Bookreview: An Offer from a Gentleman

Author: Julia Quinn
Genre: historical romance
Published: 2001
Personal rating: 4.5/5
Yearly count: 3
Romance Challenge: 1/6

This is the third book in the series about the Bridgerton family, and it focusses on Benedict Bridgerton, the second son of the family.

When reading the premisses, namely that Sophie Beckett, the bastard daughter of an Earl, sneaks into a masquerade ball, while normally being used as a slave by her stepmother, I was very afraid that is was going to be one of those thirteen in a dozen Cinderella stories. Boy, am I glad that was not the case!

Directly after the masquerade ball, things go horribly wrong for Sophie, who is forced to leave London. And poor Benedict, he can search all of London for his mystery girl, but he will never find her.

Then, a few years later, their paths cross again. Benedict is quite taken in by Sophie, but she's just a maid. The best he can offer her is becoming his mistress. And Sophie, although she loves Benedict dearly, cannot do that, for she will not risk bringing a bastard child like herself into the world.

If they ever get together, isn't really a question in these kinds of books. But the how of how they get together is very, very enjoyable to read. The only reason this didn't get a 5/5 score is the slight Cinderella topic in this book, which I don't care much for. That, however, is personal, and I do recommend the book.

January in Review

I think that this January has to be my absolute all time low in reading books. I’ve read two books, did not finish a third (I’ll blog about it later this week), and am working on the forth, of which I managed to read about a third. Definetily not good, as far as reading goes. Hopefully February will be better.

Number of finished books this month: 2
Number of DNF’s: 1
Challenges finished: none
Best book read this month: Lavender Lies by Susan Wittig Albert

What’s going to happen in February?

I’m going to finish The Visit of the Royal Physician, then I’m starting An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn. I’ll also plan to read Chocolat by Joanne Harris, Abigial’s Story by Ann Burton, and The Ancient by Muriel Grey. And maybe, and this is a big maybe, I’ll read The Plains of Passage by Jean M. Auel.