#kanthany

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Anthony bridgerton being a clingy loser in love husband with eyes for his wife is all I needed this season.

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Kate & Pen deserve to be friends because that would delight me, so what activities do you think they’d enjoy doing together (harassing their besotted husbands counts but can’t be the only way they spend their time!)

THEY SHOULD WHY ARE THEY NOT IN ANY SCENES TOGETHER!!

This is the true crime of Season 3.

Like, Anthony and Colin regularly have to take a step back and admire just how amazing and beautiful their wives are. LOOK AT THEM!

I mean harassing their besotted husbands is probably a beloved past time of theirs, it's so easy, and so much fun! (And some day I will figure out how to write a fic that incorporates this...)

I'm sure Pen keeps Kate up on all the gossip to help her keep up and Kate keeps Pen sane by reminding her how silly all of it is. I'm sure they trade books and probably parenting tips. And the two of them probably have lively, worldly conversations. Also, maybe they go visit libraries and museums together because why not?

Idk, what else did rich people do?

I'm sure Kate teaches a very reluctant Pen how to ride a horse at some point. And Pen always helps when the Bridgertons have to throw a ball.

Oh, and they commiserate together at how ridiculous ALL of the Bridgertons are. Sometimes they're joined by Simon because that would be fun. They also start a spouses of the Bridgertons club, and help each inductee settle in. (OOhh, another fic idea...)

Man, now I want a HUGE family reunion in Season 8. Give it to me show!

[bridgertontournaments]

Hello and Welcome!

Welcome to the Bridgerton Tournaments Blog! A place soon to be full of crazy polls and high stake (not really) tournaments.

There's a long wait until Season 4, why not have some fun?

Everyone is welcome! Only rules are treat each other nicely and have fun!

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First tournament will be a Character Tournament :: Brackets Found Here

Characters used are from the show (with the exception of Lucy and Gareth, whom I added for the fun of it) and character statuses are based on where they are as of the beginning of Season 4.

A randomizer was used to organize the tournament.

There will be one poll every day until a winner is declared

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These tournaments' intention are solely for fun. No wank or harassment of any kind will be tolerated and will result in an automatic banning.

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SO's Bookclub : The Viscount Who Loved Me

Title: The Viscount Who Loved Me Author: Julia Quinn Genre: Romance

Goodreads Summary :

Anthony Bridgerton hasn't just decided to marry—he's even chosen a wife! The only obstacle is his intended's older sister, Kate Sheffield—the most meddlesome woman ever to grace a London ballroom. The spirited schemer is driving Anthony mad with her determination to stop the betrothal, but when he closes his eyes at night, Kate is the woman haunting his increasingly erotic dreams...

Review:

It should not have taken me a month to read this, I've just been super distracted...

The second book of the Bridgerton series focuses on Anthony and Kate's romance, and I found it to be a lot of fun, actually. While this is only the second book I've read because I am reading them in order, I can already see why this ends up at or near the top of the lists.

If you've seen the show -- there's a lot that the show pulled from the book, more so than I had expected. It definitely hinges on that enemies to lovers-ish trope. (And while not a favorite of mine, personally, I think it's handled relatively well here.) Kate is a great protagonist -- she's smart and clever and holds her ground really well, which makes her someone to root for. Anthony is... fine. Look, I probably will never like these male heroes because they usually descend too far into anger and bad boy with a heart of gold figures out love when a level headed woman straightens him out gets a little old after a while. Plus, I do appreciate Jonathan Bailey bringing some great charm to the show that book Anthony lacks a bit.

But I think there's a lot of fun to this book, too. There's a real competitive spirit that's enjoyable to read. The pall mall, family stuff is great and a clear stand out in the book, which I can see why they adapted it. I also think the book does tension relatively well, and the push and pull between Kate and Anthony works!

I do still think there are times the book drags (I felt this in the previous book as well) where Quinn sometimes lets scenes go on for a little too long, or she gets repetitive within a scene. But as someone who isn't an outright fan of romance novels, and has read quite a few bad ones, Quinn is at least a solidly good writer, and it's a fairly quick and easy read.

The only plot thing that I took any issue with is the fact that two thirds of the way through, Anthony and Kate are forced to marry due to circumstances of the time, and I wish they could have not been forced into it? Part of it is the schtick of Anthony having to really fall in love with his wife, and I get that. But that kind of thing just isn't my cup of tea. All things considering, I really don't have a whole lot to complain about with this one.

One drawback coming from someone who's watched the show first, is the fact that these books are so focused on the couple, we don't get as much of a sense of the greater world. All the rest of the Bridgertons play a relatively small role (though it's nice to see Daphne and Simon back). Eloise shows up at the end for the first time as a little spy, which is cute. Colin continues to be a delight, though he's less in this one. I'm surprised Benedict was hardly here, and there's really no mention of the younger ones or even Violet. I will say, one of my favorite things, though, is that Kate and Penelope got to have an entire sequence where they strike up a friendship, and I did love that!

I was also kind of surprised that, while they were featured a lot in the first half of the book, Edwina and Mary don't play as big of roles in this book as I thought they would. They're still very important to Kate and her character, though, and their family unit is really nicely on display throughout.

Also, we end on another tease of Lady Whistledown, and I am so ready for it. But, alas, we have to get through Benedict's book first. So, let's do it!

Overall, I think if you liked the show, you probably would like this as well. It's fun and uses the tropes it sets up relatively well. It's still a regency based romance novel written in the early 2000s, but I think it is better than a lot of the same kinds of stuff written around and at the same time.

Rating : 4 stars

[reedcrissy]

Season two episode titles!!!

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@darriness - I'm so glad we can be an example of how Kanthany fans and Polin fans can be friends :)

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Okay, but a modern AU one-shot where Anthony and Colin decide to go on a double-blind date, and it starts off with Anthony being set up with Pen and Colin with Kate and by the end of the night things have switched.

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Hey, anyone else notice that Anthony has a giant-ass painting of a horse in his study? Foreshadowing by the props department or just a coincidence??