Book Reviews / Film ReviewsBridgerton / Duke / families / feminism / high society / ingenue / joint review / mistorical / screenwriting / social climbing / television series / tv adaptation17 Comments
Today we serve up our final post in our five-part Bridgerton discussion series. You can find the first four posts here: Part I is centered on the show’s worldbuilding and production values, on its treatment of race, and on Lady Whistledown. Part II focuses on the show’s matriarchs–the queen, Lady ... more >
Book Reviewsaristocrats / Bridgerton / Duke / England / high society / joint review / Long Regency / marriage on the rocks / mistorical / procreation / Rape / sex education / television series / tv adaptation / virgin67 Comments
This week we discuss Bridgerton in five posts. You can find the first three here: Part I is centered on the show’s worldbuilding and production values, on its treatment of race, and on Lady Whistledown. Part II focuses on the show’s matriarchs–the queen, Lady Violet, Lady Danbury, and Lady Featherington. ... more >
Book Reviewsaristocrats / Bridgerton / Duke / England / fake relationship / families / high society / ingenue / joint review / Long Regency / mistorical / Scandal / television series / tv adaptation25 Comments
This week we discuss Bridgerton in five posts. You can find the first two here: Part I is centered on the show’s worldbuilding and production values, on its treatment of race, and on Lady Whistledown. Part II focuses on the show’s matriarchs–the queen, Lady Violet, Lady Danbury, and Lady Featherington. ... more >
Book Reviews / Film Reviewsaristocrats / Bridgerton / England / families / high society / joint review / Long Regency / mistorical / mothers / POC / queen / sex education / television series / tv adaptation11 Comments
Our Bridgerton discussion, which began yesterday with a conversation about the show’s worldbuilding, its treatment of race, and Lady Whistledown, continues today. Today we discuss the show’s matriarchs–the queen, Lady Violet, Lady Danbury and Lady Featherington. –Janine Queen Charlotte (Golda Rosheuvel) Janine: The show’s choice to cast a Black ... more >
Book Reviews / Film Reviewsaristocrats / Bridgerton / Duke / England / families / gossip columnist / high society / ingenue / joint review / Long Regency / mistorical / POC / Rape / scandal sheets / television series / tv adaptation39 Comments
Please welcome my friend Layla, who is joining DA as an additional book reviewer. When we were watching Bridgerton, Layla and I texted back and forth about it. It was so much fun that we decided to write a series of posts that included our thoughts on different aspects of ... more >
C Reviewshistorical romance / julia-quinn22 Comments
Dear Ms. Quinn— It’s taken me way too long to write up my review of your latest Regency romance A Night Like This. I finished it weeks ago and found it wanting but couldn’t figure out what exactly it wanted. So, I went back and read several older books of ... more >