The Duke and I

Started this series bc of I loved the Netflix show. Now I hate the show and am in love with this book instead.

Couldn't even finish it. Initially a good story line. Started out decent, but turns into this back and forth pointless banter between the couple. It enrages me to read about the female character so ridiculously desperate to be impregnated. She can't act like an adult and discuss it with her partner. She's absolutely annoying and portrays women as nothing else but baby machines and that's all they aspire to be. Why? I cannot read on. Irritates me. Worst of Quinn's books I have read so far. I really liked the other ones. This one has no substance.

The best of the best. The characters are funny, witty and very compelling.

Rosalyn Landor is a great narrator

I don’t know how I feel about the book. There’s a scene in the book that feels “iffy” on whether or not it was consensual. If the book lacked that it would be great.

This was the first book that I can say I liked the “movie” version better than the book. It lacked the desire and passion that was present in the Netflix series.

I enjoyed this book a lot! I do think the tv show was better, but i enjoyed the book enough that i will probably read the second one! If you like historical romance, you will probably like this one! It’s very sweet!

Good story but the “romance” was over done. I’m not a romance reader but was interested in the story because of the new tv series coming out.

I agree....meh...VERY predictable, kind of boring to tell the truth. I was waiting for the twist but nothing came of it. Now, I read this book after reading Jennifer Donnelly's "Tea Rose" series which I could not put down. Bridgertonerton read like a 5th grade story compared to Jennifer Donnelly. I am surprised this made it to Netflix but it sounds like the tv series is better than the book.

This was good until she did that to him..... sooooo

Audiobook: Narration - Rosalyn Landor

This was an exceptional narration! A few chapters listening to this in a slower speed quickly adjusted my ear to this narrator's accent and I was ready to go. I suspect there was no need to slow it down but it’s something I always do with accented audios. I enjoyed both the male and female voices as well as the life she brings to the characters.

With my apologies to my previous audios, this was actually the first audiobook I’ve listened to without ever losing my attention to something outside the story. I found myself so consumed with it that I was surprised when I had accomplished a task that usually diverts me from the book and of which I’ve learned to pause the story. That alone is enough for me to recommend this book despite the questionable scene.

I read this book a hundred years ago, give or take a year or two, and remember loving it. However, I didn’t remember much of the details. As everyone is jumping on the Bridgerton Netflix bandwagon, I wanted to jump too. But I love to read the book before the movie and while I had read it, I needed to remember it. And that brings me to choosing to do my reread via audio and quickly remembering why I had loved this book so long ago!

It was a great book. After watching the Netflix series, I found the books. I like listening to the books so much better because I can do stuff around the house and still enjoy reading.

In anticipation of Shonda's Netflix adaptation. I loved the book.

The Narrator was awesome. The book was ok. It does not elaborate on the characters. If you compare this book to its Netflix counterpart, then Netflix's much better.

I absolutely adored this reader and how she read! It made the story feel more alive without sounding cheesy!

I loved this audiobook so much! Highly recommend it if you like the show!

I love this book, I am reading it after seeing the first season of the show, and I much better like the book (and that’s saying something because I LOVE the show!)

Very well read and kept me engaged the whole time. Thanks!

Love, love, love this book. It exceeded my expectations. First time reading a historical romance novel and I am excited for more. Being a fan of the Netflix series I thought I would try the books and I am utterly delighted.

This was meh. I liked the epilogue more than the actually story

I watched it on netflix, it was a great story to relax during lockdown

I loved every minute of it. If you have not read it, you shold

The book i rate a 5 star, but the reader's voice was kind of boring at time. I wish Simon's parts were done by a male, have listened to many books where it swiches back and forth for female and male characters/readers and enjoy it so much more!

Pretty good. A bit too naughty to be a proper Regency novel, but it was a fun mix of modern personalities with a Regency background.

The first day he said hi I think I would have been better than he bargained

Eh... I love the show but the book is missing all the heat. Less of a steamy brooding Simon and more stuffy and anxious, with a Daphne that has none of the brightness of her on-screen counterpart and instead feels mostly
... "fitting to the time period" and almost feels perversely childish by the time the story hits any of the gentle simmer it has. Enough so that the wedding night made me feel genuinely uncomfortable.

Cute story, I just didn’t enjoy the voice over that was done. I’m glad I stuck it out though. Enjoyed it very much.

Interesting read. I'm looking forward to the next one. Daphne's sexual assault of the Duke isn't treated as sexual assault? Even though she punched the other guy for assaulting her? Weird.

Just watch the show, it's much better. There is more chemistry and less eye - rolling (on my part).

Very good book and excellent narration! Looking forward to others in a series!

wow what an awesome book. I had mixed feelings throughout the book. I loved that there was an alternate epilogue.