Series: The Bridgertons, #4
Traits & Tropes: friends to lovers; wallflower heroine; I've loved you for years
Genre/Setting: Historical; Regency; London, England, 1824
Publication Date: 10.13.09
Heat Level: 3/5
Rating: 5/5
Colin Bridgerton is well-known for being the most friendly and affable man in all of London. His sister’s best friend, Penelope Featherington, has long been in love with him and, after admiring him for most of her life, she thinks she knows all there is to know about him. But there’s more to Colin than meets the eye and when Penelope learns a secret about him, she questions whether she truly knows him at all.
Colin Bridgerton is weary of being known for nothing but his charm, rather than something of substance. It doesn’t help that he’s mentioned almost constantly in Lady Whistledown’s wildly popular gossip column. When Colin returns to London from one of his many trips abroad, he finds things have subtly changed in his absence, the most drastic of these changes being Penelope Featherington, or at least his perception of her. He finds himself seeing her in a different light, and in his more salacious dreams. When he discovers Penelope has secrets too, Colin must decide if he’s threatened by her or if he’s found the perfect woman for him right under his very nose.
This is my new favorite of the series so far. Colin’s protectiveness of Penelope was so swoonworthy that the overprotectiveness he sometimes exhibited didn’t even bother me. Penelope certainly deserved to have someone in her corner at last. Colin did get irrationally angry at times when he feared for Penelope’s safety, but this anger was short-lived and the communication between Colin and Penelope was, for the most part, mature and open, and probably my favorite aspect of the book. It’s always so satisfying when the overlooked wallflower gets the guy everyone else wants and Colin took every opportunity to openly show his love and devotion to Penelope. These two kept their focus on each other and made their relationship a priority, even when facing tough challenges and decisions, and I loved how they worked through things together. I think Colin and Penelope wound up bringing out the best in each other and that made this book so endearing for me. I listened to this as an audiobook and enjoyed the narration. Now I look forward to the next book and getting to the bottom of Eloise’s mysterious correspondence.
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