Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn

39 reviews

readyforit's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

4.75⭐️0.5🌶️(one non-descriptive scene)
I can’t believe I’m saying this but this book was the best in the whole series! I do wish we had gotten to know Gregory prior to his book so we had some backstory, other than his bickering with hyacinth. With the other brothers’ books (and most of the sisters as well) none of the men desired marriage, and pushed it off for as long as possible. Gregory on the other hand is a man who knows what he wants and is VERY good at expressing himself. There is no miscommunication trope here! Gregory is a hopeless romantic who has been searching for that lightning has struck me kind of love, when he meets hermione Watson (shoutout to hermione granger/emma Watson?). She’s gorgeous but has like no personality, and she’s in love with someone back home. Her best friend Lucy doesn’t approve of him so she teams up with Gregory to help him win hermione, only they start to realize they’re a much better match. EXCEPT Lucy is already engaged to another man and has been since childhood. She finds out later that he’s
gay, so he’ll be kind to her but she won’t have a love match or a large family like she wants.
Honestly, having a man express exactly what he wants is such a breath of fresh air. Gregory is only 26 also so he doesn’t have to marry now (all his brothers were over 30 when they finally settled down). But he’s a man learns if he wants something he needs to work for it. Lucy is a people pleaser and doesn’t even think to ask her cold uncle to be let out of her engagement until about halfway through the book when she discovers her voice. She doesn’t have a huge personality but I could relate to her people pleasing tendencies. This book was definitely the most dramatic in the series, with a few twists. I would recommend this book even if you haven’t read the others. I would consider rereading, especially bc I don’t think Netflix will ever get to Gregory’s season, although I hope they do! 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

abby_can_read's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

November 2023-⭐️⭐️⭐️
🎧
I re-read the entire series. On the second read, I can say that I liked this book more then before -- though my rating stayed the same. The characters were cute and the relationships were decent. The plot was cute and the writing fine. 

March 2022-⭐️⭐️⭐️
📱
This book wasn't horrible, but it was my least favorite in the series. Though I could be suffering from fatigue/burnout with the series. 

The main characters, Gregory and Lucy, were alright. The plot was cute but very predictable with Gregory wanting Lucy's best friend Hermione before realizing he was in love with Lucy. The writing was fine, and the relationships were decent.

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

kasialipa's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

applehawk's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

haleysversion's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

its_erin's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I actually think that, besides book 2, this is one of the better written bridgerton books. It was full of genuinely likeable characters (mainly the female lead, gregory is aggressively adequate) and really leaned into the plot. Less heavy on the physical romance, but I honestly didn't miss it with how interesting the story was. 

The second epilogue was much more dark than I anticipated, but, as always, you can expect a happily ever after.

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

hayleyvem's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional funny tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

_evyn_'s review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging dark emotional sad tense

4.5

This book was well written and intriguing and satisfying but also upsetting. I was not expecting to be so surprised by the disgusting abusive behavior of some of the new characters based on the more predictable plots of previous books in the series. It wasn't an entirely unwelcome change because I imagine it was realistic, just disturbing and hard to reconcile. 
The second epilogue should have had a trigger warning about the very explicit though probably  realistic blood and bodily harm to a character I'm sure many readers, like myself, will have grown a significant amount of love and empathy for (which does make the events harder to stomach). I threw up and had to skip ahead enough to not risk seeing any more so I am not exactly sure what I missed but I'm sad that I won't know the whole truth about the ending even if I stayed shaking and faint for awhile after. 
Still, I give this book a 4.5 and tip my hat to Julia Quinn for writing a captivating series. 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

morellomel's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Wasn’t my favorite of the series, but it also wasn’t the worst. Good wrap up to the stories

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

booksalacarte's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

On the Way to the Wedding- 3.5⭐️ 2.75🌶️

A funny thing happened ...

Unlike most men of his acquaintance, Gregory Bridgerton believes in true love. And he is convinced that when he finds the woman of his dreams, he will know in an instant that she is the one. And that is exactly what happened. Except ...

She wasn't the one. In fact, the ravishing Miss Hermione Watson is in love with another. But her best friend, the ever-practical Lady Lucinda Abernathy, wants to save Hermione from a disastrous alliance, so she offers to help Gregory win her over. But in the process, Lucy falls in love. With Gregory Except ...

Lucy is engaged. And her uncle is not inclined to let her back out of the betrothal, even once Gregory comes to his senses and realizes that it is Lucy, with her sharp wit and sunny smile, who makes his heart sing. And now, on the way to the wedding, Gregory must risk everything to ensure that when it comes time to kiss the bride, he is the only man standing at the altar ...
——————
✨My Opinion✨
I finished this book just in time for the Julia Quinn author event in Columbus today! 

When there are 8 books in a regency romance series, sometimes plots and tropes get reused. This book was the last in the series and set up entirely different from the rest of the series. The prologue captured my attention right away. 

The book features falling for the wrong girl first, blackmail, treason, scandal… 

Gregory didn’t have the temper issues his older brothers did. I appreciated that, but where he was decent, Lucy’s uncle made up in misogyny. 

I actually really enjoyed Lucy and her make no waves practicality. Her response to everything was so realistic and time period appropriate. 

The last half of the book was drama filled and I lived for the messiness. 

#bridgertonbooks #juliaquinn #regencyromance #bridgerton #onthewaytothewedding #historicalromance #bookreview #bookstagram #readersofinstagram #bridgertonseries 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings