Helpful Score: 2
I guess these short stories would be served better after reading the original books. Jumping back into the respective Bridgerton marriages after a few years away was not unlike seeing your old band-mates on the street, after 10-years. A couple of these stories were forgetable. A couple will make you LOL (the Mallet of Death, anyone?). And the remaining four allow JQ to explore different techniques, with mixed results. The best part was the short novella about Violet's sourtship and marriage, with a nice wrapup of all the main story lines.
About half of the stories were already published a few years ago, as e-editions. So only four of the siblings were new.
Newcomers might appreciate the basic plots and situation - although veterns will laugh more often. But these are better reads if you know the personalities involved.
So the 3.5 stars is mainly for Violet's story, and the 5 stories I thought held up well in this stand-alone context.
About half of the stories were already published a few years ago, as e-editions. So only four of the siblings were new.
Newcomers might appreciate the basic plots and situation - although veterns will laugh more often. But these are better reads if you know the personalities involved.
So the 3.5 stars is mainly for Violet's story, and the 5 stories I thought held up well in this stand-alone context.
Helpful Score: 2
Disappointing! Stories are ok but not up to author's usual standards.
Helpful Score: 1
There is no doubt that if you haven't just read the entire Bridgerton series, you should not waste your time reading this. However, I have been recovering from surgery and going crazy on bed rest. A very dear friend dropped off the Bridgerton series with me. She said she was done with them. I inhaled each and every one. These dear people became my friends while I recuperated. When I saw this book; I had to have it and see how my friends were. I was not disappointed at all. Great stories involving the entire family. The entire seies will stay on my keeper shelf.
It was really fun to visit each of the Bridgertons and see how they are doing. Great wrap up and fun short stories to complete each book.
I "read" this book super-fast. It just contained all the 2nd epilogues that were already in their individual books. It wasn't a new story. Except for the last epilogue which was a Violet short story. I thought the whole book was for Violet. If you've read the 2nd epilogues in the books, you'd just re-read them again in this book. The Violet story was cute, gave more back story on how she met Edmund, but not much else. It feels like I was "tricked" into reading this book.
