKE and I and caused the lead characters to take a splash. Therefore, seeing him risk everything to win the woman he loved was a real delight. And Lucy is truly deserving of his heart.
ON THE WAY TO THE WEDDING is the final installment to a wonderful series. It is sad to say goodbye to a family that I have come to love, yet at the same time, happy to see things end wonderfully for all of them. If this were real life, I am sure that Violet Bridgerton would be one of the happiest mothers in the world. ”
Michelle wrote this review Saturday, February 28 2009.
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