I found this book to be quite boring. There was not enough substance to the story and lacked humor that is usually present in Quinn's books. The characters were whiney. I didn't like this book at all.

Quinn's novels in the Bridgerton series outweigh any historical romance novel or series I have read. Her characters are complex, intriguing, witty, and intelligent. Her words make pages turn quickly. All in all, each novel is a success.

Personally, read these from 1-8th...don't start in the middle or you will miss half the fun. The series is wonderful. Enjoy them all, I guarantee you will.

Good as all the Bridgerton books, maybe because it was the last one (8th) I got used to the style and it seemed the story went on pretty slow. Other than that, very good.

By the time I got to this book, I must admit I was tired of reading about the Bridgertons. This book did not hold my interest, with each character flitting from love interest to love interest. However, the epilogue was a very cute way to end the book. I really liked the ending.

I love Julia Quinn. I love her style, and when her characters are witty and the dialogue is clever I am really engaged. I enjoyed this book and I'm actually surprised at some of the negative reviews here. I think Gregory was a wonderful character, a romantic. He reminds me of my youngest son with an imaginative nature and prepared to believe in the impossible. I LOVED the scene where Colin joins Gregory in the tree. There were many little creative things that Quinn invoked throughout the book that I found interesting. Lucy was a sweet girl, and it is not unusual for a person who is self-sacrificing and thoughtful of others to find themselves occasionally, or even more often, walked on by others or taken advantage of, or even taken for granted. However, I stayed committed to the story even through the twists, but after the wedding, it felt like Julia tried too hard to resolve and it became cartoonish with something happening in one scene and the characters deciding to change their minds and do something different in the next, and everyone converging without any real value in being present. It was also strangely dark and cruel in that the ending tone did not in any way seem to match the earlier 3/4's of the book. That was really too bad, because I was really liking this book. I had loved Francesca's story until near the end because of her wishy-washy, flip-floppy response to marrying Michael; I didn't particularly care for Hyacinth in her story and found her to be just as dislikable in this book (although I plan to reread it and maybe I'll reconsider that). She also made assertions to Lucy that Lucy would need her in the future, and so I was waiting for her to do something meaningful for Lucy but that never came about. A little disappointing, but still a great book.